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• Henri bistro from Jackson Boxer and the Experimental Group to open in Covent Garden’s Henrietta Hotel

  

  26/5/24 - updated with the opening date

  Covent Garden’s Henrietta Hotel has always been at the cutting edge of fine-dining, the 19th century townhouse opening in 2017 with Michelin-starred chef Ollie Dabbous at its restaurant before he moved on to ...

• All the new London restaurants - recently opened restaurants in London

  

  Here's a complete guide to all the new London restaurants that have opened...

• Upcoming London restaurants - hot new openings coming soon

  All the latest news on every upcoming London restaurant that's going to be opening in the capital. The only Coming Soon list you need.

• Chef Akira Back will run the restaurants and bars at the new Mandarin Oriental Mayfair

  

  Updated 24/5/24 with the opening date

  We've known for a while that Michelin-starred chef Akira Back was heading to London to open at the upcoming Mandarin Oriental Mayfair. Now the final details are emerging about what we can expect from the chef's restaurants and bars at the hotel.

  Back is going to be responsible for two restaurants, a bar and a rooftop 'experience' at the hotel when it

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• Gordon Ramsay's opening a massive Bread Street Kitchen at Stratford

  

  It's been almost a year since the huge Haugen restaurant closed its doors in Stratford. But now it's set to have a new lease of life under Gordon Ramsay. The chef and restaurateur announced that he's turning the space into one of his biggest Bread Street Kitchens yet.

  The pavilion-style building, complete with massive roof terrace, will now be taken over by Ramsay for his sixth BSK restaurant. The

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• 1864 Bar and Kitchen is the new-look John Lewis rooftop

  

  They've had restaurants up on their rooftop before, but this year John Lewis Oxford Street are trying something new with 1864 Rooftop Bar & Kitchen (which is named after the year John Lewis was founded).

  This time around, it's a team-up with Benugo, and it sounds like they're going for more of a party vibe than before, with space for 200 standing, but only just over 60 if you

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• The new restaurants and bars opening in London this week

  

  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 sees a new 'almost vegan' spot opening at Somerset House, a huge new Stratford development and a new restaurant from Michel Roux among others...

• What to expect from the new Park Hyatt London River Thames in Nine Elms

  

  Anyone who's been to, works at or lives near Vauxhall or Nine Elms will be aware of the big new pair of towers, aka One Nine Elms, that are nearly complete. The huge new complex by the river seems to be taking a very long time to finish, but this is the year that it will actually open. And that means the big new hotel will open there too. 

  The Park Hyatt

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• Salt and its wagyu burgers opens on Leicester Square, but which Salt is it?

  

  Updated 21/5/24 with more information

  There were fanfares and fire jugglers at the grand opening of Middle Eastern burger joint Salt on Leicester Square this week, but a social media storm is still raging as to which Salt this actually is. The OG Salt was a Dubai food truck turned burger business run by two women Amal Al Marri and Deem Albassam. It became a huge hit for its signature wagyu

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• The Little Violet Door brings the house party to Carnaby

  

  17/5/24 - Updated with the opening date

  There are already Orange, Yellow, Scarlet and Blue Little Doors bars across London, and now a Violet one is about to join them, this time in Carnaby. 

  The Little Violet Door, like its siblings, will be set up like a fictional house party (if someone you knew just so happened to have a massive basement flat in the centre of

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