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- The Timber Loft opens upstairs at The Light Bar in Shoreditch
The Light Bar was one of the first restaurants to open post-lockdown in 2021 and next year they're getting ready to launch something new. This time they're opening the upstairs restaurant which they're calling The Timber Loft, and it's all sounding rather promising.
In charge of things will be Tristan Downes, who last worked with Stevie Parle at Joy. He's bringing a few of
... - Hill & Szrok open Stella's butcher shop on Newington Green
They've been going strong on Broadway Market and now Hill and Szrok are stretching their wings with a second location called Stella's on Newington Green (The new place isn't called Hill & Szrok as original chef Alex Szrok has moved on).
If you're unaware of them, at their current location they're butcher by day, restaurant by night. This new place has launched
... - Tonkotsu hits on Finsbury Park for its next restaurant
It's all go at Finsbury Park. As part of the new development around the station, there are all manner of restaurants, cafes and bars opening and the latest to throw their hat into the ring is Tonkotsu.
The good news for fans of the ramen group is that their signature Tonkotsu ramen will be on offer here - making it perfect for hungry commuters or Arsenal fans craving that gorgeous pork and lardo broth. They'll also
... - New London restaurants opening in December 2021
As the end of 2021 looms, things are quietening down on the new opening side - but there are still some very interesting new restaurant openings in December...
- Richard Corrigan is opening a restaurant at Hawley Wharf in Camden
Two years after he opened Daffodil Mulligan, chef and restaurateur Richard Corrigan is hard at work on his next project. He'll be opening what sounds to be a very interesting place as part of the whole Hawley Wharf development in Camden Market.
In an interview this weekend with the
- Paris's Loulou Groupe heads to London with a fine dining restaurant in Mayfair
In Paris and St Tropez they're responsible for a roster of hotter-than-hot restaurants, including Loulou and Girafe, and now the Loulou Groupe are heading to London for their first UK opening.
The team have taken over a Grade II listed building in the heart of Mayfair with plans for a fine dining restaurant. 16 Charles Street has quite the history as a party place. Back in the 1920s, it was owned by
... - Boiler & Co in Bankside has Great British Menu finalist Kerth Gumbs in the kitchen
New restaurant and bar Boiler & Co is heading to Bankside and has a very interesting chef heading up the menu - Kerth Gumbs. Last seen at Ormer Mayfair, he also made a big splash in the final of Great British menu last year.
Here, he'll have a menu of small plates that will have references to his home of Anguilla with dishes
... - The Sky Bar & Lounge set to tower over Piccadilly on top of the Trocadero
Piccadilly is getting a stunning new rooftop bar and restaurant.
- The Aubrey at the Mandarin Oriental is their new izakaya-style restaurant
During the pandemic, one of the restaurants to close was the long-running Bar Boulud, one of two key restaurants at the Mandarin Oriental (the other is Dinner by Heston).
But now they've just announced the successor - The Aubrey, which is being billed as "an eccentric Japanese izakaya experience". It's apparently the first Uk restaurant by Maximal Concepts,
... - First look - we check out The LaLee at The Cadogan
Chelsea has a new neighbourhood dining spot. Newly opened at The Cadogan, A Belmond Hotel, on Sloane Street is The LaLee.
- The Jones Family Affair brings Ginger Pig steaks and more to Covent Garden
After closing their Shoreditch restaurant during lockdown, the folks behind the Jones Family Project have bounced back again and are about to open in Covent Garden.
The Jones Family Affair takes over the large space that used to be home to Les Deux Salons on William IV Street. If you've been to either their Eccleston Yards space or the old Shoreditch spot you'll know that Jones Family restaurants go
... - Pizza Pilgrims and Yard Sale add more pizzerias - in Queensway and Crofton Park
22/11/21 - updated with Yard Sale opening date
There's even more pizza on the way as two of London's favourites expand with a couple of new openings.
First off, we have Pizza Pilgrims, who are heading west to Queensway. Their new place there is an 85-seater restaurant and you can have Neapolitan pizzas that
... - Daisuke Hayashi is opening Roketsu Kaiseki restaurant in Marylebone
22/11/21 - updated with the opening date
After previewing the restaurant in a residency at Brown's, chef Daisuke Hayashi is getting ready to open Roketsu in Marylebone.
Hayashi came to London after training at the Kikunoi Ryotei restaurant in Kyoto and as a protege of seven-Michelin-starred chef Yoshihiro Murata. He has since been
... - SeaSons will be taking over from The Square in Mayfair
Updated 22/11/21 with menu details and images
Back in 2019, longstanding Mayfair restaurant The Square closed rather abruptly (right in the middle of a lunch service) but we're getting closer to a new restaurant taking over the building. Opening in The Square's place will be
... - Jeru is top Aussie chef Roy Ner's new Mayfair restaurant, bar and bakery
He's well known in Australia where having earned his stripes at top Sydney restaurant ARIA he went on to launch many of his own restaurants. Now chef Roy Ner is hoping to win over a London audience with his food.
The Israeli-born chef is opening Middle Eastern spot Jeru on Mayfair's Berkeley Street this winter. Jeru will open its restaurant first, but over the coming months an all day bakery and basement bar will
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