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Paris hotspot Homer Lobster is landing in London's Soho

Information: 26 June 2026

Just over a year ago, the folks behind Parisian seafood spot Homer Lobster popped up for a fortnight on the Southbank. The welcome they got clearly proved to be a good one as they're now back and...

Homeboy is showcasing great Irish chefs in its Islington bar throughout July

Information: 26 June 2026

In Islington, Homeboy has always described itself as being all about "modern Irish hospitality" and now it's about to take things one step further with a series of pop-ups from big Irish chefs...

Soraya in Marylebone sees the team behind Nina and Bottarga opening their largest restaurant to date

Information: 26 June 2026

26/6/26 - Updated with the opening date and more details If you've been wandering around Marylebone recently and wondered what is going to be opening up at the massive Loxton Walk development on...

Roost will be Forest Gate's railway arches' new Algerian-spiced rotisserie chicken restaurant

Information: 25 June 2026

25/6/26 - updated with the opening date. The railway arches on Forest Gate's Winchelsea Road are about to get a boost from Roost, a new rotisserie chicken restaurant that's been set up by a local...

Uncle Hon's BBQ looks to add East Asian influences to Texas BBQ in Hackney Wick

Information: 25 June 2026

25/6/26 - updated with menu and opening date At the end of last year, Douglas McMaster's Silo shut the doors in Hackney Wick (over Crate Brewery), but now Uncle Hon's BBQ is taking the space over,...

Looks like Honest Greens could be heading to Victoria next

Information: 25 June 2026

Updated 25/6/26 with opening date They're called hg here in the UK but are much better known under their European name Honest Greens. And having gone down an absolute storm with their first healthy...

Brixton is first to get a new high-tech mini PizzaExpress, with Finsbury Park next

Information: 25 June 2026

Updated 26/6/26 with Finsbury Park opening date Over the bank holiday weekend, Brixton became the first place in the UK to get a brand new PizzaExpress that looks more like a fast food joint than a...

Test Driving Dante Mayfair, serving up London's poshest burger and a great time

Information: 25 June 2026

Following a hugely successful residency, New York's Dante is now a permanent fixture at Claridge's. We went to see what's new on the menu and to have a go at the three cocktail lunch.

The Meatopia 2026 line-up has been revealed, and it's a big one.

Information: 24 June 2026

At this moment, in this heat, the idea of getting a crowd together while chefs are grilling on fire around you may not seem too appleaing, but come September Meatopia is once again the place to be...

Celeste restaurant in Notting Hill is the bit of members club Estelle that's open to the public

Information: 24 June 2026

Unless you're going out with Lewis Hamilton, used to be married to Brad Pitt or are an A-list model that once bathed in Champagne at a London hotel, you're unlikely to already be a member of one of...

Test Driving Chez Rose, we wanted everything on the menu at this new French bistro

Information: 23 June 2026

What was once Jason Atherton's Little Social has been taken over by Spencer Metzger, the chef who launched Row on 5 with him. It's now a more laid-back classic French affair. We went down to Pollen...

Market Place's latest opening in Victoria will be the first food hall that's actually inside a station

Information: 23 June 2026

Victoria is about to get a new food hall as Market Place, which also has halls in St Paul's, Vauxhall and more, is getting ready to open inside the station. Indeed, they're touting it as the UK's...

Parisian-American cookie chain Laura Todd has landed in London

Information: 23 June 2026

Updated 23/6/26 with opening date A full 135 years after their first cookie store opened in Chicago, followed by a slew of Paris openings in the 80s onwards, the Chicago/Paris chain Laura Todd is...

New restaurants and bars opening in London this week

Information: 22 June 2026

This week, chef Will Devlin brings the sustainably-led Birchwood to London, Asma Khan opens Darjeeling Express in a new location and Stokey gets a new pub.

Stokey is getting a brand new pub, The Mary Wollstonecraft

Information: 21 June 2026

21/6/26 - updated with the opening date Last December, after over 30 years, Ryan's Bar closed its doors for good in Stoke Newington. But very soon the space is going to be relaunched as a brand new...

Ebi Wines in Clerkenwell sees an ex-Fat Duck sommelier opening his own wine bar

Information: 19 June 2026

We've been following the progress of this one for quite some time now, but there's finally a date in the diary for Ebi Wines to open its doors. This is going to be one of those extremely interesting...

Mour brings the Med to Marylebone, and it's got a hidden courtyard too

Information: 19 June 2026

London's great Med takeover continues as Mour gets ready to open, coming to The Leonard hotel in the space that used to be Seymour's restaurant (we see what they did with the name there). Set within...

NYC hotspot Coqodaq is coming to London

Information: 18 June 2026

Having appeared in Gordon Ramsay's Knife's Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars show for Netflix, it looks like New York restaurant Coqodaq's next move is to head to London. This morning they posted on...

Hawksmoor are rolling back prices by 20 years to celebrate their anniversary

Information: 18 June 2026

We've had quite a few restaurants celebrating birthdays recently, and this is definitely a big one. It's been 20 years since Hawksmoor opened their first restaurant in Spitalfields. Since then,...

Test Driving Zylia, where Greek and Cypriot cuisine come together in Covent Garden

Information: 18 June 2026

It's opened as part of Arcade Covent Garden, but Zylia is a separate mixed Greek and Cypriot taverna, co-run by an ex-Kiln head chef who also happens to be a co-owner of Singburi. We went down to...

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