New opening

• De Nadas' Argentinian empanadas are coming to Kew

  

  They have four empanada shops across London, and now De Nadas are heading out to Kew for their fifth opening. They'll be taking over what was the Pether butcher shop.

  If you're unfamiliar with them, De Nadas have 15 different types of Argentinian-style empanadas on the menu. Those flavours include classic beef, ham & cheese, spicy lamb, blue cheese & pear, Malbec onions &

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• Hoppers is coming to Shoreditch, taking over from Lyle's, and looking beyond Sri Lanka

  

  Earlier this year, after more than a decade in business, James Lowe's Lyles shut up shop for good. Since May, the restaurant has been vacant, but now we know what's taking its place - a new version of Hoppers. 

• Bistro Sablé is a French bistro taking over from Smokehouse in Islington

  

  Islington locals will be well aware of Smokehouse, the pub/restaurant on Canonbury Road that's been open for just over a decade (originally launched by Neil Rankin). And that's particularly because of its lovely terrace, hidden from the busy road by plenty of greenery. 

  Well, now Smokehouse's time is up as it's just been replaced by something quite different. It's

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• Former Sosharu chef Alex Craciun is behind casual by day, immersive by night Aces Foodcraft opening in Fitzrovia

  

  30/10/25 - updated with the opening date

  It's been almost a decade since we last encountered the cooking of chef Alex Craciun in London. Back then, the chef had taken on the head chef position at Jason Atherton's Sosharu, for which he received almost universal praise from the critics. Grace Dent said his was 'the best chicken

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• Chelsea Grill takes over from Fantomas in Chelsea

  

  We were fans of Fantomas when it first opened in Chelsea, late in 2024. It was part of a trio of restaurants that opened in a short period of time by the group behind Wild. Krododilos and Pinna were

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• Vagabond are opening London's biggest urban winery and bar at Canada Water

  

  30/10/25 - updated with the opening date

  If you live or work in the Docklands and have been wondering what's going to take over the space at the recently completed Dock Shed at Canada Water, then we're here to enlighten you. It's going to be an absolutely massive new wine bar and winery. The space has been taken up by Vagabond wine bars: if you haven't been to one before, they're the bars where all

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• London's version of a Guinness Storehouse, Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Covent Garden, is finally opening

  

  Updated 29/10/25 with the opening date, bar and restaurant details

  It's been on the cards for a very long time, but the Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Covent Garden is finally opening. Following in the footsteps of Dublin and Edinburgh, London is the latest capital city to get its own huge city-centre brewery/distillery. And it's a big project; Guinness has apparently spent £73 million on the

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• SOOM Korean BBQ, where you cook at your table, has arrived in Covent Garden

  

  They already have a Korean restaurant in Canary Wharf with 3KOBROS, and now the same team are coming to St Martin's Lane with SOOM. 

  The new restaurant, taking over the space that used to be The Theatre Cafe, will be all about Korean BBQ. So there will be individual stone tables, each with an electric BBQ grill and you'll be cooking your own meats and vegetables.

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• MA/NA sees the Los Mochis team head to Mayfair with a Japanese restaurant

  

  28/10/25 - updated with more details

  Mayfair residents wondering what's happening over at the old Ruya site on Upper Grosvenor Street, next to Corrigan's, should know that they'll have a new restaurant on their doorstep in the new year. It was bought by the Thesleff Group, which is behind Los Mochis in Notting Hill, Sale e Pepe in Knightsbridge and the Juno and Luna omakase

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• The big new London restaurants opening in November 2025

  

  It's another big month in London restaurant openings. We have the Crisp Pizza pub (with a little help from The Devonshire), the restaurant that's replacing Le Gavroche, a new Clare Smyth restaurant, award-winning burgers, and so much more. 

• New Mayfair opening Chargal is going to be a three storey Turkish restaurant and late night lounge

  

  Set firmly in the Mayfair triangle, new Turkish opening Chargal is hoping to woo Londoners in with three storeys of mezze, refined Turkish dining and a late-night club in the basement. It's taken over the spot vacated by Jeru on Berkeley Street and comes from restaurateur Serdar Demir, who's also behind The Mantl in Knightsbridge.

  Here at Chargal, he's hoping that whether you're after a more casual

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• Are Dishoom opening right beside Borough Market?

  

  Although most of the current buzz around everyone's favourite Indian cafe, Dishoom, has recently been around their planned expansion to New York, it seems they're also looking at extending their London estate. It looks like work is already underway for a new Dishoom at London Bridge, just around the corner from Borough Market.

  The restaurant group have been busy submitting plans to Southwark Council for a

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• Award-winning Bristol pizzeria Pizzarova comes to Pop Brixton

  

  Pizzarova has four pizzerias in Bristol, having first opened back in 2013, and before that they had started life selling pizzas off the back of a landrover (which is where the name comes from). Now, for the first time, they're opening in London. 

  Their London pizzeria is opening inside Pop Brixton, and they'll be serving sourdough pizzas that are apparently made from a 70-year-old

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• Thai restaurant Khao Bird goes permanent in Soho, opening in an ex adult cinema

  

  24/10/25 - updated with the opening date

  For the past year, Northern Thai restaurant Khao Bird (which originally started life as pop-ups in Brighton) has had a very successful residency above The Globe Tavern in London Bridge. However, now it's time for them to put down permanent roots, and they've chosen Soho for that, in a space that was apparently once Soho's

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• Supernova are bringing their burgers to Mayfair

  

  23/10/25 - updated with the opening date

  When they opened in Soho last year, Supernova were an instant hit. It certainly helped that they carefully cultivated scarcity by only opening at certain days and times to start with. That meant that queues built up quickly and soon one of their burgers became the thing to try.

  It was also right at the forefront of the smash

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