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If you were one of the many fans of the much-missed Korean tea shop be-oom on Exmouth Market, then we've got some news that should gladden your heart. Founder Sooji Im has another venture in the offing. She's moved into central London, where she'll be opening TOKKIA, a luxury Korean matcha house.

On offer will be finely whisked Korean matcha, paired with saltbreads - a traditional Korean roll that looks

They only recently opened in Westbourne Grove but now Alley Cats are opening their next restaurant on Portobello Road, barely a 15-minute walk away. 

Their latest pizza restaurant is adding something that none of the others have, though - a slice hatch. So if you don't fancy waiting for a table, you'll be able to grab an 18-inch slice from said hatch. If that's not

A health food restaurant that's opened across Europe is making its UK debut in Soho this month as Hg Soho (known as Honest Greens on the continent).

It's taking over a space in Soho that's directly opposite Kod (and used to be Good Housekeeping). The restaurant first opened in Barcelona in 2017 and has spread to more European cities since then. They bill the

We can't quite believe it's been 10 years since Padella first roared onto the London restaurant scene. The idea of well-priced, freshly made pasta dishes in a modern setting blew our tiny London minds at the time and set the scene for a perma-queue that pretty much remains at its OG Borough Market restaurant to this day.

Now the duo behind it, Tim Siadatan and Jordan Frieda (and also co-owners of Islington's Trullo),

They already have two big hits in Islington behind them with Goodbye Horses and The Dreamery and now the same team are blazingly on track for a third with Stable Wines. 

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Ruth's is a new neighbourhood restaurant and bar coming to Putney, and it's got an impressive team behind it. 

It's a team-up between Ed Baillieu and Callum Ross, who originally met in New Zealand (where Callum is from) and have since worked together as far afield as London, Auckland, Hong Kong and New York. This will be their first project together, opening in the neighbourhood where Ed grew up. The pair have an impressive background in London alone. Callum was GM at The Camberwell Arms and Forza Wine at the

After so many Italian restaurant openings, it's refreshing to be talking about something different throwing open its doors in London next month. Dim Sum Library is a Hong Kong import by the Aqua Group and is going to be taking over what used to be the group's Luci restaurant in Covent Garden.

They're pitching it as a modern take on classic dim sum, and they've brought in chefs Jian Jia (who

As we wind up the year, there are still some very big new openings still to come this month, including the new opening from Core's Clare Smyth and the long-awaited Guinness brewery in Covent Garden.

Ever since we heard that Petersham Nurseries had shut both their restaurants in central London, we've been wondering what was going to take over those spaces in Floral Court. Well, now we have the answer to one half of that. Conor Gadd is the chef and co-owner of the perennially popular Trullo in Islington. And he's taken on the space that was The Petersham to open Burro, his first solo venture.

Burro is also going to be an Italian restaurant, but one where the design speaks to Conor's Irish roots. The look we're told will be "part Irish Country House kitchen, part Italian fifties

26/11/25 - updated with the opening date and traders revealed.

Once thought to have been dealt a killing blow by the lockdowns, the past couple of years have been a boom time for food halls. The latest to join the fray is the newest Market Place and it's easily their most central London location yet. 

So far, they've opened in places like St Paul's,

The space that was The Good Egg at Eat 17 in Walthamstow has just undergone a big transformation. They've teamed up with the people behind East London's Proud Mary olive oil to launch Proud Mary Pizzeria. It'll be taking over the space in the evening (The Good Egg will still be running during the day). 

The room itself has had something of a glow-up, with pink walls

You've got to do a lot to stand out against the competition, particularly in London's dynamic food and wine scene. So we applaud the folk behind new E17 wine and listening bar Olfaclub for doing several things differently.

The pair behind it, Beth and Jeremy, are hoping to create a welcoming space to try out new wine. To that end, they'll be offering a wine list available exclusively by the glass. And nothing else.

Whether you're an ex-pat looking for a slice of home (and pumpkin pie) or just fancy getting in on the pre-festive season celebrations, here's our pick of the Thanksgiving events happening in London.

Restaurateur Martin Kuczmarski is a busy man. Just days after opening Martino's, his follow-up restaurant to The Dover, in Chelsea he's at it again. Now he's gearing up to open another space on Dover Street, just a few doors down from his OG restaurant.

Dover Street Counter sounds like it'll be much more of a playful, casual spot. They're pitching it as "a place to drop in - and likely stay longer than planned."

If you're a Chelsea resident you may have spotted a lot of work going on in the former Hugo Boss store on the corner of Sloane Square, right opposite the tube station. But what's been kept on the QT till now is that this is the new restaurant Martino's, from the man who made The Dover the coolest restaurant in London in 2025.

It's an all-day Italian affair, kicking off with a breakfast menu that includes