Marylebone

• Claude Bosi is opening Josephine in Marylebone

  

  1/4/25 - updated with more details and the opening date.

  Last year, chef Claude Bosi, together with his wife Lucy, opened French bouchon Josephine in Chelsea to rave reviews. It was, however, for those of us who don't live in West London, not blessed with the easiest public transport connections. 

  We'd been hearing rumblings for a while that the chef was planning a follow-up

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• Test Driving Nina - a glamourpuss of a restaurant where the food is as hot as the scene

  

  Nina in Marylebone is already blowing up on social. We booked in to see if lives up to the hype.

• Angela Hartnett's latest Cafe Murano is opening in Marylebone

  

  It's been some time since Angela Hartnett opened the last Cafe Murano (over five years ago in Bermondsey) but now she's getting ready to open a new branch, this time in Marylebone. 

  The latest cafe is opening on Dorset Street (possibly taking over the old AOK Kitchen site but we're still waiting on confirmation). Full details about the new opening are still to be revealed, but we'd

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• Bleecker Burger's next stop is at Baker Street

  

  21/3/25 - updated with the opening date

  They make what is one of our favourite burgers in London and now Zan Kaufman's Bleecker, is about to get bigger. Soon after opening in Seven Dials and London Bridge, Bleecker is ready to expand again, this time opening on Baker Street.

  It's planned to be their biggest Bleecker yet, fitting in 28 seats (as well as having takeaway, of course). It also

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• Romeo San will be a no bookings luxury Japanese handroll bar in Marylebone

  

  When we heard that the family who own the London and New York branches of Le Relais de Venise l’Entrecôte were opening a new restaurant in London, you can be sure we sat up and took notice. Romeo San sees the Elghanayan family branching out into Japanese food, with a temaki bar in Marylebone.

  "Our handrolls are made with the finest ingredients," says founder Yasmine Elghanayan. "The dining experience is

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• The best restaurants in Marylebone

  

  Just north of Oxford Street, Marylebone is the place to head for if you need a respite from shopping - but want something a little more casual than Mayfair.

• Hot Dinners launches its 2025 Murphia List with a party at The Marylebone

  

  Marking the official start of the warm-up towards St Patrick's Day in London, we celebrated the launch of our 11th Murphia List, in partnership with Bord Bia, with one hell of a party last night. We brought together chefs, restaurateurs, bar owners and producers, all of whom share three things in common: they're Irish, they work in London's food and drink scene, and they're

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• Pizza by Jagua brings a West African spin to a Marylebone pizzeria

  

  Many things open under the radar in London, and this newish pizzeria that opened in Marylebone is one of them that we're only catching up on now. Pizza by Jagua is in Marylebone (near the currently closed Chiltern Firehouse) and is billed as a vermuteria and pizzeria. However, it tries something quite different in that the pizzas are West African-inspired. Not many details have been

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• Chiltern Firehouse closed following huge fire on BAFTA weekend

  

  When videos saying "the Chiltern Firehouse is on fire" started popping up on social last night it wasn't a declaration of the hotel's innate coolness but instead a statement of fact. The hotel was actually on fire and it ended up taking eight firefighters and 60 firefighters to subdue the blaze which broke out on the afternoon of St Valentine's Day.

  The timing of the fire couldn't have been worse with the

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• Nina takes over from Pachamama in Marylebone with pasta and cannoli

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  The final pivot from the Pachamama group's central London restaurants is taking form in Marylebone following the closure of the original Pachamama in Marylebone. In its place will be Nina which follows the path taken by the group's other restaurants Zephyr and Bottarga in focusing on Mediterranean food instead. This time their attention is turning to Italy and family-style

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• Test Driving Santo Remedio - third time's a charm in Marylebone

  

  One of London's best Mexican restaurants has arrived in Marylebone. We take a closer look at the latest opening by Santo Remedio. 

• West African restaurant Shakara arrives in Marylebone

  

  New West African restaurant Shakara opened quietly just before Christmas, but it has some impressive names behind the scenes. In the kitchen is Victor Okunowo, previously from Talking Drum and a semifinalist of MasterChef: The Professionals. He's been helped with his initial menu by Ayo Adeyemi, formerly of Akoko, who was involved as a consultant. 

  Taking over the space that was Indian

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• My Manor - Diego Jacquet's local guide to Marylebone

  

  Diego Jacquet, Chef Patron of  Zoilo and Florencio Pizzeria shares his favourite places near where he lives and works in Marylebone. 

• Test Driving AngloThai - a perfect pop-up-to-permanent transformation

   

  After years working as a pop-up AngloThai, which blends British and Thai cuisines and produce, finally has a proper home in Marylebone. We went to check it out.  

• Santo Remedio's latest authentic Mexican restaurant is in Marylebone

  

  23/10/24 - updated with the opening date

  It would have been hard to believe it could happen less than a decade ago, but these days London has some really great Mexican restaurants.

  One of the restaurants that really helped to kick all this off is Santo Remedio, which first opened back in 2016 in Shoreditch. Run by Edson and Natalie Diaz-Fuentes it

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