Italian

26/4/26 - Updated with the opening date

Having worked in Kentish Town for years, we can attest to the popularity of its neighbourhood Italian, Rossella. Tucked up on the Highgate Road, it's been luring locals in with its pizzas and pasta since the late seventies. The service was always super friendly and the very drinkable wines came from the family's own vineyard back in Benevento in Campania.

Now the family-run restaurant is hoping to bring a little of that magic across North London to the folks of Muswell Hill. They've taken over the site that used to be

If you're looking for the best pizzas in London, from traditional Neapolitan, through deep-dish pizzas to the recent trend for NYC-style slices, we've narrowed the field down for you to the top 20 pizzerias in the capital right now. 

The chef behind Trullo has opened his own solo Italian restaurant in the heart of Covent Garden. We went down to the surprisingly peaceful courtyard to see what Conor Gadd is cooking up at Burro. 

The Langham London brought in classic Knightsbridge restaurant Sale E Pepe to open a seafood branch in their hotel. It was a good idea.

It's only been a couple of weeks since Papi closed, but there's already a replacement for the space lined up. Called Auguste, it will be be inspired by the Abruzzo region of Italy, and skewers will be a big part of the offering. 

Behind the restaurant are chef Mike Bagnall (previously Elm at The Montpelier) and Dylan Walters, who was the restaurant manager at Bambi. Bagnall used to live in the Abruzzo region, so that's where the inspiration for Auguste came from. His flame-grilled skewers will include lamb, cull yaw, wagyu, liver and wild boar, and he'll be cooking up whole fish

Taking over a former boozer on Columbia Road, Dara Klein's modern trattoria Tiella has been packing them in since day one. We went along to see what all the fuss was about. 

The Public House Group are known for launching new openings with little fanfare (like The Hart, Canteen and The Fat Badger), and that's the case once again with their latest, CeCe's.

Unlike their recent openings, this isn't a pub, although they are taking over a space that was once a pub, so it's not a massive departure. It's being billed as an Italian with a "hint of Hollywood". So it sounds like it's going for the glam kind of Italian restaurant that Martin Kuczmarski has been so successful with at The Dover and Martino's. The full menu is yet to be revealed, but dishes

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The man behind The Laughing Heart has opened a classic Italian osteria in the middle of Soho. We went down to check out Osteria Vibrato. 

11/2/26 - updated with the soft launch details

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 also going to be an Italian restaurant, but one where the design speaks to Conor's Irish roots. The look we're told

Last year, we wrote about how The Evolv Group (previously D&D) were going all-in on their Sartoria brand, expanding the restaurant that was originally launched by Francesco Mazzei into a mini group of restaurants. Well, that's continuing apace as they're already about to launch the fourth outpost. 

Rather than opening brand new places, Evolv have been repurposing some of their existing restaurants, this one being just opposite Liverpool Street Station. Once, this was a pair of restaurants - New Street Grill and Fish Market. New Street Grill has relaunched as Liverpool