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- Ex-D&D Des Gunewardena's next restaurant in Canary Wharf takes over from Plateau
Des Gunewardena was one of the duo that set up D&D (Bluebird, Coq D'Argent) but stepped away in 2022. Since then, he's started up a new restaurant group and previously revealed plans to open in The Royal Exchange in the City. Now, he's one
... - El Pastor brings tacos and mezcal to Battersea Power Station
13/3/24 - Updated with the opening date and new dishes
The openings at Battersea Power Station are still coming thick and fast. The latest to join an ever-growing number of impressive places to eat and drink there is El Pastor.
This will be the fourth incarnation of El Pastor, which is already in Borough, Soho and King's Cross. If you've yet to come
... - Yard Sale Pizza's next stop is Tufnell Park
There's no sign of slowing Yard Sale down, as they're just gearing up to open their twelfth pizzeria. This time they're heading north to Tufnell Park, and that also means they'll be delivering to parts of Kentish Town, Hampstead, Highgate and more.
If you're a fan of their pizzas, you know what to expect. So there will be the usuals like the TSB (tenderstem broccoli, pine nuts,
... - Los Mochis London City is their new rooftop restaurant in Broadgate
12/3/24 - updated with the opening date
Following the success of their Notting Hill restaurant, and their recent ...
- Ex-Petrus head chef Larry Jayasekara to open The Cocochine in Mayfair
12/3/24 - updated with new photos, details and an opening date.
A long time coming (we first wrote about this back in 2022), Larry Jayasekara has finally confirmed details about his first solo restaurant that's opening in Bruton Place, to be called The Cocochine.
Jayasekara was the former head chef of Gordon Ramsay's Petrus and his CV also includes such top-tier
... - Three Sheets are opening a cocktail bar in Soho
12/3/24 - updated with the opening date
They've been very popular in Dalston, and now Three Sheets are getting ready to open their second bar, this time in Soho. Run by Max and Noel Venning, the original is viewed as one of the best bars in town, and you'll also have seen Max's cocktails in many of the city's best new restaurants, like the recently opened Pearly
... - Carmel is expanding from Queen's Park to Oxford Circus
12/3/24 - updated with the opening date
The team behind Carmel, Berber & Q and Shawarma Bar are heading into the West End to open a second Carmel restaurant just off Oxford Circus. They've taken over the site on Market Place that was previously La Rampa (and before that a string of other restaurants, so here's hoping this venture breaks the curse).
As with their Queen's Park restaurant, Carmel's
... - Layers Bakery opens in E14 with ex-Hedone team in charge
If your cravings lean towards the freshly baked kind, then you might want to consider joining the queue outside Layers Bakery, which opened a store and cafe down by the waterfront on the Goodluck Hope island in East London last month. It joins a hub of other creative outlets and independent businesses on the industrial-inspired riverside development on the Leamouth Peninsula, where you can see everything from the English National
... - Dream Xi’an in Tower Hill is the latest opening from Master Wei's Guirong Wei
Guirong Wei, the chef behind Master Wei, does like to do things quietly. Very much under the radar, she's just opened her latest restaurant Dream Xi’an in Tower Hill.
This latest opening, like Master Wei (in Bloomsbury) and Xi’an Impression (in Highbury) before it, is focused on Shaanxi cooking, with hand-pulled noodles making up many of
... - Mimosa is the new Mediterranean restaurant at The Langham
8/3/24 - Updated with opening details
After closing Roux at The Landau, previously run by Michel Roux Jr, the new restaurant at The Langham is about to open. Mimosa will be their main restaurant, run by the same people behind Cafe Laperouse in The OWO, The Momo Group.
Momo have many restaurants in Paris and the one they're bringing to The Langham is Mimosa (which
... - 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,
... - Borough Market’s Oma gets a sibling ground-floor restaurant called Agora
Borough Market shows no sign of slowing down with its exciting new restaurant openings. We recently told you about the forthcoming Greek-inspired Oma from David Carter and former Kiln and Sabor chefs. It just became even more interesting, with the news that
... - Bangers are opening a permanent breakfast bar in Shoreditch
Bangers have been delivering breakfast buns to East London for a while, but now they're getting ready to move to the next level, opening a breakfast bar in Shoreditch.
The new place will be part-restaurant, part-deli, so as well as ordering yourself a breakfast bun, you'll be able to take things home like their slow-cooked baked beans in jars and amazing bacon.
As for the
... - The big new London restaurants opening in March 2024
Spring proper starts in March and as the days get notably longer, we have some great new openings including the return of Jeremy King, Claude Bosi's Chelsea bistro, top burgers, sandwiches and much more.
- Next up from The Oystermen is thirty7 in Covent Garden
29/2/24 - updated with more details about the opening
They already have a successful restaurant in Covent Garden (which also doubled in size after opening) as well as a wine bar and now The Oystermen, Matt Lovell & Rob Hampton, are gearing up for another.
The new restaurant (and cocktail bar) is called thirty7, as it's on 37 Bedford Street (taking over an old
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