London is arguably (definitely) the best restaurant city in the world right now, but keeping up with the best new restaurants in London is a full time job. Which is why we’re here of course. Make sure you’re always in the know with our guide to the best new restaurants opening in London and you’ll be leading your mates and dates around the coolest new places around town in no time. Our guide is constantly updated with our curated selection of only the best new restaurant openings you need to know about, so you can always be sure that this little lot will be well worth checking out.
Updated: 9th May 2022
1. Audrey’s
After they moved Flat Iron Square just up the road, the team has now opened new all-day cafe and bar Audrey’s on that original spot. They’re making the most of the location – on a pedestrianised square and underneath two London plane trees – with plenty of outdoor seating, so Audrey’s will be a big one for al fresco action. The kitchen takes inspo from modern bistros and runs an all-day and takeaway menu that showcases British, organic and sustainably sourced produce, with dishes like reuben sarnies, lemon sole carpaccio with peach, pork schnitzel with gochujang aioli, roast cod with seaweed butter and chocolate parfait with candied orange.
Opened May 2022
1 Flat Iron Square, Union Street, London SE1 0AB
@audreyslondon
2. Revolve
Broadgate has got a brand new brasserie as Andrew Fishwick, Tristram Hillier and Romain Pottier have teamed up to open Revolve. Taking inspo from the brasseries of New York and Paris, Revolve, which also boasts a huge terrace overlooking Broadgate Circle, serves a menu of classic dishes that also celebrate British produce alongside a curated cocktail menu and wine list. Head Chef Arran Smith is cooking up the likes of beef tartare with Marmite egg, Dorset escargots with roasted bone marrow & garlic parsley butter, moules marinieres with Koffmann’s fries, and tarte tatin, with a rotating daily special on offer. Revolve is also running a guest chef programme, where talent from across the country will bring new dishes to the Revolve menu each month as well as creating one-off dining experiences.
Opened May 2022
100 Liverpool Street, London, EC2M 2RH
revolve.london
3. Arcade Food Hall
JKS has taken over the old Arcade Food Theatre on Tottenham Court Road and turned it into Arcade Food Hall. There are nine new concepts inside and a central bar serving up yuzu sake bombs, som tam mojitos and nitro martinis, alongside an Old Fashioned machine, with customers able to order food and drink from the different kitchens direct to their tables. Luke Farrell is in charge of two kitchens – the Thai restaurant Plaza Khao Gaeng and his take on a hawker stand Bebek! Bebek! – with shwarma concept Shatta & Toum, Hero Indian Fast Food, burger joint Manna, Sushi Kamon and a Bompas & Parr jellodrome among the other residents.
Opened April 2022
103-105 New Oxford St, London WC1A 1DB
arcade-london.com
4. The Lanesborough Grill
The Lanesborough has had a bit of a makeover as the hotel’s restaurant Céleste has been replaced with a new modern British spot The Lanesborough Grill. Chef Shay Cooper is at the helm, who oversaw The Bingham Hotel and The Goring when they each earned a Michelin star. The Grill’s a la carte menu changes with the seasons, but also haz a selection of signatures to be served tableside on trolleys. You can expect dishes such as buttermilk fried quail with mushroom, spring salad & chicken vinaigrette; Hereford beef tartare with potato crisps, cured egg yolk, truffle & sherry dressing; roast turbot on the bone with potted shrimp bearnaise; beef Wellington with royale chestnut mushroom, oxtail & bone marrow potatoes; and Yorkshire rhubarb trifle with earl grey custard & millionaire shortbread.
Opened April 2022
Hyde Park Corner, London SW1X 7TA
oetkercollection.com
5. Apricity
She closed her Covent Garden spot Tredwells in 2021 but Chantelle Nicholson didn’t stay out of the game for long as she’s opened brand new restaurant Apricity in Mayfair. The new place continues her approach to zero-waste and sustainable cooking by serving hyper-seasonal menus featuring locally sourced and foraged produce, with an a la carte offering alongside two tasting menus, one of which will be vegetarian and showcase British veg. Dishes at Apricity include roasted & pickled carrot with zhoug & roasted almond butter; shio koji cured pollock with Shetland mussels, sambal butter & purple sprouting broccoli; and nettle & rapeseed cake with lemon basil & oat cream. The same approach extends through to the drinks list, which’ll feature low-intervention wines (including a number of English bottles) and zero-waste cocktails.
Opened April 2022
68 Duke St, London W1K 6JU
apricityrestaurant.com
6. Tattu
Contemporary Chinese restaurant group Tattu, which has sites in Manchester, Edinburgh, Leeds and Birmingham, has come down south to the capital. The group’s fifth branch, a massive 220-cover space, has taken over the rooftop of the Now Building on Denmark Street, so that means as well as epic interiors from Joyce Wang Studio, including a cherry blossom chandelier, you can enjoy panoramic views over Soho from the terrace. And in terms of what’s on the plates, you can tuck into the likes of pearly king crab dumpling, XO scallops, Szechuan red belly pork, sweet sour wok Black Angus ribeye, and Tattu candy rice.
Opened April 2022
The Now Building Rooftop, Outernet, Denmark Place, WC2H 0LA
tattu.co.uk
7. Acme Fire Cult
Fire meets beer in Dalston as Acme Fire Cult, the live fire kitchen from Andrew Clarke and Daniel Watkins, has opened a permanent restaurant (with a covered and heated terrace) at 40FT Brewery. The menu showcases veggies, dayboat fish, and native breed meat from regenerative farms, with dishes like grilled leeks with pistachio romesco; beetroot with sweet & sour dill dressing, beetroot puree & pickled blueberries, cooked in the ‘first runnings’ of 40FT Brewery Sunset Hazy IPA; char siu of monkfish with jalapeno verde & grilled sea vegetables; coal roasted celeriac, mushroom kelp XO, coco bean miso & salsa verde flatbread; smoked shortrib (glazed in molasses made from 40FT Eccles Cake Stout), mustard greens, beef fat cream & ancho koji flatbread; and half herb-fed chicken with vadouvan butter, tropea onion & creme fraiche. The restaurant also has ten beer taps pouring fresh brews, with 40FT knocking up a special edition beer each month to go with the menu.
Opened April 2022
Abbot Street Car Park, London, E8 3DP
acmefirecult.com
8. The Princess Royal
As well as making over The Coach Makers Arms, Cubitt House has The Princess Royal in Notting Hill too and it sounds like quite the spot. The 80-cover restaurant (where the menu is overseen by Ben Tish) focuses on seasonal fish and shellfish with a raw bar and josper grill offering different ways for it to be served, and there’s also be a terrace, a garden, and four boutique bedrooms on site too so you can really make a day (and night) of it.
Opened March 2022
47 Hereford Rd, London W2 5AH
cubitthouse.co.uk
9. Lisboeta
Nuno Mendes is back in London and he’s brought a bit of Lisbon with him for his new restaurant LISBOETA, now open in Fitzrovia. Taking over three floors of a townhouse on Charlotte Street, the restaurant is a love letter to Nuno’s home city and gives Londoners the chance to eat, drink and live life like a Lisboeta. The ground floor features a long bar made from repurposed tram wood and limestone from Lisbon, and is a place where you can dip into petiscos (aka little plates) and a glass of Portuguese wine. Upstairs in the main dining room, lunch and dinner is served ‘tasca’ style, with a menu of snacks, charcuterie, cheese, small plates and larger dishes all designed to share.
Opened March 2022
30 Charlotte Street, London WC1B 4AF
lisboeta.co.uk
10. Noci
Having worked at Locanda Locatelli and opened Bancone, Louis Korovilas certainly knows a thing or two about pasta, and now he’s showing it off at his brand new spot Noci. The menu takes inspo from Louis’ travels across Italy and the country’s regional specialties, starting with a range of fritti, including leek, taleggio, gorgonzola & walnut parcels; fritto misto with nori & bagna cauda; and sage & anchovy beignets. There’s also unfried starters like herb focaccia with datterini tomato, house-cured bresaola with celeriac & toasted fennel mayo, and burrata with caramelised pear & walnut. The pasta dishes will change seasonally but you can expect veal, pork & onion ragu with paccheri, open lamb shoulder ravioli, bucatini with brown butter cacio e pepe, and gnocchetti with confit tomato & smoked ricotta. Louis is also keeping the drinks list seasonal too with a changing line-up of spritzes – hello pear & majoram and spiced kumquat & sage – and house cocktails for a fiver.
Opened March 2022
4 – 6 Islington Green, London, N1 2XA
@nocipasta
