Soho

• Trying out Sophie's Steakhouse Sunday lunch

  

  Sophie's Soho is serving up an impressive Sunday lunch, grilled over its huge firepit. We went down to try it out.  

• Chef Akira Back picks Soho for his London AB Steak Korean BBQ steakhouse

  

  Chef Akira Back is really taking on London in 2023. Not only is he opening various restaurants and bars at the upcoming Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, but he's also got a side hustle in the form of AB Steak which he's working on in Soho.

  The chef has already opened one in Los Angeles, so we

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• Shake Shack are bringing their burgers to Soho

  

  13/1/22 - updated with opening details

  A new Shake Shack is coming to town and this time they'll be opening in Soho. right around the corner from Oxford Circus. The American burger chain is setting up shop on Argyll Street (which Google confirms was a French Connection and a Ploom shop before). 

  The new location comes with a bit of a design overhaul too so it's all looking a little

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• Test Driving Maresco - a hot date between Scotland and Spain in Soho

  

  This new Soho tapas spot brings in the freshest Scottish seafood and uses them in Spanish tapas classics.

• Nessa is a new British bistro from Tom Cenci in Soho

  

  14/12/22 - updated with a full look at the menu

  Tom Cenci first came to fame as the chef of Duck & Waffle, before then launching Loyal Tavern, a restaurant we were impressed with but which ended up being a victim of the pandemic. Afterwards, he was cooking at Stoney Street in Borough but now he's getting ready to open his own place, Nessa.

  He's teamed up

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• Quo Vadis is getting a big refurb and doubling its capacity

  

  Some years ago, when Barrafina moved to Dean Street, it came at the cost of dramatically reducing the space available for Jeremy Lee's Quo Vadis. Now we're happy to report that Quo Vadis itself is doing something of a land grab and will soon have double the space inside. 

  Previously only able to take 20 diners, capacity will be expanding to a much more convivial 40. The move comes

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• Fred Sirieix is popping up with a G’Vine Cocktail Café in Soho

  

  On TV he's best known for his cupid role on First Dates, but in the run up to Christmas Fred Sirieix is going to be busy serving up cocktails and cakes to Londoners.

  In his role as Ambasssador to the French brand G’Vine gin, he's opening The G’Vine Cocktail Café by Fred Sirieix in the heart of Soho. For almost a week you'll be able to come and try a range of gin cocktails paired with cakes by top bakers Lily Vanilli and

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• Yakiniku Like comes to London, bringing their tabletop grills

  

  Yakiniku Like has been a big hit across China, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore and Indonesia - and now they're coming to London with their first European restaurant landing in Soho (coming from the same group behind Kintan). 

  Yakiniku is all about grilled meat and that's the primary focus here. You'll be doing all that grilling yourselves with smokeless grills on the

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• Alma is the new cocktail bar below Soho's Sucre

  

  When Soho restaurant Sucre launched, they also opened their cocktail bar Abajo. However, after a somewhat chilly reception, they've had a rethink and the bar is getting an overhaul and reopening as Alma.

  A quick look at the design shows some

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• Acclaimed chef Mark Hix to be The Groucho Club’s new Director of Food & Beverage

  

  Despite a grim time during the pandemic when his restaurants were forced to close, opening and then shutting The Fox Inn in Dorset in July 2022 after 18 months of trading, Mark Hix has turned another corner. He is joining renowned The Groucho Club in Soho as its

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• Maresco sees team behind North London's Bar Esteban and Escocesa hit Soho

  

  "We should have been open months ago," says Maresco's owner Stephen Lironi in the bright but slightly punchdrunk way of anyone trying to open a restaurant in London in the current climate. Apparently, energy supplies have been the last remaining piece in the puzzle for this Spanish, by way of Scotland, seafood restaurant that's just getting ready to open its doors in Soho.

  The whole project has actually been five

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• Stars is the new Soho restaurant coming to @sohoplace theatre

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  The Crossrail/Elizabeth line work in London has led to some big changes in London - and some of the biggest can be seen in Soho, close to Tottenham Court Road station. We've already seen the creation of Ilona Rose House and its hidden Soho courtyard (where the new Milk Beach lives). And close to that there's another big opening - @sohoplace, a

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• Test Driving Milk Beach - an Australian oasis in Soho

   

  Milk Beach has been a success in Queen's Park, and now it's brought its Australian cuisine to a prime new Soho space. We went down for a look.  

• Speedboat Bar is a Soho Thai restaurant from Plaza Khao Gaeng's Luke Farrell

  

  30/9/22 - updated with opening offer

  He's had success at Arcade with Plaza Khao Gaeng and now chef Luke Farrell is getting ready to open a standalone restaurant - Speedboat Bar. 

  Taking over the space that used to be Xu, the Thai restaurant is being described as a love letter to Yaowarat Road, the neon-lit street of Bangkok’s Chinatown." It

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• Chef Alyn Williams to join London’s Park Row as Executive Chef

  

  Information we’ve just received via the Bat-Signal is that DC Comics-inspired restaurant Park Row has recruited a new Executive Chef: Alyn Williams.

  Having trained under chefs Marcus Wareing and Gordon Ramsay, Williams rose to fame with his eponymous restaurant Alyn Williams at The Westbury in Mayfair in 2011, which received a Michelin star less than a year after its opening. He was also named National Chef

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