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- Telegraph reviewer William Sitwell decides to have a go himself, opening a hotel and restaurant in Somerset
One UK restaurant critic has clearly decided that they can do the job better than the people he's been reviewing. According to Restaurant website and
... - The Azuki Room sees the Dotori team opening a new Japanese restaurant by Chancery Lane
The man behind the hugely popular Korean/Japanese restaurant Dotori is getting ready to open a second place, this time in the City. Alan Tse has been running the much-loved Finsbury Park spot for the past eight years, during which time he also managed to squeeze in training at the Japan Culinary Institute in Tokyo.
Now Tse is gearing up to open The Azuki Room, just off Chancery Lane. He's taking
... - Here are all the restaurants and bars opening at the huge new Chancery Rosewood hotel
The opening of The Chancery Rosewood is nearly upon us. Not since the opening of The OWO has such a large endeavour been launched, but unlike that hotel, most of these restaurants here are opening at the same time.
- Putney's getting a really interesting Indian restaurant, Raaz, from an ex-Kolamba chef
Lucky old Putney folk. They'll no longer have to schlep into town to get great Indian food, with what sounds like a properly interesting neighbourhood restaurant opening on their doorsteps. Raaz (the name means secret but this one's going to get out fast) comes from chef Imran Mansuri who most recently headed up the restaurant at Kolamba in Soho but also has the likes of Michelin-starred restaurants Tamarind and
... - Camino are opening Pintxito, a new Basque pintxo bar in Covent Garden's piazza
Updated 26/8/25 with the opening date.
It's a busy old year for Spanish restaurant folk Camino who have just spent the last few months buying up several of London's Iberica restaurants out of administration (the Farringdon and Victoria Iberica are now both Caminos as a result). But they're also working on something brand new - a pintxo bar in Covent Garden.
Pintxito will be a pretty intimate
... - Alley Cats Pizza confirms its Notting Hill arrival
15/8/25 - updated with the opening date
Popular pizza spot Alley Cats is on the expansion trail again - this time to the area that it seems everyone's trying to break into, Notting Hill.
Alley Cats are taking over the space that was once Italian restaurant Verderame (that's a few doors down from Sunday in Brooklyn). The space will look pretty familiar to anyone
... - ADOH! sees the Kolamba team bringing Sri Lankan street food to Covent Garden
14/8/25 - updated with the opening date
Having already launched two London restaurants devoted to great Sri Lankan food, the couple behind Kolamba are getting ready to open a much more casual affair. ADOH! (a Sri Lankan word which is used both in greeting or to express surprise) is taking over a former Franca Manca space next door to Rules on Maiden Lane. And it's much more of a quick dine and dash
... - Amsterdam live fire restaurant Nela kicks off The Whiteley's reinvention in Bayswater
14/8/25 - updated with the opening date
Plans are well underway to bring Whiteleys, now renamed The Whiteley, back to its former glory, albeit this time as a hotel, apartments and restaurants. The people behind Bottarga and Nina are due to open
... - Richoux is coming back to London with a very French all-day café
14/8/25 - updated with the opening date
Back in 2021, one of the early casualties of Lockdown was cafe and patisserie Richoux. When its owner went into administration, all the Richoux sites closed. The name was briefly revived for a Piccadilly opening that was more of a restaurant, but that also closed a few years later.
Now, the people who bought
... - Lagana brings Med flatbreads and skewers to Shoreditch, taking over from Pachamama East
The team behind Pachamama have spent the last year moving their restaurants' culinary inspiration point from Peru to the Mediterranean. It's been an extremely successful transformation, with both Bottarga on the King's Road and Nina in Marylebone being big hits. Now, the final restaurant, Pachamama East, gets the Med makeover, being reborn as Lagana.
This Greek-inspired
... - OTT Paris restaurant Il Bambini Club is coming to London's Hoxton hotel
Il Bambini Club is an Italian restaurant, known for its extravagant design, but originating in Paris and with a giant lemon meringue pie on the menu. While this might sound a bit like Big Mamma, it's definitely got more of a high-end reputation in Paris, and you'll be able to check it out for yourself soon, as they're gearing up to open in London.
The restaurant, which is run by chic Parisian restaurant group Paris
... - Scandinavian restaurant Punk Royale brings its caviar bumps to Mayfair
13/8/25 - updated with launch details
They've been here before in the guise of a pop-up at Carousel, but now Punk Royale is coming to London for their first permanent restaurant outside of Scandinavia.
The restaurant is taking a space in Mayfair that recently held two restaurants - Amethyst and London Stock. Neither of those survived long, so it's a
... - Napoli on the Road in Soho will offer London's first pizza tasting menu experience
There are two things that have become very big trends in 2025 - smash burger bars and pizzerias. Napoli on the Road adds another pizzeria to London, but this one is doing something a little differently.
It'll be a two-floor approach where upstairs will be a more standard pizzeria, but the downstairs space will feature a tasting menu experience. They say that
... - Michelin-starred chef Michael Caines is opening his first restaurant in London
12/8/25 - Updated with opening details
Chef Michael Caines won a Michelin star for his restaurant at Lympstone Manor, and has previously held two stars at Gidleigh Park. Now he's getting ready to open his first restaurant in London, Michael Caines at The Stafford.
This has all come about because the Stafford group have just taken over Lympstone
... - SOLA's Victor Garvey kicks off a crowdfunder for Materia Prima in Marylebone
Upon the news of the surprisingly quick closure of The Midland Grand, we revealed that Victor Garvey was already getting ready to open another restaurant in Marylebone. Now, thanks to a crowdfunder, we have more details about what's planned.
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