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, Soho gets a new fresh pasta restaurant and there's a new Bluebird in town.
27 Old Compton Street
Soho - 27 Old Compton Street, London W1D 5JP
This is a new pasta bar for Soho which comes from the man behind nearby 64 Old Compton Street as well as 40 Dean Street (continuing his restaurant naming convention). This opening focuses on quick, fresh pasta and it's a walk-in/no-bookings affair. On the menu here, you'll find pumpkin, ricotta and sage ravioli alongside gnocchi with cavolo nero and pesto with plenty of Italian wines and cocktails on the side. It should become an extremely handy Soho pit stop.
Opening date: 24 March 2025
The Lavery
South Kensington - 4 Cromwell Place, London SW7 2JE
The Lavery is opening very close to South Kensington's museums and galleries which makes it particularly useful if you're planning a visit to any of them. The chef behind, Yohei Furuhashi, it is also someone to watch as he's been senior chef at the River Cafe and, most recently, head chef at Toklas. Here, he's in charge of a Mediterranean menu, which will also feature Scottish produce. In practice, that results in a menu which includes Scottish scallops with alubia beans and radicchio as well as gnocchi with fresh peas and hen of the woods.
Opening date: 25 March 2025
Bluebird City
City of London - 3 South Pl, London EC2M 2AF
The original Bluebird has been a Chelsea mainstay for 30 years and this sees the same team heading to the opposite side of town. They'll be taking over the ground-floor restaurant space at the South Place Hotel in the City. Classic dishes from the Chelsea restaurant will appear here, sometimes with a City twist, with the menu including Cornish white crab toast and courgette spaghetti.
Opening date: 29 March 2025 (50% off food 29-30 March 2025)
Here's what opened last week
Crunch (Soho) - Brioche sandwich seller gets a permanent space.
The Pocket (Islington) - New Islington pub from the team behind Kentish Town's The Southampton Arms.
Sandwich Sandwich (City of London) - Sellers of huge viral sandwiches get a huge second London space
Richard Turner at Bodean's (Soho, Covent Garden and Tower Hill) - The man known for his meat (he's half of Turner & George) takes over the menu at this classic BBQ spot
Guinness pop-up at The Ned (City of London) - The Ned gets an immersive Guinness bar for a few months
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