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- Kerb Social Club is coming to Spitalfields with an American sports bar vibe
Kerb are on something of a roll at the moment. They have just announced a new weekend market in Leyton, hot on the heels of their big Canada Water opening, and
... - Ippudo bring their classic tonkotsu ramen to Islington's Essex Road
There's a corner restaurant site in Islington that is well known to locals, originally as a pub and most recently as Japanese restaurant Akari (which closed late last year). Now, the same space on Essex Road is about to be reborn as the latest Ippudo.
It'll be the fifth outpost of the ramen chain that has lots of restaurants all over the globe. It's also Islington's second big ramen brand, as there's
... - Fan arrives in Notting Hill from Peru with its Nikkei omakase
For the past two years, a group of friends have been creating waves in Lima's white-hot dining scene with their omakase Nikkei restaurant Fan. And when a city's Nikkei scene also includes the current World's Best Restaurant (Maido), that's really saying something.
Now Fan has arrived in London, opening rather under the radar in Notting Hill. We know precious little about what their London restaurant will be
... - Speedboat Bar motors west to open in Notting Hill's Electric Bar
It's all change over in Notting Hill where Soho House's Electric Bar has jettisoned its diner, getting ready instead to open the second iteration of the hugely popular Speedboat Bar in Soho.
If you're a fan of the original, then the West London version of the restaurant will look a little different. "This time around, the interiors are less Bangkok shophouse with a clubhouse above, more engine room," says chef
... - Japanese restaurant Moi comes to Soho with a Gordon Ramsay alum in charge
23/6/25 - updated with the opening date
One of two restaurants announced by fledgling group Mad Restaurants (the other is ALTA), Moi is all about Japanese cooking over fire and sounds very much in the Nobu mould.
It's going to be headed up
... - Crust Bros' biggest pizzeria yet is opening in Covent Garden
They already have two popular pizzerias in Waterloo and Earl's Court and now Crust Bros are getting ready to open their biggest and most central pizzeria yet.
They've taken over a space that was once a Paul patisserie in Covent Garden, which has two floors, fitting in 135 people. The pizzas here are Neapolitan-inspired, with 48-72 hour-proved dough.
If you haven't been to
... - Duck and Rice is opening a new place in Battersea on its tenth anniversary
Updated 16/6/25 with opening date
It's been almost 10 years since Alan Yau took over a Soho pub and transformed it into Duck and Rice. A decade on, it seems it's time to expand as it's the latest place to find itself making its way to Battersea Power Station with a new location.
If you're unfamiliar with the Soho original, they describe themselves as a "Soho
... - Island is Brad Carter's second go at cracking London, opening a surf & turf restaurant with Tom Brown
Updated 15/6/25 with opening date
Brad Carter was initially coming into London to open at Undercroft (which, in a surprise twist, was taken over by Aldo Zilli before opening). Now the chef, best known for Carters of
... - Singburi uproots itself from Leytonstone to Shoreditch for a reimagined Singburi 2.0
Updated 13/6/25 with opening date and booking info
The North East London restaurant and all-round institution, which closed late last year under the guise of taking a longer-than-usual sabbatical, has made a bombshell announcement that it's moving to Shoreditch. Look, we're very sorry for Leytonstone's loss. But, on the upside, the new incarnation of Singburi will be a lot handier for
... - CÉ LA VI in Paddington will be the highest rooftop restaurant in West London
13/6/25 - updated with a look at the new restaurant's design
If you've ever watched Crazy Rich Asians and wondered what it was like dining at the top of that amazing hotel in Singapore, well you're soon going to get the next best thing. That's because CÉ LA VI, which is the restaurant, bar and club at the top of the famous Marina Bay Sands hotel, is opening in the rooftop space of the new Renzo Piano
... - Base Face Pizza are coming to Richmond
They already have pizzerias in Putney and Barnes and now Base Face Pizza are getting ready to open their next location a little further west in Richmond. It's planned to be their flagship space, taking over from their original pizzeria in Hammersmith (which closed last week).
The pizzeria has a slightly unusual origin, being set up by former professional jazz musician Tim Thornton, who started
... - Latin American restaurant Tigermilk is big in France and now it's coming to London
12/6/25 - soft launch details added
They have multiple restaurants across France (as well as one in Brussels) and now French restaurant group Tigermilk are getting ready to open in London too. But much how fellow French restaurant group Big Mamma is actually all about Italian food, this French import looks to Latin America for its food.
Opening in
... - Fink's are taking over the Clissold Park cafe in Stoke Newington
It's been rumoured for months now, but yesterday the folks at North London cafe group Fink's announced that they would be taking over the cafe space at Clissold House in Stoke Newington.
"It’s the Fink’s you know and love, reimagined," they said on Instagram. "We’ll even have sit-in (yes, actual chairs and tables!)."
The cafe went into administration last year so news that it's being replaced by a team who really
... - La Mia Mamma brings its mammas to Battersea
They already have restaurants in Chelsea and Notting Hill (not to mention seafood spin-off Fish & Bubbles) and now La Mia Mamma has just opened its latest restaurant in Battersea.
If you're not familiar, the idea behind the restaurants is that there are "real Italian mothers" in the kitchens, looking after the punters. The "mammas" have never worked in professional kitchens before, but they
... - Looks like Mazi is coming to Mayfair
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, but it's about to head into central London.
It looks like they're planning to open in the old Pizza Express building opposite The Guinea on Bruton Place. The space, you may remember, was briefly taken over
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