The hottest supper clubs, events and residencies sweeping London’s restaurants right now
It can be hard enough hitting all the restaurants on your must-visit-in-London list, but getting to all the food-related events? Near impossible. The city’s chefs, restaurateurs, cocktail pros and wine buffs are always cooking something up, whether it’s a one-off collaborative menu or a long-running kitchen takeover, and you’ve usually gotta act fast to be in attendance. And it’s not just restaurants, there are countless supper clubs in the capital, often run by chefs as a supplement to the day job, where you’ll find some of the most exciting menus in the city – you might find them flying just under your radar.
So how do you start filling your diary? The answers are in this guide, where we regularly collect all the latest and greatest food events in the city and drop them here. Gone are the days of hoping you stumble across an announcement on IG – this roundup is all you need to make sure you’ve killer bookings coming up.
Brillo Turns One
Brillo, the Friday night takeover at Forno in Hackney, is turning one and it's celebrating with some special guests this May. As well as pizza and natural wines, you can expect vinyl-only sets from the likes of Ruby Francis, AVG, Hard Lines DJs, Rosa Theodora, and Hugo Arena.
Fridays in May 2026
322 Andrews Road, London, E8 4RP
Tilbury Yard Market
Tilbury Yard, under the railway arches on Tilbury Road in Leyton, is launching a weekly market, running on Fridays and Saturdays, featuring street food, music and events. Deccapo’s Pizza, Gochugang, and Borobudu will be among the food vendors, with everything from open mic performances, live graffiti and robot wars happening in May.
Launches Fri 8th May 2026
145 Tilbury Rd, London E10 6RE
Lokanta Tokyo at Dükkan
Turkish-Japanese concept Lokanta Tokyo, which serves Turkish “lokanta” food through a distinctly Japanese lens, is returning to Dükkan in Hoxton for a one-night-only pop-up. The menu includes dishes like pide with ponzu butter, spicy ezme & kombu-cured seabass, tempura stuffed mussels & tarama, lamb heart with tare & lentil hummus, and miso-glazed short rib with sweet potato.
Fri 8th May 2026
227-229 Hoxton St, London, N5 1LG
Gim London x Hiya Fried
If you didn't want to brave five hour queues for Korean food at the Jung food festival last weekend, you'll want to head down to this pop-up. Gimbap concept Gim is teaming up with fried chicken trader Hiya Fried for a collab menu featuring Korean fried chicken burgers, fried chicken gimbap, chewy fried Korean style potatoes and butter tteok mochi.
Sat 9th & Sun 10th May 2026
Netil Market, 13-23 Westgate St, London E8 3RL
Heard x Akoko Collab Menu
Two Michelin-starred chef Jordan Bailey is doing his first ever guest chef collab at his burger spot Heard, and he's teaming up with Aji Akokomi of Michelin-starred Akoko to do it. The collab menu will feature West African flavours across a burger, fries and a dessert. There's The Akoko burger features aged-British beef patty, seasoned with Aji's special spice blend and topped with tamarind jam, sosu kaani purée, yassa-spiced caramelised onions, goat’s cheese and shallots, with a dibi dipping sauce on the side. You can pair that with kelewele salt and shallot crumb fries and a calabash nutmeg ice cream sandwich made with a white chocolate cookie and guava jam.
Until Thurs 14th May 2026
1 Flat Iron Square, SE1 0AB
31 Foubert’s Place, W1F 7QG
Mambow's Sunday Cookouts Series feat. Decatur
The next instalment of Mambow's Sunday Cookout Series is happening this May, with Abby Lee welcoming Tom Zahir of Decatur into the kitchen. They'll be cooking up a six-course menu blending Tom's Cajun and Creole style with Malay flavours, meaning dishes like Malay spiced grattons, tete de cochon with crispy rice, garlic fried chicken, Assam Pedas crawfish & fixins, and Kesar mango pie a la mode.
Sun 17th May 2026
78 Lower Clapton Rd, London E5 0RN
Levan's The French Connection feat. Déviant
The next guest in Levan's The French Connection series is Parisian wine bar Déviant. Head chef Jeff Schilde will be cooking up a long boozy lunch over at Levan featuring some of Déviant's signature dishes, before the party moves next door to Bar Levan.
Sun 17th May 2026
Unit 3-4, 12–16 Blenheim Grove, London SE15 4QL
Magnolia Bakery at Café Ciel
NYC's iconic Magnolia Bakery is popping up at Café Ciel, inside Raffles London this spring. The hotel courtyard is being transformed into a blooming garden to celebrate
Chelsea Flower Show, with Magnolia Bakery collaborating on a menu of sweet treats for an outdoor kiosk. The famous banana pudding will be on offer, alongside a sticky toffee pudding, an iced banana matcha pudding, and an iced coffee with banana pudding on top. Café Ciel will also be doing spesh brunch dishes inspired by NYC, including banoffee French toast, cinnamon swirl pancakes, banana pudding affogato, and NYC bagels.
Tues 19th May - Weds 10th June 2026
Café Ciel at The OWO, 7 Horse Guards Ave, London, SW1A 2EX
Filipino Thai Friendship at My Neighbours the Dumplings
Filipino Thai Friendship, run by Dow of Ginn Khao and Tintin from Swilipino, is starting a new weekly residency at My Neighbours the Dumplings in Clapton. Running Weds & Thurs, you'll be able to get dishes like pork & prawn wonton tom yum soup; seabass kinilaw; palo short rib with chilli vinegar; chicken & prawn schnitzel; stuffed tofu puffs with peanut sauce; and coconut sorbet with fish sauce caramel, peanuts and crispy mung beans.
Wednesdays & Thursdays 2026
165 Lower Clapton Rd, London E5 8EQ
