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  • Bad Boy Pizza are opening a permanent pizzeria in Bethnal Green with NYC-style slices and more

    Bad Boy Pizza openign a permanent pizzeria in Bethnal Green with NY-style slices and more

    3/7/25 - updated with the opening date

    Bad Boy Pizza Society have so far been such a big success at their residency in Tulse Hill, Seven Dials Market and Vinegar Yard that they've been named National Pizza of the Year at the National Pizza Awards in both 2022 and 2024. Now they've decided that it's time to go permanent with a new pizzeria in

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  • Brasserie Constance is the new Fulham Pier restaurant, with Trinity's Adam Byatt in charge

    Brasserie Constance is the new Fulham Pier restaurant, with Trinity's Adam Byatt in charge

    3/7/25 - updated with the opening date and menu details

    We've already had the opening of impressive new development beside Fulham Football ground called Fulham Pier. But following that is a very interesting new restaurant

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  • Berberè's sourdough pizzas are coming to Marylebone

    Berberè's sourdough pizzas are coming to Marylebone

    They're rated the world’s 6th best artisan pizzeria chain by the 50 Top Pizza list and now Berberè are getting ready to expand more. They're opening their fourth London restaurant on James Street, Marylebone (taking over the space of another pizzeria, Homeslice). 

    Originally opened in Bologna (they have pizzerias all across Italy), Berberè's pizzas are all about their

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  • Upcoming London restaurants - hot new openings coming soon

    comingsoonAll the latest news on every upcoming London restaurant that's going to be opening in the capital. The only Coming Soon list you need.

  • Carmela's pizzeria brings East Coast USA style pizzas to Islington

    Carmela's pizzeria brings East Coast USA style pizzas to Islington

    Earlier this year, Nordic restaurant Skal closed its doors for good in Islington, and now we know who will be taking over that space on Upper Street. Moving in soon will be Italian/American pizzeria Carmela's. 

    It comes from Phil Chaykin, the man behind Ugly Dumpling in Carnaby, who's teamed up with Gerry del Guercio and Paul Delany of the Bite Twice Instagram food

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  • Sourdough Sophia is Hampstead's new micro bakery

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    It's been a busy couple of months for North London micro bakery Sourdough Sophia. Having opened in Highgate in May, owner Sophia Handschuh is moving across the heath for her next opening, this time targeting Hampstead. The bakery is about to open in the old Redemption Roasters site on Perrin's Court, in between the High Street and Heath Street.

    "It's the biggest space for us so far in terms of seating,"

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  • All the new London restaurants - recently opened restaurants in London

    New and recently opened London Restaurants

    Here's a complete guide to all the new London restaurants that have opened...

  • Shanghai Me is the new rooftop restaurant at The London Hilton on Park Lane

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    2/7/24 - Updated with the opening date

    Ever since the Galvin Brothers announced that they were closing their rooftop restaurant at the London Hilton on Park Lane after 18 successful years, there was speculation on what was going to take its place. Hot Dinners was originally the first to

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  • The new restaurants and bars opening in London this week

    The new restaurants opening in London this week

    This week, it's all about two chefs joining forces in King's Cross, a Japanese cafe in Covent Garden and a canalside opening in Westbourne Park.

  • Poon's is back, opening at Somerset House

    Poon's is back, opening at Somerset House

    Since the original Poon's closed, one of London's legendary Chinese restaurants, Amy Poon has been following in her family's footsteps with a series of pop-ups and selling a range of her products (with a store recently opening in Bermondsey). But now she's getting ready to open her own restaurant called, of course, Poon's. 

    Opening within the New Wing of Somerset House, this new iteration of Poons

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  • Kora brings London's Mediterranean trend to the King's Road

    Kora brings London's Mediterranean trend to the King's Road 

    It's been a big trend in London restaurants over the past couple of years, and another Mediterranean restaurant is on the way, this time to Chelsea. 

    Kora is opening in Beaufort House, taking over what was their brasserie space, transforming it into a restaurant that "takes timeless Mediterranean classics and reimagines them with creativity and modern flair." That translates as a

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  • Phil Howard's Notto pasta bar is coming to the City

    Phil Howard's Notto pasta bar is coming to the City

    His main home may be Elystan Street, but Phil Howard's other business looks like it's doing pretty well. Fresh pasta bar Notto is clearly doing great business on Piccadilly and in Covent Garden, because a third is on the way to the City. 

    If you're as yet unfamiliar with the restaurant, our original Test

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  • Junk branch out with a Puffy cookie and coffee shop in Soho

    puffy cookie shop soho london

    When burger joint Junk first opened in Soho last year there was a lot of love expressed by fans for its dessert option - cookies from the Parisian bakery Puffy (which is owned by the same restaurant group). Such has been the success of those cookies that they've now decided to open the first London branch of Puffy, next door to Junk.

    The cookie shop will serve up seven varieties, ranging from the standard milk and dark

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  • Camino are opening Pintxito - a new pintxo bar in Covent Garden

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    Updated 26/6/25

    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 kind of place, with space for

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  • The big new London restaurants opening in July 2025

    The big new London restaurants opening in July 2025

    With half of the year behind us, here are the restaurants to look forward to in July. From Adam Byatt at Fulham to The Duck and Rice celebrating their tenth birthday with a brand new restaurant, here's what's opening in London this month.