Fitzrovia

• Pastino brings fast, fresh pasta to Fitzrovia

  

  London loves a fresh pasta restaurant and this new opening on Tottenham Court Road looks worth keeping an eye on. Pastino comes from Franco Manca alumnus Ahmos Wasif and it's been inspired by his trips to Italy and a desire to bring traditional Neapolitan, Sicilian and Roman pasta to London, with an emphasis on value.

  It also leans towards more of a fast-food meets fresh pasta operation than we've

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• Bar crawl: mezcal martinis and top-tier tostadas at No.23, the new bar at Carousel

  

  Bringing a taste of Mexico to Fitzrovia the new permanent bar at Carousel, No.23, feels like a sure-fire hit.

• Tofu Vegan is bringing vegan Chinese food to Fitzrovia

  

  27/8/24 - updated with the opening date

  It quickly became a local hit when opening in Islington in 2021 and now a new Tofu Vegan is opening, this time in Fitzrovia. 

  Since the Islington launch, the group - which is backed by Zhang Chao of Xi’an Impression - has opened in Golders Green and Spitalfields but this is their most central location yet, taking over from what

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• No. 23 mezcalaria and tostada bar has opened next to Carousel

  

  Until recently, the small No. 23 space next door to Carousel in Fitzrovia had been used for rotating residencies, most recently for Chuck NYC and Poons Wontoneria. Now that's about to change as it becomes a full-time bar, or more specifically a mezcaleria and tostada bar. 

  Opening somewhat under the radar last month, they've brought in bartender Matteo Vaccargiu (previously Equal

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• Chishuru

  West African food from Adejoké Bakare in Fitzrovia.

• Test of time - celebrating Roka's 20th anniversary with sushi and yaki on Charlotte Street

  

  Popular sushi and robata restaurant Roka is celebrating its 20th birthday this year. We made a return visit to the OG Roka on Charlotte Street to see why it's lasted so long. 

• Test Driving All'onda - a restaurant rizzing up risotto for Londoners

  

  Lovers of risotto need to make their way to Fitzrovia where All'onda is serving it up with a fine dining twist. 

• Honey & Smoke

  Middle-Eastern grill house from Honey & Co

• Pizzeria Mozza

  Nancy Silverton's London pizzeria

• Monica Galetti's Mere to close

  

  It's been a year of pretty high-profile restaurant closures, particularly in the famous chef/high-end side of things. We've already had the closure of Marcus Wareing's Marcus and Michel

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• All’onda in Fitzrovia is all about risotto

  

  A new restaurant called All’onda is coming to Fitzrovia and it's all centred around risotto. 

  Founded by Cordula Schulz, whose apparent passion for risotto drives the restaurant, she's brought in Andrea Granzarolo as head chef. He brings with him a wealth of experience, having been at Helene Darroze for six years, as well as The Square and The Greenhouse. 

  The menu, of course,

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• Out and In restaurant will have London's first faux-fresco space

  

  Update: You guessed it, this was our 2024 April Fool. To see all the April Fool stories we've ever run, click here.

  Now that spring is officially here and the clocks have gone forward, the next thing that happens here at Hot Dinners HQ is the arrival of a deluge of press releases announcing the opening of terraces and

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• Charlotte Street is getting an Alsatian wine bar and restaurant called July

  

  Updated with the opening date

  Opening in the spring but confusingly named after a summer month, July is going to be an Alsatian-inspired restaurant and wine bar hitting up Charlotte Street. And while this is the first hospitality venture for the pair behind it, they've brought in a team that shows they know what they're doing.

  French-Swiss food writer Solynka Dumas and Julian Oschmann are the

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• Carmel is expanding from Queen's Park to Oxford Circus

  

  12/3/24 - updated with the opening date

  The team behind Carmel, Berber & Q and Shawarma Bar are heading into the West End to open a second Carmel restaurant just off Oxford Circus. They've taken over the site on Market Place that was previously La Rampa (and before that a string of other restaurants, so here's hoping this venture breaks the curse).

  As with their Queen's Park restaurant, Carmel's

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• Mortimer House Kitchen goes Italian under Nessa chef Tom Cenci

  

  After success launching Nessa in Soho, chef Tom Cenci is also taking on another restaurant by the same group, Mortimer House Kitchen. It'll be different to Soho's British menu though, with Mortimer House being a strictly Italian affair. 

  The menu is apparently influenced by Cenci's family summers on the Amalfi coast and includes:

  • Zucchini caesar with parmesan and
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