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- The new restaurants and bars opening in London this week
This week takes a Spanish turn as we get a new Basque pintxos spot from Camino and Nieves Barragan of Sabor opens her new restaurant in Shoreditch.
- Brother Marcus' latest Eastern Med opening sees them taking over Jason Atherton's former Soho home
A few weeks ago, we reported on the team behind Brother Marcus taking over The Blind Pig in Soho for their new bar, Kamara. At the time, as that involved the upstairs area only, we said it seemed likely that downstairs, where Social Eating House
... - 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.
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... - All the new London restaurants - recently opened restaurants in London
Here's a complete guide to all the new London restaurants that have opened...
- Upcoming London restaurants - hot new openings coming soon
All the latest news on every upcoming London restaurant that's going to be opening in the capital. The only Coming Soon list you need. - Nuno Mendes leaves Lisboeta which is transforming into Luso, but stays Portuguese
One of Fitzrovia's best restaurants is going through a big change, and that's because of the departure of its superstar chef. Nuno Mendes (genuinely one of the nicest people in the London food world) is moving on to new things, and the restaurant is being relaunched as Luso.
Luso will stay Portuguese, and although they say it won't be a "chef-led" restaurant,
... - Crate Brewery is opening a second waterside beer and pizza spot in Canary Wharf
Crate Brewery in Hackney is known for being just beside the water, and one of London's best waterside eating and drinking spots. Now they're trying to replicate that, but this time over in Canary Wharf.
The second Crate will be in Wood Wharf (where you'll also find Hawksmoor, Dishoom and Marceline), taking over the rather short-lived Fish Game space. As with the
... - Telegraph reviewer William Sitwell decides to have a go himself, opening a hotel and restaurant in Somerset
One UK restaurant critic has clearly decided that they can do the job better than the people he's been reviewing. According to Restaurant website and
... - The Azuki Room sees the Dotori team opening a new Japanese restaurant by Chancery Lane
The man behind the hugely popular Korean/Japanese restaurant Dotori is getting ready to open a second place, this time in the City. Alan Tse has been running the much-loved Finsbury Park spot for the past eight years, during which time he also managed to squeeze in training at the Japan Culinary Institute in Tokyo.
Now Tse is gearing up to open The Azuki Room, just off Chancery Lane. He's taking
... - Here are all the restaurants and bars opening at the huge new Chancery Rosewood hotel
The opening of The Chancery Rosewood is nearly upon us. Not since the opening of The OWO has such a large endeavour been launched, but unlike that hotel, most of these restaurants here are opening at the same time.
- Putney's getting a really interesting Indian restaurant, Raaz, from an ex-Kolamba chef
Lucky old Putney folk. They'll no longer have to schlep into town to get great Indian food, with what sounds like a properly interesting neighbourhood restaurant opening on their doorsteps. Raaz (the name means secret but this one's going to get out fast) comes from chef Imran Mansuri who most recently headed up the restaurant at Kolamba in Soho but also has the likes of Michelin-starred restaurants Tamarind and
... - Camino are opening Pintxito, a new Basque pintxo bar in Covent Garden's piazza
Updated 26/8/25 with the opening date.
It's a busy old year for Spanish restaurant folk Camino who have just spent the last few months buying up several of London's Iberica restaurants out of administration (the Farringdon and Victoria Iberica are now both Caminos as a result). But they're also working on something brand new - a pintxo bar in Covent Garden.
Pintxito will be a pretty intimate
... - Alley Cats Pizza confirms its Notting Hill arrival
15/8/25 - updated with the opening date
Popular pizza spot Alley Cats is on the expansion trail again - this time to the area that it seems everyone's trying to break into, Notting Hill.
Alley Cats are taking over the space that was once Italian restaurant Verderame (that's a few doors down from Sunday in Brooklyn). The space will look pretty familiar to anyone
... - ADOH! sees the Kolamba team bringing Sri Lankan street food to Covent Garden
14/8/25 - updated with the opening date
Having already launched two London restaurants devoted to great Sri Lankan food, the couple behind Kolamba are getting ready to open a much more casual affair. ADOH! (a Sri Lankan word which is used both in greeting or to express surprise) is taking over a former Franca Manca space next door to Rules on Maiden Lane. And it's much more of a quick dine and dash
... - Amsterdam live fire restaurant Nela kicks off The Whiteley's reinvention in Bayswater
14/8/25 - updated with the opening date
Plans are well underway to bring Whiteleys, now renamed The Whiteley, back to its former glory, albeit this time as a hotel, apartments and restaurants. The people behind Bottarga and Nina are due to open
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