Covent Garden

• Maison Bab and Kebab Queen

  Kebabs upstairs and down - but quite different...

• Ave Mario

  Big Mamma's Covent Garden Italian

• Greek hotel group Ergon House are opening a hotel and rooftop restaurant in Covent Garden

  

  Lots of big developments are happening around Covent Garden at the moment. Later on this year, we should be getting the new Guinness Storehouse and now, here comes news about a big new hotel coming to the area. 

  That will be

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• Aguamiel are bringing Mexican churros to Covent Garden

  

  25/3/24 - Updated with the opening date

  Billed as a London 'first' the arrival of Mexican churreria Aguamiel aims to introduce Londoners to the joys of Mexican churros. If, like us, you weren't sure what the difference was between Spanish and Mexican doughnuts, then let owner Bernardo enlighten you.

  "The main difference between Mexican churros and Spanish is the way they are eaten and presented,"

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• Next up from The Oystermen is thirty7 in Covent Garden

  

  29/2/24 - updated with more details about the opening

  They already have a successful restaurant in Covent Garden (which also doubled in size after opening) as well as a wine bar and now The Oystermen, Matt Lovell & Rob Hampton, are gearing up for another. 

  The new restaurant (and cocktail bar) is called thirty7, as it's on 37 Bedford Street (taking over an old

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• Prelude by Oriole is popping up in Covent Garden, then the bar is staying for good

  

  Right at the end of 2022, the very highly rated Oriole cocktail bar closed down in its original location - but with a vow to open somewhere else. Early in 2023, they popped up in Southwark, but now they're getting ready to return for good, this time in Covent Garden. 

  They'll be opening up the new Oriole in The Yards in Covent Garden, the same area where you'll find Lahpet, but

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• Test Driving Baudry Greene - a hit of Euro style and substance on a Covent Garden corner

  

  This cosy new Covent Garden spot segues effortlessly from being a place to pop in for breakfast to a post-work hangout. We slinked in for early evening drinks and snacks.

• Seven Dials Market adds burgers, tacos, Kolkata rolls and hot chicken with four new traders

  

  It's all change at Seven Dials Market - this month sees four new traders take up a space at the Covent Garden food hall. If you're heading down there - here's who you've got to look forward to:

  Lucky's - Recently seen at the NT,

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• Bar du Champagne takes over from Avobar in Covent Garden

  

  Should we read something into the fact that Covent Garden visitors' tastes are leaning away from smashed avos and more towards Champagne? That's one conclusion to be drawn from the closure of Avobar which has been replaced by Bar du Champagne from the same owner (although Avobar is apparently moving to a central London location next year). 

  This new bistro and bar is taking up two floors of the

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• Fatto a Mano pizza head to Covent Garden

  

  Updated 4/12/23 with opening date

  Fatto a Mano started selling pizzas in Brighton and Hove before landing in King's Cross last year. Now they're getting ready to double up in London with a second pizzeria, this time in Covent Garden. 

  As with their previous restaurants,

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• Capilungo is a Puglia-inspired café by day, wine bar by night in Covent Garden

  

  Opening in Covent Garden, this Italian cafe and wine bar is very much a family affair. 

  Running things will be Gianluca Capilungo (former Bar Manager for Aqua) and Asia Capilungo (previously a chef at Soho House and Cubitt House) who've joined up with their uncle Luca Capilungo as well as Asia’s partner Huzefa Sajawal (co-owner and Executive Chef of Fatt

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• Gilgamesh has found a new home in Covent Garden

  

  15/11/23 - updated with more details about the opening

  Well, this is a blast from the past. Five years after closing its overly ornate doors in Camden, the pan-Asian restaurant Gilgamesh is being reincarnated in a new site in Covent Garden.

  When the original opened, it was the biggest restaurant in London (with one of the world's longest bars) that cost millions to build. It

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• Le Bab and Chestnut Bakery team up for the kebab croissant

  

  London does love a special croissant. We've recently had cubed croissants from Le Deli Robuchon and katsu chicken croissants from Hiden and now, here comes the kebab croissant.

  It's a team-up between the ever-popular Chestnut Bakery and the folks behind Le Bab. Inside the Chestnut Bakery croissant, you'll

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• Story Cellar

  Parisienne-inspired dining from Tom Sellers in Covent Garden

• Jamie Oliver Catherine Street is the chef's 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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