Waterloo

• Lower Wine Bar opens near Waterloo Station

  

  If the seemingly constant threat of train strikes has you on edge, there is a heartening escape route near Waterloo Station and it’s likely to have oenophiles particularly excited. Lower is a wine bar and cellar shop that opened in a very low-key fashion in February, giving its three local owners time to hone the concept of their first project together. You may have already spotted the steamed-up windows,

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• Popeye's are bringing chicken and biscuits to Waterloo station

  

  It's just over two years since the American fast food fried chicken chain Popeye's arrived in London - and now they're spread all over London in the form of either restaurants or delivery kitchens. 

  But if the one thing that was missing from your evening commute was the smell of fried chicken, then that's about to change. Because Popeye's are the latest to join the shops and

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• The best restaurants in Waterloo and the South Bank

  

  The South Bank may be a little tourist-central, but there are some gems to be found there. Here's our guide to the very best restaurants around Waterloo and along the South Bank.

• Roti King are bringing their roti canai to Waterloo

  

  In an early Christmas present for anyone living and working in Waterloo, Roti King have just announced that they'll be opening their third London restaurant there. Having started life as a street food stall, and now with restaurants in Euston and Battersea it sounds like things are definitely going well for Malaysian founder Sugen Gopal.

  Key to Gopal's success has been his amazing roti canai, all of which are

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• KFC are opening an omakase restaurant in Waterloo - for one day

  

  You've got to admire the marketing bods at KFC; whatever they're paying that team is paying dividends. Last year their chicken-fuelled pub in Hammersmith for the World Cup was the talk of the town. This year they've gone one better. To promote the arrival of the teriyaki burger in their

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• Enter an enchanted world at new restaurant The Rosarium below Waterloo Station

  

  Escape the crowds at Waterloo and discover the enchanted escapism of The Rosarium restaurant at The Sidings.

• Rosarium and Underland restaurant and bar arrive in Waterloo

  

  31/3/23 - updated with more about the restaurant

  The Olivier Award-nominated Alice's Adventures Underground is an immersive theatre show in the tunnels underneath Waterloo Station. It's been a big hit before and now it's back in a bespoke development called Labyrinth - and has brought a new restaurant and bar along with it. 

  First up is the

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• Waterloo's Scootercaffe has been saved

  

  Back in August, we had the news that Waterloo's much-loved Scootercaffe had suddenly been forced to close after 22 years.

  In a post on their Instagram account, the vintage cafe's team explained that due to fire safety regulations, the building in which they've been delighting Londoners for more than two decades

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• Flat Iron are bringing all their steak to Waterloo

  

  11/4/22 - Updated with opening date

  Flat Iron are heading south of the river again, this time to Waterloo (taking over the space vacated by Byron). They've only recently opened further along the river close to London Bridge, and this new opening will be their tenth London restaurant (and its opening also happens to coincide with their tenth anniversary). 

  It'll follow the same lines as the nine previous

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• Passyunk Avenue bring Philly Cheesesteaks to Leake Street in Waterloo

  

  14/3/22 - updated with opening news

  We've been fans of Philly cheesesteak masters Passyunk Avenue since they opened in Fitzrovia (and their delivery DIY kits are one of the best we've had) so the news that they've expanded to Waterloo is welcome indeed. 

  After doing a bit of

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• With Love cafe to help the homeless comes to Waterloo

  

  Recently opened in Waterloo is With Love, a new not-for-profit cafe that, in their own words, is "a community-focused charitable enterprise that seeks to make a modest difference to the lives of local homeless people."

  As you pick up your morning coffee, you'll also be encouraged to buy some food or a drink, and they'll then give that to someone who couldn't afford it. On top of that, they're providing training

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• Hello Darling to open in Waterloo with Masterchef winner Natalie Coleman as resident chef

  Coleman has teamed up with theatrical set designers Darling and Edge to create a new concept with lavish art-filled interiors and bright, fun food to match.

• Time Out Market is now coming to Waterloo

  Time Out have been planning a food market in London for some time. Now they've finally settled on Waterloo with a huge area of food and drink planned. 

• Yamagoya is bringing out a cherry blossom raindrop cake for Spring

  

  Honestly, Spring is on the way - we promise.

  And with Spring comes the cherry-blossom and that's something that Yamagoya in Waterloo is taking full advantage of. They're already well known for their raindrop cake - the mizu shingen mochi- and now they're about to go one better - adding cherry blossom to the centre. It comes with molasses syrup (Kuromitsu) and kinako (roasted

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• Banh Bao Brothers comes to the Waterloo Leake Street Tunnels with Vietnamese food

  One of the first openings in the redeveloped Leake Street tunnels by Waterloo will be this Vietnamese restaurant and cocktail bar serving up noodles and Banh baos - their take on the traditional breakfast bun