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,"

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

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

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.

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,

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 That's one conclusion to be drawn from the closure of Avobar which has been replaced by Bar du Champagne from the same owner (although Avobar is apparently moving to a central London location next year).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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.