Covent Garden

• Fancy modern dim sum is on the menu at Dim Sum Library opening in Covent Garden

  

  After so many Italian restaurant openings, it's refreshing to be talking about something different throwing open its doors in London next month. Dim Sum Library is a Hong Kong import by the Aqua Group and is going to be taking over what used to be the group's Luci restaurant in Covent Garden.

  They're pitching it as a modern take on classic dim sum, and they've brought in chefs Jian Jia (who

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• Burro sees Trullo chef and co-owner bringing Italian dishes and Irish hospitality to Covent Garden

  

  Ever since we heard that Petersham Nurseries had shut both their restaurants in central London, we've been wondering what was going to take over those spaces in Floral Court. Well, now we have the answer to one half of that. Conor Gadd is the chef and co-owner of the perennially popular Trullo in Islington. And he's taken on the space that was The Petersham to open Burro, his first solo venture.

  Burro is

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• Hyped Parisian gluten-free bakery Copains is opening in London

  

  They've long held a reputation as being one of the best places in Paris to enjoy gluten-free breads and pastries. Now Parisian bakery chain Copains has set its sight on London. To kick off their cross-Channel takeover, they're starting with two bakery openings, in Covent Garden and Islington. Both will be the brand's first bakeries outside of Paris.

  In Covent Garden, they've taken over the lease of a shop

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• Test driving Cô Thành, the hit Vietnamese restaurant makes the trip from Hong Kong to London

  

  Inspired by a street stall run by "The Lunch Lady", who shot to fame thanks to Anthony Bourdain, the London outpost of this Vietnamese restaurant has arrived in Covent Garden. We went down to try it out. 

• London's version of a Guinness Storehouse, Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Covent Garden, is finally opening

  

  Updated 29/10/25 with the opening date, bar and restaurant details

  It's been on the cards for a very long time, but the Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Covent Garden is finally opening. Following in the footsteps of Dublin and Edinburgh, London is the latest capital city to get its own huge city-centre brewery/distillery. And it's a big project; Guinness has apparently spent £73 million on the

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• SOOM Korean BBQ, where you cook at your table, has arrived in Covent Garden

  

  They already have a Korean restaurant in Canary Wharf with 3KOBROS, and now the same team are coming to St Martin's Lane with SOOM. 

  The new restaurant, taking over the space that used to be The Theatre Cafe, will be all about Korean BBQ. So there will be individual stone tables, each with an electric BBQ grill and you'll be cooking your own meats and vegetables.

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• A high-end Korean matcha cafe, Tokkia, is opening in Covent Garden

  

  If you were one of the many fans of the much-missed Korean tea shop be-oom on Exmouth Market, then we've got some news that should gladden your heart. Founder Sooji Im has another venture in the offing. She's moved into central London, where she'll be opening TOKKIA, a luxury Korean matcha house.

  On offer will be finely whisked Korean matcha, paired with saltbreads - a traditional Korean roll that

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• The Devonshire team's next pub and restaurant looks like being in Covent Garden's The Lady building

  

  They've been helping out with the launch of The Marlborough pub, but now The Devonshire team look to have lined up their own next big opening. 

• St John have switched things up in Covent Garden with a new bakery and bar

  

  20/10/25 - updated with opening details.

  It's all change for Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver's teeny bakery in Neal's Yard with the news that they've moved to bigger and better premises. The good thing is that fans of their custard doughnuts and amazing bread won't have to go too far to find the new bakery. They've moved just across the yard to a much bigger

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• Cô Thành to bring a taste of Southern Vietnam to Covent Garden

  

  9/10/25 - updated with the opening date

  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

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• Camino are opening Pintxito, a new Basque pintxo bar in Covent Garden's piazza

  

  Updated 26/8/25 with the opening date. 

  It's a busy old year for Spanish restaurant folk Camino who have just spent the last few months buying up several of London's Iberica restaurants out of administration (the Farringdon and Victoria Iberica are now both Caminos as a result). But they're also working on something brand new - a pintxo bar in Covent Garden.

  Pintxito will be a pretty intimate

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• ADOH! sees the Kolamba team bringing Sri Lankan street food to Covent Garden

  

  14/8/25 - updated with the opening date

  Having already launched two London restaurants devoted to great Sri Lankan food, the couple behind Kolamba are getting ready to open a much more casual affair. ADOH! (a Sri Lankan word which is used both in greeting or to express surprise) is taking over a former Franca Manca space next door to Rules on Maiden Lane. And it's much more of a quick dine and dash

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• Harry's is opening its flagship restaurant right on the piazza in Covent Garden

  

  Having rolled out The Ivy to pretty much everywhere (the latest of those in Battersea), it looks like Richard Caring's Caprice Holdings has started focusing on Harry's as their next big brand. They opened in Victoria last year and in King's Cross earlier this summer. All that was building up to what's going to be the restaurant group's flagship site, which gets its big launch this winter in Covent

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• Shake Shack and AngloThai team up for a one-day-only special burger

  

  Having trouble getting a table at Michelin-starred AngloThai restaurant now that they're one of the hottest tickets in town? Well, their new team-up with Shake Shack might be a little easier to get your hands on. 

  For one day only, John Chantarasak is creating two AngloThai specials for the menu. First up is the burger. That's an Aberdeen Angus beef burger

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• Cicoria by Angela Hartnett brings a new restaurant and rooftop terrace to the Royal Opera House

  

  Big news for anyone heading for Covent Garden or looking for a proper dining experience to complement a cultural excursion: acclaimed chef Angela Hartnett OBE is opening a new restaurant at the Royal Opera House, Cicoria by Angela Hartnett.

  It’s turning into a busy year for Hartnett, as she only recently opened her new ...