Our regular weekly guide to what to expect from the week ahead in London, with the restaurants, bars and more opening their doors across town. This week, one of London's best burgers comes to Baker Street, Akira Back opens a new hotel restaurant, there's a pizzeria opening on Shoreditch and a big new food hall for Canada Water.
Bleecker
Marylebone - 195 Baker St, London NW1 6UY
Bleecker make some of London's best burgers (and are one of our own personal favourites). This latest venue sees them opening right next to Baker Street station, where you'll find the usual cheeseburgers, angry fries and fantastic milkshakes. A burger to help you through the commute home seems almost mandatory this week.
Opening date: 1 April 2025
Launch offer: The first 100 customers who walk in on the first of April wearing a classic Sherlock Holmes deerstalker will receive a free cheeseburger. We're assured this is not an early April Fool joke.
Corner Corner
Canada Water - Maritime Street, London SE16 7LL
The latest in a mini-boom of food halls in London at the moment (with another due to open next week) sees the people behind KERB joining forces with the Drumsheds team. They've taken over a huge riverside space in Canada Water and have lined up traders that include Chick N Sours and Masa Tacos alongside Armenian and Levantine plates from Sirelli. The produce comes from their own vertical farm and it'll be a space for live music too.
Opening date: 4 April 2025
Flat Iron
South Bank - Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XX
The second Flat Iron to open near Waterloo, this one is opening in the big space at the foot of the Royal Festival Hall, making it one of the biggest Flat Iron restaurants yet. If you've been to a Flat Iron before, you know the drill - affordable steaks starting with the titular cut (currently £14) with more cuts on the blackboards and a really great burger in the mix too. They'll also be introducing their own special edition malbec with this launch.
Opening date: 3 April 2025
Opening offer: They'll be giving away 500 free wagyu steaks on the first day (from 5pm)
081 Pizzeria
Shoreditch - 46 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3EP
This pizzeria comes highly rated, making it to No 43 in the Best Pizzas in Europe list (excluding Italy, of course). The pizzas are Neapolitan in style (and 081 is founded by a former Naples native). The bases are made from 72-hour fermented dough and they import all the key ingredients directly from Italy. Special pizzas include their Pulled Genovese - slow-cooked pulled beef brisket and ribs with a Genovese ragu.
Opening date: 4 April 2025
Soft launch: 25% off pizzas during April
La Spot
Fitzrovia - 18 Charlotte Street, London W1T 2LZ
The latest hot sandwich shop in London is Spanish-inspired and comes from Ukrainian entrepreneur Andrii Nikonov (who has another Spanish restaurant in Kyiv). Fillings include options as varied as pulled oxtail, red prawns or fried octopus and they have a small tapas selection too.
Opening date: 2 April 2025
Launch offer: They're giving away 200 sandwiches on 3 April, but only if you make them laugh
Lilli by Akira Back
Marylebone - 2 Wallenberg Pl, London W1H 7TN
Less than a year after opening his first UK restaurant in a Mayfair hotel, Akira Back has surprised us by opening another hotel restaurant, this time in Marylebone (even though the hotel is the "Montcalm Mayfair"). It's mixing together some of his signature dishes (the pizzette here is wagyu as opposed to the tuna one you'll find in Mayfair) with some decidedly British dishes like beef Wellington. How it all comes together, we'll have to see.
Opening date: 2 April 2025
Reemies
Chelsea - 137 Fulham Road, London SW3 6RL
This bakery started, as many do these days, as a delivery/collection-only business before landing a physical location. It comes from Reem Abu Samra (the "Reemie" of the bakery name) and cakes are the big selling point here, with her signature banana cake being the must-have. Mainly a take-home space, there are a few seats inside and out if you want a coffee and cake there.
Opening date: 2 April 2025
Here's what opened last week
27 Old Compton Street (Soho) - The man behind 40 Dean Street opened a walk-in-only pasta restaurant
Konjiki (Kensington) - South Coast sushi spot arrived in central London and is still on soft launch this week.
The Lavery (South Kensington) - A Mediterranean restaurant that boasts an ex-Toklas and River Cafe chef at the helm
Bluebird City (City of London) - The Chelsea favourite opens a second location in the City
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