New opening

2/9/26 - updated with the opening date

Just a few weeks ago, chef Will Devlin opened the London outpost of his restaurant Birchwood at The Conduit in Covent Garden. But that was only part of his London plans, as the rooftop at The Conduit was also up for a revamp. Now we know what it's going to be, as the chef is opening Nettle up there. 

It'll be a different approach to the ground floor, with ever-popular fire-led cooking being

We only recently wrote about Dishoom lining up another opening on the South Bank before its latest in London Bridge had even opened the doors, and now it looks like Din Tai Fung are pulling off a similar trick. They're looking to open in King's Cross, but it seems they already have plans to open in Soho too. 

Taking King's Cross first, they're opening in the

It really is the time to launch a new burger bar, it seems. Last week we had a new Bleecker in Camden.This week Dumbo is coming to Soho. And now it's the turn of Manna. 

Up until now, Manna have been behind smash burger bars that have been exclusive to the Arcade Food Halls in Battersea, Soho and Covent Garden. But for the first time, they're going standalone (in

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.

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

We're still waiting for the opening date for the new Dishoom close to Borough Market, but now it turns out they already have another opening lined up, and it's not too far away.

First reported by hospitality website Caterer, they're taking over what was once a Las Iguanas restaurant in Royal Festival Hall. That's the corner section facing the river and also has a pretty extensive terrace, so it's certainly one of the prime sites in the area. The reason the news is breaking now is because they're planning a big overhaul to that terrace, most importantly adding a retractable roof.

You know how it is. You wait ages for a shop devoted to tiramisu, and then two come along at once. Hard on the heels of Marrone in Soho comes Giuseppe's Tiramisu, which is about to open up at Boxpark Shoreditch. The man behind it, Giuseppe Federici, hasn't worked in hospitality before, but it's most definitely in his blood with his Sicilian grandparents having an Italian restaurant in Stoke on Trent and his parents running an ice cream business.

What's different about Giuseppe's

This week heralds the beginning of the busiest month in the year for new restaurants, and we're starting off strong with one of Autumn's most anticipated new openings.

Back in the 1920s, it was built as a branch of Woolworths. Now, a hundred years later, instead of an American retail giant, we've got a Canadian brand taking over the space on Kensington High Street. LaCage is a Montreal institution that's the place to watch hockey games. Here in London, it's taking a broader approach to the types of sports shown, but the food is going to be broadly the same.

The London branch (their first outside Canada) is a massive space, set across two floors and with space designed to show a whole range of sporting fixtures whether you're into footie, rugby,

It's currently in the top 10 of the UK's Top 50 Cocktail Bars (it last topped the list in 2024), and has previously reached no. 59 on the World's 50 Best bars list. Now one of Manchester's best bars is doing an Andy Burnham - it's coming to London. 

The Manchester bar is run by brothers Joe and Daniel Schofield, who have both worked in London bars before, at Coupette and The American Bar at The Savoy. They've won a slew of awards since opening their bar, which they say is a "tribute to the cocktail heyday of the 1930s".

The London bar is taking over the

28/8/26 - Updated with more details about the move and the opening date

Just over a year ago, chefs Brad Carter and Tom Brown teamed up for their upmarket surf-and-turf restaurant Island, opening above Mare Street Market. The food there was certainly impressive, but the massive room never seemed like the perfect fit (the last time we were there, the few diners in that evening were dwarfed by the huge space). 

Now comes the news

In the five years since they opened their first restaurant in Islington, the plant-based Chinese restaurant group Tofu Vegan has gone from strength to strength. Not only did they manage to turn the blighted site on Upper Street, which had seen off a string of other restaurants over the years, into a huge success, but they've also opened four more branches across town since then. And whenever we go past the one in Fitzrovia it's always rammed, so clearly they're doing something right.

Now they're about to head further into town with a restaurant planned for the Strand this autumn.

If August was a quiet month, September is usually the busiest for new restaurant openings and this year is no different. Everyone's back from their summer holiday and there are some really big names in the mix, featuring everything from modern Turkish and classic French food through to French toast with a Filipino touch. 

Updated 27/8/26 with menu details and opening date

Levan has been a Peckham mainstay since 2018, with Bar Levan joining it next door in 2023. But if you haven't made it into the Peckham restaurant yet, the team behind it, Mark Gurney and Matt Bushnell, are about to open a place in the middle of town.

Cassette is opening in Covent Garden (taking over the Maiden Lane space from Grind). While its sibling restaurant in Peckham has a wider European menu, Cassette will be centred around French food, with a particular Parisian bistro influence. They've brought in Essa

Almost a year after Ce la Vi opened on Paddington Square outside the station comes another rooftop bar. But Torino is bringing something rather new to the table. Not only will this Italian self-dubbed "social house" have a bar up on the roof with great views across London, but it'll also feature a restaurant and a bakery too.

Let's start with the bakery. That's the first of three floors and will be open from breakfast for a good strong Italian coffee, ending up with small plates later at night. The next floor up will be the restaurant serving up dishes like octopus with tomato xo,