London Restaurants - South Bank, London Bridge, Bermondsey

After enjoying considerable success in its seaside home of Brighton, The Coal Shed has made its first foray to the capital where it's set up shop in the One Tower Bridge development with over 120 covers and fresh seafood delivered directly to the restaurant.

Duddell's has been a popular Chinese restaurant in Hong Kong and this sees them open next to London Bridge station. Expect high-end Chinese food as well as a weekend dim sum lunch menu.

Leandro Carreira has been gradually making it big at supperclubs and a hugely popular stint at Climpsons Arch. This sees him opening in London Bridge with a menu that calls back to his Portuguese roots.

There are just eight pastas on the menu at Flour & Grape, who aim to create a beautifully pared back selection of Italian antipasti, pasta and gelato. They promise very reasonable prices, pasta to go and a very healthy (and affordable) wine list.

This sees the steak and cocktails masters at Hawksmoor head south of the river for their latest. Expect a huge big-windowed building filled with all your favourites.

Trullo is an enormously successful Islington Italian restaurant - and now they've headed south of the river for their next, the pasta bar Padella. Expect a range of Trullo classics, cocktails, Prosecco and more. All at very good value and a perfect place to pop into if you need a respite from the Market.

This Spanish restaurant has a big focus on meat - specifically Iberico pork - as well as tapas, Spanish wines, sherry and cavas as well as a short cocktail list.

The Mondrian Hotel on the South Bank takes over the Sea Containers building and has a riverside bar and brasserie, as well as a rooftop lounge. Seamus Mullen of New York's highly rated Tertulia is in charge of the restaurant while Ryan Chetiyawardana (AKA Mr. Lyan) is looking after the cocktail bar.

Arabica started out at Borough Market, armed with little more than a cool box over 14 years ago and began selling a small range of mezze from an 8ft trestle table. The vibe they're going for at their Borough restaurant will be 1960’s Beirut meets 21st century London.

This informal restaurant from Gordon Ramsay is his first venture south of the river. The restaurant focuses on Mediterranean seasonal ingredients with an emphasis on Italian artisan producers. They'll be complementing this with whatever is on hand from popular local foodie markets at Borough and Maltby Street. All of this will be in a large space designed by Russell Sage.

Aqua's first venture at the Shard definitely is the first European branch of Hutong - Yeo's Hong-Kong based restaurant which is known for serving up fiery Northern Chinese food.

This restaurant from Rainer Becker and Arjun Waney is on the 32nd floor of The Shard, and focuses on food from a rotisserie and grill (with a lounge bar also attached). It has British and European ingredients and influences, but is mainly be inspired by New York grills, as well as serving slow roasting joints and wood-fired breads and pizzas. And it has a damned fine view.

This restaurant is by Rob Green and Brett Redman, the blokes behind the super-popular Pavilion Cafe at Victoria Park. Its aim is to be 'showcasing the best of Borough Market and supporting craft and artisanal producers'.

This restaurant on the very foodie Bermondsey Street has a particularly retro styled menu, right down to the carvery trolley that will be wheeled between tables. Expect an all day menu (including Sunday brunch) in an environment that is "gym inspired".

Popular Southwark cafe which now takes bookings in the weekends too. Well known for their brunch dishes, these are now available in t he evening too, as part of "Brinner".

José Pizarro's tapas bar José has received glowing reviews and now he turns his hand to a more traditional dining affair. He's taken over the Bermondsey Kitchen site and as well as offering seasonal Spanish food he's opened London's first Cava bar. Pizarro seats 40 people, with a private dining option and a communal table in front of the bar both available. Expect bigger dishes with an emphasis on sharing.

José Pizarro made a name for himself with Brindisa, now he's returning to his old haunt south of the river with a new sherry and tapas joint. The menu changes daily and consists of simple sharing plates such as Razor Clams 'a la plancha' and the best Jamon Iberico. The decor mirrors the style and feel of Barcelona's Boqueria market.