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Feb
Dec
Undercroft - W1S
London
The crypt beneath historic St George’s Church off Hanover Square in Mayfair has been converted to host a restaurant where veteran chef Aldo Zilli marks his return to the London dining scene after a 12-year break. His menu is inspired by more than 20 regions of his native Italy.
Osteria Del Mare - WC2R
London
Opposite the Savoy in the Strand, an Italian seafood specialist from the team behind Bocconcino in Mayfair and Soho. Inspired by the Tuscan resort of Forte dei Marmi, it’s luxury all the way with bottarga, red prawns and lobster headlining the menu.
Babbo - NW8
London
Taking over the former Harry Morgan’s site (RIP) in St John’s Wood, a classic Italian all-day restaurant that has transferred across from Mayfair. Co-owned by a football agent and two Brazilian internationals (David Luiz and Willian), it attracted a Premier League crowd in its earlier incarnation.
The Brave - N1
London
Opening in early December 2024 in a revamped Essex Road, Islington boozer, this ‘bistro pub’ from chef James Cochran (ex-12:51 in Upper Street) promises exciting and interesting dishes ranging from jerk-spiced chicken Scotch egg with Scotch bonnet jam to Aynhoe venison with neep and tattie hash browns.
The Braywood - SL6
Littlewick Green
On the site of the historic Royal Oak (RIP) in Paley Street, this smart contemporary restaurant and cocktail bar is from the team behind The Woodspeen in Newbury. Expect a polished and professional style of dining.
Nov
Porta - M20
Didsbury
Taking over the former premises of long-running veggie Greens (RIP), Chester-based brothers Joe & Ben Wright have opened the fourth branch of their popular brand to this well-known site. Expect authentic dishes that bring a real flavour of Madrid or Barcelona.
Brasseria - SW3
London
The Fraquelli brothers are aiming to add to their Brasseria stable in 2024, adding to the sites in Marylebone and Notting Hill. The latest, in Brompton, will finally fill the long dark site of the similarly-named (but French) ‘La Brasserie’ (long RIP), which operated there for 30 years, and will ‘combine Italian flavour and style with New York service and a Parisian grand brasserie atmosphere.’
Sael - SW1Y
London
With the closure of Pollen Street, this new opening (debut late autumn 2024) in St James’ Market becomes Jason Atherton’s most poshly located operation in the West End. It’s on the grand and spacious, 115-cover site that was formerly Aquavit (RIP), made over with low lighting and dark hues; and incorporating a separate bar. The aim is accessible, best-of-British cuisine that’s less ‘haute’ than at Pollen Street (though from its relocated chef, Dale Bainbridge).
OMM - SW13
London
On a White Hart Lane corner site in Barnes (long occupied by Annie’s, RIP), a Lebanese restaurant from industry veteran Pierre Hobeika (ex-Fakhreldine general manager), with a classic menu of Middle Eastern dishes plus wraps for lighter meals. The wine list ranges across the eastern Med and into the Caucasus, with all wines available by the glass.
dulse - EH6
Leith
Occupying the former site of ASKR in Constitution Street, the second branch of this fish and seafood specialist originating in the New Town is from prolific chef Dean Banks, who also runs the Pompadour in Edinburgh and Haar in St Andrews.
Vatavaran - SW3
London
A few minutes’ walk from Harrods in Beauchamp Place, Knightsbridge, the third solo restaurant from ex-Jamavar chef Rohan Ghai (who also owns Kutir and Manthan) serves upmarket Indian dishes in a clubby dining room. An early review in the Standard singled out the lamb chops and black lentil dal for high praise.
Silva - W1J
London
In Mayfair’s Bruton Place, next door to the Guinea Grill, this stylish all-day venue marks the debut of first-time restaurateur Daria Grebenyuk. Head chef Slawomir Sawicki has designed a menu with influences from across the globe, from healthy or indulgent breakfasts to more substantial evening dishes, with plenty of raw options.
Hotori - EC4A
City of London
At the top of New Fetter Lane in Holborn, a specialist in Japanese yakitori – different cuts of chicken grilled on skewers. Billed as ‘beak to tail’ dining, the full blow-out of 17 cuts requires 48 hours’ notice.
Nipotina - W1K
London
In South Audley Street, Mayfair, the first Italian restaurant from Samyukta Nair (of Jamavar, Koyn, Socca et al) is designed as a family-oriented neighbourhood spot to drop in for a bite at any time of the day. Nipotina is Italian for ‘granddaughter’, and the venue is a tribute to her grandfather.
Turo Turo - SW17
London
On the main drag a few minutes’ walk from Tooting Broadway station, Filipino chef Rex De Guzman (ex-Maze) brings his former market stall to its first permanent address. You’ll find traditional Filipino grills and desserts – and larger groups can share a ‘Boodle Fight’ feast, eating food served on banana leaves without crockery or cutlery.
Cantaloupe - SK1
Stockport
Next to the Plaza cinema on the edge of Stockport Old Town, a small independent inspired by regional European cuisines. Chef founders Josh Reed-Cooper ad Mike Thomas were in the launch team at local star Where The Light Gets In, and have worked in some of Manchester’s top kitchens.
One Steakhouse & Lounge - HU9
Hull
In a landmark 1930s building overlooking North Bridge on the edge of the city centre, this dining room with a cocktail bar and outdoor terrace with panoramic views has a menu focused on dry-aged grass-fed Yorkshire beef.
Pinna - W1J
London
By the entrance to Mayfair’s Shepherd Market, chef Achille Pinna showcases the cooking of his native Sardinia in an upmarket setting with a substantial raw bar and plenty of high-quality beef alongside hand-made pasta.
The Yellow Bittern - N1
London
In Islington’s Caledonian Road, this cash-only, lunch-only restaurant (with bookshop attached) accepts bookings only by phone (020-3342 2162) or mail for its two weekday sittings (12 noon or 2pm). Belfast-born chef Hugh Corcoran earned early notoriety for his social media attack on diners who share a meal and order no wine.
Delamina Townhouse - WC2E
London
In a Georgian townhouse close to the Opera House in Covent Garden, the third Delamina (after Shoreditch and Marylebone) from Tel Aviv-born artist/chef Limor Chen and her husband Amir. Four elegant modern dining rooms showcase beautifully presented, fresh eastern Mediterranean fare.
Jericho - NG13
Whatton
In a converted barn on a farm near Plungar, 30 minutes’ drive from Nottingham, self-taught chef Rich and his wife Grace serve a 20-course tasting menu. In her November 2024 review, Charlotte Ivers of the Sunday Times was enthralled by the ‘magic’ of the kitchen.
The Martlet Kitchen - OL16
Rochdale
In the restored splendour of Rochdale’s Victorian Gothic town hall, locally born chef Darren Parkinson offers a smart take on regional dishes – in an early review, The Observer’s Jay Rayner adored the traditional ‘rag’ pudding. It’s also open for breakfast and afternoon tea.
Hovarda - E14
London
Opening late 2024 in a floating pavilion at Wood Wharf in Canary Wharf, the second branch of an Aegean-inspired restaurant that opened in Soho in 2017. Expect Greek and Turkish-style dishes such as red prawn orzo and lamb kleftiko, maki-based cocktails and DJs in the evening.
Oct
Permit Room - OX1
Central and South Oxford
Opening October 2024 in New Inn Hall Street, the second brand from Dishoom, tailored to smaller cities (Brighton and Cambridge led the way). Expect a jolly atmosphere inspired by retro Bombay, with all-day food from breakfast nan rolls through to snacks and curries, plus a ready supply of cocktails and other drinks.
Fantomas - SW3
London
Opening July 2024 in King’s Road, Chelsea, a ‘neo bistro’ from highly regarded chef Chris Denney (ex-Portobello Road’s Fiend and 108 Garage). Expect top-quality modern and seasonal European cooking with an eye on Japan.
AngloThai - W1H
British, Modern
London
Founded by John and Desiree Chantarasak, offers a Thai-British fusion cuisine in a 50-cover dining room in Marylebone. It will be opened in partnership with well-known restaurant group MJMK which suggest it will be one to watch.
Sakku Pinoy - LS9
Richmond Hill
Opening in September 2024 in St Peter's Square, where it replaces Japanese-fusion restaurant Sakku from the same owners, this promises to be the first authentic Filipino restaurant in Leeds, with traditional feasting from banana leaves available by arrangement.
Yari Club - WC2N
London
Opening October 2024 in St Martin's Lane, Covent Garden, what is said to be Britain's first 'robotic' yakitori specialist will offer a range of chicken on skewers cooked on an automated system, with back-up Japanese dishes prepared by more traditional human means.
Tamila - SW11
London
Opening autumn 2024 on Clapham's Northcote Road from the team behind Islington's Tamil Prince and Tamil Crown, the first permanent site for this former Hackney market stall serving South Indian dishes and roti.
Amelie - SW1X
London
Opening late September 2024 in Belgravia's Pantechnicon building, a new Provençal restaurant with terrace, taking over the ground floor from Japanese restaurant Sachi, which moved upstairs. There's also a new South American cocktail bar, Luum, in the basement.
Three Darlings - SW1X
London
The darlings in question are Jason Atherton's daughters and this autumn 2024 debut is the second in West London to carry the name of the new brand: the first being a hot dock dispensary within Harrods. Irha Atherton Jason's wife is also active in the business which is to be a neighbourhood bistro for the local well-healed types.
Sep
Hotel Dalhousie - W11
London
Opening summer 2024 in Westbourne Grove off Notting Hill Gate, this retro-feel Indian named after a Raj-era hill station is the follow-up to Tandoor Chop House off Trafalgar Square. The culinary focus will be on North Indian tandoor cooking, with weekday breakfast morphing into thali feast brunches at the weekend.
Dognae - BS6
Korean
Redland
Located on Chandos Road in Redland, Bristol, the restaurant aims to create a laid-back, community atmosphere with a menu inspired by Kyu’s upbringing in Korea and time spent living in Seoul. The menu features a variety of Korean staples made from scratch, such as doenjang, gochujang, and makgeolli. Diners can enjoy an à la carte menu with traditional BBQ, a set meal Jungshik, or a Hanjungshik showcasing the chefs’ favorite dishes. The restaurant collaborates with local producers, including Rocketman Produce, for Korean ingredients. The space, arranged across two former shop fronts, includes a wooden countertop, street-facing bay windows, and handmade ceramics. The wine list focuses on low-intervention wines from Bristol-based Vine Trail. Head Chef Clarence Fung, with experience at Dovetale Restaurant and Gordon Ramsay Restaurant Group, leads the kitchen, while Rebecca Lewis manages the front of house as General Manager.
Cafe François - SE1
London
Opening autumn 2024 in Borough Market from the team behind Maison François in St James's, a 'modern French canteen' with influences from Montreal and California. Special features include chicken from the rotisserie chicken and a cabinet displaying pâtisserie from the in-house bakery.
Ambassadors Clubhouse - W1B
London
From the phenomenal JKS restaurant group, this large (140 cover) summer 2024 launch is located just off Regent Street and will focus on all things Punjabi. The menu highlights classic papads, chaats, kebabs, curries, pilaus, biryanis, tandoor-roasted breads, and desserts, featuring dishes such as Paan Patta Chaat and Karahi Saufiyan Langoustines. The 140-cover restaurant spans two floors with a 40-cover outdoor verandah and three private dining spaces. A central bar with a gold dome and all-day drinks list is a feature as is counter dining, and a lower ground floor space for dining and DJ performances. A dedicated music series will launch from September.
Fonda - W1B
London
Opening in 2024 in Mayfair's foodie Heddon Street, chef Santiago
Lastra's follow-up to big hit Kol. It is inspired by the regional
cuisines of Mexico, where 'fonda' means a family-owned restaurant.
Briar - BA10
Game
Bruton
A farm-to-table restaurant led by Chef Sam Lomas, on the former site of Osip which is moving to a new location. It features a daily changing menu of small plates, snacks, and sharing dishes that celebrate hyper-local produce and foraged ingredients. The collaboration with Claudia and Aled Rees aims to offer affordable and approachable Somerset fare, focusing on seasonal ingredients from local suppliers.
Da Costa - BA10
Bruton
Opening in September at the Hauser + Wirth art dealership in Somerset, where it takes over the site of its former Roth Bar and Grill. Expect a stylish interior and Italian food using produce from Durslade Farm,
Wildflowers - SW1W
London
Opening September 2024 in Newson's Yard, Belgravia, the first restaurant under his own name from Aaron Potter, formerly head chef at both Elystan Street in Chelsea and Clapham's Trinity. With interiors by stylist Laura Hart, it serves a Mediterranean-inspired menu, while upstairs there's an 'intimate' bar serving cicchetti and pintxo-style small plates alongside a selection os vermouths and amaros.
The Blue Stoops - W8
London
Opening September 2024 in the former Kensington Wine Rooms premises on Ken Church Street, the first pub from Jamie Allsopp, who has resurrected his 300-year-old family brewing tradition, originally from Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire. Allsopp's beers from the tap will be served alongside classic British dishes from a menu put together by bright young chef Lorcan Spiteri.
El Bolillo - BN3
Hove
Opening September 2024 in the former premises of Los Amigos and Pesca, an ambitious Mexican tribute from English chef Greg Clarke ('bolillo' is Mexican slang for 'white boy') and his partner Matty Salvetti. We're promised 'core to husk cooking', so lots of tacos with brightly flavoured toppings, plus larger sharing plates and racy cocktails.
Khao Bird - SE1
London
Opening September 2024 upstairs at the Globe Tavern in Borough Market, this Brighton-based project is inspired by the night markets of Chiang May in northern Thailand, combining British ingredients and Thai recipes. Consultant Zeren Wilson is behind the wine list.
Leydi - EC4M
City of London
In Farringdon's new Hyde hotel, near the Old Bailey, an all-day restaurant inspired by the food of Istanbul from high-profile chef Selin Kiazim. Her Shoreditch spot Oklava ran for seven years and is much missed: Oklava's head chef Halil Simsek is in day-to-day charge of the kitchen, which is baking its own breads and butchering its own meat.
Maroto - W1G
London
Next door to the Brazilian consulate in Vere Street, just north of Oxford Street, this Brazilian restaurant has taken over the premises formerly occupied by Bossa and uses bold sauces to bring South American flavours to British ingredients. Downstairs there's a vibey lounge and late-night bar, featuring live music and Dj sets.
Noodle Inn - W1D
London
In Old Compton Street just off Charing Cross Road, this offshoot of nearby Kung Fu Noodle specialises in biang biang noodles with generous toppings. In a November 2024 review, the Guardian’s Grace Dent noted that the canteen was a viral internet sensation – which meant long queues, military-style service, and little time to savour the ‘delicious’ dishes.
Aug
Trocaderos - G72
Cambuslang
Opening August 2024, a new restaurant from Michel Roux – his first since closing the family’s iconic Le Gavroche in London – at Crossbasket Castle near Glasgow. Named after a 1950s dance hall in nearby Hamilton, the venue will combine high-end dining with live music and entertainment, seven nights a week.
Cornus - SW1W
London
Opening summer 2024 on the top floor of Belgravia's Ice Factory, a follow-up from the team behind highly rated Medlar in Chelsea. Details are scarce, but it's definitely pitched as a 'destination' restaurant of high ambition
Lussmann's - N6
London
Andrei Lussmann has another go at a London opening twenty years after his first with this summer 2024 arrival in Highgate: the sixth in his Hertfordshire-focused chain. Opposite Waterlow Park, with 130 covers dinin, it incorporates a café-style area for coffee, a new bar featuring beers from Hertfordshire’s Mad Squirrel brewery, and a walled garden seating 30. The seasonal menu focuses on high welfare meat, sustainable seafood, and British vegetables. The Lussmanns locals set menu, available from 12pm-6.30pm daily, is £20.95 for two courses and £23.95 for three.
TimeSpirit - AB38
Scottish
Elchies
Opening in August on The Macallan whisky estate on Speyside, a restaurant from Joan, Josep and Jordi Roca, the brothers behind El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, the Catalan restaurant twice named the World’s Best. Opening as part of The Macallan’s bicentenary celebrations, the permanent restaurant is the Rocas’ first outside Spain, and takes its inspiration from the local Scottish larder.
Marceline - E14
London
Opening August 2024 in a floating pavilion at the Wood Wharf development near Canary Wharf, a Manhattan-style French bistro from chef Robert Aikens, the identical twin of Muse’s Tom, back in London after 30 years in the US. Classic French dishes, plus a terrace and bar with a “two-sip martini” costing £6.
Mignonette - TW9
London
Chef John McClements, who ran the local Ma Cuisine group for three decades (and also founded the highly regarded restaurant McClements in Twickenham), has come out of retirement to launch this modern French bistro with a focus on affordability, just five minutes’ walk from Richmond station on the Kew Road. John trained at the Gleaneagles hotel. On the menu – affordable meat options rather than prime cuts (such as steak tartare, stuffed pigs trotter and ox cheek bordelaise), plus daily fish specials and also vegetarian/vegan options.
Mary‘s - W1
London
This grill-led restaurant that will take over the Mayfair premises of Pollen Street Social – where Jason launched his entrepreneurial career after quitting Gordon Ramsay 15 years ago. Pollen Street Social closed in July 2024. Mary’s will consist of a main restaurant, with the Blind Pig cocktail bar from Soho transferring to take over the former bar at PSS. Meanwhile, the old chef’s counter will serve smash burgers to walk-ins. In an added twist, the whole operation is scheduled to close down completely from January to April 2025 for a major refurb that will see the burger bar moving downstairs into a new ‘speakeasy-style’ basement.
Marquee Moon - N16
London
An old Dalston boozer, the Marquis of Lansdowne, has been revamped with Art Deco-inspired interiors as a restaurant and 'listening bar' with a late licence by the team behind Docklands nightclub The Cause. The menu features British pub classics combined with Southeast Asian influences – think Thai-style sausages and mash.
Lolo - SE1
London
Opening summer 2024 in Bermondsey Street, an all-day restaurant from José
Pizarro – his first to offer breakfast. Marking the Spanish chef’s 25th year in London, it is his third venue in the same street, following tapas bar José and restaurant Pizarro, and his seventh overall in London.
Rusty Rabbit - W2
London
In Notting Hill's Westbourne Grove, the first UK branch of a Sydney brunch specialist which brings Middle Eastern influences to classic Aussie daytime dishes, such as smashed avocado with dukkah. Good coffee, juices and pancakes are also key.
Kolamba East - E1
Sri Lankan
London
A 92-cover spin-off from the original in Soho likewise features a menu inspired by the founders' childhoods in Colombo, including dishes like Mas Paan, Idli with Sambar, and Moor King Prawn String Hopper Biryani.
Dishes by Andy Sheridan - LL19
British, Modern
Prestatyn
From the owner of Liverpool’s 8. The restaurant offers a modern British menu designed for sharing, with a variety of hot, cold, and baked dishes, as well as Sunday roasts. The menu includes items such as Scallop Tikka, Stone Bass Teriyaki, and Duck with Cucumber and Hoisin. The restaurant will initially be open from Wednesday to Sunday.
CATA - EH3
West End
In Stockbridge, a wine and tapas bar from veteran Spanish restaurateur Ignacio Campos, best-know for Iggs, which ran for more than 25 years on Jeffrey Street. You'll find 60 Spanish wines along with a selection of tapas, pintos and postres.
Eat MOMO - SE1
London
In a railway arch next to Borough Market, a neat little Nepalese canteen from sisters Trishna and Dipa Chamling, specialising in steamed dumplings (momo) stuffed with meat or vegetables.
MED - BN1
Withdean
Just back from the seafront close to Palace Pier, an all-day restaurant with a globally inspired menu.
Kitty Hawk - WC2N
London
This rooftop bar-restaurant in the Page 8 Hotel at St Martin's Place (formerly Japanese restaurant Bisushima) has spectacular views ofver Trafalgar Square. It serves a modern British cuisine including a pre-theatre set menu and lighter bites at the bar.
Goldies - W1B
London
In Kingly Court, Soho, a live-fire grill restaurant from the brothers behind French bistro Banchette. There are plenty of Middle Eastern/North African influences in the cuisine, which comes with hand-cut, twice-cooked frites served with a choice of five dips.
Jul
Engel - EC3V
City of London
Opening June 2024 in the City's Royal Exchange, a cocktail bar with cabaret space inspired by 1920s Berlin, from Des Gunewardena, paired with Korean restaurant Jang in the same building. They mark the launch of the former D&D London chief executive's new company, D3 Collective.
Elements - G61
Bearsden
Opening in 2024, the long-planned debut from experienced chef Gary
Townsend, who has worked in heavyweight kitchens including L'Enclume in
the Lake District and Edinburgh's Kitchin. Expect seasonal tasting menus
showcasing prime Scottish ingredients.
Soul Mama - N1
Caribbean
London
Musician YolanDa Brown's Islington Square venue has been bankrolled by a £250,000 crowdfunding drive. It will showcase live jazz, soul, reggae and gospel music, with a menu inspired by recipes handed down through generations of mothers across the Caribbean, Africa and South America.
Flat Iron - M3
Manchester
Opening summer 2024 in the former Blacks camping store in Deansgate, the home-coming branch of Manchester-raised Charlie Carroll's successful bargain-price steakhouse group. With 12 outlets in London plus Leeds and Cambridge, it has managed to maintain high standards through expansion. The free ice cream at the end of every meal is a winner.
Y Marram - LL61
Newborough
Opening summer 2024 in a converted shed on a caravan site, the re-boot of Marram Grass, which ran for 10 years until the pandemic. Brothers Liam and Ellis Barrie have earned a strong reputation for warm hospitality and top-class, ingredient-led cooking, and they also invite a roster of guest chefs.
Goodbye Horses - N1
London
Opening July 2024 in De Beauvoir, on the border between Islington and Hackney, a wine bar and restaurant serving biodynamic and natural wines alongside seasonal and sustainable sharing plates. Also on-site, pour-over specialist coffee shop Day Trip and gelato bar the Dreamery.
Tivoli - GL50
British, Modern
Cheltenham
From Tom Noest and Peter Creed – the owners of Sherborne Arms and the Bell Inn at Langford – this newcomer is situated on Andover Road in the heart of Cheltenham. The space includes a large bar area, two floors for dining, and two private rooms for parties or events. A walled terrace allows for outdoor dining. The menu makes a nod to local produce and nose-to-tail philosophy. Dishes include Devilled Kidneys on Toast, Pigs Head Scrumpet & Salad Lyonnaise, and Iberico Pork Bavette. Local beers, including those from Cheltenham-based Deya Brewery, are available, along with daily lunch specials, pub snacks, and regular chicken and steak nights. The venue also features live music nights.
Zia Lucia - SW6
Italian
London
Located on Fulham Road in London, this 46-capacity restaurant also features alfresco seating. Guests can enjoy 48-hour slow fermented pizzas with a choice of traditional white flour, wholemeal, vegetable charcoal, gluten-free bases, and an attention-seeking Aperol-infused dough. Toppings include spicy nduja, truffle sauce, and burrata. The menu also offers authentic Italian starters, salads, homemade desserts, and drinks such as Birra Cabriole? beer and Italian cocktails. It’s part of the chain founded by Gianluca D’Angelo and Claudio Vescovo in 2016.
The Hound - W4
British, Traditional
London
On the site of The Crown (RIP) and previously Carvosso's (even longer RIP), Chiswick's former police station has been through a number of incarnations as a would-be pub with none sticking despite it having a characterful site and a brilliant back-door garden. This latest is from JKS Restaurants so hopes are hight. It features a pub floor, reception room, two private dining rooms, a covered outdoor courtyard, and a south-facing front terrace. The menu is inspired by British pub classics, created by Executive Chef John Sparks and Kitchen Table chef James Knappett. Menu highlights include Black Pudding Scotch Egg, Buttermilk Fried Chicken, and Highland Wagyu Hound Dog. The Hound also provides a selection of craft beers, cocktails, and its own label tap wines.
Holy Carrot Portobello - W11
Vegetarian
London
Irina Linovich's new plant-based venue on Portobello Road features a main ground floor dining area with a cocktail bar, an outside terrace, and a 50-cover capacity. Executive chef Daniel Watkins, co-founder of Dalston’s ACME Fire Cult, leads the kitchen with a plant-first menu focusing on 'fire and ferments’. Dishes will include ‘Sexy Tofu’, Asparagus, citrus & coconut butter and Matcha ‘tiramisu’. The restaurant partners with A Bar With Shapes For A Name for a cocktail list and Ania Smelskaya for an all-natural wine list. The interiors, designed by Linovich and Al-Jawad Pike, is earthy in tone.
Mercato Metropolitano Ilford - IG1
International
Ilford
The next food hall from the Mercato team will open in a car park in Ilford; there will be 30 stalls and space 600 people on the ground floor, and a sustainable farm on the roof which will produce salad for the market using hydroponic technology. Originally scheduled to open in October 2020, we don't have a revised date yet.
Jang - EC3V
London
Opening June 2024 in the City's Royal Exchange, a modern Korean restaurant from former D&D London partner Des Gunewardena. It will be the flagship of his new company D3 Collective, with ex-Seoul Bird chef Dana Choi running the kitchen.
Highroad Social - SE10
London
Opening on 7 July next door to the Greenwich Picturehouse, a British Isles-
focused restaurant and bar with a strong seafood offer and raw bar.
Founder David O’Brien is an ex-development director at Caprice Holdings, with
an Irish head chef in Fionnan Flood, formerly of The Chelsea Pig, and Clark
Crown (ex-Palomar) in charge of the bar.
Albert's Schloss - W1
German
London
On the former West End site of the Rainforest Café (RIP), this boozy Mancunian import – a ‘bier palace’ and ‘cook haus’ providing ‘recreation, indulgence, pleasure, and debauchery” – is to follow up on its spin-offs in Liverpool and Brum with this London debut in early 2024, on the site of Rainforest Café (RIP).
Plates - EC1V
London
Opening on July 3 on Old Street in Shoreditch, a high-end vegan restaurant from Great British Menu 2024 winner Kirk Haworth and his sister Keeley. Bookings may be hard to secure: the first batch sold out within hours of becoming available, three months ahead of launch.
The London & Paris - CT20
Fish & seafood
Central Folkestone
Close the harbour, a Victorian hotel dining room with a modern seafood-based menu and specials board which impressed critic Grace Dent of the Guardian.
Panda’s Kitchen - HA1
London
In the 'Little Chinatown' close to Harrow-on-the-Hill station, a Sichuan specialist combining basic comfort (wipe-down tablecloths, laminated menus) with high-grade cooking which impressed Jay Rayner of The Observer.
Mauby - SE4
London
In Brockley, the first permanent site for a team of Jamaican/Bajan barbecue specialists, best known as Jerk Off BBQ in Deptford. Expect home-style Caribbean cooking, natural wines and both full-strength and alcohol-free cocktails.
Milk Run - SW17
London
Close to Tooting Bec, a bakery spin-off from well-known Balham coffee shop Milk, a southwest London leader in Antipodean-style daytime coffee and grazing.
Little Dumpling King - ST1
Hanley
Chef-owner Rob McIntyre's shrine to the dumpling in Hanley is a noisy and atmospheric spot kitted out in black and red, with a menu inspired by Asian cuisine – they make their own crispy chilli oil. The Observer's Jay Rayner is a big fan following a summer 2024 visit.
Jun
The Village Pub - GL7
International
Barnsley
Opening June 2024, in the Cotswold village of Barnsley, the first pub from the shabby-chic Pig hotel group, which has taken over boutique hotel Barnsley House across the road (also opening summer 2024). The food is a pubby version of the Pig formula, with a hearty menu based around locally sourced ingredients, served in rustic comfort.
Tender - M2
Manchester
Opening June 2024 in the Stock Exchange Hotel (owned by ex-footballers Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs), a 'British bistro' from chef Niall Keating, of Lunar in Stoke-on-Trent and formerly of Whatley Manor in the Cotswolds. The grand, domed dining room previously hosted Tom Kerridge's Bull & Bear and the short-lived Stock Market Grill.
Nest Farmhouse - PE31
Kings Lynn
Opening in May 2024 in a converted cattle shed on 1,000-acre Docking
Lodge Farm in north Norfolk, from the team behind London high-fliers St
Bart's and Nest, who have operated summer pop-ups in nearby Burnham
Overy for the past two years. Expect Scandi-style treatment of locally
produced or foraged ingredients.
Notes - YO1
York City Centre
Opening May 2024 in the former site of Fish & Forest on Micklegate, a wine bar from F&F founder, chef Stephen Andrews, who is expanding F&F with a move to Grape Lane, where he’s taking over the premises of bar 1331 from his father.
Tollington's - N4
London
Opening June in a former Finsbury Park chippy, a Spanish-inspired seafood spot from Four Legs, the team behind The Plimsoll nearby. Expect casual drinks and standing bites at the front bar and restaurant seating at the back.
SKOF - M4
Manchester
Opening in 2024 in the city centre's NOMA district, great things are expected of this debut restaurant from Tom Barnes, former executive chef at L'Enclume in the Lake District. He retains close ties with Simon Rogan, his old boss, and will get regular deliveries of produce from L'Enclume's own regenerative farm.
The Park - W2
British, Modern
London
Jeremy King is back! (with a vengeance?) at this big, bold newcomer in a landmark new development opposite Kensington Gardens and on the corner of Queensway. Apparently it will be “very much within the ‘Grand Cafés & Brasseries’ mould that [he] love[s] so much but it is however very much of the early 21st Century rather than 20th". Perhaps that means less of the Edwardian (Ivy, Wolseley, Delaunay) or Victorian (Sheekeys) style that has characterised his earlier openings.
Albatross Death Cult - B3
International
Birmingham
Opening June 2024 in the Jewellery Quarter, a ‘mostly seafood’ chef’s table restaurant from chef Alex Claridge, of nearby The Wilderness. It replaces Atelier, his cocktail bar that closed down last year, which had become ‘an albatross around my neck’ – hence the name.
Permit Room - CB2
Cambridge (West)
Opening June 2024 in Trinity Street, the new brand from Dishoom, offering all-day food from breakfast nan rolls through to snacks and curries, plus a ready supply of cocktails and other drinks in a jolly atmosphere inspired by post-Independence Bombay.
Henri - WC2E
London
Opening in 2024 in Covent Garden's Henrietta Hotel, a bistro from hot chef Jackson Boxer (of Brunswick House and Orasay) in concert with the Paris-based Experimental Group, with whom he opened a restaurant at Cowley Manor in the Cotswolds last year. Here, he's inspired by his jaunts to Paris as a young chef.
