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  • Maza sees the team behind Notting Hill's Mazi heading to Mayfair

    We reported on this one way back in June 2025, but now it's being confirmed, Mazi is coming to Mayfair - although this outpost will be called Maza. 

    It's been over a decade since Mazi opened its doors in Notting Hill. The refined Greek food restaurant by Adrien Carre and Christina Mouratoglou has since spawned sibling establishment Suzi Tros, also in Notting Hill, and this central London opening will launch in the old Pizza Express building opposite The Guinea on Bruton Place. The space, you may remember, was briefly taken over by the Guinea during Covid and used as the

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  • Manchester's Med-inspired Fenix is coming to Mayfair

    7/1/26 - updated with the opening date and restaurant design

    Tattu, the high-end Chinese restaurant with a view on the top of the Now Building, originally started as a group of restaurants in the North. Now the same team behind that are bringing another of their restaurants to London. This time it's the Mediterranean-inspired Fenix. 

    Currently only in Manchester, Fenix will be taking over the space that was Henry's on Piccadilly (which closed mid 2024), a fairly big space next to Green Park station. From the plans (as we haven't actually been into Henry's

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  • Jul's is hitting St James's with a huge wine wall (and downstairs cocktail lab)

    Juls Mediterranean restaurant makes the trip from Ibiza to St James's

    Mediterranean restaurant Jul's started life in Ibiza in 2018 and the same team also opened Humain restaurant in Athens. Now the team are getting ready to bring Jul's restaurant to London, opening in St James. 

    It's opening as part of one of the new developments in the area which, like other recent opening Aki, is inside an ex-bank. The restaurant comes from Chef Christos Fotos,

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  • Test Driving Lagana, the Midas touch extends to the Pachamama Group's latest Shoreditch opening

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    The London Pachamama Group has just unveiled its latest restaurant to make the switch to a Mediterranean menu. We went to Shoreditch to check out Lagana. 

  • Lagana brings Med flatbreads and skewers to Shoreditch, taking over from Pachamama East

    Lagana brings the Med to Shoreditch, taking over from Pachamama East

    The team behind Pachamama have spent the last year moving their restaurants' culinary inspiration point from Peru to the Mediterranean. It's been an extremely successful transformation, with both Bottarga on the King's Road and Nina in Marylebone being big hits. Now, the final restaurant, Pachamama East, gets the Med makeover, being reborn as Lagana. 

    This Greek-inspired

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  • Test Driving Myrtos, a Greek addition to South Kensington that hits all the right notes

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    Ex-Pied à Terre chef Asimakis Chaniotis has launched his own Greek restaurant in South Kensington. We went down to check it out. 

  • Travel notes: dining with Greek chefs abroad at Elix, a Mar-Bella Collection hotel on the Ionian coast

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    Luxury Greek hotel Elix welcomed back a Greek chef who made his name in London this summer. We joined ex-Kiln chef Nick Molyviatis for three days of feasting by the Ionian sea.

  • HIDE chef Yiannis Mexis to bring live-fire Greek restaurant PYRO to London Bridge

    HIDE chef Yiannis Mexis to bring live-fire Greek restaurant PYRO to Borough market

    17/4/25 - updated with the opening date

    This PYRO comes from chef Yiannis Mexis, previously at Elystan Street, The Ledbury and Petrus and most recently head chef at HIDE. It sounds not entirely dissimilar to a nearby Borough Market restaurant in that it's billed as a Greek restaurant that's "a celebration of cooking over fire". PYRO is taking over the space

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  • Greek restaurant Myrtos arrives in South Kensington with an ex-Pied a Terre chef in charge

    Greek restaurant Myrtos arrives in South Kensington with an ex-Pied a Terre chef in charge

    9/5/25 - Updated with soft launch details

    We've had a few excellent new Greek restaurants open in London of late and it looks like another is coming to South Kensington. Myrtos is from ex-Pied a terre chef Asimakis Chaniotis who will be opening the restaurant in South Kensington (taking over from Aubaine). 

    The food here takes its

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  • Test Driving Krokodilos - a Greek oasis in Kensington

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    The same group behind recent openings like Pinna and Fantomas are back again with Greek restaurant Krokodilos. We went to Kensington to find out if they could continue their winning streak.

  • Krokodilos restaurant in Kensington promises to serve up amazing Greek food

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    Do you know what's more stressful than opening a new restaurant in London just before Christmas? Opening two restaurants. But that's the delightful pickle that restaurateurs George Bukhov-Weinstein, Ilya Demichev and their business partner Elmira Amdiya find themselves in. One day after they throw open the doors to ...

  • Urchin, Dorian's follow-up restaurant, is popping up in Greece for the summer

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    There's no question that Dorian is one of London's hottest restaurants - getting a table at a decent time in the dining room is a near-impossible task if you don't plan your dinners months ahead. Now the owner behind that, Chris D'Sylva, is getting ready to open a second restaurant in nearby Holland Park.

    Urchin is going to be a Japanese bistro. As D'Sylva explained in an interview with trade title Caterer it

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  • Test Driving Agora and Oma - a great Greek-inspired duo in Borough Market

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    The man behind Smokestak and Manteca comes to Borough Market with a duo of Greek-inspired restaurants. We went to the market to give both Agora and Oma a Test Drive. 

  • Greek-inspired Oma comes to Borough Market

    Kiln and Sabor chefs team up for the Greek-inspired OMA in Borough Market

    19/3/24 - Updated with the opening date

    Borough Market's restaurant scene continues to get better than ever. Following the arrival of both Kolae and Akara last year, two big chefs are teaming up for a new Greek-inspired restaurant (taking over the old Rabot 1745 space).  

    Oma comes from David Carter, the man behind Smokestak and Manteca, who's

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  • Borough Market’s Oma gets a sibling ground-floor restaurant called Agora

    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

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