Covent Garden

• 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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• 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

  

  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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• 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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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 ...