Greek

• Souvlaki Street to open Evi's, its first permanent London site in East Dulwich

  

  25/7/23 - updated with the opening date

  If thoughts are turning to sunny Greek getaways, then we have the ideal warm-up for you in the form of Athens-inspired food in a new London location. After almost 10 years in business, popular street-food market stall Souvlaki Street is opening its first bricks-and-mortar home on East Dulwich’s North Cross Road. The restaurant will

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• Esti, a Greek-Australian restaurant, is opening at Shoreditch’s TT Liquor

  

  What do you get when you mix Greek dining and British produce with Australian hospitality? You’ll find the answer at a new six-month residency at TT Liquor in Shoreditch, when esti brings its blend of fire-cooked casual Greek food (with bonus Aussie influences) to the Orangery on the bar's first floor.

  The name ‘esti’ is both an ancient Greek term that means ‘to do’ and a riff on ‘estiatorio’ (the

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• Vori is hoping to transport Notting Hill residents with its Greek island cooking

  

  Updated 6/1/23 with new opening date

  Who among us doesn't fancy a change of scenery every now and then? Trader turned restaurateur Markos Tsimikali was feeling the same way. Having closed his original Greek restaurant, Hungry Donkey in Spitalfields this year, he decided to cross town for his new venture.

  Vori, he's hoping, will transport Notting Hill residents to the tiny Greek beach it's

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• Test Driving INO - a Greek gastrobar in Carnaby

  

  Pull up a stool at the counter of this new Carnaby wine bar and restaurant and enjoy a glass of Greek wine and a range of interesting small dishes.

• Azura is bringing a taste of the Aegean to Camden

  

  It's all change in Camden where new Mediterranean restaurant Azura is getting ready to open in the old Inamo site on Mornington Crescent.

  We don't know too much about what's planned, but what we do know is that they're intending on "bringing the taste of Mykonos, Santorini, Bodrum and Alacati to London." Behind the restaurant is Andreas Kizoub who also owns Ormos in Notting Hill, and was previously head chef at Opso and

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• Smashing Plates brings Greek street food to London Bridge

  

  We've only just written about a Greek restaurant opening in Crouch End and now there's news of a Greek street food restaurant, Smashing Plates, opening in London Bridge.

  Smashing Plates comes from Neofytos Christodoulou and is his take on Greek and Cypriot

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• Kalimera moves from street truck to new Crouch End Greek restaurant

  

  Moving up from street food truck and market stalls, Kalimera is launching as a restaurant in Crouch End. There will be modern interpretations of Greek and Mediterranean dishes and plenty of Greek wine.

• INO is a new Soho Greek grill restaurant from OPSO

  

  OPSO's new restaurant in Soho is all about live-fire grilling over charcoal. Expect plenty of meat and fish grilling, alongside an ever-changing Greek wine list. 

• Joan is a new Mediterranean restaurant for Shoreditch

  

  This new restaurant in Shoreditch takes Mediterranean food (with an emphasis on Greece) as its starting point, headed up by an ex-Caravan chef.

• The Athenian goes plant-based for their latest souvlaki deliveries

   

  More and more restaurants are going delivery-only during the lockdown, but we haven't seen quite as many vegan restaurants make the move, so far. One that is shifting is souvlaki merchant, The Athenian. They're launching a whole new delivery service on Deliveroo called Athenian Plant-Based (really on-the-nose with the naming).

  On the menu, they'll have, available as a wrap or in a

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• Test Driving Ampéli - Eastern Med food and Greek wines in Fitzrovia

  Fitzrovia has a new Eastern-Mediterranean-inspired restaurant in the shape of Ampeli - and it has a pretty decent Greek wine list too. We head over to try it out.  

• Greek-inspired restaurant Ampéli to open in Fitzrovia

  Fitzrovia’s Charlotte Street may have lost the second outlet of Peruvian restaurant Señor Ceviche but will gain a Greek newcomer in its place. Ampéli is a new Eastern Mediterranean inspired restaurant with a strong focus on Greek wines.

• Suzi Tros is a New Greek Bistro from the Team behind Mazi in Notting Hill

  An open charcoal grill will be at the heart of this new Greek bistro, Suzi Tros, which will focus on seasonally changing small plates.

• Maria Elia brings her Smashing Plates residency to Great Guns Social

  

  If you've ever tried chef Maria Elia's food, then you'll know that her upcoming three week residency at Great Guns Social in Southwark is worth pencilling in the diary.

  The globetrotting chef and author (she's launched restaurants in California and done pop-ups in Rwanda) is planning a modern Greek menu for her return to London. Dishes will include:

  • Savoury Baklavas
  • Moussaka Croquettes
  • Bream with pourgouri, cherries and
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• Pittabun hopes to entice fans of Greek food to Newburgh Street in Carnaby

  Promising a new take on the kebab, this pitta restaurant will feature sweet and savoury filled pitta breads as well as serving up Greek beers and wines.