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- Test Driving Myrtos, a Greek addition to South Kensington that hits all the right notes
Ex-Pied à Terre chef Asimakis Chaniotis has launched his own Greek restaurant in South Kensington. We went down to check it out.
- Test Driving The Lavery, an elegant newcomer in an historic building in South Kensington
South Kensington is the unlikely location for the arrival of an interesting new restaurant in a historic old building. We went down to try out The Lavery.
- Greek restaurant Myrtos arrives in South Kensington with an ex-Pied a Terre chef in charge
9/5/25 - Updated with soft launch details
We've had a few excellent new Greek restaurants open in London of late and it looks like another is coming to South Kensington. Myrtos is from ex-Pied a terre chef Asimakis Chaniotis who will be opening the restaurant in South Kensington (taking over from Aubaine).
The food here takes its
... - New Chelsea bakery Reemies is all about the banana bundt
Reemies, by Reem Abu Samra, started life as a cake delivery business and over the years has found itself a huge following, Now, the first Reemies bakery is getting ready to open.
The cake business started back in 2018 with Reem originally baking cakes in her own flat and gradually expanding to a larger kitchen in Vauxhall and a much bigger business. Over that period she also built up
... - The Lavery sees South Kensington getting a destination restaurant and cafe
South Kensington does very well for classic restaurants like Ognisko and Daquise, but it hasn't been somewhere you'd cross town for to eat for quite some time. That makes the arrival of The Lavery there this spring of real interest to us.
The events space, restaurant and cafe is taking over what used to be Cromwell Place, right opposite the Natural History Museum. The restaurant is the first place to open and the team
... - The Science Museum launches its own science experimental afternoon tea
There are a lot of places offering afternoon tea in London - just take a look at our guide for some of the best. All of which makes it hard for a restaurant or cafe to make theirs stand out. But we think the patisserie chefs at the Science Museum have done just that. The museum has just launched its first-ever
... - My Manor - Asma Khan's local guide to South Kensington
Restaurateur, author and influential chef Asma Khan reveals her favourite South Kensington food and drink spots.
- Daisy Green is opening Glamarama Green in South Kensington
Daisy Green's slow march across London continues with their latest opening, this time bringing them to Kensington. They've gone to town with the name too, calling it Glamarama Green.
They're opening just around the corner from South Kensington tube station, taking over from Brown and Rosie on the lower end of Exhibition Road.
We're getting full details about the launch
... - Lina Stores is bringing fresh pasta and late night negronis to South Kensington
18/3/24 - updated with the opening date
If you're a South Ken resident wondering what was happening to the old Le Pain Quotidien site on Exhibition Road, then we bring you good news, particularly if you're a pasta lover. This is going to be the seventh restaurant opening for Lina Stores.
Their South Kensington restaurant is going to be an all-day affair, opening in the morning for
... - Brasseria Brompton is taking over the old La Brasserie site on Brompton Cross
Three years after the closure of La Brasserie on Brompton Road, a new owner is intending to breathe life into what was once a super-popular neighbourhood restaurant. Andrea and Alberto Fraquelli, who own La Brasseria Milanese in Marylebone and Brasseria Notting Hill are opening it as Brasseria Brompton. Taking on this restaurant space is particularly poignant for the brothers who used to come here with their
... - Petrossian chooses South Kensington for its London caviar cafe and deli
30/1/23 - updated with cafe menu and images
Francophiles and fans of fine caviar need not trouble themselves with Eurostar queues and delays any longer, Petrossian is opening their first London restaurant, deli and boutique. If you’re looking to indulge, or even for a nifty festive gift for the fussy foodie in your life, South Kensington is the place to be
... - Brother Marcus picks Kensington for its next Eastern-Med restaurant
Their last restaurant opening in Spitalfields proved to be a big success, so Brother Marcus are moving onwards and upwards, getting ready to open their fourth restaurant - this time in Kensington.
If you're unfamiliar with them, their speciality is Eastern Mediterranean cooking and the weekend brunch is a very big deal. As with their other restaurants, it'll be open from
... - South Kensington is the latest stop for Cocotte's chicken
They've already opened their rotisserie chicken restaurants in Notting Hill, Shoreditch, Parsons Green and Queen's Park and now the next Cocotte will be in South Kensington (where Squirrel used to be).
As before - it's mainly about the chicken, cooked with Herbes de Provence as well as a secret spice mix before being served whole, halved or quartered. Alongside the chicken are extras
... - Old Brompton and Nocturne sees Xavier Rousset bring a wine and cheese bar and a basement cocktail bar to South Kensington
Coming to South Kensington is Nocturne, a new underground cocktail bar, underneath a restaurant whose own opening was a little below the radar.
The wine bar first. That's Old Brompton, a wine and cheese bar from Xavier Rousset (Cabotte, Black Book, Cafe Comptoir and more) and Steve Pineau and opened this April.
... - Claude Bosi's Oyster Bar at Bibendum starts a weekend delivery menu
We're still a little way off from London's Michelin-starred restaurants being reopened, but in South Kensington Claude Bosi isn't hanging around. While his two Michelin-starred restaurant upstairs in the Michelin building will have to wait - right now he's concentrating on the downstairs oyster bar.
From this week, they'll have a new set menu every day for collection - running from Thursday -
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