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When you learn that the duo behind new Mayfair bar Brutes have an absolute ton of restaurant and bar experience between them, it's perhaps no surprise that they've managed to feature every current bar and snacks trend in town. But a proper look at what they have planned for their Bruton Place bar shows that they are intending to take almost everything to the next level.

While everyone else is doing martinis, Brutes goes one further with a martini card that allows you to pick your base spirits, the style it's served (dry, wet, dirty and - a new one on us - brutal), plus the

Change is afoot for Honey & Co's sole remaining Fitzrovia location - once Honey & Smoke, it's now being relaunched as Honey & Co. Great Portland. Moving on from the Middle Eastern grill restaurant from before, it's now going to transform into a wine bar, deli and restaurant.

The deli part is particularly important, because if you are a fan of their Honey and Spice deli, that's closing at the end of March with the deli here essentially replacing it. At Great Portland, you'll find the deli counter at the front, leading to the small 40-seater restaurant at the back (which

South East Londoners must be wondering what they did right in a previous life to warrant the riches of top-tier sandwiches coming their way. Not only do they have a Mondo Sando at The Grove House Tavern and Cafe Mondo in Camberwell, but they're about to get a takeaway sarnie shop in Mondo To Go in Deptford.

And while co-founders Jack Macrae and Viggo Blegvad's other two establishments are more about eating in, their new Deptford arch will be more of a sandwiches-to-go spot. That said, there is space for 50 seats outside, so as long as the spring weather continues to improve you

Japanese handrolls have become a big deal in London of late. We've seen the recent arrival of Temaki in Mayfair, and next up is Kumori in Soho, an opening that has a particularly strong team behind it. You may have seen them popping up around town before (particularly in their recent Marylebone residency), and they were also at the Monaco Grand Prix. But this will be their first permanent restaurant. 

Kumori founder Marc Flekei has brought in John Randy De

Here are all the new restaurants to look forward to in the coming week. This week Jeremy King unveils his magnum opus, Simpson's, the bar under El Pastor gets a complete overhaul, the Mazi team open a new Greek restaurant in Mayfair and Jamie Oliver is bringing back Jamie's Italian. 

Gordon Ramsay isn't slowing down at all. He already has two upcoming London restaurant openings, in April and May, and now we're hearing news about his first out-of-town opening in over 20 years. 

This next project is also something of a departure for Ramsay as it sees him opening in Cheshire as part of a major resort £60 million redevelopment (with a big golf club attached). As first broken by The Knutsford Guardian, the

6/3/26 - updated with the opening date

Japanese handroll restaurant Temaki opened in Brixton in 2021 and quickly found a dedicated following. However, all good things come to an end and they closed up in Brixton last August, and went on the hunt for a new central London location. They've now found just that, thanks to help from The Crown Estate. The new Temaki will be launching on Maddox Street in Mayfair, taking over a space right next to Maddox Gallery and a few doors down from Patara. 

Not surprisingly, Temaki focuses on the Japanese handrolls of its title,

If there's one area of hospitality that seems to be doing well right now, it's competitive socialising. After years of bowling being the only real option for a game as part of a night out, we now have darts, curling and even axe throwing. And we're about to get the new version of a pool hall called Poolhouse. 

Opening near Liverpool Street station (so this is perfect for a City night out as well as the bridge-and-tunnel crowd), Poolhouse is going to be home to 20

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Just over a year after opening in Notting Hill, the team behind Zima are changing tack. And what was a caviar and dumplings restaurant is now becoming Sova, a wine bar focusing on Eastern and Central Europe.

To help the switchover, they've brought in consultant sommelier Cristian Vega, who's behind the list at St James stalwart Wilton's, along with local hotspot Pollini at Ladbroke Hall. He's put together a low and no-intervention wine list with interesting wines, including a Ukrainian-style fizz, Serbian Pinot Grigio, Hungarian Riesling and, as you might imagine, a strong showing

Italian sandwiches have become a big thing in London of late - we even have a guide to the best. And the sandwich shop that has been leading the charge, Dal Fiorentino, is going west for the first time.

Best known for their enormous focaccia sandwiches, there are lots of options to choose from. There's the Fiorentina (fennel salami, pecorino cheese, truffle honey, extra virgin olive oil), the Machiavelli (Tuscan pancetta, stracciatella cheese, nduja cream, grilled courgettes)

4/3/26 - updated with the opening date

The problematic fried chicken giant Chick-fil-A is gearing up for its first London restaurant opening and they've picked Kingston.

It's the fast food company's second go at the UK following two attempts in 2019 in Reading and Aviemore. Both of those branches ended up closing after campaigns highlighting the company's anti-LGBTQ+ stance, illustrated by their charitable support of two very conservative Christian charities.

Since then, things have moved on. Chick-fil-A stopped funding those two particular charities and

3/3/26 - updated with the opening date

Gordon Ramsay is on a role at the moment, coming off the back of his very successful show Being Gordon Ramsay on Netflix. He's already announced that high high-rise Bread Street Kitchen is opening in May, and now he's revealed that the first Hell's Kitchen in the London is opening the month before. 

This is all part of a team-up with The Clermont Hotel Group and the first result of that will be the arrival of Hell's Kitchen in Marble Arch. 

Opening at The Cumberland Hotel, this will be the first Hell's Kitchen in the

Updated 3/3/26 with opening date

Mid last year, the Shoreditch expansion of Nobu quietly drew to a close. And what was the Nobu hotel has now become the London home of Aethos hotels. However, even though the new hotel opened back in October, they were holding back on what was going to replace the space that housed the Nobu restaurant. But now we know what's coming. 

The new restaurant will be called Mitsu, which will be a Japanese restaurant that they say will be "capturing the spirit of East Tokyo's izakayas", albeit with something of an East London approach. So