New opening
- 104 in Notting Hill is Richard Wilkins' miniature fine dining restaurant
Chef Richard Wilkins has moved into West London to open his solo venture, serving up a modern French fine dining menu.
- Chez Maiss is a new Hammersmith wine bar
Heading to the tube at Hammersmith and really fancy a good glass of wine? This could be the place.
- Darby's will be Robin Gill's Irish-influenced restaurant at Embassy Gardens
An Irish-influenced menu will be on offer at the ground floor at Robin Gill's next restaurant Darby’s – and also at the development’s incredible Sky Pool 10 stories up.
- Hello Darling to open in Waterloo with Masterchef winner Natalie Coleman as resident chef
Coleman has teamed up with theatrical set designers Darling and Edge to create a new concept with lavish art-filled interiors and bright, fun food to match.
- Flamboree brings the tarte flambee from Alsace to Old Street
Neil Witney (previously La Bodega Negra, E&O etc) is behind Old Street’s Flamboree which is putting a contemporary spin on the tarte flambée
- Market Hall West End on Oxford Street will be the UK's largest food hall
With 12 traders, four bars and space for 800 diners, this new food hall on Oxford Street is the UK's largest.
- Shaun Presland, top Aussie sushi chef is opening Pacific in London's Soho
It's been common knowledge for a while that Australian chef Shaun Presland had his sights set on opening a restaurant here in London, called Pacific.
If you're wondering why this is big news, well Shaun's a hugely well-respected Aussie chef, who's spent years learning about Japanese cooking from some of the best Japanese chefs in the world. Oh, and he also spent seven whole years just learning about sushi. Most recently he was executive chef at Sake
... - Yaki Yaki are serving up taiyaki, matcha soft serves and a croiyaki in Covent Garden
Covent Garden has a new dessert spot that you should expect to see popping up on your Insta feed from now on. Yaki Yaki is all about the Japanese waffle cones taiyaki and opened a week ago just off St Martin's Lane.
The specialist taiyaki shop will be serving up the traditional fish shaped waffles in two sizes - mini and regular. The minis come in batches of three filled with either vanilla custard, nutella or cheese and jalapeno. If you pick the regular size,
... - Covent Garden is the home for Fishworks' latest fishmonger and seafood restaurant
This will be FishWorks’ third site - this time in Covent Garden - offering fresh fish to take home and a whole host of dishes to eat in at the restaurant.
- Mao Chow finds a permanent Hackney place for its vegan Chinese food
This 12 seat noodle bar in Hackney will be serving up meat free Chinese classics
- Emilia in Bonhams is the next restaurant from the Quality Chop House people
Emilia sees the Quality Chop House team take over the restaurant at Bonhams Auction House. It's inspired by the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna.
- H&M pick Regent Street for their second It's Pleat cafe opening
If you fancied the idea of trying out H&M's new Swedish cafe, but couldn't quite gather the energy to get out to Westfield White City to try it out when it first opened, then the good news is they're opening another much more central one.
The H&M HOME concept store on Regent Street will be the site of the
... - The Soak in Victoria is a bar and restaurant that likes a bit of fermenting
The Soak is a new bar and restaurant in Victoria that is all about fermenting, soaking, steeping and brining - whether it's for cocktails or food.
- The Wolseley team are opening Soutine in St John's Wood
This is the next restaurant from the team behind The Wolseley, Bellanger, The Delaunay and more. This time it'll be an all-day restaurant serving French food with Russian influences.
- The Sea, The Sea in Chelsea is fishmonger by day, seafood and Champagne bar by night
This latest addition to Chelsea's Pavilion Road sees the co-founder of Bonnie Gull opening a fishmonger and deli which transforms into a seafood bar in the evening. And he's bringing along a few friends to help too...