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Fitzrovia
- Test Driving the new Carousel wine bar - the residency restaurant's permanent Fitzrovia home
Residency restaurant Carousel has moved from Marylebone to Fitzrovia and added a brand new wine bar in the process. We went down to check it out.
- Ugly Dumpling are opening a second restaurant in Fitzrovia
After success in Carnaby, Ugly Dumpling are branching out and opening a new restaurant in Fitzrovia (right next door to Lima).
If you're unaware of Ugly Dumpling, they are as you might expect, a dumpling restaurant. Their fillings are a mix of traditional fillings and their own creations. On the former, you'll have fillings like pork belly, aromatic duck and prawn and chive. For their
... - And they're back! BAO Fitzrovia reopens with an all star cocktail list and new dishes
The slow but steady reopening of London restaurants that have been closed since the early days of the first lockdown continues apace, with the return of BAO Fitzrovia this week. For the first time in over eighteen months, BAO's Fitzrovia branch reopens its doors with loads of new dishes and drinks to entice you in.
You can pretty much rely on BAO to serve up some interesting food and the menu they're relaunching with has some
... - Peperami are building a walk-in fridge in London (with an ice bar inside)
You can tell that things are trying to get back to normal with the amount of crazy pop-ups we're seeing. We've already had the Eggslut cloud and the Only Fools & Horses pub - now there's a "walk-in fridge" from Peperami.
Popping up in Fitzrovia, the idea is
... - Residency restaurant Carousel moves to Fitzrovia, and adds a wine bar
Carousel, the space from brothers Ed and Ollie Templeton that holds rotating chef residencies, is on the move. They're moving on from Marylebone to Fitzrovia, taking on a bigger space in Fitzrovia - three townhouses on Charlotte Street in total - and the bigger space means there will be a lot more to Carousel.
They'll still be the place to go to for hot chef residencies
... - Mowgli are bringing their Indian street food to London
They've already opened across the country, after starting in Liverpool, and now Mowgli is getting ready to open in London.
Billed as "Indian street food", Mowgli has taken over what used to be the Cote brasserie on Charlotte Street. It's run by former barrister Nisha Katona.
There's a huge selection of dishes on offer, including:
- Gunpowder Chicken - Mowgli’s
- Boxer Sohail Ahmad to launch Eggoland restaurant in Fitzrovia
Updated 12/8/21 with soft launch offer
A new egg-based restaurant is coming to London, but this has a more unique starting point. It comes from Sohail Ahmad, an Afghan refugee who came to the UK on his own on the back of a lorry at the age of 12 - but then eventually built up a career as a professional boxer and personal trainer.
Now he's getting into the
... - Test Driving Kitchen Table 2.0 - new look, new menu, new bar - new star?
James Knappett and Sandia Chang's Kitchen Table is back - and it's had one hell of an upgrade. We went along to see what Kitchen Table 2.0 is like...
- Kitchen Table is coming back with a completely new look (and a new bar)
It closed along with everything else when the pandemic hit last year, but now Kitchen Table is returning and it's got a brand new look.
James Knappett and Sandia Chang's restaurant still retains the big counter around the kitchen where all the action happens - but big changes have been made. It now seats 18 (that's down one) and the previous steel counter has been
... - Test Driving Hot Stone Fitzrovia - DIY steaks, top level sushi and more
Popular wagyu steak and sushi spot Hot Stone now have a central London restaurant - we visited for some DIY hot stone steak cooking and top level sushi.
- Fitzrovia is the new answer to Where The Pancakes Are
After success at London Bridge and with their lockdown deliveries, Where The Pancakes Are is opening a new restaurant in Fitzrovia, filled with all the sweet and savoury pancakes (and Dutch Babies) you could ever want.
- Cin Cin Italian restaurant makes the leap from Brighton to London
Updated 28/4/21 with menu and opening date
A new Italian restaurant is coming to Fitzrovia, via Brighton. The original Cin Cin has been a hit and also won a Michelin Bib Gourmand. They've now announced that they're taking over the space that used to be the Bonnie Gull Seafood Shack.
On the London menu, expect a combination of a small a la carte menu, or a
... - Sixes sees the Mac & Wild team bring their indoor cricket club bar to Fitzrovia
Fancy playing cricket indoors? This bar matches indoor cricket nets with food by Mac & Wild.
- RAW is a seafood restaurant, cocktail bar and fishmongers coming to Fitzrovia
This new Fitzrovia seafood place extends the seafood theme to its cocktails and has a handy fishmongers too.
- Hot Stone is expanding with a second restaurant, in Fitzrovia
Exquisite sushi, top-level Kobe beef and ishiyaki cooking is on the way for Fitzrovia residents.
