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It's the hotel where Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant enjoyed a mini break in Bridget Jones's Diary, and the place where James Bond and Goldfinger had it out on the golf course. But now Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire is getting one hell of a makeover with a slew of new restaurants opening there, ahead of the hotel's relaunch.

Fresh from unveiling his Mor restaurant down at the luxury Carbis Bay Estate hotel in Cornwall, chef Tom Sellers is behind the five dining and

Updated 11/9/26 with soft launch offer

Nikkei restaurant Bamboo Mat has been proving a big hit in Stratford - so much that it's gearing up for a second opening in Canary Wharf. 

Before moving to Stratford, the original Bamboo Mat opened in Leyton, where Grace Dent described it as: "It’s a smaller, cheaper and better Chotto Matte, without all the shouty people and art installations. What’s not to love

Updated 11/9/26 with opening date

Three years after they opened their first bagel shop in Primrose Hill in 2023, the NYC-inspired bakery is expanding its North London footprint by opening in Hampstead. They'll hit up the high street there at the end of the summer.

As per their other three bakeries, their newest opening will serve a combination of grab-and-go bagels along with a mix of unfilled bagels topped with poppy or sesame seeds, garlic, onion, ‘everything,’ or just plain.

"We want to be the place people stop before a walk on the Heath, before school

The parade of restaurants opening at Olympia is continuing with Juno. This is the latest from the Incipio Group, which is also behind a trio of rooftop restaurants there: Bar Arriba, Wolves of Tokyo, and Lillie's.

While the rooftop was a pretty big endeavour, the group are going even bigger with Juno. They're claiming it's "Britain's largest Italian restaurant", as they can fit in 265 people for dinner (and 500 in total, which we assume means quite a few of them would be "vertical drinking"). We're not quite sure what the next biggest Italian would be (perhaps something by Big

19/8/26 - Updated with the opening date

Back at the beginning of 2025, we brought you news that Big Mamma were getting ready to open in the City. Since then, they've opened Barbarella in Canary Wharf, but now we're finally getting news about what their City plans are going to be. 

The next Big Mamma restaurant will be called Edmondo, a restaurant that's set to be inspired by, in their words, "1930s Milanese glamour". There is already an Edmondo by Big Mamma in Hamburg, but they have said that the London restaurant will only share the name and be a very

Updated 10/9/26 with opening and soft launch info

Although most of the current buzz around everyone's favourite Indian cafe, Dishoom, has recently been around their expansion to New York, they're also extending their London estate. Work is well underway for a new Dishoom at London Bridge, just around the corner from Borough Market.

The restaurant group are opening a restaurant at The Hop Exchange. They're not taking over an existing restaurant space, but creating a brand new one in the building's West Wing. It would be a pretty big Dishoom too, covering two floors

Updated 10/9/26 with images and new opening date

They run Faber seafood restaurant in Hammersmith and The Somers Town Coffee House in King's Cross, and now the same team are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a new opening. This time, it's a new pub in Canary Wharf. 

The menu here promises to feature classic pub fare as well as "celebrating British ingredients with a wholesome, sustainable focus." In practice, that means dishes like: 

• Fish & chips that come with a wally (gherkin) and tartare sauce
• Steak & ale pie

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Another week, another restaurant pivot and this time we're heading to Willesden Green where, after a decade of serving cheeseburgers and beer, Beer & Burger has turned into Little Brother. It's now a bakery and cafe during the day, transforming into a neighbourhood bistro in the evenings.

What's particularly exciting is the chef they've brought on board to help realise the new vision. Ismail Hossain started out as a kitchen porter in Barrica before working his way up to head chef at places like St John's Tavern in Archway and Riding House Cafe. And this year he reached the

Hot on the heels of Bara Café opening in Peckham comes another fully-fledged Welsh food business, hoping to entice Londoners through its doors.

Anyone hailing from Cardiff will know about Donald's, which is actually a Kiwi-inspired pie and coffee shop that started life as a street food business, selling pies from a cricket club in the Cardiff suburb of Radyr. Now friends Gareth Owens and Harri Rees have opened their first place outside Wales, in Hackney Wick.

Right now it's a weekend-only affair serving up its core range of pies like Mince Beef & Cheddar, Butter

Another US chain is on its way over to the UK as Jersey Mike's, a sub shop which has over 3000 stores in America, is coming to London. 

Jersey Mike's has been running since 1956 and it's all about sandwiches, made in sub rolls and served to-order, with bread baked throughout the day. Their particular USP is that all the meats are sliced as you order. You'll find subs like Mike's Hot Italian (ham, salami, pepperoni, melted provolone cheese) or the Club Supreme (roast beef, turkey, Swiss, Applewood smoked bacon). There are about 30 options on the American menu, so you can

Wine bars really have made a huge comeback in the past few years and this next opening really highlights that trend. One of the Savoy's main cocktail bars is about to get a complete relaunch as The Beaufort Wine Bar. 

The bar is set almost at the centre of the hotel's ground floor and has been subject to quite a few revamps over the years. The latest sees it getting a 250-bottle list, with about half of that available by the glass, as they'll be making good use of the Coravin system. Head Sommelier Romain Audrerie will be in charge. He opened Chiltern Firehouse and most

We already knew that both Clare Smyth and Daniel Boulud were opening at the big new Waldorf Astoria at Admiralty Arch, but now we also know who will be joining them. It's the latest bar opening from the Inception Group, also behind Mr Fogg's, Cahoots, Control Room B in Battersea and more. 

Called The Admiral's Mess, it's going to be a standalone bar for them (similar to the Control Room B approach inside Battersea Power Station), although it will be one

This week, the September opening rush continues with the latest from the Dorian team, an LPM spin-off, a City pub from the Goodman/Wild team and more...