Covent Garden

• Redemption Bar brings their health-conscious food and drinks to Covent Garden

  This is the third Redemption Bar to hit London, which focuses on healthy eating, including lots of vegan and gluten-free options. And there's an alcohol-free cocktail bar on top of that. 

• Whipped is now serving up soft serve cheesecake on Drury Lane

  Less BSDM and more coronary in a cup - this new dessert bar on Covent Garden's Drury Lane deconstructs cheesecake and turns it into a variety of chilled and frozen soft serve delights.

• The Oystermen are expanding - and they'll have an all day oyster and raw bar when they do

  

  Updated 19/9/18 with reopening date

  Covent Garden restaurant The Oystermen must be doing something right. They've just announced that they've done a bit of a land grab, extending into the next door property to double the size of their seafood bar and kitchen.

  With all that new space they're going to have room for a brand-new all-day oyster and raw bar especially for walk-in visitors - super news for anyone, like us, who

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• Paris tea masters Mariage Frères are opening a five-storey tea emporium in Covent Garden

  France's oldest tea emporium has been operating in Paris since 1854. Now legendary tea company Mariage Frères is coming to London. They'll be offering up five storeys of tea-based wonder in Covent Garden. 

• New York's Red Farm settles on Covent Garden for its London restaurant

  The people behind Pac Man dumplings are coming to London. Expect a modern take on Chinese dim sum with a few NYC influences too. 

• Le Bab is opening Maison Bab in Covent garden - with a secret chef's table restaurant too

  Featuring a hidden away chef's table for 10, the new restaurant from the team behind Le Bab promises to be quite the experience

• St John Bakery are opening a permanent shop in Neal's Yard

  Everyone's favourite custard doughnut purveyor is setting up a permanent shop in Covent Garden, taking over the old Native site in Neal's Yard.

• Test Driving Bancone - a fresh pasta bar for Covent Garden

  Bancone is the latest fresh pasta bar to hit London, this time with a Giorgio Locatelli alumnus. We head along for a look.

• Covent Garden winebar Lady of the Grapes will showcase female winemakers with food by Rambla restaurateur

  Taking over the space where Encant was, Lady of the Grapes will be a wine bar, shop and restaurant focusing on wines created by female winemakers and will food by restaurateur Victor Garvey.

• Test Driving Temper Covent Garden - Neil Rankin's winning pizza joint

  Neil Rankin is back with his third Temper - this time in Covent Garden - and it's all about pizza. We head along to see how he's put his stamp on it.

• Fresh pasta restaurant Bancone comes to Covent Garden with ex Locanda Locatelli talent

  The latest promising pasta spot heads to Covent Garden. Bancone features a chef who trained in Locanda Locatelli and plenty of 10-hour cooked ragus.

• Eneko Basque Kitchen & Bar

  Top Spanish chef Eneko Atxa's London restaurant

• Little Kolkata goes permanent in Covent Garden

  Little Kolkata has been a successful supperclub specialising in Bengali cuisine. Now they're settling down with a permanent restaurant in Covent Garden with a bigger menu, new dishes and more.

• Test Driving The Petersham - the Richmond nurseries bring their A game to Covent Garden

  One of two new restaurants opened up by the Boglione family in the heart of Covent Garden - this mixes British seasonal produce with an Italian aesthetic.

• Joe Allen puts its off-menu burger on the menu for a month-long burger series with guest chefs

  

  For years, the off menu burger at Joe Allen has been one of the worst kept secrets on the London restaurant scene. I mean, it may have been off menu but at any given time you'd easily have found half the tables in the restaurant ordering it.

  And for four weeks next month the burger will actually appear on the menu as the Covent Garden restaurant celebrates

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