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9/2/25 - updated with the opening date and more details

After making a big splash in Notting Hill with their first restaurant last year, Holy Carrot already has a second site lined up, this time in Spitalfields. However, this time around they'll be adding some vegetarian dishes, ditching the solely plant-based approach that the Notting Hill restaurant focused on. 

It's run by Irina Linovich and ex-Acme Fire Cult chef Daniel Watkins, and of the original restaurant, we said it was "a plant-based menu that pushes what's possible with vegan food

The problematic fried chicken giant Chick-fil-A is gearing up for its first London restaurant opening and they've picked Kingston.

It's the fast food company's second go at the UK following two attempts in 2019 in Reading and Aviemore. Both of those branches ended up closing after campaigns highlighting the company's anti-LGBTQ+ stance, illustrated by their charitable support of two very conservative Christian charities.

Since then, things have moved on. Chick-fil-A stopped funding those two particular charities and have gone on record saying they now focus on charities

6/2/25 - updated with more details about the opening, and an opening date

Is it a sign of the times that luxury hotel Four Seasons Hotel London At Tower Bridge has decided to replace its two Michelin-starred restaurant by top chef Anne-Sophie Pic with a steakhouse? Whatever the reasoning behind the decision, Cooper's Cut will be the hotel's newest dining offering, opening this spring.

Four Seasons are billing it as a contemporary steakhouse that they hope will "bring a bold energy to The City's dining scene." To that end they have brought in an Executive Chef with

It certainly feels as though London's bakery scene is in the ascendancy at the moment, and the arrival of Kichiya in London Fields is only going to add to that. Baker Ayako Takei trained in formal French patisserie at Le Cordon Bleu over a decade ago and worked at The Wolseley and Honey & Co, but has also built up a fanbase selling cakes and pastries at street markets and via direct sales.

Now Aya is opening her first cake shop and cafe, in London Fields. Kichiya on Mentmore Terrace will serve up her classic European pastries with an authentic Japanese twist. Think matcha

Following the opening of Nela, which proved to be a big success, the next opening at The Whiteley in Bayswater is incoming. This time it's Whiteley’s Kitchen, Bar & Café (named after the store that was once in this spot), which is opening as part of the Six Senses London hotel. 

It's being billed as a British restaurant that's also "vegetable-forward". So that means that it's not completely vegetarian, but there will be a lot of veggie options on the menu. In

We reported on this one way back in June 2025, but now it's being confirmed, Mazi is coming to Mayfair - although this outpost will be called Maza. 

It's been over a decade since Mazi opened its doors in Notting Hill. The refined Greek food restaurant by Adrien Carre and Christina Mouratoglou has since spawned sibling establishment Suzi Tros, also in Notting Hill, and this central London opening will launch in the old Pizza Express building opposite The Guinea on Bruton Place. The space, you may remember, was briefly taken over by the Guinea during Covid and used as the

They went properly viral in Soho due to the length of their queues, they then expanded to Spitalfields and now Noodle Inn are getting ready to open their third London noodle bar.

As first revealed by Battersea Beat, the third Noodle Inn is going to be on the top level of Battersea Power Station's Turbine Hall. The station has been slowly growing a pretty impressive restaurant roster over the years, with Dishoom, Arcade, Bao and Roti King having already found a home

In what's very much an on-again/off-again affair, it looks like the much rumoured return of Le Caprice is back on again. The restaurant had long been rumoured to be part of the launch of the new Chancery Rosewood hotel, but just before that opened the deal was thought to have fallen through. The hotel opened, along with Carbone, but the space that was originally supposed to be Le Caprice (the corner pictured above) remained unfilled. 

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Now that we've left dreary January behind there are some very interesting new openings to look forward to this month, including the return of chef Dom Taylor, a new wave Mexican, a Brixton import to Mayfair and a new Hoppers with a massively overhauled menu.

Look, we love a gimmick as much as the next person, but even we were slightly taken aback by the upcoming Old Street bar FlipDog. The bar (which happens to be a cocktail bar rather than a hot dog place) is going to be using a Loggerhead method to make some of its drinks. That means they're going to be putting a 1200°C iron poker into the drink "to enhance flavour, texture, and aroma."

It all sounds completely wild, but the owners behind FlipDog do have prior. Co-owner Artem Skapenko co-owns HRAM and Loggerhead Kyiv, described as a hidden gem by the World's 50 Best. That also uses

There may be fewer banks in London these days, but quite a lot of those ex-banks are being converted into impressive-looking restaurants. Recently we've had the opening of Aki London in Marylebone and next up is KINZ, a new Lebanese restaurant that's coming to Notting Hill. 

It's been put together by a trio, brothers Jad and Karim Lahoud and Rasha Khouri Bruzzo. The Lahouds, in particular, have been influenced by their parents, who were both chefs. As Jad says "Growing

It's already one of the best restaurants in King's Cross and Dim Sum Duck is clearly one of its busiest too, because they're getting ready to open a second restaurant in the area. 

Taking over what used to be Meat House on Pentonville Road, the new place will be a second Dim Sum Duck, and it's only about a two-minute walk from the original restaurant. But don't expect something completely different here. They'll be serving the same menu as the original restaurant, seven days a week. 

If you're unfamiliar with the restaurant, then the name shouldn't leave you too

Fulham folk who love a bit of Korean fried chicken will probably have already taken note of the arrival of Kokodoo on their high street just over a week ago. After years in the business, first as a street food stall, and then with a series of franchises across town, head chef and founder Mary Yoon has picked South West London to be her first owner-run restaurant. Yoon trained up at Le Cordon Bleu before deciding to concentrate on Korean comfort food.

The flagship Fulham location will serve up all the basics that have won them devoted fans across the capital. The chicken in

January might not seem like the best time of year to be talking about ice cream, but by the time Darlish's two new parlours open in Spring, it'll be a different story. If you haven't been to their Spitalfields shop on Brushfield Street before, then the USP here is that the ice creams are inspired by the Middle East, so think saffron, rose and pistachio or Turkish coffee. Their breakaway hit has been a baklava ice cream sandwich.

Founder Laura Dawson is of both Indian and Persian heritage and came up with the idea when she couldn't find the kind of ice creams in England that drew

Very under the radar, and first spotted by industry newsletter Propel, Victor Garvey, the chef behind Michelin-starred SOLA, has opened his latest restaurant in Notting Hill.

Called Materia Prima (but also listed as Mater1a), the restaurant is one that's focused on seasonal produce and "simplicity" and the chef describes it as "my own little world that I’d like to personally invite people into, one service at a time." Taking inspiration from Japan in particular, there are multiple options for tasting menus (starting at £99) and some of the signature dishes on the menu