Covent Garden

  • Jamie Oliver Catherine Street is the chef's new London restaurant

    jamie oliver new london restaurant

    13/10/23 - Updated with the opening date and menu details.

    It's been nearly four years since Jamie Oliver's restaurants went into administration in the UK. Since then, he's had pasta pop-ups and opened restaurants abroad but nothing new in the UK - until now. 

    He's getting

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  • The Breakfast Club is coming to Covent Garden

    The Breakfast Club is coming to Covent Garden

    There’s news afoot in Breakfast Club land again. We recently told you about the famous yellow ‘caff’ and its first venture into the travel-sphere, with the new outlet at Gatwick’s North Terminal. Now, they’re launching another new site in Seven Dials, Covent Garden - their 15th opening

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  • Caravan are opening in Covent Garden

    caravan covent garden the grainhouse

    Updated 10/10/23 with the opening date

    It's been a while since coffee roasters and brunch purveyors Caravan opened a new place, but now they're about to hit up Covent Garden. They're one of the restaurants opening in the new workspace Grainstore on Drury Lane.

    It's a pretty big affair, taking over part of a building that was formerly a grain and seed store (which is not dissimilar to their

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  • The Barbary Next Door

    Mini wine-bar sibling to The Barbary

  • Phil Howard's Notto pasta bar is coming to Covent Garden

    Phil Howard's Notto pasta bar is coming to Covent Garden

    28/9/23 - updated with the opening date

    Last year, top chef Phil Howard (of Michelin-starred Elystan Street) got into London's ever-growing fresh pasta scene with Notto, just off Piccadilly Circus. In our original story, we asked "will there be more of them to come" and the answer to that seems to be yes, as new reaches us of a second Notto pasta bar that's being planned for Covent

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  • Baudry Greene is the 10 Cases team's new European cafe in Covent Garden

    baudry greene cafe covent garden london

    Here at Hot Dinners we are partial to a good cocktail and bar snack offering. So when we heard that the folk behind the 10 Cases and Parsons in Covent Garden were opening a new bar and cafe with some particularly good examples of both on the menu, we paid attention.

    Baudry Greene is right beside owners Will Palmer and Ian Campbell's wine bar 10 Cases and across the road from their fish restaurant Parsons.

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  • Calcutta-inspired restaurant Paro is coming to Covent Garden’s Lyceum Theatre

    Calcutta-inspired restaurant Paro is coming to Covent Garden’s Lyceum Theatre

    Updated 11/9/23 with opening date and soft launch info

    In excellent news for pre and post-show dining, Covent Garden’s Lyceum Theatre is getting a restaurant that is an ode to all things Calcutta. Called Paro, it will bring a modern spin to the traditional Indian dishes of West Bengal. In a space revamped by Studio G by Giorgia Pellandini, you can choose to dine in

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  • Sukoshi Sushi brings a sushi bar to Seven Dials Market

    Sukoshi Sushi to open a sushi bar in Seven Dials Market

    Seven Dials Market already has quite a few restaurants and stalls to choose from but now it's about to get something brand new - a sushi bar. 

    Sukoshi Sushi is setting up shop on the Cucumber Alley section of the market and as well as having sushi you can take away, there will be a proper sit-down sushi bar here too, with room for 12.

    Sukoshi Sushi itself is a family business that

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  • Peruvian restaurant Floral by Lima relaunching as Lima Cantina

    Peruvian restaurant Floral by Lima relaunching as Lima Cantina

    If you’ve enjoyed the Peruvian flavours of Floral by Lima over the past decade, there’s a shake-up on the way. Be alert, not alarmed, though. In these recent weeks of significant restaurant closures, it’s reassuring to learn that this much-loved venue in Covent Garden is still

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  • Aqua's next is Italian restaurant and cafe Luci in Covent Garden

    Aqua's next is Italian restaurant and cafe Luci in Covent Garden

    9/8/23 - Updated with the opening date

    They opened Shiro in Broadgate only late last year, but the Aqua Restaurant Group already have another restaurant lined up called Luci. They've taken over a space in The Yards section of  Covent Garden (once held by a Jack Wills store

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  • Test Driving The Portrait Restaurant - Richard Corrigan's rooftop blockbuster

    the portrait restaurant by richard corrigan review london

    Boasting great views over central London, the arrival of Richard Corrigan to run this rooftop restaurant at the National Portrait Gallery proves to be a real draw.

  • Kebab Queen relaunches with new chef Pamir Zeydan

    Kebab Queen relaunches with new chef Pamir Zeydan

    Changes are afoot at Kebab Queen, the hidden counter restaurant underneath Maison Bab in Covent Garden. If you're unfamiliar with the place, it's counter dining with a difference - in that the counter itself is heated and the meal is cooked and served directly onto that, no plates required. 

    Now, after former chef Manu Canales has moved on, they've brought in a brand new head chef to

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  • The Avocado Show is coming to Covent Garden

    The Avocado Show is coming to Covent Garden

    5/7/23 - updated with the opening date

    Is Covent Garden ready for two avocado-based restaurants? There's already an Avobar near the Piazza, but now we hear news that The Avocado Show is getting ready to open there too. 

    The Avocado Show originally came from Amsterdam and set up its first restaurant in London ...

  • Test Driving Story Cellar - a London spin on Parisian bistronomie

    story cellar restaurant review covent garden london

    With his new Covent Garden opening Story Cellar, Tom Sellers has given London the perfect Parisian bistro it didn't know it needed. 

  • Beer battle is on as Bierschenke are opening opposite new Guinness Brewery in Covent Garden

    biershenke opening a munich beer hall in Covent Garden

    20/6/23 - updated with the opening date

    Now, this is the kind of showdown we like to see. There's obviously been a lot of hype about the new £70m Guinness Brewery opening in Covent Garden. So it takes a considerable amount of cojones for another brewery to

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