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- Thai restaurant Khao Bird goes permanent in Soho, opening in an ex adult cinema
For the past year, Northern Thai restaurant Khao Bird (which originally started life as pop-ups in Brighton) has had a very successful residency above The Globe Tavern in London Bridge. However, now it's time for them to put down permanent roots, and they've chosen Soho for that, in a space that was apparently once Soho's last adult cinema.
Run by restaurateur
... - Kruk is Peckham's hot new Thai restaurant worth trying
We are all for the exciting Thai food scene in London right now and news reaches us, via Southwark News, of an interesting new addition in Peckham. Kruk sees two friends from South London who've worked all over the London restaurant and gastropub scene starting their first proper restaurant together.
Rob Willcox and Josh Lyons met while
... - Test Driving Singburi 2.0, the cult Thai restaurant moves to Shoreditch
A standout London restaurant has made the move from the wilds of Leytonstone into buzzy Shoreditch. We went along to see if Singburi's spirit has survived the move into the centre of town.
- Popular Thai restaurant Khao-Sō-i's permanent London restaurant is in Fitzrovia
It's been big in Thailand and now Khao-Sō-i is coming to Fitzrovia, bringing its Northern Thai soul food menu.
The restaurant started in Chiang Mai (before expanding to Bangkok) and its titular dish, the coconut curry soup Khao Soi is what brought the restaurant acclaim. It's opening in a space that used to be an El&n Cafe in Market Place, which
... - Platapian sees a second generation restaurateur take over from Patara in Soho
It's all change at one of Soho's longstanding Thai restaurants Patara, which has undergone a full 21st-century reimagining and emerged as Platapian. The new look and menu is the result of second-generation restaurateur Nam Parama Raiva taking over the reins from her aunt Khun Patara Sila-On, who launched the Patara group with head chef Phayom Phimkrua three decades ago.
Twenty years after it opened its doors on
... - Speedboat Bar motors west to open in Notting Hill's Electric Bar
9/7/25 - updated with the opening date
It's all change over in Notting Hill where Soho House's Electric Bar has jettisoned its diner, getting ready instead to open the second iteration of the hugely popular Speedboat Bar in Soho.
If you're a fan of the original, then the West London version of the restaurant will look a little different. "This time around, the interiors are less Bangkok shophouse
... - Singburi uproots itself from Leytonstone to Shoreditch for a reimagined Singburi 2.0
Updated 13/6/25 with opening date and booking info
The North East London restaurant and all-round institution, which closed late last year under the guise of taking a longer-than-usual sabbatical, has made a bombshell announcement that it's moving to Shoreditch. Look, we're very sorry for Leytonstone's loss. But, on the upside, the new incarnation of Singburi will be a lot handier for
... - Fortune Fried Chicken brings Thai chicken to Spitalfields from a Gunpowder and ex-Begging Bowl team
For his next restaurant, the man behind Gunpowder, Harneet Baweja, is heading in a new direction. This time he's launching a Thai fried chicken restaurant in Spitalfields Market.
Fortune Fried Chicken sees him teaming up with Executive Chef Jane Alty, one of the founders of The Begging Bowl in Peckham. Inspired by a fried chicken dish that originated on
... - Test Driving AngloThai - a perfect pop-up-to-permanent transformation
After years working as a pop-up AngloThai, which blends British and Thai cuisines and produce, finally has a proper home in Marylebone. We went to check it out.
- Test Driving Long Chim - chef David Thompson returns to London with a casual Thai restaurant
David Thompson, once best known for Nahm restaurant, is back in London with a more casual take on Thai food. We wend down to try out Long Chim.
- AngloThai to open their first restaurant in Marylebone
Updated 19/9/24 with full opening details
After years of popping up at various places across London, the first AngloThai restaurant from John and Desiree Chantarasak is very nearly here. They settled on a space in Marylebone (where The Gate used to
... - Chef David Thompson to bring Long Chim pop-up to Hovarda in Soho
In news that should get your Thai-food taste-buds tingling, acclaimed Australian chef David Thompson is bringing a modern Bangkok-inspired menu to London, with the launch of Long Chim. Meaning ‘come and try’, Long Chim currently has outlets in Sydney, Perth and Dubai (and previously in Melbourne and Singapore).
If this is all ringing vague bells for you, we reported a couple of years back that the London Long Chim
- Test Driving Koyn Thai - a Thai reinvention for the Mayfair restaurant
Originally a Japanese restaurant of two halves, Koyn has changed its basement into a separate Thai restaurant. We went down to check out the brand new menu.
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Smoked, Thai-inspired cuisine on the counter in Soho
- Test Driving Kolae - the Som Saa team have a winning follow-up in Borough Market
The second restaurant from the Som Saa team, Kolae, has opened at Borough Market, where the team specialises in Southern Thai cuisine. We went down to check it out.
