April's big new London openings + Test Driving Soho hotspot Impala, the best of Shoreditch, this week's new restaurants & more...

EDITOR'S LETTER

You might think that we'd be easing off the gas in the run-up to the upcoming Easter weekend, but no. Today, we're bringing you the biggest new opening guide of the year so far. April is going to be absolutely packed with hot new restaurants and we've got the ultimate guide to what's coming your way.

And speaking of hot new restaurants, we were first in the doors on opening night at Impala in Soho, eager to get an early taste of chef Meedu Saad's new restaurant. Here are our thoughts.

Catherine, Editor - Hot Dinners

APRIL FUEL

The London restaurant openings to have on your radar for April

April is going to be an absolute bumper month for new openings, so you'll need the best new openings guide in London to plan out your next 30 days of eating out.

April restaurant openings

TEST DRIVE

Test Driving Impala, Meedu Saad's restaurant is a love letter to food from North Africa to North London

Defying classification, but very London-coded, the much-anticipated solo venture by chef Meedu Saad, Impala, more than lives up to expectations. 

Why you need to book it

RESTAURANT NEWS

Viral King's Cross matcha cafe Frothee is heading to Covent Garden

Almost a year after she opened her first matcha cafe Frothee, in King's Cross, Hanife Hursit and her dad Ram are gearing up for expansion.

There will be queues...

Top music duo Bicep are providing the backdrop to a charity dinner with an amazing line-up of chefs.

The Golden Tooth is going to be the new pub from the Papi team on Green Lanes.

Forest Gate's railway arches are the location for a new Algerian-spiced rotisserie chicken restaurant, Roost.

Maki Nori sees Maki & Ramen open an upstairs Japanese handroll bar in the heart of Soho.

And, Kentish Town's Rossella is expanding, hitting up Muswell Hill with pizza, pasta and a tiramisu trolley.

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DUE EAST

Where to eat out in Shoreditch

From buzzing new Indian openings to new-wave pubs and osterias, here's our pick of the best places to eat out in Shoreditch right now.

Read the guide

NEW THIS WEEK

The new restaurants and bars opening in London this week

This week, Acme Fire Cult turns to tacos, Gordon Ramsay brings Hell's Kitchen to the UK, the first big new opening at the new Olympia arrives and more...

What's opening, and where

SPOTTED SOMETHING?

Spotted some restaurant or bar news we should know about?

Noticed a new restaurant about to open in your neighbourhood? Seen a celebrity dining out in London? Heard a piece of hospitality gossip you feel we ought to know about? Unburden yourself and tell us all about it.

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