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  • Atelier Coupette sees the Coupette team serving up cocktails and French small plates in Soho

    Atelier Coupette sees the Coupette team bring cocktails and French small plates to Soho

    Fans of Bethnal Green's Coupette, get ready - they're coming to Soho.

    The new bar will be called Atelier Coupette and, as the name suggests, it'll be a bit different from their original bar. Following on from the Sunday sessions in the Bethnal Green which were more experimental events used to create new cocktails, Atelier Coupette is also going to have an

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  • The Knight of Notting Hill takes over from The KPH

    The Knight of Notting Hill takes over from The KPH

    Updated 6/10/23 with opening date

    The pub that was once The KPH in Notting Hill is going through another big revamp and is set to emerge as The Knight of Notting Hill. 

    It'll be the second free house pub from Zora Singh, who also opened Three Falcons in St John's Wood, which ...

  • Naughty Piglets chef to launch the kitchen at The Bear in Camberwell

    Naughty Piglets chef to launch the kitchen at The Bear in Camberwell

    A Hot Dinners exclusive

    Earlier this year, The Bear in Camberwell finally reopened after being shut for six years. It was brought back to life by the team of Joe Sharratt and Teddy Roberts and now they're getting ready to kick off a very interesting food offering.

    Coming in early 2024, they'll be opening The Kitchen, where Sharrat will be running the kitchen.

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  • Brasseria Brompton is taking over the old La Brasserie site on Brompton Cross

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    Three years after the closure of La Brasserie on Brompton Road, a new owner is intending to breathe life into what was once a super-popular neighbourhood restaurant. Andrea and Alberto Fraquelli, who own La Brasseria Milanese in Marylebone and Brasseria Notting Hill are opening it as Brasseria Brompton. Taking on this restaurant space is particularly poignant for the brothers who used to come here with their

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  • Claude Bosi's rooftop restaurant Brooklands heads up the openings at The Peninsula London

    Claude Bosi's rooftop restaurant Brooklands to open at Peninsula London

    Updated 04/10/23 with new photos

    Claude Bosi is having a very busy year. Not only has he opened Socca in Mayfair, but he's opening a brand new restaurant, Brooklands, at the top of the new Peninsula London hotel. 

    His rooftop

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  • Super trendy Paris spot Daroco is heading to London's Soho

    Daroco Soho sees the French Italian move to London

    3/10/23 - Updated with opening details

    We've already had the successful launch of Milk Beach and Kapara at the new area of Soho that is Ilona

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  • The big new London restaurants opening in October 2023

    The big new London restaurants opening in October 2023

    If September was a big month for restaurant openings, then October has gone completely insane. Here's our guide on everything from big-name Michelin-starred chefs to beak-to-tail restaurants that are coming your way this month.  

  • Bone Daddies are bringing their ramen to Leicester Square

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    Updated 2/10/23 with opening date and launch offer

    Just over a decade since they first served up a steaming bowl of ramen to Londoners Bone Daddies are gearing up to open their eighth restaurant. The new place will be just opposite Leicester Square tube station making it a super handy spot for shoppers and tourists alike.

    Taking over two floors of a site between Leicester Square and

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  • Milan's Paper Moon comes to London as part of The OWO on Whitehall

    Milan's Paper Moon comes to London as part of The OWO on Whitehall

    2/10/23 - Updated with details of the menu and new images

    Paper Moon is the first restaurant to open at The OWO that's outside of the main Raffles hotel. The high-end Italian restaurant hails from Milan, with the original opening there in 1977 and they also have restaurants in Doha, The Algarve, Hong Kong and more. They say that the space in London has been designed around the

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  • LULA sees chef Paul Delrez giving Med vibes in Queen's Park

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    Over the summer, Queen's Park residents have had an early look at a brand new restaurant on Lonsdale Road. LULA has been running residencies and private events for the past month or so, gearing up to today's opening. Describing themselves as an 'all-day dining Modern European restaurant' the really interesting thing about this place is the executive chef they've brought in.

    Paul Delrez may not be a household name here,

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  • Here are all the restaurants and bars opening at The OWO

    The New Raffles London at the Old War Office will have a lot of new restaurants

    Many of London's well-known historic buildings have been turned into hotels (work is also apace on Admiralty Arch and the

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  • The Som Saa duo are opening Kolae Thai bar and grill in Borough Market

    Som Saa duo are opening Kolae in Borough Market

    28/9/23 - updated with the opening date and menu details

    We knew way back in 2019 that the people behind Som Saa, Mark Dobbie and Andy Oliver, had a successful crowdfunder for a new restaurant. But with the pandemic messing up the timing a little, things went quiet - until now. The

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  • Phil Howard's Notto pasta bar is coming to Covent Garden

    Phil Howard's Notto pasta bar is coming to Covent Garden

    28/9/23 - updated with the opening date

    Last year, top chef Phil Howard (of Michelin-starred Elystan Street) got into London's ever-growing fresh pasta scene with Notto, just off Piccadilly Circus. In our original story, we asked "will there be more of them to come" and the answer to that seems to be yes, as new reaches us of a second Notto pasta bar that's being planned for Covent

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  • Breddos Tacos are coming to Stoke Newington

    Breddos Tacos are coming to Stoke Newington

    We've seen a sudden influx of new taco restaurants of late. Two have been from footballers and another incoming taco joint is from a Hollywood star. So it's actually something of a change to see one of London's OG taco restaurants open a second location - and that's what we have

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  • Bambi takes over the Bright site in London Fields

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    27/9/23 - updated with the opening date

    If you've been wondering what's going to take over the old Bright space in Netil House then we have the story for you. It's been bought by James Dye - the co-owner of Frank’s Café in Peckham and The Camberwell Arms. He's opening it as Bambi which is being described as a music-led wine bar and restaurant.

    The name isn't a nod to Disney but

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