Covent Garden

• Humble Crumble is coming to Seven Dials

  

  Humble Crumble is a dessert shop that serves exactly what you think - various pots of steamed fruit covered with crumble and done extremely well. Since originally starting as a pop-up, they've been hugely popular and now have stalls in Camden and Borough as well as a Spitalfields shop. And now they're coming to central London. 

  They're opening in Seven Dials near Covent Garden, so if you're in the need

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• Sainsbury's are putting on a bargain picnic venue the weather can't spoil

  

  There's no getting away from the fact that, so far, it has been a dismal summer. And there's one activity that the poor weather is guaranteed to mess with which is the great British picnic. Luckily for us, the supermarket giant Sainsbury's has come up with a wheeze that for one weekend at least means Londoners will be able to picnic without worrying about rain stopping the fun.

  They're putting up a

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• Henri bistro from Jackson Boxer to open in Covent Garden’s Henrietta Hotel

  

  5/6/24 - updated with menu details

  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 ...

• Doughnation are bringing potato pizza to Covent Garden

  

  Maybe hoping they'll get the same kind of queues that Alley Cats do, a brand new pizza spot is opening in Covent Garden. Doughnation will be at 3 Henrietta Street, taking over part of the ground floor where Gentlemen Baristas used to be, as well as a terrace on the piazza. 

  Details on exactly what those all pizzas are going to be are being kept a little under wraps for now. However, 

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• Test Driving Thirty7 - The Oystermen's affordable neighbourhood bistro in Covent Garden

  

  The Oystermen have just opened a new bistro (where it's not all about seafood) right around the corner from their original restaurant. We went down to take a look at Thirty7. 

• Maison Bab and Kebab Queen

  Kebabs upstairs and down - but quite different...

• Ave Mario

  Big Mamma's Covent Garden Italian

• Greek hotel group Ergon House are opening a hotel and rooftop restaurant in Covent Garden

  

  Lots of big developments are happening around Covent Garden at the moment. Later on this year, we should be getting the new Guinness Storehouse and now, here comes news about a big new hotel coming to the area. 

  That will be

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• Aguamiel are bringing Mexican churros to Covent Garden

  

  25/3/24 - Updated with the opening date

  Billed as a London 'first' the arrival of Mexican churreria Aguamiel aims to introduce Londoners to the joys of Mexican churros. If, like us, you weren't sure what the difference was between Spanish and Mexican doughnuts, then let owner Bernardo enlighten you.

  "The main difference between Mexican churros and Spanish is the way they are eaten and presented,"

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• Next up from The Oystermen is thirty7 in Covent Garden

  

  29/2/24 - updated with more details about the opening

  They already have a successful restaurant in Covent Garden (which also doubled in size after opening) as well as a wine bar and now The Oystermen, Matt Lovell & Rob Hampton, are gearing up for another. 

  The new restaurant (and cocktail bar) is called thirty7, as it's on 37 Bedford Street (taking over an old

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• Prelude by Oriole is popping up in Covent Garden, then the bar is staying for good

  

  Right at the end of 2022, the very highly rated Oriole cocktail bar closed down in its original location - but with a vow to open somewhere else. Early in 2023, they popped up in Southwark, but now they're getting ready to return for good, this time in Covent Garden. 

  They'll be opening up the new Oriole in The Yards in Covent Garden, the same area where you'll find Lahpet, but

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• Test Driving Baudry Greene - a hit of Euro style and substance on a Covent Garden corner

  

  This cosy new Covent Garden spot segues effortlessly from being a place to pop in for breakfast to a post-work hangout. We slinked in for early evening drinks and snacks.

• Seven Dials Market adds burgers, tacos, Kolkata rolls and hot chicken with four new traders

  

  It's all change at Seven Dials Market - this month sees four new traders take up a space at the Covent Garden food hall. If you're heading down there - here's who you've got to look forward to:

  Lucky's - Recently seen at the NT,

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• Bar du Champagne takes over from Avobar in Covent Garden

  

  Should we read something into the fact that Covent Garden visitors' tastes are leaning away from smashed avos and more towards Champagne? That's one conclusion to be drawn from the closure of Avobar which has been replaced by Bar du Champagne from the same owner (although Avobar is apparently moving to a central London location next year). 

  This new bistro and bar is taking up two floors of the

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• Fatto a Mano pizza head to Covent Garden

  

  Updated 4/12/23 with opening date

  Fatto a Mano started selling pizzas in Brighton and Hove before landing in King's Cross last year. Now they're getting ready to double up in London with a second pizzeria, this time in Covent Garden. 

  As with their previous restaurants,

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