New opening
- The Sea, The Sea flows onwards to Haggerston
9/6/21 - Updated with images, booking details and opening date
Fishmonger/wine bar/seafood restaurant The Sea, The Sea has been a big hit since it landed in Chelsea on Pavillion Road. That's particularly down to the food by Leo Carreira (the chef previously behind Londrino) which Marina O'Loughlin
... - Anglo Thai are getting ready to launch their first restaurant
They've been popping up at various places across London, as well as pulling together a few great meal kits - now AngloThai are finally getting ready to launch their
... - 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.
- Andi Oliver's Wadadli Kitchen and Roadside land in Hackney
It's popped up before, last seen at the Crooked Billet, but now Andi Oliver's Wadadli Kitchen has its own space for a 12-month run in Hackney - and it's added a roadside diner too.
First up is Wadadli Kitchen, That's all about communal dining, primarily on a covered terrace space. There, they'll be focusing on two dishes - the Caribbean spiced Seafood Boil, with shrimps, mussels, crab
... - Mamma Pastrama is a modern pastrami shop hitting Carnaby from Jay Morjaria
Pastrami lovers are going to be in seventh heaven when a new sandwich shop in Carnaby opens. Mamma Pastrama is the brainchild of chef Jay Morjaria (whose food we loved at JAE) and Vagabond co-founders Stephen Finch and Kieran Sherlock. They say they've taken on the classic American sarnie and given it a
... - Mowgli are bringing their Indian street food to London
They've already opened across the country, after starting in Liverpool, and now Mowgli is getting ready to open in London.
Billed as "Indian street food", Mowgli has taken over what used to be the Cote brasserie on Charlotte Street. It's run by former barrister Nisha Katona.
There's a huge selection of dishes on offer, including:
- Gunpowder Chicken - Mowgli’s
- LA chef Nancy Silverton is opening Pizzeria Mozza in London
After a few pop-ups to test the water, Nancy Silverton is coming to London with a permanent restaurant. Pizzeria Mozza will be the London offshoot of her Californian pizzerias, and she'll have her own gelato too.
- Shrine to the Vine is the new wine shop by Noble Rot's Dan Keeling and Mark Andrew
The unveiling of Noble Rot's new Soho restaurant was one of the big openings of last year. Now, co-founder Dan Keeling has a shiny new venture to show Londoners - his first wine shop.
Keeling, along with business partner Mark Andrew, also runs the wine company Keeling Andrew & Co. And it's that company which is behind Shrine to the Vine which opened its doors at the weekend.
... - Danclair's is the next Brixton restaurant from the man behind Fish, Wings & Tings
There are plenty of changes afoot in Brixton Village at the moment, but one really caught our eye. It's the new opening from Brian Danclair, founder of Fish, Wings & Tings one of Brixton's best restaurants.
This new restaurant Danclair's is inspired by
... - Bocca Bocca will be Leytonstone's little piece of Amalfi in London
A Hot Dinners exclusive
Leytonstoners stuck in London for the summer are being offered a hit of the Italian coast on their high street instead. Local entrepreneur Gianluca Colini, who opened hit coffee shop Unity Café, is the man behind new restaurant Bocca Bocca.
Gianluca's put together a tight and impressive team for this new opening. Jemma Londt-James, former manager of JOY at Portobello, will be in
... - Fatt Pundit head to Covent Garden with their Indo-Chinese dishes and cocktails
If fusion food is your chilli jam, then you might be interested to know that Fatt Pundit are heading to Covent Garden. The Indo-Chinese restaurant first opened in Soho two years ago, building up a fanbase for its food inspired by Canton and Guangdong immigrants who settled in Kolkata and Mumbai.
Now they're opening a second restaurant, this time on Maiden Lane on the old Polpo site. And while they'll
... - Christina's at The Mondrian Shoreditch will serve up katsu sandos, foraged cocktails and pastries from Chestnut Bakery
We already know that top Spanish chef Dani Garcia is opening a restaurant at the new Mondrian Shoreditch. Now we've got details of the other big food opening there, taking over the hotel's ground floor space.
Christina's will be the Mondrian's all-day eating space. But far from being
... - MiMi Mei Fair is an opulent Chinese restaurant from the team behind Jamavar
The restaurateur behind Jamavar and Bombay Bustle is opening another Mayfair venture in September. This one’s called MiMi Mei Fair and will evoke the opulent wonders of old-world China.
- Santa Maria pizza comes to Islington
Updated 30/7/21 with opening date
Santa Maria have been hailed by some as serving up London's best pizza, so news of a new opening by them is definitely welcome. We already knw tew that they were gearing up for their first vegan pizzeria, but they're also going to be opening in the ever-shifting
... - Boxer Sohail Ahmad to launch Eggoland restaurant in Fitzrovia
Updated 12/8/21 with soft launch offer
A new egg-based restaurant is coming to London, but this has a more unique starting point. It comes from Sohail Ahmad, an Afghan refugee who came to the UK on his own on the back of a lorry at the age of 12 - but then eventually built up a career as a professional boxer and personal trainer.
Now he's getting into the
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