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• Jamie's Italian is coming back from the dead

   

  When Jamie's Italian went under back in 2019, it was one of the most public closures possible, with coverage all over the press. But, the brand has managed to keep going overseas and, much to pretty much everyone's surprise, it's coming back to the UK too. 

  This time, the chef is spreading the risk about a bit as it's going to be a team-up with Prezzo and the first opening is going to be

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• New restaurants and bars opening in London this week

  

  Here are all the new restaurants to look forward to in the coming week. This week, in the last big push before Christmas, Guinness finally launch their Covent Garden brewery, ex-Masterchef the Professionals winner Alex Webb opens his own place, a big new food hall opens on Leicester Square and much more...

• Phil Howard's Notto is promising City folk fresh pasta for lunch

  

  8/12/25 - updated with the opening date

  His main home may be Elystan Street, but Phil Howard's other business looks like it's doing pretty well. Fresh pasta bar Notto is already on Piccadilly and in Covent Garden, and a third is on the way to the City. 

  If you're as yet unfamiliar with the restaurant, ...

• Paris's Loulou Groupe heads to London with their Les Amis brasserie in Mayfair

  

  Updated 8/12/25 with more details

  In France they're responsible for a roster of hotter-than-hot restaurants, including Loulou and Girafe, and back in 2021 we were the first to let you know that the Loulou Groupe are heading to London for their first UK opening. Now, four years later, we have more details on what's being planned.

  The team have taken over a Grade

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• All the new London restaurants - recently opened restaurants in London

  

  Here's a complete guide to all the new London restaurants that have opened...

• Upcoming London restaurants - hot new openings coming soon

  All the latest news on every upcoming London restaurant that's going to be opening in the capital. The only Coming Soon list you need.

• A new wave Mexican seafood restaurant Cometa is taking over Carousel's wine bar on Charlotte Street

  

  A quick look back at all the chef collabs that have taken place at Carousel over the past few years would reveal a distinct trend - they really love working with Mexican chefs. And at some point something on the team clearly asked the question, 'Why don't we open our own Mexican restaurant if we're so into it?' The net result is that Carousel founders, Ed and Ollie Templeton are currently working on

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• A high-end Korean matcha cafe, Tokkia, is opening in Covent Garden

  

  If you were one of the many fans of the much-missed Korean tea shop be-oom on Exmouth Market, then we've got some news that should gladden your heart. Founder Sooji Im has another venture in the offing. She's moved into central London, where she'll be opening TOKKIA, a luxury Korean matcha house.

  On offer will be finely whisked Korean matcha, paired with saltbreads - a traditional Korean roll that looks

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• Alley Cats brings a slice hatch to its next pizzeria on Portobello Road

  

  They only recently opened in Westbourne Grove but now Alley Cats are opening their next restaurant on Portobello Road, barely a 15-minute walk away. 

  Their latest pizza restaurant is adding something that none of the others have, though - a slice hatch. So if you don't fancy waiting for a table, you'll be able to grab an 18-inch slice from said hatch. If that's not

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• Honest Greens comes to London as hg Soho, a healthy dining restaurant that's big in Europe

  

  A health food restaurant that's opened across Europe is making its UK debut in Soho this month as Hg Soho (known as Honest Greens on the continent).

  It's taking over a space in Soho that's directly opposite Kod (and used to be Good Housekeeping). The restaurant first opened in Barcelona in 2017 and has spread to more European cities since then. They bill the

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• Padella hit up Soho for their third restaurant (and yes the beef shin ragu is on the menu)

  

  We can't quite believe it's been 10 years since Padella first roared onto the London restaurant scene. The idea of well-priced, freshly made pasta dishes in a modern setting blew our tiny London minds at the time and set the scene for a perma-queue that pretty much remains at its OG Borough Market restaurant to this day.

  Now the duo behind it, Tim Siadatan and Jordan Frieda (and also co-owners of Islington's Trullo),

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• Stable Wines from the Goodbye Horses team is instantly London's most beautiful wine bar

  

  They already have two big hits in Islington behind them with Goodbye Horses and The Dreamery and now the same team are blazingly on track for a third with Stable Wines. 

• Putney is getting a new neighbourhood bistro Ruth's that's 100% one to watch

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  Ruth's is a new neighbourhood restaurant and bar coming to Putney, and it's got an impressive team behind it. 

  It's a team-up between Ed Baillieu and Callum Ross, who originally met in New Zealand (where Callum is from) and have since worked together as far afield as London, Auckland, Hong Kong and New York. This will be their first project together, opening in the

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• Fancy modern dim sum is on the menu at Dim Sum Library opening in Covent Garden

  

  After so many Italian restaurant openings, it's refreshing to be talking about something different throwing open its doors in London next month. Dim Sum Library is a Hong Kong import by the Aqua Group and is going to be taking over what used to be the group's Luci restaurant in Covent Garden.

  They're pitching it as a modern take on classic dim sum, and they've brought in chefs Jian Jia (who

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• The big new London restaurants opening in December 2025

  

  As we wind up the year, there are still some very big new openings still to come this month, including the new opening from Core's Clare Smyth and the long-awaited Guinness brewery in Covent Garden.