Marylebone

• How Matcha! is Marylebone's new coffee and cake shop devoted to the green powder

  

  If oh-so-Instagrammable drinks and cakes are your deal, then you'll be wanting to hotfoot it to Marylebone next week where a very photogenic-sounding cafe is opening.

  How Matcha! - the clue is in the name - will be ALL about matcha, whether that's in cake or tea form. The drinks have been created so they're as good hot as they are on ice, which will be handy for days on which the British summer deigns to show

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• Junsei brings yakitori to Marylebone

  

  Junsei is all about yakitori skewers cooked over Binchōtan Japanese Charcoal. There are over 20 skewers available, not to mention charcoal seared Wagyu and more...

• Bernardi's becomes The Italian Greyhound in Marylebone

  

  9/6/21 - updated with a look at the inside

  Over in Marylebone, it's all change for what used to be Bernardi's. Relaunching on the same site (but from the same team) is Italian Greyhound. 

  Responsible for the new menu will be Head Chef Yohei Furuhashi, who was previously at the River Café, Dinings SW3 and Petersham Nurseries and he'll be pulling together a menu made

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• The Wigmore launches a huge summer terrace and garden with food by Michel Roux Jr

  

  Finding unused alfresco space in the centre of London isn't an easy ask - but the folk at The Wigmore on Regent Street have managed just that. The gastropub, which is part of the five start The Langham London hotel, has not only found some alfresco space, they've found ALL the alfresco space.

  Cunningly, they've connected the pubs terrace with the hotel’s courtyard garden area to form one large dining area, all covered

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• Patty&Bun spin-off Sidechick is becoming a real restaurant

  

  One of the developments we're seeing as we emerge into a post-lockdown world is that some formerly delivery-only businesses are getting ready to launch real life restaurants. The latest of these is Patty&Bun spin-off Sidechick, which is actually opening on James Street, just a few doors down from the original Patty&Bun.

  If you're unfamiliar with Sidechick, they

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• Chameleon takes over One Marylebone, with food by Tel Aviv chef Elior Balbul

  

  5/3/21 - Updated with new opening date

  Chameleon is taking over One Marylebone, which was mainly used as an events space - and one with a pretty impressive interior as you can see above (it's the imposing building right opposite Great Portland Street station on the Euston Road).

  Billed as "a multi experiential space"  Chameleon will have a restaurant,

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• Test Driving Nobu Portman Square - the high-end Japanese restaurant already feels at home in Marylebone

   

  The new Nobu Hotel and restaurant in Marylebone's Portman Square replaces one of London's biggest celeb haunts - Nobu Berkeley Street. We head along to see how they're doing in their chic new digs. 

• Test Driving Taka Marylebone - a happy marriage between British produce and Japanese techniques

  

  This Marylebone restaurant is the happiest of marriages between amazing British ingredients and fine Japanese cooking techniques. We went down to see what that a difference that makes on the plate. 

• Flat Iron Marylebone is the next restaurant from the steak empire

  

  One of London's huge success stories for their much-loved affordable steaks, Flat Iron, are opening a new restaurant that's only a few steps from Oxford Street. And they'll be adding wagyu burgers to the menu.

• Test Driving Kol - Santiago Lastra's winning fine-dining Mexican restaurant hits Marylebone

  

  Santiago Lastra has brought a fine-dining edge to his new Mexican restaurant Kol. We head down to Marylebone to check it out.  

• A Nobu Hotel has opened in Marylebone's Portman Square

  

  Nobu Berkeley Street may have closed, but much of the the team has moved onto this bigger endeavour. The second Nobu Hotel in London features a huge new restaurant, a bar with a terrace and its own sushi bar. And yes, there will be Black Cod Miso. 

• The Italians wine bar and bistro heads to Marylebone's Devonshire Street

  

  The team behind Chiswick deli and pizzeria, The Italians, are preparing for a Marylebone opening this winter. The Italians' new home on Devonshire Street will be a wine bar and bistro.

  As with their Chiswick site, the key thing will be the sourcing of top drawer Italian food and drink. The all Italian wine list will change seasonally and there'll be loads available by the glass. They'll be baking focaccia fresh in-house

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• Carousel returns to Marylebone kicking off a new series of residencies

  

  After shutting down back in March, rolling residency restaurant Carousel is back in action in Marylebone. They've just launched a new series of residencies throughout October. You'll have a chance to see what some chefs have been working on, preview an upcoming restaurant and there's even a chef from overseas.

  Here's who's on duty:

  Thomas Straker - now until 3 October:

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• The Cavendish relaunches with ex-Oystermen and Hartnett chef and new look

  

  Over in Marylebone, gastropub and dining room The Cavendish is about to reopen and is setting out its stall as a serious destination for food. Key to that is who they've put in charge of the kitchen. Executive Chef Alex Povall was most recently Head Chef at The Oystermen, but before that spent years working under Angela Hartnett at her restaurants.

  At his new digs in Marylebone, Alex will reference his most recent position, by featuring

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• Kol is the London restaurant from Noma Mexico's Santiago Lastra

  He was the man behind the launch of Noma Mexico and now Santiago Lastra is opening his own restaurant in London called Kol. It'll feature Mexican cuisine with UK ingredients.