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Belgravia gets in on the thin crust pizza game with Weezie's
We're only on day two of 2026 and we're already bringing you news of another new pizzeria gearing up to open in London. Weezie's has taken over the old Biscuiteers site in Eccleston Yards, just around the corner from Victoria Station. The people behind it, Will and Abbie Sandbach, already run the Amie Wine Studio which is right next door in the Belgravia development. They're describing Weezie's, which is named after Will's grandmother, as a pizza-focused restaurant and wine bar.
On the menu will be a range of thin-crust pizzas in the London/New Haven-style, along with various
...Fred Bakery is a handy new bakery for Oxford Street shoppers
Here's one that opened during the pre-Christmas rush, which we're just catching up on now. The original Fred Bakery has been a hit in Holborn ever since opening back in 2021, but now they have a much more central second bakery, just around the corner from Oxford Circus.
The second Fred has launched on Margaret Street, taking over what used to be a Coco di Mama site. It comes from restaurateur Burak Demirelli, the man behind Italian restaurant Faros (which happens to have its two locations steps from both Fred bakeries).
As for what you can find here,
...Karam's sees Jikoni's Ravinder Bhogal opening a South Asian vegetarian restaurant in The Brunswick Centre
They already have a restaurant planned for V&A East to open this year, but Jikoni's Ravinder Bhogal and Nadeem Lalani Nanjuwany now have another opening lined up for 2026.
Called Karam's, it will be opening in Bloomsbury's Brunswick Centre (in the space where MEATliquor used to be). It's being billed as a new South Asian vegetarian restaurant, which they say "will go back to the food of Ravinder and Nadeem's Indian ancestors" (the restaurant itself is named after Ravinder's grandfather).
The full menu is yet to be revealed, but we do know
...New restaurants and bars opening in London this week
Here are all the new restaurants to look forward to in the coming week. The year has only just begun and we already have two new restaurants opening - a long-awaited follow-up to one of London's best Vietnamese restaurants and a neighbourhood restaurant to watch in Putney.
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Updated 29/12/25 with opening date
Song Que Cafe in Hoxton has long been both one of the area's best Vietnamese restaurants and also one of the best in London. It's been doing great business since opening all the way back in 2002, and now they've decided it's time to launch something new.
To that end, they've taken over what was once Pearly Queen in Spitalfields (Tom Brown's former seafood restaurant) to open Song Que Pho Bar. As the name suggests, here they'll be focusing on their pho noodle soup, and they tell us that they'll be serving up "all our
...Doctor's Orders is Dr. Martens' new in-store cafe in Soho, serving Dusty Knuckle toasties and Luminary Bakery cakes
London's in-store dining has had quite a boost over the past few weeks. First, we had the all-star opening of the new Kith store on Regent Street with its restaurant and soft serve bar. Now we have the new Dr. Martens flagship store in Soho which, for the first time, boasts a brand new offering, the Doctor's Orders cafe.
The cafe, which you'll find inside the massive two-storey building in the heart of Soho, was a brand new concept devised for what they're calling a
...Jeremy King confirms when he'll open Simpson's in the Strand
Updated 17/12/25 with full details of what's planned.
Restaurateur Jeremy King is getting ready for his biggest opening yet. He's had success with The Park near Hyde Park, and relaunched Le Caprice as Arlington and next he's going to be reopening Simpson's in the Strand.
As part of that project he'll be rejuvenating a huge building which has
...Covent Garden is getting a New York-inspired cocktail bar called Cato
Covent Garden is getting a New York-inspired cocktail bar that sounds like it could be very useful for brightening up January.
Called Cato, the bar is inspired by Cato Alexander, a New York bartender from the 18th Century, about whom Wikipedia says: "cocktail historians consider him to be 'America's first celebrity bartender.'" We didn't know there was such a thing as cocktail historians, but there you go. It comes from hospitality group Bart & Taylor, along with bartender Angelos Bafas (aka
...Frites Atelier have brought their cult loaded fries to Soho
They're big in the Netherlands and Belgium, where they hoover up the tourist crowds looking for particularly extra punnets of chips, and now Frites Atelier have come to London, landing in Soho (taking over from Balans no. 34). People do seem to enjoy queuing for food in Soho, so expect this to be the big new viral hit in the run-up to Christmas. They have had Eating With Tod in already, after all...
It was originally started by Michelin-starred chef Sergio Herman almost 10 years ago, but (so far) they've expanded only slowly and this is their fourth main opening, following
...Waterloo commuters now have a proper Grind coffee shop at the station
Spare a thought for London's commuters, wearily trekking into and out of London every day. Now, at least the ones coming via Waterloo will have some decent coffee waiting for them when they get here.
Grind are officially opening their newest coffee shop at Waterloo today. And while they've got shops close to London Bridge and Liverpool Street, this is their first to open actually inside a station. This one's a decent size too, with room for 35 folk to sit inside.
If you're looking for it, it's on the mezzanine level, opposite Platform 5. Better still, as an opening offer,
...Kith's new flagship store in London features a standalone restaurant Ronnie's and a Kith Treats bar
Updated 12/12/25 with booking info
For a while now clothing brand Kith and its treat store have been one of the best places to get soft serve in London. But the imminent opening of their flagship store on Regent Street is going to bring both a Treats bar and a standalone restaurant.
Ronnie's New York, named after Kith founder Ronnie Fieg, will have its own entrance. It looks like a gorgeously designed space - with a mix of booth and counter seating. The space has its own cocktail lounge where they'll be serving up drinks like a Rose Espresso Martini
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As we approach the end of 2025, it's time to look and the best of the new openings of the year in London. Here are the restaurants that really made a mark.
Cheese toasties on the menu for City workers with the arrival of Melt at Boxhall City
Lunch options for folks in the City just got a boost in the run up to Christmas with the arrival of cheese toastie folk MELT at the Boxhall City food hall. Melt have been trading at Old Spitalfields for the past couple of years; you'll probably have seen their signature oozy cheese toasties on your FYP at some point.
On the menu at the new City location will be a range of toasties and dips for dunking. But they're also launching an option that's exclusive to Boxhall City - The Boxer. That's a toastie with smoked pulled pork, maple mustard, MELT cheddar mozzarella blend, Kansas BBQ
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