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22/5/26 - updated with confirmed details

Love them or loathe them, Wetherspoons pubs are among the most successful in the country. That said, there are surprisingly few in the centre of town, but that's about to change as they're getting ready to open an enormous 300+ seat pub on Shaftesbury Avenue called Piccadilly Hall 

We write about this a few months ago, but now we have confiramtion - Wetherspoons is taking over the Coyote Ugly site, which itself only lasted a year and a half (although apparently a West End musical is being

They only just announced that the original Milk Beach is transforming into a wine bar, and now the same team is opening a new place in Soho. This time, they're joining the handroll craze that seems to be everywhere right now. 

The new place is Saltwater, a new sushi restaurant on Berqick Street and yes, the key element is all about Japanese handrolls being served over the counter. The handrolls on offer are going to include bluefin tuna

Lunch in Soho just got a lot easier with the arrival of the Soho Lunch Club at 64 Old Compton Street.

Offer: 25% off food, Monday to Friday 12pm to 5pm.

Where: 64 Old Compton Street, London W1D 4UQ

Enjoy the late spring menu at fresh pasta bars NOTTO in Piccadilly and Covent Garden and save 25% off your total bill.

Offer: 25% off the total bill

Where: 198 Piccadilly, London W1J 9EZ and 4 Henrietta St, London WC2E 8PS

When: 12 May to 30 June 2026

In the heart of Soho, Kumori is a vinyl/sushi bar serving up innovative handrolls. We went down to take a look.

As they reach their 10th birthday, Padella have just opened their third restaurant. We went down to Soho to see how the leaders of London's pasta revolution are faring after a decade. 

They may have been the subject of much frenzied conversation on TikTok relating to what the girls of North London are doing on a Saturday, but Jolene have also been busy preparing for their first central London opening. Jolene Bridle Lane might sound more like a bakery out in the sticks, but it's actually right in the heart of Soho.

They're setting up shop inside streetwear company The Aries' flagship store, where their cafe will serve up coffee, sarnies

Vagabond have been on a bit of a growth spurt recently, having recently unveiled their own urban winery in Canada Water. Now they're opening what's being described as their largest bar yet, in the middle of Soho. 

If you're still unfamiliar with the way Vagabond works, it's centred around their enomatic-style wine system, which lets them offer around 120 wines available by the glass at any time. Just bring your glass around the room, choose which wine you fancy, and

Defying classification, but very London-coded, the much-anticipated solo venture by chef Meedu Saad, Impala, more than lives up to expectations. 

We've already written about the new Maki & Ramen that has recently opened in Soho, but it turns out that they have another trick up their sleeve. The space that they took over was pretty large (it used to be La Bodega Negra), so they've decided to open something new in the upstairs section called Maki Nori. 

Maki Nori is a Japanese handroll bar, something that's a bit of an emerging trend in London (we'll soon get another bar, ...

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

After just over a decade, and originally intending to open as just a pop-up, the end has come for Japanese izakaya restaurant Shackfuyu. But it's not a complete goodbye. The restaurant was originally set up as a spin-off of Bone Daddies by Ross Shonhan (who now runs Lilibet's in Mayfair) and back to Bone Daddies it will go as it becomes their second ramen bar in Soho.

The new Bone Daddies Old Compton Street will serve up all the ramen from the other sites, but

6/3/26 - updated with the opening date

In what can only be described as a bold move, the latest Flat Iron steak restaurant is opening in Soho, right next door to its founder's new place, The Devonshire. Flat Iron Piccadilly will throw open the doors to its latest restaurant next year, putting it right beside one of London's most famous pub restaurants, which is as well known for its steak as the pub below is for its Guinness.

Charlie Carroll was the man behind the Flat Iron steak group, founding it back in 2012 before handing over the reins in 2021 and later

2/3/25 - updated with the opening date

It's been in the planning stages for quite a while, but now ex-Kiln chef Meedu Saad has lined up his solo restaurant.

Called Impala, named after the car he drove around during summers in Egypt, it's a restaurant with a menu that centres around the charcoal grill, itself right in the middle of the dining room. That space has been designed together with Kiln's Ben Chapman and Dan Preston, the latter who's the man behind the design of Kiln, Smoking Goat and Brat. Expect lots of "concrete pillars juxtaposed with polished veneers"

For the past five years, it's been a must-try on the well-worn tourist trail in Bangkok. Now travel vlogger Mark Wiens' Bangkok hit Phed Mark is coming to London for a two-month pop-up. The London branch will take over the downstairs floor of Platapian, the Thai restaurant in Soho by restaurateur Nam Parama Raiva.

"I’ve been a big fan of Phed Mark for a long time," Nam says, "and I always recommend it to anyone visiting Bangkok."

A quick primer on Phed Mark if you weren't already aware of it. The restaurant, which is a collab between Wiens, Iron Chef Gigg Kamoi, former