Enjoy a glass of complimentary Champagne at striking new sushi spot Aki London
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- Kricket's next modern Indian restaurant is in Covent Garden
It's clear that Kricket is on the expansion trail because, hot on the heels of their Canary Wharf and Shoreditch openings, they're already planning their
... - Motcombs Mayfair takes over at Pollen Street
The last year has seen a fair bit of upheaval over on Pollen Street. First Jason Atherton announced he was turning his Michelin-starred flagship restaurant into burger bar Mary's. That duly opened, with the promise of a full revamp this spring. The revamp didn't happen but what did happen was that Atherton ended up closing the restaurant altogether and selling it to another restaurant group,
... - Sino is bringing its contemporary take on Ukrainian food to Notting Hill
Following the recently opened Tatar Bunar, another new Ukrainian restaurant is coming to London. Sino comes from Polina Sychova and chef Eugene Korolev, the latter who has worked at Michelin-starred restaurants across Europe.
The name Sino means "hay" in Ukraine, and
... - Donabe on the South Bank is London's first Japanese clay pot rice restaurant
For the past seven years they've been serving up top class sushi on the South Bank. But now the owners of Hannah at County Hall are switching things up a bit, according to Code Hospitality newsletter. To start with they're moving the sushi operation to another hotel in East London. From the summer you'll find it in its new guise as Kokin at The Stratford Hotel (opens 1 May).
In its place, by the river, comes
... - Black Tap Burger's massive Crazy Shakes are descending on Soho
If you've been around Piccadilly Square recently, perhaps on your way to The Devonshire right around the corner, you may have seen that Black Tap Burger is incoming. Not familiar with them? Let us help.
They're a New York burger chain, but they have already landed with one UK outpost over in Westfield Stratford. This is their much-more-central flagship London burger store, and as for
... - The Orangery lets diners eat inside a huge hydroponic farm in central London
We have to admit that when we received the information on The Orangery on 1 April we did initially put this down as an intricate April Fool. But it turns out that there really is a new restaurant just off Tottenham Court Road with London's biggest on-site hydroponic farm.
The Orangery has more than 35,000 plants growing inside it, which we're told is the equivalent yield to just over an acre of
... - Zeit für Brot German bakery has landed in London
Somewhat out of the blue and with little fanfare, a German bakery and cafe has made its debut in London. Zeit für Brot (translated as "time for bread") has a number of bakeries across Germany. Over here, they've settled in Islington for their first UK opening, taking on a big corner site on the junction between Islington High Street and Pentonville Street in Angel.
A quick visit reveals it to be an
... - New Knightsbridge spot Clap Ka-fe is hoping to go viral with its cute Japanese pastries
They already run a sushi restaurant at the top of the building, now the Knightsbridge cafe CLAP London (we feel we've pretty much exhausted jokes on that name) has taken over the ground floor too. Their newest venture, CLAP KA-FE, is a more casual sort of place where you can either grab some sushi or Japanese pastries to go or eat in.
Knowing how much Londoners love the thrill of a new bakery to try, we got an
... - Claude Bosi is opening Josephine in Marylebone
1/4/25 - updated with more details and the opening date.
Last year, chef Claude Bosi, together with his wife Lucy, opened French bouchon Josephine in Chelsea to rave reviews. It was, however, for those of us who don't live in West London, not blessed with the easiest public transport connections.
We'd been hearing rumblings for a while that the chef was planning a follow-up
... - Buttered up - Soho's new single item restaurant Butter LDN is for dairy lovers only
Updated 12pm 1/4/25 - we know we've tricked a fair few of you, who've started following Butter on Insta, but this was our 2025 April Fool and one to add to our long line of April Fool's Day jokes. That said, if anyone does want to open a restaurant like this, we'd be 100% up for it.
This city loves a single item spot -
... - Konjiki is serving up cheese nigiri and sushi tacos in Kensington
Kensington's restaurant scene is on fire right now and nowhere is that more obvious than on Kensington Church Street. Hot on the heels of Krokodilos and Passyunk Avenue opening their doors comes a
... - Seventy Five is a new restaurant inside Liberty with an Ex-Da Terra chef in charge
Somewhat out of the blue, Liberty on Regent Street is getting ready to open a brand new restaurant. It's part of their 150th anniversary celebrations, hence the name of the restaurant, Seventy Five.
It sees them teaming up with catering group Goose + Berry and while that might make you wonder if it's just another in-store restaurant, they do appear to have brought in an interesting head chef. Joe Holness has previously been at Da Terra and
... - Greek restaurant Myrtos arrives in South Kensington with an ex-Pied a Terre chef in charge
9/5/25 - Updated with soft launch details
We've had a few excellent new Greek restaurants open in London of late and it looks like another is coming to South Kensington. Myrtos is from ex-Pied a terre chef Asimakis Chaniotis who will be opening the restaurant in South Kensington (taking over from Aubaine).
The food here takes its
... - Parasol sees the Discount Suit Co team join forces with Ruby's founder in Dalston
28/3/25 - updated with opening details
The team behind bars like Discount Suit Company and The Sun Tavern are getting ready for their next bar, this time in Dalston. They're taking over the basement venue that was once Nest nightclub. They've brought in Tom Gibson, the man behind Ruby's and more to create some sort of bar superteam.
On the
... - The big new London restaurants opening in April 2025
Springtime is properly upon us and that's bringing with it lots of new places to eat. From a pub in Camberwell by The Baring team to a high-end seafood restaurant in Belgravia from Tom Brown, here's what's coming your way in April.
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