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• New York's Carbone is coming to London

  

  Carbone is definitely coming to London. Recently submitted planning information shows that the famous New York restaurant is the second restaurant to open in the Chancery Rosewood next year. 

• Michelin-starred chef Michael Caines is opening his first restaurant in London

  

  12/8/25 - Updated with opening details

  Chef Michael Caines won a Michelin star for his restaurant at Lympstone Manor, and has previously held two stars at Gidleigh Park. Now he's getting ready to open his first restaurant in London, Michael Caines at The Stafford. 

  This has all come about because Lympstone Manor has joined The Stafford Collection

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• The big new London restaurants opening in September 2025 - all you need to know

  

  If August was a quiet month for openings, September is the polar opposite. Traditionally one of the busiest months for openings, this September is notable for some high-profile restaurants. Here's your bluffer's guide to the big new openings of the month:

• Corenucopia sees three-Michelin-starred chef Clare Smyth opening a "luxury bistro" in Chelsea

  

  We were already aware of Clare Smyth's plans to open a restaurant inside the new Admiralty Arch development next year, but it turns out she has something else planned too. 

  The chef, who has three Michelin stars at her Notting Hill restaurant Core, is about to open a new restaurant in Chelsea, called Corenucopia. She's billing the

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• Lilibet's is an extra looking new seafood spot taking over the late Queen Elizabeth's birthplace

  

  If you're bored of seeing London restaurants all following the same design playbook, then the arrival of a new seafood restaurant in Mayfair is going to make you sit up and pay attention. Lilibet's is taking over a building in Mayfair that has historical significance. It was the birthplace of the late Queen Elizabeth. And it's to her that this new restaurant turns as a muse.

  Behind it is restaurateur Ross Shonhan, who founded the

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• Wild Honey's Anthony Demetre leads the menu at The Elizabeth in Belgravia, taking over from Ganymede

  

  What was Ganymede in Belgravia is being reborn, transforming it into The Elizabeth, with a little hand from Anthony Demetre. 

  The chef, whose restaurant Wild Honey currently holds a Michelin star, is creating a new menu for the relaunch, with a look towards his signature "bistronomy" roots. On the menu, that translates into dishes

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• Lisa Goodwin-Allen joins The Beaumont, launching new restaurant Rosi

  

  28/8/25 - updated with the opening date

  Just after Lisa Goodwin-Allen rejoined Northcote, after making a surprise departure announcement just two months prior (being sold to new owners helped with that), she also announced she was to open a new restaurant at The Beaumont, called Rosi. Now we have more details about what's planned. 

  It's not her first London

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• Georgian restaurant DakaDaka is taking over the 10 Heddon Street space in Mayfair

  

  It's been a while since we've seen a new restaurant launch at 10 Heddon Street, the space that once held Manteca, Fallow and Sarap as residencies. The residency days are behind it now and instead, it's relaunching as a permanent Georgian restaurant, DakaDaka. 

  It's the first restaurant from new hospitality group Berkeley Square Hospitality. That comes

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• Brother Marcus' latest Eastern Med opening sees them taking over Jason Atherton's former Soho home

  

  A few weeks ago, we reported on the team behind Brother Marcus taking over The Blind Pig in Soho for their new bar, Kamara. At the time, as that involved the upstairs area only, we said it seemed likely that downstairs, where Social Eating House

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• Nuno Mendes leaves Lisboeta which is transforming into Luso, but stays Portuguese

  

  One of Fitzrovia's best restaurants is going through a big change, and that's because of the departure of its superstar chef. Nuno Mendes (genuinely one of the nicest people in the London food world) is moving on to new things, and the restaurant is being relaunched as Luso. 

  Luso will stay Portuguese, and although they say it won't be a "chef-led" restaurant,

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• Crate Brewery is opening a second waterside beer and pizza spot in Canary Wharf

  

  Crate Brewery in Hackney is known for being just beside the water, and one of London's best waterside eating and drinking spots. Now they're trying to replicate that, but this time over in Canary Wharf. 

  The second Crate will be in Wood Wharf (where you'll also find Hawksmoor, Dishoom and Marceline), taking over the rather short-lived Fish Game space. As with the

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• Telegraph reviewer William Sitwell decides to have a go himself, opening a hotel and restaurant in Somerset

  

  One UK restaurant critic has clearly decided that they can do the job better than the people he's been reviewing. According to Restaurant website and

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• The Azuki Room sees the Dotori team opening a new Japanese restaurant by Chancery Lane

  

  The man behind the hugely popular Korean/Japanese restaurant Dotori is getting ready to open a second place, this time in the City. Alan Tse has been running the much-loved Finsbury Park spot for the past eight years, during which time he also managed to squeeze in training at the Japan Culinary Institute in Tokyo.

  Now Tse is gearing up to open The Azuki Room, just off Chancery Lane. He's taking

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• Here are all the restaurants and bars opening at the huge new Chancery Rosewood hotel

  

  The opening of The Chancery Rosewood is nearly upon us. Not since the opening of The OWO has such a large endeavour been launched, but unlike that hotel, most of these restaurants here are opening at the same time. 

• Putney's getting a really interesting Indian restaurant, Raaz, from an ex-Kolamba chef

  

  Lucky old Putney folk. They'll no longer have to schlep into town to get great Indian food, with what sounds like a properly interesting neighbourhood restaurant opening on their doorsteps. Raaz (the name means secret but this one's going to get out fast) comes from chef Imran Mansuri who most recently headed up the restaurant at Kolamba in Soho but also has the likes of Michelin-starred restaurants Tamarind and

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