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- The Food District is a brand new food court with a global outlook on Edgware Road
Food courts are very much a thing in London once more, and a new one has opened on Edgware Road that promises a shift away from the usual mix. The Food District is calling itself a "global food court" that also happens to be fully halal.
It comes from Shaz Khan, the man behind similar food courts 5 Continents in Stratford and Medz Corner in Kensington, but here
... - Aram at Somerset House will be a river-facing cafe, shop and restaurant by Syrian chef Imad Alarnab
He's best known for being a Syrian chef and refugee who moved from pop up to permanent with Imad's Syrian Kitchen, where he's played host to King Charles. Now chef and restaurateur Imad Alarnab is expanding his empire with a second restaurant, at Somerset House.
Aram is the first part of the enterprise and that will be a daytime space open for breakfast and lunch. The space, which overlooks the building's river
... - Popular Thai restaurant Khao-Sō-i's permanent London restaurant is in Fitzrovia
It's been big in Thailand and now Khao-Sō-i is coming to Fitzrovia, bringing its Northern Thai soul food menu.
The restaurant started in Chiang Mai (before expanding to Bangkok) and its titular dish, the coconut curry soup Khao Soi is what brought the restaurant acclaim. It's opening in a space that used to be an El&n Cafe in Market Place, which
... - The best new London restaurants of 2025 (so far)
As we've reached the halfway point of the year, it's time to look and the best of the new openings of 2025 in London (so far), running from January to June. Here are the restaurants that really made a mark.
- Jeremy King to reopen Simpson's in the Strand
Updated 24/7/25 with more details and imagery.
Jeremy King is definitely on a roll at the moment. He's opened The Park near Hyde Park, relaunched Le Caprice as Arlington and
... - Platapian sees a second generation restaurateur take over from Patara in Soho
It's all change at one of Soho's longstanding Thai restaurants Patara, which has undergone a full 21st-century reimagining and emerged as Platapian. The new look and menu is the result of second-generation restaurateur Nam Parama Raiva taking over the reins from her aunt Khun Patara Sila-On, who launched the Patara group with head chef Phayom Phimkrua three decades ago.
Twenty years after it opened its doors on
... - The Manicomio team are behind new City Italian restaurant Campanelle
The City has a brand new Italian worth checking out this summer. Campanelle is from the same team behind such classic London restaurants as Manicomio in Chelsea and Canto Corvino in Spitalfields. They've taken over the restaurant in a Grade II listed building between Fenchurch Street and Leadenhall Market.
The City has a brand new Italian worth checking out this summer. Campanelle is from the
... - Junk Burger's smash burgers are coming to Marylebone
It would appear that London simply does not have enough smash burger restaurants as Junk is getting ready to open its second burger bar in Marylebone.
The first Junk (which hails from France) opened in Soho and they've also opened a Puffy cookie shop right next door. This Marylebone
... - Sushi Fanatics sees the Amsterdam sushi izakaya opening in Islington
Islington's about to get a new sushi restaurant, this time via Amsterdam. Sushi Fanatics, billed as a "hidden sushi izakaya", will be taking over the space from Hot Stone on Chapel Market.
The original Amsterdam location has built up something of a fanbase over there for their compact restaurant serving up various options of nigiri, maki, donburi and more. They also have a
... - Sabor's Nieves Barragán opens Legado in Shoreditch
18/7/25 - updated with the opening date
Seven years after opening the wildly successful (and Michelin-starred) Sabor on Heddon Street, Nieves Barragán is getting ready to open her next restaurant. She'll be opening Legado (which means "legacy") in Shoreditch.
Once again, it's a team-up with JKS restaurants (also behind Gymkhana), and this restaurant is focused around "Spain's
... - Margot Green sees the Daisy Green group bring their Aussie vibes to Clapham
It might seem like an absolutely no-brainer to open an Aussie-style cafe in Clapham given how many expats live there, but it's taken until this year for the Daisy Green group to get the memo and take their all day cafe group to the area. Owners (and fellow Aussies) Prue Freeman and Tom Onions have just opened Margot Green in Clapham Old Town and they're hoping for a big hit.
The new restaurant has taken over the old
... - Bonheur by Matt Abé is the restaurant replacing Le Gavroche
We've known for a while that Restaurant Gordon Ramsay chef Matt Abé was taking on the old Le Gavroche site (snapped up by Gordon himself), and now we have a name: Bonheur by Matt Abé.
It's early days right now, so very little information has been released. We know that
... - Cô Thành to bring a taste of Southern Vietnam to Covent Garden
If you were wondering what would replace Frenchie in Covent Garden we finally have the answer and it’s great news for fans of Vietnamese food: Cô Thành is coming. Inspired by the international legend that is the Lunch Lady, aka Mrs Nguyễn Thị Thanh (who sadly died in May), Cô Thành already has an outpost in Hong Kong
... - A new Ta’mini Lebanese Bakery to open in Kensington
When you can’t have too much of a good thing, along comes the third Ta’mini Lebanese Bakery in London. After successful launches in Fulham (during the first COVID lockdown of 2020) and Bloomsbury (in 2023), Ta’mini will next waft the aromas of freshly baked date bread through the streets of Kensington.
The husband-and-wife team behind the concept - Ali from North Lebanon and Nermin from Beirut -
... - Leytonstone welcomes Forno’s second London bakery
Hang onto your delicate strawberry and elderflower tarts, some lovely Italian patisserie news should cheer the good people of East London this week: Forno has opened a branch in Leytonstone.
If you’re not au fait with Forno, it’s an Italian bakery from the founders of Ombra, and gained an obsessive following when it
