London Restaurants - Soho, Fitzrovia, Covent Garden

16 Maiden Lane, London, WC2E 7NJ

Taking over the space where Encant was, Lady of the Grapes is a wine bar, shop and restaurant focusing on wines created by female winemakers and has food by restaurateur Victor Garvey.

152–156 Great Portland St Fitzrovia, London W1W 6AJ

This huge Caravan space has taken over an old BBC recording studio. There is coffee and brunch aplenty as well as the usual Caravan staples - there's also private dining space here as well.

37 Berners Street, London W1T 3NB

South East Asia's beloved The Greyhound Cafe springs up in London with a menu packed with modern Thai-style cooking imported all the way from Bangkok.

65 Great Titchfield Street, London W1W 7PS

The Fitzrovia outpost of Mac & Wild. A laid-back restaurant with more than a hint of its Scottish roots about it. There's a big focus on meat (particularly venison), plus award-winning burgers and the odd haggis thrown in for good measure.

29 Romilly St, London W1D 5HP

Nearly 150 years ago, Auguste Kettner opened Kettner’s, which was one of the first restaurants in London to serve French food. Now after a brief lull, it’s reopened with more French food, bath loads of Champagne and looking more gorgeous than ever. Eyes peeled for the stunning 18th century spiral staircase...

1 Monmouth Street, London WC2H 9DA

Sweet soy fried chicken, barbecue chicken, chicken noodle soup… Linda Lee (who is also behind On The Bab) is behind this Korean restaurant, based in Covent Garden and all about the poultry.

34-43 Russel Street, London WC2B 5HA

Everything about By Chloe. screams NYC cool (where they originated from), from the full stop in its name to its determination to call itself ‘plant-based’ instead of just plain vegan. But aside from that, there’s more than enough to draw in animal-loving punters - from its super central Covent Garden location to its vegan mac and cheese and quinoa taco salad.

Victory House Hotel, 14 Leicester Place, London WC2H 7BZ

The folk behind Randall and Aubin are behind this bistro on Leicester Square, covering all the French-inspired bases a visitor to Central could need, from pancakes to fish and chips and steak.

Unit G9, Kingly Court, Carnaby St, Carnaby, W1B 5PW

The Good Egg have expanded from their Stoke Newington original location to this cenrtal London spot in Carnaby Court. Expect some of the best babka in town, great brunches and more.

36-40 Rupert St, London, W1D 6DR

The people behind Marylebone's Yosma have opened this more central restaurant. This time it's focused on Greek and Turkish food with seafood and grilled dishes on the menu.

39 Whitfield St, Bloomsbury, London W1T 2SF

Pied a Terre's GM heads out on his own with this neighbourhood spot where it's all about ultra personal treatment and giving the customer what they really want. Expect classic French food.

The Mandrake, 20-21 Newman Street, Fitzrovia, London W1T 1PG

After enjoying Michelin-starred success in Hong Kong, two of the chefs behind Serge et Le Phoque have brought their ingredient-led French cuisine to London.

7 Maiden Lane, London WC2E 7NA

After wowing Londoners with his Catalan food at Encant, Victor Garvey has teamed up with his dad to open another restaurant on Maiden Lane. This time, it’ll be a laid back wine and cheese bar, with tapas and plenty more to enjoy.

30 Rupert Street, London W1D 6DL

Bao has been one of the big success stories in London. Now the team behind it have opened their third restaurant, an upmarket Taiwanese restaurant in Soho.

23 Foley Street, London W1W 6DU

Foley's Tasting Kitchen in Fitzrovia serves up food inspired from modern Asian cuisine which means a menu with laksa, gyoza and more.

39-45 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 6LA

This sees Soho House reviving an old British Institution (albeit moved up the road a little), Cafe Monico. Expect a reasonably priced European brasserie with a menu by Rowley Leigh.

100 Wardour Street, Soho, London W1F 0TN

100 Wardour Street is the third restaurant to open on this site by D&D. First it was Meza, then Carom and Floridita. The ground floor will be an all-day restaurant, lounge and cocktail bar while a further restaurant space downstairs will open in the evenings and feature live music performances and guest DJs.

64 Shaftesbury Ave, London W1D 6LU

This Chinatown restaurant specialises in hot-pots, with boiling broth pots sunk into tables and the ingredients to throw in snaking around you on conveyor belts.

17 Wardour Street, Soho, London W1D 6PJ

This is the latest from Mark Sargeant who is opening his first Soho restaurant. Downstairs is for walk-ins for snacks, small plates and charcuterie while upstairs will be an affordable brasserie.

1 Leicester Street, London, WC2H 7BL

This 50-cover restaurant will be open all day, starting with breakfast from 7am and - good news - they'll have a bar that's open till 2am with a 30 cover terrace. The food will be French-Vietnamese and there'll be shellfish dishes, steaks and ribs, cooked on the Robata charcoal grill.

90 Berwick Street, London W1F 0QB

This has been set up by Alan Yau, opening right next door to his old restaurant Yauatcha. He's reinvented the space as a Chinese gastropub - so there's a more pubby environment downstairs with a Chinese restaurant upstairs. Expect a big focus on the duck, of course.

53 Lexington St, London W1F 9AS

One of the most successful example of street food vendors going permanent, this is one of the toughest places to grab a seat at in Soho. But when you do, the steamed milk buns that are at the heart of the menu make it all worthwhile.

18-20 Rupert Street, London W1D 6DE

Bringing the finest Spanish food to London's West End, the ever popular Brindisa Tapas Kitchen have opened this grill-based restaurant.

6 Greek St, Soho, London W1D 4DE

This 50 seater restaurant (with a terrace too) combines British seasonal produce with an emphasis on smoked cooking methods, as well as the more traditional sweet and pickled influences from South-East Asia.

Unit 4, 2 Ham Yard, London W1D 7DT

This is part of the Firmdale Hotels Ham Yard Hotel and is a combined sushi and Kobe beef restaurant.

187b Wardour Street, London W1F 8ZB

This Soho restaurant boasts that it's reservations-only and the menu here will consist of small plates with a very British flavour.

10 Adelaide Street, London WC2N 4HZ

One thing you know you're going to get at any branch of Barrafina is great food. The counter seats might be gone minutes after service opens, but that only proves that the early bird catches the milk fed kidneys.

4 Upper St Martin’s Lane, London WC2H 9NY

Tredwells was originally part of the Marcus Wareing group, but it's now owned and run by Chantelle Nicholson who has taken this "casual but informed restaurant" and turned it into a popular Covent Garden haunt with a strong focus on veggie dishes.

1 Henrietta Street, London WC2E 8PS

This restaurant is being referred to as the "little sister of The Ivy but with its own distinct character" so expect to find versions of famous Ivy dishes on offer.

53 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 6LB

Coming from Alan Yau, this restaurant serves pide - essentially Turkish pizza - filled with Asian ingredients.