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Italian
- New York Italian The Dover comes to Mayfair
A new restaurant has quietly opened in Mayfair, sneaking in before the end of the year. The Dover has taken over the space that was Moncks of Mayfair, which itself closed at the onset of the pandemic back in 2020 (after less than a year in business).
As for this
... - 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
... - Test Driving Il Gattopardo - a Mayfair Italian that delivers on food and vibes
Does Mayfair need another glitzy Italian restaurant. Il Gattopardo would suggest it does, particularly one where both the food and vibes are given equal weight.
- Dalla will serve up homestyle Italian dishes in Hackney
25/10/23 - updated with the opening date
Last week we brought you news on what was going to be taking over the old Bright site in London Fields. Now we've got the scoop on what's going in the group's other defunct restaurant site, Peg, on Morning Lane. Dalla sees three
... - Indegno is bringing Bolognese street food to Brick Lane
London is getting its own version of an Italian street food snack shop designed to be the perfect drinking food. Crescentina are a dish from the Emilia Romagna region of Italy - they're fried dough crescents (hence the name) that are filled with savoury ingredients.
Now Indegno which has three branches in Bologna is gearing up to open its first UK restaurant in East London. On the menu will be:
- Indegna -
- Brasseria Brompton is taking over the old La Brasserie site on Brompton Cross
Three years after the closure of La Brasserie on Brompton Road, a new owner is intending to breathe life into what was once a super-popular neighbourhood restaurant. Andrea and Alberto Fraquelli, who own La Brasseria Milanese in Marylebone and Brasseria Notting Hill are opening it as Brasseria Brompton. Taking on this restaurant space is particularly poignant for the brothers who used to come here with their
... - Super trendy Paris spot Daroco is heading to London's Soho
3/10/23 - Updated with opening details
We've already had the successful launch of Milk Beach and Kapara at the new area of Soho that is Ilona
... - Test of time - we return to Angela Hartnett's Murano to check out its new look, menu and head chef
To celebrate its 15th birthday Angela Hartnett's Murano has had a makeover and brought in a new head chef. We went to check it out.
- Milan's Paper Moon comes to London as part of The OWO on Whitehall
2/10/23 - Updated with details of the menu and new images
Paper Moon is the first restaurant to open at The OWO that's outside of the main Raffles hotel. The high-end Italian restaurant hails from Milan, with the original opening there in 1977 and they also have restaurants in Doha, The Algarve, Hong Kong and more. They say that the space in London has been designed around the
... - Test Driving Brunswick House - a restaurant where the food and vibe are pitch perfect
Jackson Boxer's Vauxhall restaurant not only looks like a beautiful film set, but the food is Oscar-worthy too.
- Il Gattopardo is a new high-end Italian for Mayfair by the group behind Zuma and Amazonico
Updated 25/9/23 with opening date and menu details
A new high-end Italian restaurant is heading to Mayfair. This time, it's the turn of Il Gattopardo, a restaurant that they say is inspired by 1960s Italy.
It's got something of a pedigree, however, coming from the same restaurant group that brought us Bar De Pres, Zuma, Roka and
... - Test Driving Forza Wine - an instant smash hit overlooking the Thames
Forza Wine have made an impressive jump from Peckham to the South Bank. We head out to their terrace to see how they've settled into the National Theatre.
- Magenta, the modern Italian restaurant in King's Cross that you need to know about
Magenta in King's Cross is turning out a menu of excellent modern Italian cuisine - we went down to try it for ourselves.
- Bocconcino Italian restaurant is coming to Soho
Updated 10/9/23 with soft launch info
It feels like only yesterday we were telling you about Mayfair’s Bocconcino opening a new restaurant on The Strand, but we’ve just heard it has been rescheduled until later in 2024. Hold onto your Bellinis, though, there’s a new
... - 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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