Here's our guide to the very best restaurants opening soon across the entire country (outside of London, which you'll find here). Also see - our guide to new and recently opened UK restaurants.
Da Costa in Bruton
Da Costa
Bruton - Durslade Farm, Dropping Lane, Bruton, Somerset BA10 0NL
This restaurant comes from Artfarm, the people behind Mount St Restaurant among others. It's taken over what used to be the Roth Bar & Grill and the focus is on northern Italian dishes. The restaurant features a central open kitchen where they'll be cooking homemade pasta and risotto alongside daily specials cooked over fire. There's a strong winelist here, and it will include some of the farm's own wines.
Opening: 7 September 2024
Briar
Bruton - 1 High Street, Bruton, Somerset, BA10 0AB
While Osip has moved on to its own new location, Briar is taking over its previous space with ex River Cottage and former Head Chef of Devon’s Glebe House, Sam Lomas teaming up with husband-and-wife team Claudia and Aled Rees, owners of Number One Bruton. The menu will be dictated by hyper-local produce, foraged ingredients and the kitchen garden. Initial dishes include Westcombe gougeres, blood cake with gooseberry chutney and honeyt tart with poached quince.
Opening: 12 September 2024
Louis
Manchester - 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester M3 3EB
The team behind Tattu are opening a combo restaurant and musical venue, which they say is an "ode to classic New York restaurants". The menu here will be a Mediterranean one from a New York viewpoint, backed up by a fresh pasta workshop, all on a backdrop of live music.
Opening: 13 September 2024
Blacklock
Manchester - 37 Peter Street , Manchester, M2 5GB
Blacklock is heading outside of London for the first time ever. They're bringing their chops and steaks (and huge Sunday roast) to the basement of a Grade II listed building in the city and new dishes are promised too.
Opening: 20 September 2024
El Bolillo
Hove - 60 Church Rd, Brighton and Hove, Hove BN3 2FP
This is a casual Mexican restaurant from chef Greg Clarke (who has previously worked alongside Brett Graham and Tom Aikens as well as heading up the kitchen at Pidgin). Casual but not billed as a taqueria, this will feature Mexican-inspired plates, with dishes including pork cheek with ox sauce, blood mole and plum pico all served in a "blood taco".
Opening: 21 September 2024
Dongnae
Bristol - 5-7 Chandos Rd, Bristol BS6 6PG
This comes from Kyu Jeong Jeon and Duncan Robertson, the chefs behind Bokman (also in Bristol). The Korean restaurant will Kyu’s upbringing in Korea and their time spent living in Seoul as a family with many of the Korean cooking staples, like artisanal doenjang and gochujang made from scratch by themselves. The menu focuses on Korean BBQ techniques and they'll also have an omakase style menu. Dishes planned for the restaurant include Korean beef tartare, wild mushroom dolsotbap and grilled pork jowl with various in-house condiments.
Opening: September 2024
The Coal Shed
Brighton - Clarence House, 30-31 North Street, Brighton, BN1 1EB
It first opened in Brighton back in 2011 and now The Coal Shed is moving to a much bigger venue (fitting in over 140). There will also be a shift in the menu of the restaurant. While it will continue to offer its salt-aged, fire-cooked meats, they'll also be adding a more extensive seafood section, a Sturia Caviar menu and some new Copper Kettle oven cooked breads and dishes. This new space will also have a separate bar with its own menu of sharing plates and snacks.
Opening: September 2024
Margo
Glasgow - 68 Miller Street, Glasgow, G1 1DT
Margo is from Scoop (the team behind Ox and Finch and Ka Pao) and headed up by chef Robin Aitken (who has helped them get Bib Gourmands for their other restaurants). The menu here will have a seasonal approach with a specific focus on Scottish seafood as well as meat butchered in-house and their own in-house bread and pasta. Larger dishes include a half Creedy Carver duck with liver parfait, marmalade and toast. It's a big space, seating almost 140 and they'll have a cocktail list which includes frozen martinis.
Opening: September 2024
Pearly Cow
Brighton - 124 King's Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 2FY
Opening inside the new Brighton Guest House hotel, this will be the third Pearly Cow (after York and Margate). As with those restaurants, it's all about the produce from around the British Isles, with a big focus on open-fire cooking. Dishes include the signature Pearly Cow, which is a 45-day aged fillet of beef tartare, oyster cream, beef jam, Exmoor caviar and charred sourdough. They'll have a private dining room here too.
Opening: October 2024
Satori
Birmingham - 2c St Mary's Row, Wake Green Rd, Moseley, Birmingham B13 9EZ
This is being billed as Birmingham's first fine dining Japanese restaurant and is taking over the old Carters of Moseley site. It comes from the team behind restaurants that include The Mayan in The Mailbox. The restaurant has a very dark, glam feel but at the time of writing details about the menu were yet to be revealed.
Opening: Autumn 2024
The Permit Room Oxford
Oxford - North Bailey House, New Inn Hall St, Oxford OX1 2RP
Following the opening in Cambridge, Dishoom is bringing their offshoot Permit Room to Oxford. Expect a slightly different menu from the usual Dishoom offering but there will still be many of the favourites on the menu and plenty of bacon naans and black daal to go around, not to mention plenty of cocktails.
Opening: Autumn 2024
Pip
Manchester - Blackfriars Street, Manchester M3 2EQ
Part of the new Treehouse hotel, this sees ex-Fat Duck and Aumbry chef Mary-Ellen McTague taking one of their new restaurants for this all-day venture. There will be a specific focus on the produce of the northwest with a seasonal low-waste approach to both the food and cocktails.
Opening: Autumn 2024
Merlin's
Birmingham - Martineau Place, Corporation Street, Birmingham B2 4UU
If you like a bit of fantasy and horror then Merlin's might be for you. A themed cafe, restaurant and cocktail bar, it's one adorned with plenty of skulls with a few animatronics thrown in for good measure. Food-wise, they will have a focus on sustainability but really it's going to be the themed nature that attracts the punters.
Opening: Autumn 2024
La Belezza
Birmingham - 2 Chamberlain Sq, Birmingham B3 3AX
Big Mamma is heading out of London for the first time (in the UK at least) for this Birmingham restaurant. Opening in the new Paradise building, the 150-seater restaurant (plus terrace) will, of course, be an Italian affair and should be just as unrestrained as all the other Big Mamma spaces.
Opening: Late 2024
The Garden, Cobham
Surrey - Downside Rd, Cobham KT11 3LU
Following up the massive hit that is The Devonshire, Ashley Palmer-Watts will be opening a high-end restaurant, wine bar, cafe and bakery at this restored walled garden site. That garden will be supplying much of the produce too.
Opening: 2024/25 (Date TBC)
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