Borough Market & London Bridge

For seven years, Lady of the Grapes has been one of the best wine bars in Covent Garden. Now they're heading to Borough as part of one of the area's best-looking buildings, the Menier Chocolate Factory.

The new Lady of the Grapes SE1 will have the same focus on female winemakers as the original, but in a much larger space (it's the bottom right section of the image above). Each of the two levels of the bar will have a different approach.

On the ground floor, there will be the main restaurant, seating around 60, with 20 more on the terrace. Like the original in Covent

In 2024, Opheem became the first Indian restaurant in the UK to be awarded two Michelin stars (followed only a few minutes later by Gymkhana). The restaurant is one of Birmingham's best and is its only two-starred venue. Now the man behind it, chef Aktar Islam, is coming to London for his first opening in this city. 

Aktar is opening Oudh 1722 in Borough in a three-storey listed Victorian building (it looks like it's taking over from Lupins). It's named after the Awadhi region, and that year refers to the roots of the local cuisine there, which originated in Lucknow, one of the

Tom Geoffrey's Barang has been serving up its Cambodian-inspired menu across town in pop-ups, and now it's about to get a much longer residency. Taking over the spot recently vacated by Khao Bird (which has just opened in Soho), Barang will be the new

13/11/25 - updated with more details about the menu

Craving some spicy Thai food as the nights draw in? Allow us to draw your attention to London’s forthcoming second outlet of Plaza Khao Gaeng, which is joining the ever-expanding dining options at Borough Yards. It will be taking over the old Vinoteca spot. 

If you’re a fan of southern Thai cooking, you’re probably already au fait with Plaza

On the face of it, the current London food news story appears to be an extraordinary example of someone biting the hand that feeds them. Over the last few days, there have been a slew of news stories about an influencer 'ban' on content creators filming at Borough Market.

It all stems from an incident way back in May, when the hugely popular content creators ...

Although most of the current buzz around everyone's favourite Indian cafe, Dishoom, has recently been around their planned expansion to New York, it seems they're also looking at extending their London estate. It looks like work is already underway for a new Dishoom at London Bridge, just around the corner from Borough Market.

The restaurant group have been busy submitting plans to Southwark Council for a

Head south of the river and you'll find one of London's most popular markets and a host of great places to eat. Here are the best restaurants in London Bridge, Borough Market and beyond. 

Oma and Agora are a duo of Greek restaurants, founded by the man behind Smokestak

17/4/25 - updated with the opening date

This PYRO comes from chef Yiannis Mexis, previously at Elystan Street, The Ledbury and Petrus and most recently head chef at HIDE. It sounds not entirely dissimilar to a nearby Borough Market restaurant in that it's billed as a Greek restaurant that's "a celebration of cooking over fire". PYRO is taking over the space

One of Borough Market's oldest restaurants has decided to celebrate its 25th birthday with a major shake-up. Applebee's has been in the market since it first started selling seafood back in 1998 before expanding to be a restaurant too. Now Jack Applebee and his two brothers are planning a big relaunch for the restaurant next year.

They've started strong with the appointment of a new Executive Chef, Frankie van Loo,

14/2/24 - updated with the opening date

London Bridge (alongside Borough Market/Yards and Bermondsey) has become one of London's most evolving food scenes of late, with some excellent new openings, including Oma/Agora, Kolae and Café Francois. Now a great new Vietnamese restaurant is coming too. 

The Vietnamese Kitchen group (also behind Viet Grill and Cay Tre) are

The arrival of this new French cafe in the heart of Borough now gives the area a perfect place to pop in for a drink and a dish, or to enjoy a longer more leisurely lunch or dinner.

Borough Market and the London Bridge area has had a lot of interesting openings this year, from Oma to ...

Updated 23/8/24 with opening date and address

They've been big in Mayfair and now Maison Francois are the latest to head over to the growing food mecca that is Borough Market, opening Café Francois in Borough Yards where the Paul Smith shop used to

3/7/24 - updated with the opening date

Having expanded from Shoreditch to Covent Garden, now Burmese restaurant Lahpet is heading south of the river for its next opening, Lahpet Larder. 

The third Lahpet will be in Bermondsey, taking over the space that was most recently The Hide bar. The name for this opening comes from Bermondsey's history as being