Leicester Square

• Jamie's Italian is coming back from the dead

   

  When Jamie's Italian went under back in 2019, it was one of the most public closures possible, with coverage all over the press. But, the brand has managed to keep going overseas and, much to pretty much everyone's surprise, it's coming back to the UK too. 

  This time, the chef is spreading the risk about a bit as it's going to be a team-up with Prezzo and the first opening is going to be

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• Leicester Square's new food hall is the biggest in London, traders now revealed

  

  26/11/25 - updated with the opening date and traders revealed.

  Once thought to have been dealt a killing blow by the lockdowns, the past couple of years have been a boom time for food halls. The latest to join the fray is the newest Market Place and it's easily their most central London location yet. 

  So far, they've opened in places like St Paul's,

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• US celeb-loved chicken shop Raising Canes is hitting London (taking over Leicester Square’s Angus Steakhouse)

  

  Across the pond its celebrity fans include Post Malone, Snoop Dogg and Cynthia Erivo. Now the chicken finger fast food giant that is Raising Canes is coming to London. And they've launched their campaign to win British hearts in a bombastic fashion, taking over the space that was for years the flagship site of Angus Steakhouse in the West End.

  If, like us, you weren't

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• Salt and its wagyu burgers opens on Leicester Square, but which Salt is it?

  

  Updated 21/5/24 with more information

  There were fanfares and fire jugglers at the grand opening of Middle Eastern burger joint Salt on Leicester Square this week, but a social media storm is still raging as to which Salt this actually is. The OG Salt was a Dubai food truck turned burger business run by two women Amal Al Marri and Deem Albassam. It became a huge hit for its signature wagyu

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• Bone Daddies are bringing their ramen to Leicester Square

  

  Updated 2/10/23 with opening date and launch offer

  Just over a decade since they first served up a steaming bowl of ramen to Londoners Bone Daddies are gearing up to open their eighth restaurant. The new place will be just opposite Leicester Square tube station making it a super handy spot for shoppers and tourists alike.

  Taking over two floors of a site between Leicester Square and

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• Greggs win right to sell late-night sausage rolls on Leicester Square

  

  Almost a year ago we reported that the dream of Greggs to be running a 24/7 restaurant on Leicester Square had come up against hard reality in the form of Westminster Council's licensing committee. Worried that a late night purveyor of sausage rolls and steak bakes would be a "hot spot for late night

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• Max Halley at the Hippodrome sees Max's Sandwiches come to Leicester Square

  

  If you haven't yet made it out to Crouch Hill to Max's Sandwich Shop then get ready to try Max Halley's sandwiches in a much more central location. He's teamed up with none other than The Hippodrome for the new Max Halley at the Hippodrome.

  It might at first seems a rather strange place for him to open - but they say it links back to the origins of the sandwich itself.

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• America's Angry Crab Shack arrives in London

  

  7/3/23 - updated with the opening date

  Hard on the heels of Boston's Saltie Girl opening in London comes news of another American seafood import.

  Angry Crab Shack is a restaurant group that was first opened in Arizona back in 2013 by former NFL player Ron Lou. It's billed as a 'bib up and

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• Stack & Still have opened a huge pancake restaurant on Leicester Square

  

  With perfect timing for the Christmas crowds, Scottish pancake purveyor Stack & Still has just opened its first London restaurant on Leicester Square. It's also their first opening outside Scotland and they've picked a massive site. The new restaurant has got room for 225 diners - that's a lot of pancake lovers.

  If you haven't heard of them before - and we'll admit we hadn't - the chain currently

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• Greggs is coming to Leicester Square

  

  14/7/22 - updated with launch info

  There's been a lot of development around Leicester Square of late - but this latest addition is the one that really matters. Yes, a flagship Greggs is opening in London's tourist centre and it's one of the biggest Greggs yet. 

  So if you're in the middle of town and craving a steak bake you'll know where to come (the hoarding even features

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• Burger King opens a meat-free restaurant on Leicester Square

  

  We'd been hearing that Burger King were going to be trying something new with the reopening of their Leicester Square restaurant - and they've certainly done that, going completely meat-free. 

  We've had meat-free Prets, and a recent meat-free Honest Burgers but we think this is the first of the big fast-food giants to take the plunge.

  This new restaurant adds fifteen new

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• Test Driving The Londoner - Leicester Square's new luxe hangout

  

  The arrival of luxe new hotel The Londoner on Leicester Square aims to transform the area's lacklustre reputation. We went to check it out.

• First look inside The Londoner 'super boutique' hotel on Leicester Square

  Leicester Square's food and drink scene gets an injection of cool with this upcoming hotel promising a rooftop bar with firepits, two Odeon luxe cinemas and a signature all day restaurant.

• Jollibee's Filipino Fried chicken is coming to Leicester Square

  

  30/4/21 - updated with the opening date.

  While we don't think the queues are going to be quite as long (over 10 hours) as the ones when they opened in Earl's Court, the news that Jollibee is opening on Leicester Square should

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• Gordon Ramsay's Street Burger takes over the Byron on Charing Cross Road

  

  Gordon's burger joint finds its first central London location, taking over the old Byron site on Charing Cross Road.