Fitzrovia

• 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
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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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.

• Flower Burger are bringing their day-glo vegan burgers to Charlotte Street

  

  London's Charlotte Street is seeing a very European takeover this month as Herman Ze German makes way for an Italian import. Flower Burger originated in Milan five years ago where its oh-so-Instafriendly colourful vegan burgers were an instant hit. Since then, they've expanded across France and Italy and Fitzrovia will be their first London opening.

  Using natural extracts like

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• Test Driving Akoko - William JM Chilila has a winner in Fitzrovia

  

  William JM Chilila explores West African cuisine with his new restaurant. We headed to Fitzrovia to try it.

• Pali Hill & Bandra Bhai come to Fitzrovia, with seasonal small plates and cocktails in the old Gaylord space

  Taking over the site that once held classic Indian restaurant Gaylord is a pair of new openings. There's Pali Hill, serving up Indian seasonal dishes and Bandra Bhai, a basement cocktail bar that's inspired by a smuggling den. 

• West African restaurant Akoko to launch in Fitzrovia with a MasterChef - The Professionals finalist in charge

  Akoko is the first project from last year’s Masterchef: The Professionals finalist William JM Chilila. He'll be opening this West-African influenced restaurant in Fitztovia

• Test Driving &Home with James Knappett - from his Kitchen Table to yours

  

  What's a two-Michelin-starred delivery experience like? We try out &Home with James Knappett as his Kitchen Table comes to you.