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  • Phat Buns bring DIY burgers to Bayswater

    Phat Buns bring DIY burgers to Bayswater

    Over the past few years, we've seen a number of restaurants start up around the country before deciding to make it in the capital, like Six by Nico or Cin Cin, and now here comes another. Phat Buns can be found all over the North, but now they're opening their first London outpost in Bayswater (taking over from TinselTown). 

    Those Phat Buns are actually burgers, and mainly burgers you customise yourself.

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  • Roti King are bringing their roti canai to Waterloo

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    In an early Christmas present for anyone living and working in Waterloo, Roti King have just announced that they'll be opening their third London restaurant there. Having started life as a street food stall, and now with restaurants in Euston and Battersea it sounds like things are definitely going well for Malaysian founder Sugen Gopal.

    Key to Gopal's success has been his amazing roti canai, all of which are

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  • Zoilo chef Diego Jacquet is opening Florencio Pizza, an Argentine-inspired pizzeria, in Marylebone

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    More than a decade after opening the doors to his Argentine grill Zoilo, chef Diego Jacquet is expanding. He's getting ready to open a pizzeria just around the corner from his restaurant.

    Florencio Pizza will give him a chance to showcase pizzas inspired by his travels around the world including time spent in Patagonia, his life in Argentina and the creative input of Italian immigrants in

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  • The Pachamama Group are behind Effie restaurant opening at The Whiteley in Bayswater

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    It's always nice to see a landmark London building saved from falling into disrepair. Whiteley's on Bayswater had been closed for years but is now gearing up to reopen as a glamorous apartment block, complete with the UK's first Six Senses hotel and spa, an Everyman cinema and a new branch of Guillam Coffee House.

    Now the first restaurant in the development has been announced. Effie is by the Pachamama Group which

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  • Gymkhana is opening a brand new cocktail bar called 42

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    It's loved by celebrities as well as being one of the most critically rated Indian restaurants in London. Now Michelin-starred Gymkhana is getting ready to open a new cocktail bar, 42.

    The name alludes to Gymkhana's address on Albemarle Street but the entrance to the bar will actually be through the door neighbouring the restaurant. It's going to be a late-night haunt, with last orders at 2am every evening.

    And that,

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  • Capilungo is a Puglia-inspired café by day, wine bar by night in Covent Garden

    Capilungo is a Puglia-inspired café by day, wine bar by night in Covent Garden

    Opening in Covent Garden, this Italian cafe and wine bar is very much a family affair. 

    Running things will be Gianluca Capilungo (former Bar Manager for Aqua) and Asia Capilungo (previously a chef at Soho House and Cubitt House) who've joined up with their uncle Luca Capilungo as well as Asia’s partner Huzefa Sajawal (co-owner and Executive Chef of Fatt

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  • First look inside Broadwick Soho with its rooftop bar and oh-so-glam restaurant

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    Broadwick Soho is a new luxury hotel about to open in the middle of Soho, with an impressive rooftop bar and terrace. We went in for an exclusive first look. 

  • Temper is opening in Paddington, bringing an Argentinian-style mixed grill

    Temper is opening in Paddington

    In what will be their fifth restaurant, Temper are heading west to Paddington, taking over the space that once held Scandinavian restaurant Kupp. 

    Flame-grilled meat is primarily what it's all about in Temper, with plenty of steak cuts available, including porterhouse, picaña, châteaubriand and T-bone, with sauces like beef-fat bearnaise and Korean barbecue on the side. As well as the main

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  • Chai Guys Bakehouse will serve up fusion pastries on Portobello Road

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    Updated 9/11/23 with menu details and new opening date

    Over the past few years, Abhilash Jobanputra and Gabriel Unger have built up a loyal following for their Chai Guys stalls in places like Seven Dials Market, Covent Garden and Old Spitalfields Market. But this year marks the time when they switched it up as the pair are opening a bakery cafe in Notting Hill.

    Their bakehouse on Portobello Road,

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  • Mother Flipper grab a permanent place for their burgers in Brockley

    Mother Flipper grab a permanent place for their burgers in Brockley

    10 years after they first started out on Brockley Market, Mother Flipper are now about to open a permanent burger bar in the area they call their "spiritual home". 

    They're known as serving up some of the very best burgers in London, so if you haven't yet had a chance to try them, a trip to the new place should definitely be on the cards. As for those, burgers, you

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  • Jeremy King to reopen Simpson's in the Strand

    Jeremy King to reopen Simpsons in the Strand

    Jeremy King is definitely on a roll at the moment. He's gearing up to open The Park near Hyde Park, to relaunch Le Caprice as Arlington and now news comes, via

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  • La Palombe sees the Il Portico family switching to Pays Basque food in Kensington

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    Updated 6/11/23 with chef info

    At their original restaurant Il Portico, they boast of being the oldest family-run restaurant in London. Now the family behind that are getting ready to unveil a new place that focuses on French Basque regional cuisine.

    La Palombe opens next week on the site of the ill-fated Pino, also by the same family, which only lasted a year. But while that was also

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  • Sune just off Broadway Market sees a top sommelier and ex-Noma restaurant manager take on their own project

    Sune on Broadway Market sees top a sommelier in charge

    6/11/23 - Sune opening date added

    She's popped up all over town as the star sommelier creating wine lists for big restaurant openings. Now Honey Spencer and her partner Charlie Sims are opening a restaurant of their own - Sune. The pair have both been part of some of London's top restaurants, including Lyle’s, Mãos, Evelyn’s Table and Brawn - not to mention working at Noma - so this is

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  • The Tamil Crown is the second Islington pub from the Tamil Prince team

    The Tamil Crown is the second Islington pub from the Tamil Prince team

    5/11/23 - updated with the opening date

    We have some exciting (and exclusive) news for fans of South Indian food. Following the successful 2022 launch of The Tamil Prince in Islington, the owners are bringing a second restaurant to the neighbourhood – just a

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  • Abby Lee's Malaysian restaurant Mambow is moving to Clapton

    Abby Lee's Mambow is moving to Clapton

    5/11/23 - updated with the opening date

    Abby Lee's Mambow has been a hit in Market Peckham (and we were impressed), but now it's about to make a big move. She's upping sticks and taking it to the other side of town to open as a standalone restaurant in Clapton (taking over what was Le

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