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- The Black Cow's Middle Eastern steakhouse arrives at Shoreditch's big new development, The Stage
The Black Cow is something that first opened in Camden's big Hawley Wharf development, but now the Middle Eastern steakhouse is moving to Shoreditch.
It's from Shiri Kraus and Amir Batito, whose goal was to create an American steakhouse-style grill with Middle Eastern flavours. They also run the extremely well-reviewed Epicurus in Camden,
- Hot new bar Waltz has just shimmied into Shoreditch
Tokyo-born mixologist Gento Torigata travelled across the globe working in bars from Ginza to Sydney and Singapore before landing in the UK. Most recently he was bar manager at the fabulous Kwãnt in Mayfair for the past two years. Now he's branching out on his own, opening up Waltz on Scrutton Street.
The bar and its drinks list takes inspiration from both jazz and nature. There's a general menu of drinks available along with
... - Pizza Pilgrims next pizzeria is on Brick Lane
A second Pizza Pilgrims is on the way to Shoreditch, this time opening on Brick Lane opening as part of the Truman Brewery.
If you've been to a Pizza Pilgrims before, you'll know what to expect: 72-hour, double-fermented dough, used in all their Neapolitan pizzas. And as for the pizzas themselves, alongside the classics, you'll find:
- Nduja - Spicy & meaty Calabrian sausage on
- The Dorian team are opening no-bookings Eel Sushi Bar in Notting Hill
6/5/25 - updated with new opening date and soft launch details
Not content with having one of the hardest-to-book restaurants in West London in Dorian, or the viral sushi experience Tuna Fight Club, the team responsible for both of those is now gearing up to open a sushi bar in Notting Hill.
Eel has taken over an old antiques shop on Talbot Road. It'll be a 10-16 seater restaurant that they're describing
... - Twenty8 NoMad is the Covent Garden hotel's revamped New York-inspired restaurant
NoMad London has had great success with its cocktail bar Side Hustle, but even though it's housed in an incredible room, the hotel's restaurant hasn't had as big a profile. Now they're getting ready to relaunch it as a New-York-inspired brasserie.
Called Twenty8 NoMad (based on the address of the hotel), it'll also bring in a light refresh of the already impressive room,
... - Brother Marcus and its famous brunches are heading to Canary Wharf
5/5/25 - updated with soft launch details
Another restaurant is adding to the huge growth in places to eat out that we've seen in Canary Wharf in recent years. This time, it's the turn of Brother Marcus, the Mediterranean-influenced restaurant that's a particular hit at brunch.
This latest outpost will be on the ground floor of the YY London building at One Canada Square
... - Nourished Communities are opening their next independent producers shop in Walthamstow
We've always been impressed by the Nourished Communities shops, having been into the ones in Islington and Finsbury Park many times. Now, Walthamstow residents can see what we mean as another store is just about to open there.
As with the other shops, they store food, drink and produce from over 200 independent producers, with the range including organic veg and veg boxes,
... - The big new London restaurants opening in May 2025
Even by London standards, this May is a hugely busy month for new restaurant openings, with lots to look forward to over the coming weeks. From the return of chefs Giorgio Locatelli and Stevie Parle to a Dishoom offshoot in Notting Hill and so much more besides - here's what's coming your way in May.
- Dom Taylor takes on the Caribbean takeaway with Marvee's Food Shop in Ladbroke Grove
Dom Taylor's residency at The Langham was our most-read story of 2023 so news of his new Ladbroke Grove restaurant should go down well with many of you.
Marvee’s Food Shop, his new restaurant, is due to be a more laid-back affair than The Good Front Room, as
... - Kokin brings whole tuna nights and sushi to Stratford (taking over from Allegra)
You may recall a few weeks ago we reported on the changes afoot at South Bank restaurant Hannah which was morphing into a claypot offering Donabe at the same time as moving their sushi operation to Stratford in the form of Kokin.
Now we can reveal exactly what they have planned for their foray into East London.
... - Dishoom are opening a Permit Room in Notting Hill
26/4/25 - updated with the opening date
Dishoom already has seven restaurants in London, but for the eighth, they're going in a (slightly) different direction. Outside of town, they've opened three Permit Rooms, which are essentially offshoots of the main Dishoom, billed instead as all-day bars and cafes, and now they're bringing one of those to Notting Hill.
The Notting
... - Bancone's next fresh pasta restaurant will be in Kensington
Slowly but surely, some notably interesting restaurants have been opening around High Street Kensington station. We had the excellent Krokodilos fairly recently and now Bancone have picked the area for their fourth location.
If you're unfamiliar with Bancone, they're predominantly
... - Belgravia gets in on the London noodle trend with a new noodle bar at The Peninsula London
Not wanting to be left out of the general London obsession with noodles, super luxe hotel The Peninsula London is getting in on the trend. They've just opened up a noodle bar that serves up a tight menu of noodle dishes alongside Gweilo beers from Hong Kong and the bar's own cocktail list.
The chefs behind the menu are the multi-award-winning Hou Yurui who has worked on the concept with Jonnie Liang,
... - Blinds is a 'groovy new wine bar' opening on Hackney Road
If you feel that your part of London could do with a few more decent wine bars, then you might feel that one particular part of East London has more than its fair share. Hackney Road is already home to the likes of Sager + Wilde (the OG natural wine bar) and Provisions but it's gearing up for another new opening this summer.
Blinds is a new bar that's opening up in a former blinds shop, hence the name, almost
... - Brillo sees Forno transforming into an evening listening bar with pizza and natural wine
In Hackney, Forno (from Mitshel Ibrahim, the man behind Ombra) has already been doing some impressive things with pastry. Now it's trying something different in the evenings, launching Brillo.
Brillo will be taking over the Forno space every Friday, transforming it into "a listening bar of sorts". Each Friday, they'll be cooking pizzas in the ovens,
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