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The Cloth team are turning the historic Simpson's Tavern in the City into Cloth Cornhill

Information: 18 August 2026

18/8/26 - Updated with full details and the opening date Back at the end of 2025, we reported that the restaurant that was once Simpson's Tavern (which had been going through a fight for survival) had been...

Filipino bakery/pizzeria Bunso is the latest Kentish Town opening from Belly's Omar Shah

Information: 18 August 2026

He's had a lot of acclaim for Belly, and now Omar Shah (with his Maginhawa Group) is about to open a second restaurant in Kentish Town. He's launching the all-day Bunso, which will be a bakery by...

Test Driving Mardy's, a modern twist on a British sandwich shop in Mayfair

Information: 18 August 2026

A new entry to London's competitive sandwich space is Mardy's which is bringing top quality sarnies to Mayfair. We popped along one lunchtime to give it a go.

Humble Crumble is opening in Marylebone, just around the corner from Selfridges

Information: 17 August 2026

Eight years on from her first stall at Maltby Market, crumble has become a big thing for founder Kim Innes. She's even had the Prince and Princess of Wales in an apron helping out at the brand's...

Gaztela brings Basque cheesecakes (including a blue cheese version) to Notting Hill

Information: 17 August 2026

Up until now, La Maritxu has had a bit of a monopoly as far as Basque-style cheesecakes go, but now a contender has entered the ring. Gaztela has just opened in Notting Hill and they have one...

Jackie's Counter, an NYC-style diner has landed in Notting Hill (with plans for a late night martini bar on the way)

Information: 17 August 2026

Notting Hill residents will probably have spotted a new opening in their neighbourhood. Jackie's Counter has been soft launching for the last few weeks, finding its feet on Kensington Church Street...

Aussie brand Yo-Chi are opening in London, and people are losing their minds

Information: 14 August 2026

14/8/26 - updated with the opening date London's food scene is having a bit of a thing for frozen yoghurt right now. We've already had the LA company Go Greek Yogurt opening up to huge queues on...

NAKIMUSHI sees the Dorian team bringing the Urchin and Robin's Ramen chefs under one roof

Information: 14 August 2026

14/8/26 - updated with more details and the opening date. They may have recently said goodbye to their head chef at Dorian, but the same team aren't slowing down. They're getting ready to open NAKIMUSHI,...

The folk behind Fallow have just taken over the OXO Tower restaurants

Information: 13 August 2026

We've been aware for a while that Harvey Nichols were planning to sell their OXO Tower restaurants, at the top of one of London's most recognisable landmarks. There had also been rumours that the...

KFC are teaming up with the Chicken Wine for a pop-up wine bar

Information: 13 August 2026

Already a company known for coming up with great marketing ploys (the lickable wrapping paper was a great example of that), KFC are gearing up for their next stunt. And it's one we entirely approve...

Test Driving Bar Blondie, this vibey Queen's Park pivot pulls in the crowd with an excellent wine list

Information: 13 August 2026

What was once Milk Beach is now Bar Blondie. Milk Beach's Elliot Milne has brought in top sommelier Alexandra Price to team up on this European-influenced wine bar and restaurant - we went down for a...

London is getting a La Petite Maison spin-off, Le Cafe LPM, with a one year residency at The Lanesborough

Information: 12 August 2026

12/8/26 - updated with the opening date If you're looking for the kind of classic restaurant that rich people love, then look no further than La Petite Maison. Every time we've had lunch at the...

Gordon Ramsay is getting ready to open his restaurant at Sea Containers

Information: 12 August 2026

12/8/26 - updated with opening details While the bar at Sea Containers, Lyaness by Ryan Chetiyawardana, is one of the very best in London, the restaurant at the hotel has never managed to have the...

The Prince Arthur is moving from Belgravia to Chelsea, becoming a restaurant and bar on the way

Information: 11 August 2026

At the beginning of last year, a fancy new pub opened in Belgravia in the shape of The Prince Arthur. It offered something genuinely different on the London gastropub scene, specialising in a menu...

Bar Crawl - Sane is Islington's new sake and wine bar, from a hugely talented sommelier

Information: 11 August 2026

London's boom of interesting sommelier-led wine bars continues with the opening of SANE in Islington. We went down to experience Maxime's vision for the place.

Beefbar has a new London home, taking over Dear Jackie at Broadwick Soho

Information: 10 August 2026

Change is coming to Broadwick Soho as Monte Carlo's Beefbar has chosen the hotel as its new London home. Beefbar has been in London before, of course, having opened as Le Petit Beefbar in Chelsea...

CZER's chicken Caesar wraps are so popular, they're expanding to Soho

Information: 10 August 2026

They're now a fully viral sensation, but earlier in the summer it was Hot Dinners that first brought you the news about a chicken Caesar wrap place opening in London. That's been such a huge success...

Florence Knight's rooftop restaurant Lunette is the next big thing at Nick Jones' St Clement hotel

Information: 07 August 2026

29/7/26 - updated with more details about the launch It's been just over two years since chef Florence Knight left Sessions Arts Club, the beautiful-looking restaurant that she helped launch in...

Crip and Dips' Maddi is popping up in London with her Messy Dips brand

Information: 07 August 2026

She's the TikTok creator who went viral for her pickles, but now Maddi Neye-Swift is pivoting into a career as a food producer. And the person behind the CripandDip account, with more than 600k...

London is finally getting its first Time Out Market, on Piccadilly Circus

Information: 06 August 2026

The path to London finally getting its first Time Out Market has been a convoluted one. The journey started in East London almost a decade ago, with years of groundwork in Spitalfields which came to...

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