Soho

• London is about to get another must-try new noodle shop as Songhelou arrives in Soho

  

  Central London is firmly in the grip of a noodle craze - the queues outside Noodle Inn aren't getting any shorter and there's the new Noodle & Beer in Chinatown too. Now, here's news of a third hot new noodle restaurant coming to the area. Songhelou is a Chinese restaurant that has real history, having first opened in Suzhou back in 1737.

  The dish to have features their famous Suzhou-style noodles. Think slim noodles

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• Marjorie's is a new contemporary wine bar and French restaurant for Soho

  

  29/4/25 - updated with the opening date

  As longstanding Hot Dinners readers should know, we do love a good wine bar. So we're very interested in combo wine bar and French restaurant Marjorie's which is opening in Soho soon.

  It comes from a duo that are new to hospitality, Michael Searle & Josh Anderson but who have brought in someone very interesting on

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• 27 Old Compton Street is aiming to be Soho's hot new pasta bar

  

  He already has two more Italian restaurants in Soho named after the street they're in, so when restaurateur Nima Safaei came around to giving his latest opening a moniker he stayed true to form, naming it after its address on Compton Street. But while this new restaurant may share a naming convention with its sibling restaurants, it's going to be quite a different beast.

  The new spot is focusing on quick pasta - think of

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• Mountain

  Brat's Tomos Parry in Soho

• SOLA

  Victor Garvey's Californian-inspired restaurant in Soho

• Darjeeling Express

  Asma Khan's Indian restaurant, Mk III

• Noble Rot Soho

  Noble Rot's Soho venture, serving classic food matched with great wine.

• Crunch and their brioche sandwiches are coming to Soho

  

  They've run pop-ups and a very popular stall at Spitalfields Market but now the Crunch team are getting ready to bring their brioche sandwiches to Soho.  

  The folk behind it are Sacha Yonan, Michael Medovnikov and Joni Francisco -  who has experience at

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• L'Escargot

  Classic French restaurant in Soho

• The French House

  Classic Soho boozer with an upstairs dining room

• Rita's

  The Rita's team's Soho restaurant

• Test Driving Sushi Kyu, a much-needed affordable addition to London's great omakase scene

  

  The arrival of an affordable omakase experience in Soho is to be celebrated. We grabbed a seat at the counter to see what Sushi Kyu is serving up.

• Get monogrammed croissants at the Louis Vuitton x Murakami pop up in Soho

  

  Two years after they launched a pop-up with Japanese artist Kusama at Harrods with its own patisserie counter, Louis Vuitton are back at it again. They've just opened a pop-up in Soho to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of their partnership with another Japanese artist Takashi Murakami.

  The Louis Vuitton x Murakami pop-up has taken over the old Fiorucci store on Brewer Street for a month.

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• Test Driving Breadstall - pizza-by-the-slice arrives in Soho

   

  After several successful years in Battersea, Breadstall opens its first permanent (and indoor) location in Soho, serving up huge pizzas and slices. We went down to try it for ourselves. 

• Breadstall takes its pizzas inside with a restaurant in Soho

  

  2/1/25 - updated with the opening date

  For years, Sebastian Vince's Breadstall has been one of the most popular pizza places in Battersea and he's spent all that time operating out of a (very big) stall on Northcote Road. However, he's finally getting ready to expand in a very big way as Breadstall is coming to Soho. It'll be opening on Berwick Street (near the

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