Marylebone

• Carlotta

  Big Mamma's Marylebone home

• MEATLiquor W1

  The main West End venture from Burger/cocktail maestros.

• Roketsu

  Chef Daisuke Hayashi's kaiseki restaurant. 

• Alley Cats Pizza are putting Thomas Straker butter dough balls on the menu

  

  What happens when two viral food businesses get in bed with each other? We're about to find out as Alley Cats pizzeria has just joined forces with TikTok butter merchant (and restaurateur) Thomas Straker.

  If you haven't been to Alley Cats already it's easy to find it when meandering through Marylebone - it's the place with the perma queue outside. For the rest of the month, they'll be adding Straker's Burnt

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• Bar Kroketa are heading to Oxford Street with their croquetas

  

  Updated 29/5/24 with opening date and more details

  Back in 2022 when Brindisa opened their spin-off restaurant, Bar Kroketa, devoted to all things croquetas, we were early fans. So we're very much behind the news that they're getting ready to expand with a second restaurant.

  They've taken

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• Test Driving Lita - a rare, immediate hit for Marylebone

  

  Marylebone has a hot new restaurant that looks set to challenge Chiltern Firehouse. We pulled up a seat at Lita to see what's the reason for all that buzz. 

• Lita brings live fire cooking to Marylebone

  

  Ever since a reader brought our attention to an Instagram account for a new restaurant opening in Marylebone called Lita, we've been digging behind the scenes to find out more. First up, we learned that the chef involved, Luke Ahearne, has a strong London background having previously most recently worked at Gordon Ramsay restaurants and before that was Head Chef at Corrigan's Mayfair.

  Next, we have the group of people

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• Alley Cats Pizza brings NYC slices to Marylebone

  

  Fans of NYC style pizza pies should take note of a new pizzeria that's just opened up off Baker Street. Alley Cats Pizza is from the restaurant group that run Ochre at the National Gallery and (whisper it) Angus Steakhouse. Here in Marylebone their head chef Francesco Macri, who's ex-Pizza Pilgrims and Princi, has put together a tight menu that takes New York's pizza scene as its inspiration.

  There are just seven thin

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• Emilia's Crafted Pasta comes to Baker Street

  

  5/1/24 - Updated with the soft launch info

  The march of fresh pasta restaurants across London continues, with a fourth Emilia's about to join the fray. This time they're heading to Baker Street, just down the road from Sherlock Holmes' pretend gaff and next to Regent's Park.

  As with every Emilia's, all the pasta will be made fresh on-site. Here it'll be in a special pasta station

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• Bellazul brings the Med to Marylebone

  

  If the current dire weather has you dreaming about summer sunshine on the Med then the arrival next month of Bellazul in Marylebone might be the cure to your winter blues. Taking over the old Il Baretto site on Blandford Street this sees head chef Simone Serafini running the show having previously been Head Chef of Cecconi's Mayfair and 5 Hertford Street.

  Simone's inspirational trawl around the

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• The Landmark London has opened a cake shop pop up selling broissants

  

  Ever since their Patisserie chefs Mauro and Daniel won Bake Off: The Professionals 2023 The Landmark London has been doing its best to bring the chefs' top-tier pastry work to the fore. Now, for the festive season, they've opened a cake shop pop-up in the hotel's foyer which will be selling a range of festive French pastries.

  What we're particularly interested in though are the range of

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• Zoilo chef Diego Jacquet is opening Florencio Pizza, an Argentine-inspired pizzeria, in Marylebone

  

  More than a decade after opening the doors to his Argentine grill Zoilo, chef Diego Jacquet is expanding. He's getting ready to open a pizzeria just around the corner from his restaurant.

  Florencio Pizza will give him a chance to showcase pizzas inspired by his travels around the world including time spent in Patagonia, his life in Argentina and the creative input of Italian immigrants in

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• OshPaz is bringing Uzbek dumplings and plov to Regent Street

  

  You may have already tried his food at Seven Dials Market or the recent World Halal Food Festival (where Big Zuu really, really loved it) but now chef Muzaffar Sadykov is bringing his Uzbek food right into the West End. OshPaz will open on Regent Street, offering a handy place to grab and go for breakfast and lunch and then

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• Bake Off: The Professionals winners launch afternoon tea at The Landmark inspired by show

  

  Fresh from toasting their triumph in this year's final of Bake Off: The Professionals, the pastry team from The Landmark London hotel in Marylebone are getting ready to showcase their winning bakes to the public.

  Head Pastry Chef Mauro Di Lieto and Pastry Sous Chef, Daniel Schevenels won the closely-fought contest after weeks of wowing the judges Benoit Blin and Cherish

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• Test Driving The Good Front Room - high-end Caribbean cuisine at The Langham

  

  Chef Dom Taylor became the first winner of Five Star Chef on Channel 4 and his prize was launching The Good Front Room at The Langham. We went down to take a look.