New opening
- Three Uncles doubles up in the City
They already have a place in Liverpool Street (as well as Camden and Brixton) but now Three Uncles are about to double up in the City with a new opening on Old Bailey, just around the corner from St Paul's.
If you're unfamiliar with them, they're best known for their Cantonese roast meats. So that's a choice of roasted duck, pork or Hainan chicken served with rice. On top of that, they serve lo
... - South-African cafe group Tashas to open its first UK site at Battersea Power Station
17/12/23 - updated with the opening date
The new dining options at Battersea Power Station just keep coming, with the arrival of tashas restaurant. If you’ve not been in South Africa or the UAE recently (where tashas have 15 and six restaurants, respectively), you’re likely
... - Brandy House Bar, from the UK’s first ever Brandy Distillery, opens in Walthamstow
We bring you a big development in the world of spirits and an exciting cocktail destination for East London, with the news that Brandy House Bar is now open in Walthamstow.
Launched by Burnt Faith, who opened the UK’s first brandy distillery in the location this summer, the bar is on a mission to educate palates new (or even adverse/agnostic) to the world of
... - Jamie Oliver Catherine Street is the chef's new London restaurant
13/10/23 - Updated with the opening date and menu details.
It's been nearly four years since Jamie Oliver's restaurants went into administration in the UK. Since then, he's had pasta pop-ups and opened restaurants abroad but nothing new in the UK - until now.
He's getting
... - Get ready Stratford, Eggslut is coming to East Village
Updated 13/10/23 with opening date
The egg-based dining concept that has induced sniggers and second-glances at its name since launching in London is asking for your attention again. Eggslut is opening a branch in Stratford, its fourth in the capital and the biggest so far.
Originally starting life as a gourmet food truck in LA in 2011, Eggslut now has 16 locations worldwide
... - Chakana sees ex-Lima head chef serve up Peruvian on Broadway Market
Eagle-eyed London Fields residents may have spotted the arrival of a new restaurant, Chakana, on Broadway Market. Turns out this is the new London outpost for chef Robert Ortiz who opened the first Chakana in Birmingham four years ago. Ortiz, you may remember, was also the head chef for Lima for years when it became the first Peruvian restaurant in Europe to gain a Michelin star. He left Lima in 2019 to head
... - The Breakfast Club is coming to Covent Garden
There’s news afoot in Breakfast Club land again. We recently told you about the famous yellow ‘caff’ and its first venture into the travel-sphere, with the new outlet at Gatwick’s North Terminal. Now, they’re launching another new site in Seven Dials, Covent Garden - their 15th opening
... - Le Deli Robuchon comes to Chelsea, opening on the King's Road
Updated with details of the launch and the opening date
The original Le Deli Robuchon had been pretty popular for a while, but that went into the stratosphere when they launched the (undeniably great) cube croissants which took over TikTok and Instagram. Now they're coming to Chelsea with a second branch on King's Road.
That cube croissant will, of
... - Caravan are opening in Covent Garden
Updated 10/10/23 with the opening date
It's been a while since coffee roasters and brunch purveyors Caravan opened a new place, but now they're about to hit up Covent Garden. They're one of the restaurants opening in the new workspace Grainstore on Drury Lane.
It's a pretty big affair, taking over part of a building that was formerly a grain and seed store (which is not dissimilar to their
... - Saltine sees the Fink's team opening a restaurant in Highbury
10/10/23 - updated with the opening date
Eagle-eyed Highbury residents may have noticed some construction work going on up at Highbury Barn over the past couple of months. Turns out that's going to be a brand new neighbourhood restaurant from Mat Appleton and Jess Blackstone, the founders behind local coffee shop group Fink's.
Saltine, as it'll be called, scores highly on the 'must
... - Supernova is serving up London's hottest new burger
A Hot Dinners exclusive
It's been a while since someone stealthily opened an interesting new burger place in London. Back when Hot Dinners first started up we had the likes of MEATliquor popping up in the car park in Peckham and Bleecker landing a pitch on the South Bank. But in an age where everyone has a phone and every restaurant has an Insta account (and extensive marketing plan) not so much.
That
... - Cafe Kitty is the new Soho restaurant from Kitty Fisher's in the Boulevard Theatre
Somewhat out of nowhere, a new restaurant by Kitty Fisher's is opening - and it's right in the middle of Soho.
It's all part of the new makeover of the Boulevard Theatre in Soho which is becoming Underbelly Boulevard. That's going to be a new cabaret space, with the first show by Bernie Dieter. The theatre did have a restaurant when it first reopened in
... - Cornerstone's Tom Brown is opening Pearly Queen oyster bar and seafood restaurant in Spitalfields
He's had a lot of success with Cornerstone and now Tom Brown is getting his second restaurant ready, the seafood-led Pearly Queen in Spitalfields (taking over from The Space on Commercial Street).
Billed as both an oyster bar and a restaurant, UK-sourced oysters will be a big thing on the menu, both fresh and grilled, and there will be
... - The Sidemen are opening their first Sides restaurant in Dalston
Up until now, YouTubers turned fast food giants The Sidemen have kept their food offering to food halls. But now they're about to step into fully fledged restaurants with the opening of their first standalone place in East London.
Sides will open in Dalston in a site that allows 40 dine-in spots. The menu will be the same fried chicken/vegan chicken formula that's won them so many fans to date. There are
... - Indegno is bringing Bolognese street food to Brick Lane
London is getting its own version of an Italian street food snack shop designed to be the perfect drinking food. Crescentina are a dish from the Emilia Romagna region of Italy - they're fried dough crescents (hence the name) that are filled with savoury ingredients.
Now Indegno which has three branches in Bologna is gearing up to open its first UK restaurant in East London. On the menu will be:
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