New opening
- Stokey Veg Vegan will be Stoke Newington's new veggie-focused restaurant
Expect a British/Italian small plates menu from this new vegetarian and vegan restaurant opening up on Stoke Newington High Street
- Genesis in Shoreditch will be a vegan restaurant with an organic award by The Soil Association
A new two-storey vegan spot in East London with a lengthy drinks menu, lots of international food and an ingredients list that's so organic, it's certified by the Soil Association.
- Giggling Squid are bringing their Thai tapas to Kingston-upon-Thames
There'll be space for 120 and a similarly large menu packed with curries, salads, rice, noodles and plenty of little tapas plates for you to sample at Giggling Squid's 28th branch.
- Maître Choux to open its fourth, biggest store in Chelsea
Don’t be distracted by the highly ‘grammable flower tunnel and croquembouche tower - it’s the gorgeous French eclairs, choux and chouquettes you’ll be wanting to focus on at this new branch of Maitre Choux.
- Sinner in Hackney lets you play video games that reward - or punish - you with booze (plus vegan pizzas)
Seb Lyall, the brains behind London's naked restaurant and Bletchley Park cocktail bar, is at it again with a whole, 200-cover space to play with on Hackney's Mare Street. First up - an arcade that rewards, or punishes you, with shots, depending on how well you play.
- Flesh and Buns new Fitzrovia restaurant will have a Press for Pisco button - updated
Covent Garden's Flesh & Buns is opening a second restaurant just north of Oxford Street and this one's going to be huge with more of a Peruvian Nikkei vibe going on as well as the old izakaya favourites.
- Screwdriver is Dalston's new Spanish grill where everything is 'a la plancha'
What can’t you cook on a grill? Nothing, according to Alexis and Emmanuel Ross, who are taking inspiration from the tapas and pintxos bars of northern Spain for their new venture Screwdriver by cooking everything 'a la plancha'.
- Gunpowder is coming to One Tower Bridge
The team behind Gunpowder, Madame D and Gul & Sepoy bring their latest to Tower Bridge. And there will be a bakery/wine bar too.
- Proper Persian kebabs with a Soho twist at Berenjak from a Gymkhana chef
If you love nothing more than getting stuck into a kebab then prepare to have your horizons widened by Berenjak, who’ll be focusing on recreating proper Persian-style kebabs, stews, sides, with a Soho twist.
- Brixton's Cattivo is Canova Hall's new little sister cafe
Albion & East, who’re known for their cavernous, shabby-chic halls, scale things back a bit with Cattivo, a new Italian-style cafe with a basement cocktail bar.
- Maple at Westfield London is the next bar from the people behind The Botanist
A big new bar from the people behind The Botanist, The Jugged Hare and Greenwood opens at Westfield London in Shepherd's Bush.
- "It just seemed to say quite loudly this space needs to be about wine" - the Hart Bros tell us their plans for The Drop wine bar at Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross
In addition to Barrafina and Casa Pastor, the Hart Bros' third venture at Coal Drops Yard will be a wine bar. We got the scoop on what you can expect when it opens.
- Through the Woods sees the Crouch End supper club go permanent
Ex-Pig and Butcher chef Chris Slaughter is reviving his Crouch End supper club by transplanting it into a restaurant, and he’s keeping all the hallmarks, with just 16 seats, a small set menu and a single meal a day.
- Milan's Camillo Benso opens its doors in Mayfair
From Milan to Mayfair, this new upmarket Italian restaurant features all the primi, secondi, pasta and pizza you need for a taste of la dolce vita.
- Alphabet bar returns - this time on Islington's Upper Street
It's been closed in Soho for five years, but now Alphabet bar is on the way back to London. This time it's setting up shop in Islington matching cocktails with a Mediterranean menu.