Pub

It's been a long time since Andrew Wong has concentrated on anything other than his two-Michelin-starred restaurant A Wong, last opening the short-lived Kym's in Bloomberg Arcade, back in 2018. 

But now he's getting ready to head to Shoreditch, opening Kong in the Nolton Folgate development (where you'll also find Osteria Angelina). For this, he's teamed up with Dishoom co-founder Amar Radia, so they're making quite the power couple. They're calling Kong a "Chinese public house", and it'll be part pub, part Chinese kitchen. The menu is under wraps at the moment, but they

Back in 2022, chef Max de Nahlikl regenerated West Kensington pub The Holland. Now, just half an hour's walk away, he's done the same with Brook Green pub The Bird in Hand. 

While The Holland is "British ingredient-led", Max has taken a different approach with his latest opening, instead going for an Italian/Mediterranean mix of dishes and pizzas. On the smaller plate side, you'll find smoked cod's roe with toasted focaccia and beef carpaccio with crispy kale, walnuts & lemon vinaigrette. On the larger side, there's a whole fish of the day and a pork chop

The Spiteri family have joined forces as a hospitality super group to open this new West London pub, fronted by the sibling duo behind Caravel. We went west to check it out. 

22/5/26 - updated with confirmed details

Love them or loathe them, Wetherspoons pubs are among the most successful in the country. That said, there are surprisingly few in the centre of town, but that's about to change as they're getting ready to open an enormous 300+ seat pub on Shaftesbury Avenue called Piccadilly Hall 

We write about this a few months ago, but now we have confiramtion - Wetherspoons is taking over the Coyote Ugly site, which itself only lasted a year and a half (although apparently a West End musical is being

They run Faber seafood restaurant in Hammersmith and The Somers Town Coffee House in King's Cross and now the same team are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a new opening. This time, it's a new pub in Canary Wharf. 

It's early days on what to expect from the opening, but it will be much more like a proper pub than their seafood offering. The menu here promises to feature classic pub dishes as well as "celebrating British ingredients with a wholesome, sustainable focus." That should translate into traditional dishes like pies, shellfish and fish and chips. They're also

Last December, after over 30 years, Ryan's Bar closed its doors for good in Stoke Newington. But very soon the space is going to be relaunched as a brand new pub, The Mary Wollstonecraft (who, of course, has a fairly memorable sculpture in nearby Newington Green). 

The pub is coming from Nick Bailey, who opened The Robin Ale & Cider House in Stroud Green back in 2023. An independent pub with a big focus on real ale, one of the main aims of the pub was to be a proper neighbourhood pub, and we're assuming that's just what's being planned with his latest opening.

To

The team behind Papi have opened their first pub on Green Lanes. We went in to see just how they have adapted their menu for the pub and it turns out they've done it incredibly well. 

The Queen Adelaide pub in Shepherd's Bush closed last summer, but the pub is now returning under a new guise, called The Talli Queen. 

It comes from chef Avi Shashidhara, who previously worked at Claude Bosi's Hibiscus and then had a long stint at The River Cafe before launching the kitchen at Pahli Hill Bandra Bhai in Fitzrovia. He also won the starter section of Great British Menu in 2023, so you might also remember him from that series.

It's the latest pub to relaunch with a strong focus on Indian food, much like The Tamil Prince (and Crown) in Islington. They say that

Last month, Papi moved on from their London Fields restaurant, quickly replaced by the soon-to-open Auguste. And now we know what Papi themselves have planned - they're opening a pub on Green Lanes, just north of Newington Green. They're taking over The Leconfield and renaming it The Golden Tooth. 

Chef Matthew Scott and wine merchant Charlie Carr are apparently taking a more "grown-up" approach to this neighbourhood pub. They'll be splitting up the space with half

We've been hearing murmurings about changes at Chelsea pub The Botanist for a while, and now we have confirmation. After 18 years of being run by the ETM group, it's being taken over by Wren pubs, the people behind The Walmer Castle, The Surprise, and The Carpenter's Arms.

The new pub won't be called The Botanist any more, but they also haven't decided on a name yet. The plan is to start a refurb in June, and return it to being a proper neighbourhood pub (something Sloane Square could really benefit from). As such, it's a little early to discover just what the plans are for the

Things have been busy around Broadgate of late. Recently, there has been the launch of a new Vagabond wine bar and the arrival of US import Velvet Taco and now there's a new American-Irish "pub and clubhouse" arriving. And, let's face it, Irish pubs are certainly doing rather well in London at the moment. 

Originally planned as The Horsemen, it's now going to be The Horsemen and Fitzgerald's, both with a bit of a horsey theme. 

First off, and at the front of the venue, is The Horsemen. That's a "traditional Irish Freehouse", and yes, there will be Guinness alongside a big

We look at some of the best pub gardens in London, where the alfresco space is more than matched by a great food menu.

The Spiteri family have been making waves on London's hospitality scene for a while, and now they're about to launch a new pub, in North Kensington.

Jon Spiteri is a legendary restaurateur and front-of-house man, with The French House, St. John,  Sessions Arts Club and many, many more behind him. Jon's ex-wife Melanie Arnold is the co-founder of Rochelle Canteen. Their sons Lorcan and Fin Spiteri were behind the houseboat success of Caravel, and sister Molly is Business Development Lead at Koya.

That's a pretty impressive range of experience all wrapped up in one family,

Just under a year ago, the popular Hackney pub The Gun announced it was closing down. Back then, its owners, who also run The Compton Arms in Islington, cited the current economic conditions saying "despite our very best efforts it has become unsustainable to continue trading". Well, where one door closes, another opens and it looks as though the pub is about to get a new lease of life.

It's been bought, according to trade title Propel, by J-Pub Holdings. That in itself doesn't sound particularly exciting until you discover that the man behind that is Kotaro Ogawa, the man behind

Crisp Pizza's arrival in Mayfair at The Marlborough is peak London food scene hype. We went down to see if those pizzas live up to the sky-high expectations.