Leicester Square

• Stack & Still have opened a huge pancake restaurant on Leicester Square

  

  With perfect timing for the Christmas crowds, Scottish pancake purveyor Stack & Still has just opened its first London restaurant on Leicester Square. It's also their first opening outside Scotland and they've picked a massive site. The new restaurant has got room for 225 diners - that's a lot of pancake lovers.

  If you haven't heard of them before - and we'll admit we hadn't - the chain currently

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• Greggs is coming to Leicester Square

  

  14/7/22 - updated with launch info

  There's been a lot of development around Leicester Square of late - but this latest addition is the one that really matters. Yes, a flagship Greggs is opening in London's tourist centre and it's one of the biggest Greggs yet. 

  So if you're in the middle of town and craving a steak bake you'll know where to come (the hoarding even features

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• Burger King opens a meat-free restaurant on Leicester Square

  

  We'd been hearing that Burger King were going to be trying something new with the reopening of their Leicester Square restaurant - and they've certainly done that, going completely meat-free. 

  We've had meat-free Prets, and a recent meat-free Honest Burgers but we think this is the first of the big fast-food giants to take the plunge.

  This new restaurant adds fifteen new

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• Test Driving The Londoner - Leicester Square's new luxe hangout

  

  The arrival of luxe new hotel The Londoner on Leicester Square aims to transform the area's lacklustre reputation. We went to check it out.

• First look inside The Londoner 'super boutique' hotel on Leicester Square

  Leicester Square's food and drink scene gets an injection of cool with this upcoming hotel promising a rooftop bar with firepits, two Odeon luxe cinemas and a signature all day restaurant.

• Jollibee's Filipino Fried chicken is coming to Leicester Square

  

  30/4/21 - updated with the opening date.

  While we don't think the queues are going to be quite as long (over 10 hours) as the ones when they opened in Earl's Court, the news that Jollibee is opening on Leicester Square should

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• Gordon Ramsay's Street Burger takes over the Byron on Charing Cross Road

  

  Gordon's burger joint finds its first central London location, taking over the old Byron site on Charing Cross Road.

• Bosporus by Leicester Square is a taste of Turkey (via Dubai)

  London gets the first UK outpost of this popular Dubai chain which promises an authentic Turkish experience. 

• Other Side Fried are opening a takeaway chicken kiosk at Leicester Square

  

  They've been popping up everywhere from Camden to Brixton, but now the team behind fried chicken stall Other Side Fried are getting ready to open in the heart of London.

  Just before Christmas, they'll be throwing open the doors to their new takeaway space just outside the Leicester Square tube station. If they were looking for a place with great passing trade, they couldn't have chosen better.

  The menu at their kiosk will

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• The Halal Guys sees another US import coming to London

  They've been around for 27 years to date and expanded across the US. Now America's Halal Guys are bringing their gyros and platters to London.

• Studio 88 serves up duelling pianos and California cones off Leicester Square

  The folk behind Farringdon's Pianoworks have just opened a new live music venue with duelling pianos, cocktails and Asian-inspired food served in bamboo cones

• Petit Bistro serves French-inspired in Leicester Square's new luxury hotel Victory House

  The folk behind Randall and Aubin are behind a new bistro that's just opened on Leicester Square, covering all the French-inspired bases a visitor to Central could need, from pancakes to fish and chips and steak.

• Magnus Reid from Legs is behind the menu at The Perception at W London

  

  It's all change at the W London just off Leicester Square, as they've just opened a new bar and lounge called The Perception.

  And while the bar and their cocktails do look impressive, it's their new "dining series" which is the most interesting. They'll be hosting long residencies there, where they recruit top chefs to come and take over the menu. And first up is Magnus Reid, the man behind

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• Everything is better with sprinkles at EasyJet's Leicester Square pop-up

  

  Anyone who’s been to the Netherlands will (hopefully) have already been exposed to one of their greatest exports: sprinkles for breakfast, also known as hagelslag. 

  Whether you’ve already a fan - and let's be honest, how could you not be - or you’re wondering what all the fuss is about, you’ll be able to get your fix of bread, butter and hagelslag at EasyJet's new Leicester Square pop-up,

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• Leicester Square Kitchen brings Peruvian and Mexican to central London

  Tiger prawn tacos, Mayan-spiced chicken ensalada and Robata-grilled Pisco-glazed smoked paprika ribs with lime are some of the sharing plates up for grabs at the new Leicester Square Kitchen, a new restaurant in a Leicester Square hotel.