Fitzrovia

• Kitchen Table is coming back with a completely new look (and a new bar)

  

  It closed along with everything else when the pandemic hit last year, but now Kitchen Table is returning and it's got a brand new look. 

  James Knappett and Sandia Chang's restaurant still retains the big counter around the kitchen where all the action happens - but big changes have been made. It now seats 18 (that's down one) and the previous steel counter has been

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• Test Driving Hot Stone Fitzrovia - DIY steaks, top level sushi and more

  

  Popular wagyu steak and sushi spot Hot Stone now have a central London restaurant  - we visited for some DIY hot stone steak cooking and top level sushi.

• Fitzrovia is the new answer to Where The Pancakes Are

  

  After success at London Bridge and with their lockdown deliveries, Where The Pancakes Are is opening a new restaurant in Fitzrovia, filled with all the sweet and savoury pancakes (and Dutch Babies) you could ever want. 

• Cin Cin Italian restaurant makes the leap from Brighton to London

  

  Updated 28/4/21 with menu and opening date

  A new Italian restaurant is coming to Fitzrovia, via Brighton. The original Cin Cin has been a hit and also won a Michelin Bib Gourmand. They've now announced that they're taking over the space that used to be the Bonnie Gull Seafood Shack. 

  On the London menu, expect a combination of a small a la carte menu, or a

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• Sixes sees the Mac & Wild team bring their indoor cricket club bar to Fitzrovia

  

  Fancy playing cricket indoors? This bar matches indoor cricket nets with food by Mac & Wild. 

• RAW is a seafood restaurant, cocktail bar and fishmongers coming to Fitzrovia

  

  This new Fitzrovia seafood place extends the seafood theme to its cocktails and has a handy fishmongers too.

• Hot Stone is expanding with a second restaurant, in Fitzrovia

  

  Exquisite sushi, top-level Kobe beef and ishiyaki cooking is on the way for Fitzrovia residents.

• Flower Burger are bringing their day-glo vegan burgers to Charlotte Street

  

  London's Charlotte Street is seeing a very European takeover this month as Herman Ze German makes way for an Italian import. Flower Burger originated in Milan five years ago where its oh-so-Instafriendly colourful vegan burgers were an instant hit. Since then, they've expanded across France and Italy and Fitzrovia will be their first London opening.

  Using natural extracts like

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• Test Driving Akoko - William JM Chilila has a winner in Fitzrovia

  

  William JM Chilila explores West African cuisine with his new restaurant. We headed to Fitzrovia to try it.

• Pali Hill & Bandra Bhai come to Fitzrovia, with seasonal small plates and cocktails in the old Gaylord space

  Taking over the site that once held classic Indian restaurant Gaylord is a pair of new openings. There's Pali Hill, serving up Indian seasonal dishes and Bandra Bhai, a basement cocktail bar that's inspired by a smuggling den. 

• West African restaurant Akoko to launch in Fitzrovia with a MasterChef - The Professionals finalist in charge

  Akoko is the first project from last year’s Masterchef: The Professionals finalist William JM Chilila. He'll be opening this West-African influenced restaurant in Fitztovia

• Test Driving &Home with James Knappett - from his Kitchen Table to yours

  

  What's a two-Michelin-starred delivery experience like? We try out &Home with James Knappett as his Kitchen Table comes to you.  

• Ben Tish launches Norma at home, which brings the restaurant (including the staff) to you

  

  The main restaurant is now open, but Ben Tish's Norma is taking the at-home set up one stage further, with three flavours to choose from. 

  First up is the really full-on approach, which essentially brings the restaurant to you. This is completely bespoke and will be fully catered, with chefs and front-of-house staff coming to your home (with all necessary social distancing, of

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• Test Driving Six by Nico - the tasting menu goes casual

  

  Scottish chef Nico Simeone has brought his ever-changing six-course tasting menu restaurant Six by Nico to London. We head down to try it out. 

• James Knappett's two-Michelin starred Kitchen Table starts delivering - and gets ready for a big refurb

  

  Changes are afoot at The Kitchen Table.

  The two-Michelin starred restaurant is essentially one big kitchen counter for communal eating. That's been great up until now - but doesn't quite work with the new socially distant age. So the restaurant is not only getting a big refurbishment, but it's also expanding into the Bubbledogs space, where they'll be adding a

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