UK restaurants

• Upcoming UK restaurants - what's opening soon across the country

  

  Planning a trip outside the capital? Here's our guide to the very best restaurants opening soon across the entire country.

• New and recently opened UK restaurants

  

  Here's our guide to the very best restaurants that have opened recently outside of London, across the whole of the UK.

• Chantelle Nicholson is opening The Cordia Collective in a Grade II West Sussex estate

  

  26/3/25 - updated with Baked by Cordia opening date

  Two years ago Chantelle Nicholson opened Apricity in Mayfair, a restaurant that perfectly showcased her strong commitment to sustainability and vegetable-forward approach to cooking. The restaurant later won the

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• El Celler de Can Roca is opening a restaurant TimeSpirit in Scotland

  

  30/10/24 - updated with more details about the opening. 

  It may be cheaper to fly to Girona to try the original, than to take the train up to Scotland - but news that world-class restaurant El Celler de Can Roca is opening a restaurant north of the border is still very interesting indeed.

  The restaurant is opening a dining 'experience' up at The Macallan

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• Test driving Greyhound Inn, a Suffolk pub with a menu which reads like a dream

  

  Deep in the heart of Suffolk, you'll find this country pub with a truly excellent and inventive menu. We went to try out the Greyhound Inn.  

• Test Driving Nest Farmhouse - a London restaurant group works wonders in the countryside

  

  The team behind Nest and Restaurant St Barts have opened their first out-of-London space - we travelled to Norfolk to check out Nest Farmhouse. 

• The best countryside pubs for food near London

  

  Pining for large open spaces and fresh country air? These pubs are all close enough to town for you to countenance a day trip - and some have rooms to stay over if you fancy. 

• Test Driving Chalk restaurant at Wiston Estate - where everything from the produce to the wine is local

  

  On one of the largest pieces of family-owned land near the south coast, Wiston Estate has an extensive winery and a great restaurant in Chalk, which specialises in local Sussex produce. We took the train down for a day trip. 

• The best restaurants and bars in Brighton & Hove

  

  Resident food writer Andy Lynes reveals how this seaside city now has a distinctive dining identity that’s well worth taking the train from London to experience. 

• RH England at Aynho Park opens five new restaurants at once in the Cotswolds

  

  The huge new gallery opening RH England at Aynho Park in Oxfordshire has, in one fell swoop, brought five new restaurants to the Cotswolds.

  Set over a 73-acre estate, it's really quite the undertaking. On an estate that includes an architecture and design library, a Sir John Soane exhibition and gardens by Capability Brown, the five new restaurants

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• Travel notes: The Suffolk in Aldeburgh brings glamour to the seaside

  

  The Suffolk and its restaurant Sur Mer bring a touch of London glamour to the seaside town of Aldeburgh. We took a trip to Suffolk for a staycation to check it out.  

• Test Driving Woven by Adam Smith in a trip to Coworth Park

   

  Adam Smith has taken his restaurant in Ascot's Coworth Park to a whole new level. We take a look at the plush surroundings before checking out the brand-new Woven. 

• The Barletta team are opening Sète wine bar and restaurant in Margate

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive. Updated 28/9/22 with opening date

  Down in Margate, the food scene seems unstoppable with loads of interesting places opening up to look after locals and entice Londoners down for the weekend.

  This summer will see the opening of Sète by Jackson Berg & Natalia Ribbe, the team behind well-established restaurant Barletta at Turner Contemporary. The launch will be in two

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• Checking into The Rose in Deal for a Kentish seaside break

  

  This stylish seaside spot boasts the top chef Nuno Mendes' involvement in its menus. We booked ourselves in for a south coast staycation. 

• Jeremy Clarkson manages to open his Diddly Squat restaurant

  

  Jeremy Clarkson has been doing rather well out of his Diddly Squat Farm in the Cotswolds. Not only has the show about the farm been a massive hit on Amazon Prime, but his farm shop has been doing pretty good business too. 

  The presenter had been talking up the possibility of starting up a restaurant on the farm ever since the success of the show but, up until now, he'd been met

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