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- 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
... - 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
... - 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
... - 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. - 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
... - 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
... - 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
... - Medlar team to open rooftop restaurant Cornus at Eccleston Yards' Ice Factory
17/5/24 - updated with details of the chef
Fifteen years might be a long time between new restaurant concepts, but the team behind Medlar in Chelsea are finally ready to impress London with their next endeavour. It’s called Cornus and is opening atop the Ice Factory in Belgravia, an area surprisingly bereft of rooftop spaces.
If you’re not across the Ice Factory just yet, it’s a
... - Looks like Big Mamma are heading to Canary Wharf
Looks like Canary Wharf really is the place to open big restaurants right now. Following in the footsteps of Hawksmoor, Dishoom and - most recently - the Fallow team with
- Sunday in Brooklyn is opening its second London restaurant near Oxford Street
If you've been meaning to check out the signature hazelnut maple praline pancakes at Sunday in Brooklyn, but haven't made it out to the Notting Hill restaurant, you'll be pleased to hear another more central opportunity is coming. The New York-originating restaurant is getting ready to open its second restaurant just off Oxford Street.
The new outpost
... - Metropolis London brings an indoor street food hall to Vauxhall
Anyone who's been to the Vauxhall and Nine Elms area recently knows that there's a lot going on there right now. While we wait for the eventual opening of the Park Hyatt, which is certainly taking its time, there's also the more imminent opening of a new "food and entertainment emporium" to look forward to.
Taking over the Albert Embankment’s Railway Arches
... - Bobo Social arrives in Ealing with its daily brunch
The latest restaurant to open at Ealing's Filmworks development is popular brunch spot Bobo Social, which joins the likes of Kanada-Ya and Butchies. This is their third opening, after the original in Fitzrovia (now closed) and their more recent place in Elephant Park.
If you haven't been to one before, then one of the big selling points is Bobo Social's daily brunch offering. That features all the classics like
... - Café Petiole is an "almost vegan" cafe in Somerset House from Tendril's Rishim Sachdeva
15/5/24 - updated with the opening date
After opening up Tendril in its permanent Mayfair location last year, Rishim Sachdeva already has his next restaurant planned, Café Petiole in Somerset House.
Like Tendril, this will be a "mostly vegan" affair, a small all-day cafe which will also have a few grab-and-go
... - Brad Carter comes to London with Undercroft in Mayfair
15/5/24 - updated with the opening date
He's been a huge hit in Birmingham (with Carters of Moseley and One Star Döner), and now Londoners are going to get a chance to see what chef Brad Carter is all about.
He's opening Undercroft, in the crypt of the Grade 1 listed St George’s Church in Mayfair, teaming up with music industry honcho Martin Priestnall. Hidden away
... - New York's Carbone is confirmed to be coming to London
Carbone is definitely coming to London. Recently submitted planning information shows that the famous New York restaurant is the second restaurant to open in the Chancery Rosewood next year.
- You Call the Shots is a residency-fuelled bar in Hackney from the team behind The Plough
A new bar is coming to Hackney, taking the space that was once Silver Lining (and very briefly House of Hades). You Call the Shots comes from the same team as The Prince Arthur in London Fields and The Plough in Homerton (Emma Piggott and Jonathan Mercer) but this will be a little different to those pubs.
- Richard Caring confirms Le Caprice is coming back to Mayfair
It had been rumoured for months, but now we have confirmation - Le Caprice is coming back, opening at the new Chancery Rosewood in Mayfair.
But hasn't Le Caprice already returned, you ask? Well, while Arlington is the return of the heyday of Le Caprice in all but name, this
... - Colombo Kitchen are bringing their hoppers to Putney
Updated 13/5/24 with opening date
Four years on from opening her first restaurant Colombo Kitchen, in Worcester Park, chef and restaurateur Sylvia Perera is getting ready to bring her Sri Lankan food to Putney.
If you haven't been to the original restaurant, then the hoppers are what you're really coming to Colombo Kitchen for. Chef Sylvia grew up in Kurana taking inspiration from her Aunty Nanda's home
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