New opening
- Yamagoya ramen returns to Soho and there will be raindrop cakes
Yamagoya ramen originally started as a pop-up upstairs at Shuang Shuang. Now they're back, taking over the main restaurant for good and are bringing their famed raindrop cake with them.
- Soho Wala Indian restaurant comes to the Courthouse Hotel
The Courthouse Hotel in Soho is getting its own Indian restaurant from a chef with a background in Dinner by Heston and Nobu.
- Fish Bite is Tooting Broadway Market's new Italian-style seafood spot
This new seafood spot in Tooting Broadway Market combines the freshest seafood with Italian flair making it a street food spot worth checking out.
- Tonkotsu's 10th ramen restaurant will be in the Dickens Yard development in Ealing
The ramen group's 10th opening sees them taking over two floors of the Dickens Yard development in Ealing.
- London has two new matcha bars - on Tottenham Court Road and in Chelsea
Isn't it always the way. You wait for a matcha bar to open and two come along at once.
Already open is a popup matcha bar. OHH CHA BAR (pictured above) is currently serving up matcha and snacks at MUJI’s Tottenham Court Road store for two weeks.
Their menu features classic matcha blends, single cultivar selections as well as unusual loose leaf Japanese teas. And they'll be holding masterclasses so you can more easily whisk yourself up a cuppa at
... - Selfridges team up with Caprice for Brasserie of Light (inc a huge Damien Hirst crystal Pegasus)
The latest big new restaurant to open at Selfridges is the Brasserie of Light - their team-up with Caprice - the people behind The Ivy restaurants, Sexy Fish and lots more. And like Sexy Fish, this has a big old Damen Hirst installation front and centre.
- Lost Boys Pizza is coming to Camden (and is adding a basement absinthe bar)
Lost Boys pizza (based on a certain 1980s film) has built up a following in Archway and now they're opening their second place in Camden. Expect black charcoal pizzas and also a basement absinth bar - with absinthe fountains...
- Garden Room by Bourne and Hollingsworth will be London's latest high rise opening
The Bourne & Hollingsworth group are behind London's latest high rise opening. Garden Room at the Assembly Hotel promises amazing views over London with plants involved in the decor, food and even the cocktails.
- Stem + Glory vegan restaurant comes to Barbican via Cambridge
The popular Cambridge vegan restaurant Stem + Glory has completed a successful Kickstarter campaign to launch in London. Expect new dishes on the London menu as well as special dinner events.
- Bodega Rita’s at Coal Drops Yard will be a deli, sandwich store and cave a vin
Fresh from their successful pop-up at Browns over the summer, Missy Flynn and Gabriel Pryce - the team behind everyone's favourite Rita's Dining - are opening a tiny deli and sandwich spot on Lower Stable Street in King's Cross.
- Vegan influencer Loui Blake is opening Kalifornia Kitchen in Fitzrovia
An all-day vegan cafe in Fitzrovia, eschewing junk food in favour of healthy, nutritious dishes.
- The Begging Bowl is popping up in Hoxton for a month
Peckham’s The Begging Bowl is on the move for November, with the restaurant to close for refurbishment and re-locate north of the river temporarily. Having launched six years ago, when it quickly got a reputation as one of London’s best Thai restaurants, co-founder Jane Alty says that the time is right to give the space a spruce up and
... - Sushisamba is coming to the Covent Garden Opera Terrace
After many years of success at the top of the Heron Tower, Sushisamba is opening a second restaurant in London. This time taking up prime estate in Covent Garden's Piazza. Expect a mix of Japanese, Brazilian and Peruvian food.
- New Italian restaurant Artisan in Notting Hill adds Japanese flavours to the menu
The team behind nearby Japanese restaurant UKAI are behind this new Italian spot which incorporates a few Asian flavours too.
- Angelo Sato brings Shokuji to Bermondsey with Omoide
He used to be the head chef at Restaurant Story and now Angelo Sato's gone in a very different direction with his own place Omoide. Expect the very best Japanese rice bowls.