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• Nora sees the team behind Beam opening a modern Turkish restaurant in Canary Wharf

  

  They have four Cafe Beams across London, but now the brothers behind Beam, Ozgur and Sidar Akyuz, are getting ready to open something new. Nora will be a modern Turkish restaurant in Canary Wharf. 

  In charge of the kitchen here is Daniel Alt. He used to be Executive Head Chef at The Barbary, so that should be a good sign of what to expect here. Daniel and his team

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• De Nadas' Argentinian empanadas are coming to Kew

  

  They have four empanada shops across London, and now De Nadas are heading out to Kew for their fifth opening. They'll be taking over what was the Pether butcher shop.

  If you're unfamiliar with them, De Nadas have 15 different types of Argentinian-style empanadas on the menu. Those flavours include classic beef, ham & cheese, spicy lamb, blue cheese & pear, Malbec onions &

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• Hoppers is coming to Shoreditch, taking over from Lyle's, and looking beyond Sri Lanka

  

  Earlier this year, after more than a decade in business, James Lowe's Lyles shut up shop for good. Since May, the restaurant has been vacant, but now we know what's taking its place - a new version of Hoppers. 

• The new restaurants and bars opening in London this week

  

  Here are all the new restaurants to look forward to in the coming week. This week, what was Le Gavroche is reborn, Amy Poon launches her restaurant in Somerset House, a must-have burger lands in Brixton and lots more...

• Bistro Sablé is a French bistro taking over from Smokehouse in Islington

  

  Islington locals will be well aware of Smokehouse, the pub/restaurant on Canonbury Road that's been open for just over a decade (originally launched by Neil Rankin). And that's particularly because of its lovely terrace, hidden from the busy road by plenty of greenery. 

  Well, now Smokehouse's time is up as it's just been replaced by something quite different. It's

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• All the new London restaurants - recently opened restaurants in London

  

  Here's a complete guide to all the new London restaurants that have opened...

• Upcoming London restaurants - hot new openings coming soon

  All the latest news on every upcoming London restaurant that's going to be opening in the capital. The only Coming Soon list you need.

• Former Sosharu chef Alex Craciun is behind casual by day, immersive by night Aces Foodcraft opening in Fitzrovia

  

  30/10/25 - updated with the opening date

  It's been almost a decade since we last encountered the cooking of chef Alex Craciun in London. Back then, the chef had taken on the head chef position at Jason Atherton's Sosharu, for which he received almost universal praise from the critics. Grace Dent said his was 'the best chicken

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• Chelsea Grill takes over from Fantomas in Chelsea

  

  We were fans of Fantomas when it first opened in Chelsea, late in 2024. It was part of a trio of restaurants that opened in a short period of time by the group behind Wild. Krododilos and Pinna were

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• Vagabond are opening London's biggest urban winery and bar at Canada Water

  

  30/10/25 - updated with the opening date

  If you live or work in the Docklands and have been wondering what's going to take over the space at the recently completed Dock Shed at Canada Water, then we're here to enlighten you. It's going to be an absolutely massive new wine bar and winery. The space has been taken up by Vagabond wine bars: if you haven't been to one before, they're the bars where all

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• London's version of a Guinness Storehouse, Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Covent Garden, is finally opening

  

  Updated 29/10/25 with the opening date, bar and restaurant details

  It's been on the cards for a very long time, but the Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Covent Garden is finally opening. Following in the footsteps of Dublin and Edinburgh, London is the latest capital city to get its own huge city-centre brewery/distillery. And it's a big project; Guinness has apparently spent £73 million on the

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• SOOM Korean BBQ, where you cook at your table, has arrived in Covent Garden

  

  They already have a Korean restaurant in Canary Wharf with 3KOBROS, and now the same team are coming to St Martin's Lane with SOOM. 

  The new restaurant, taking over the space that used to be The Theatre Cafe, will be all about Korean BBQ. So there will be individual stone tables, each with an electric BBQ grill and you'll be cooking your own meats and vegetables.

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• MA/NA sees the Los Mochis team head to Mayfair with a Japanese restaurant

  

  28/10/25 - updated with more details

  Mayfair residents wondering what's happening over at the old Ruya site on Upper Grosvenor Street, next to Corrigan's, should know that they'll have a new restaurant on their doorstep in the new year. It was bought by the Thesleff Group, which is behind Los Mochis in Notting Hill, Sale e Pepe in Knightsbridge and the Juno and Luna omakase

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• The big new London restaurants opening in November 2025

  

  It's another big month in London restaurant openings. We have the Crisp Pizza pub (with a little help from The Devonshire), the restaurant that's replacing Le Gavroche, a new Clare Smyth restaurant, award-winning burgers, and so much more. 

• New Mayfair opening Chargal is going to be a three storey Turkish restaurant and late night lounge

  

  Set firmly in the Mayfair triangle, new Turkish opening Chargal is hoping to woo Londoners in with three storeys of mezze, refined Turkish dining and a late-night club in the basement. It's taken over the spot vacated by Jeru on Berkeley Street and comes from restaurateur Serdar Demir, who's also behind The Mantl in Knightsbridge.

  Here at Chargal, he's hoping that whether you're after a more casual

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