The City
Bloomberg Arcade, 3 Queen Street, London, EC4N 8BN
One of the best Indian restaurants in The City, Brigadiers is from the same people behind Trishna, Hoppers and Gymkhana. It has a maze of rooms in the largest space in the Bloomberg Arcade, with a sizeable outdoor terrace too. Fans of smoky Indian barbecue will be particularly impressed.
8A Artillery Ln, Artillery Passage, London E1 7LJ
Think of this Spitalfields spot as an elevated wine bar, serving not only a cracking list of Italian wines, but a range of traditional Tuscan dishes using top-notch produce. Their slow cooked regional stews are particularly worth seeking out.
31-33 Throgmorton St, London EC2N 2AT
Part of the Angel Court development, COYA's City branch features a Latin American bar and a restaurant serving contemporary Peruvian dishes. Head to the Pisco Bar for their own bespoke Pisco cocktails and look out for their popular weekend brunch.
10 Trinity Square, London EC3N 4AJ
Whether you're looking for Peking Duck or sushi, this restaurant (one of two at the Four Seasons Trinity Square) has what you're after - covering traditional Japanese and Chinese dishes with what they say is a 'modern approach'. Tables are well spaced too making it good for confidential convos.
27 Poultry, London EC2R 8AJ
The Ned is both an impressive City hotel as well as a collection of restaurants. Soho House took over an impressive (and huge) old banking site and stuffed it with places to eat. There are ten restaurants to choose from and while some City restaurants get quiet at the weekends - this is buzzy at all times.
1 Lombard St, London EC3V 9AA
1 Lombard Street is something of a City institution, in what used to be a former banking hall. Known for its highly impressive glass cupola skylight, its a modern European brasserie that’s been serving breakfast, lunch and dinner since 1998.
1 Broadgate Circle, London EC2M 2QS
Famed for its dim sum menu and Cantonese cuisine, this is the second London outlet of Yauatcha, an upmarket Chinese restaurant that began life in Soho in 2004 but now has global homes in Saudi Arabia and India. Expect a high-class dining experience.
9A Devonshire Square, London EC2M 4YN
The Devonshire Square outpost of Mac and Wild. A laid-back restaurant with a hind of Scottishness about it, expect a big focus on meat (particularly venison), award-winning burgers and the odd haggis thrown in for good measure.
5 Arundel Street, London WC2R 3DX
Yen has been winning fans for its soba noodles in Paris and this sees them opening their first London restaurant.
16 Bloomberg Arcade, London EC4N 8AR
Selling some of the best burgers in town, Bleecker have unleashed their burger restaurant on the shiny new Bloomberg Arcade. With more seats than ever before but the same great burgers.
22 Bloomberg Arcade, London EC4N 8AR
This Caravan is part of Bloomberg Arcade, and it's bringing new dishes and a brand new brunch menu along with it.
Four Seasons Hotel at Ten Trinity Square, 10 Trinity Square, London EC3N 4AJ
The main restaurant at the Four Seasons has French chef Anne-Sophie Pic in charge, and she's won two Michelin stars for this restaurant too. It's very much a modern French fine dining affair set in very luxe surroundings.
51 Lamb's Conduit St, London WC1N 3NB
The people behind Noble Rot magazine have opened a wine bar - but not any old wine bar. They've enlisted not only an ex-Sportsman chef but the Sportsman's Exec Chef Stephen Harris is advising on the menu too.
The Culpeper
Featured40 Commercial Street, London E1 6LP
Nico Treguer (rooftop growing entrepreneur) and Gareth Roberts (architect) have joined forces with Bash Redford (of Forza Win) to create a pub on top of which all fruits, vegetables and herbs are grown to supply the restaurant downstairs.
Unit 1b, City Point, 1 Ropemaker St, London EC2Y 9AW
Originally created by Neil Rankin this bar/restaurant serves egg dishes every which way it can (but not desserts). Expect burgers, hash, tacos and more.
46 Commercial Street, London E1 6LT
This popular street food spot has a permanent home with short ribs, wagyu brisket, tacos, smoked mac n' cheese and more on the menu. Plus there's another bar downstairs, 46 and Mercy, serving cocktails.
49 Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4SA
Just up the road from the Martin Bros' Chiswell Street Dining Room is another Martin gastropub, and this time the theme is a British pub with a "real wine and food focus" and an open kitchen with rotiserrie and charcoal grilled food on offer. As with the Dining Room, it's also attached to the old Whitbread brewery, opened as a luxury hotel from Montcalm.
Tower 42, 25 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1HQ
This Michelin-starred restaurant from chef-about-town Jason Atherton offers stylish art deco surroundings with extraordinary views from the 24th floor of skyscraper Tower 42. As is the case with most of the Atherton empire, the cocktails are exceptional (the bar is a destination in itself) and his modern British fare is always on point.
St Katharine Docks, East Smithfield, London E1W 1AT
This Spanish restaurant at St Katharine Dock comes from one of the original investors in Hakkasan and an innovative menu from a chef who's worked at Mugaritz and more.
22/23 Liverpool Street, London EC2M 7PD
Of all the burger joints in London, the one that often gets rated the highest is Patty & Bun. So the coming of their second location is a big thing indeed - particularly as it'll be offering takeaway too.
21 St Swithins Lane, City of London, EC4N 8AD
This is a new restaurant from the people behind Bleeding Heart and The Don. Expect a menu of modern British dishes with an occasional nod to the site's Spanish and Portuguese heritage, with a a big focus on wine which you'll be able to select using fancy LCD screens.
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS
Gin Joint is a brasserie and bar - with the latter having a specific focus on "mother's ruin" aiming to have one of the biggest selection of gins in the capital including one on tap. Looking after the British-inspired menu is executive Chef Oliver Tobias (who was previously at the Royal Opera House and Maze).
26 Smithfield Street, London EC1A 9LB
Alan Bird, former Executive Chef at the Ivy has opened this eponymous restaurant and bar in Smithfield, seating 150 people across five floors (with a roof terrace too). There is an all-day restaurant, bar and a few private dining areas serving traditional British food and the bar has been created by the people behind Purl.
110 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AY
Sushisamba is a Japanese/Brazilian/Peruvian fusion restaurant previously seen in various glitzy US destinations. As one of the destination restaurants in the new Heron Tower near Liverpool Street, it has taken over the Sky Bar and restaurant at the top of the skyscraper with outside terraces on either side of the restaurant - so expect an impressive view.
16B New Street, London EC2M 4TR
Part of the Old Bengal Warehouse on New Street, near Liverpool Street Station, this is the seafood restaurant, serving responsibly sourced fish.
South Place Hotel, 3 South Place, London EC2M 2AF
D&D London, former owners of the Great Eastern, are opening another city hotel property, this time in Moorgate. This is the ground floor restaurant for the seven story hotel.
16A New Street, London EC2M 4TR
Part of the Old Bengal Warehouse dating from 1771, the New Street Grill focuses on steaks and showcases British produce.
10 Lime Street., London EC3M 7AA
The subterranean restaurant is an all-day affair and will "celebrate the age of modern industrialists". The food is overseen by Sean Davies, formerly Executive Chef at the Tate restaurants, and features seasonal British food, while wines and cocktails will be run by Fluid Movement, best known for Purl.
10 Bread Street, London EC4M 9AB
Gordon Ramsay opens in the One New Change complex at St Paul's. Expect three distinct sections to the restaurant including a raw bar serving charcuterie and shellfish and a wood-burning oven which won't be doing pizzas.
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