Best New Restaurant Openings in London

Cremer

Cremer, the new spot from the team behind Space Talk, the Clerkenwell listening bar that’s become near impossible to get into, has opened on the corner opposite Hoxton Overground, in the site that used to be Molly’s. It’s a bakery and canteen serving breakfast and lunch, the first daytime-only project from the same team. DALLA owner Gennaro Leone has designed the space to feel more like someone’s front room than a restaurant, with a library of books, a garden out back, and a bakery counter that takes over most of the first room. Further in, the canteen runs communal tables with a menu from chefs who’ve previously worked at Primeur and Polentina, serving dishes like crispy lamb salad with apricot and rocket, and spinach, sheep’s cheese and walnut dumplings. Think Corner Shop only more chic. Opened July 2026

1 Geffrye Street, Hoxton, E2 8JH
@cremerlondon

Café Clement

Soho House founder Nick Jones is back with his first restaurant since stepping down from the members’ club empire he built, and it’s already the hottest table in town – Stanley Tucci, Natalie Imbruglia and Angela Hartnett have all been spotted dropping in. Café Clement is the ground-floor all-day restaurant at Jones’ new St Clement hotel by Temple, run by ex-River Café head chef Danny Bohan, with terrace seating out front, a garden round the back, and a glossy, glitzy dining room inside. The menu spans pastas, salads, grilled meats and fish, with standouts including the parmesan custard with caviar, an open Scottish lobster omelette, turbot with salsa verde, and delightfully retro crinkle fries. Read our full review here.

Opened June 2026
12 Temple Place, London, WC2R 2NF
stclement.co.uk/cafe-clement/

Birchwood – The Conduit

Chef Will Devlin is making his London debut, bringing his sustainability-led cooking to Covent Garden with Birchwood – The Conduit. Landing inside The Conduit on Langley Street, the project is a three-way link-up between Devlin, hospitality group Levy, and the members’ club itself. It’s also the third food concept to take on the space, so let’s hope it’s third time lucky. The shared focus is on ethical farming, seasonality and low-impact dining, with Devlin’s Kent-based Acre group supplying much of the produce. Birchwood – The Conduit runs as a café and wine bar from day one, with a rooftop restaurant set to follow later this autumn. During the day, the menu leans into high-quality grab-and-go, with things like sausage and egg muffins made using meat from Acre’s own butchery, pastries, and stacked sandwiches. Come evening, the space shifts gears into a more relaxed wine bar setup. That means small plates, British cheeses and house charcuterie, plus dishes like mushroom croquettes with black garlic and braised lentils with smoked beetroot and feta. Puddings keep things regional too, with the likes of Kentish gypsy tart and gooseberries on offer.

Opened June 2026
6 Langley St, London WC2H 9JA
birchwood-family.com

Darjeeling Express

Asma Khan has relocating her Indian restaurant Darjeeling Express for the fourth time. Khan started Darjeeling Express as a pop-up at Soho pub The Sun & 13 Cantons in 2014 before taking on a permanent site in Kingly Court. She decided not to reopen there post-lockdown and chose instead to move the restaurant to a bigger site in Covent Garden, where she stayed until the summer of 2022. Following another pop-up stint, this time in west London, Khan moved Darjeeling Express back to Kingly Court at the beginning of 2023. Now she’s left the Carnaby venue once more and taking over the old Horvada site on Rupert Street in Chinatown. Darjeeling Express 4.0 is much bigger and set over two floors, with a bigger dining area and more room for Khan’s all-female team in the kitchen. As she has said on Instagram, that means more food like “kathi rolls, keema, samosa, vada pav, falooda, all the things that are your favourites. Maybe bring back a midweek biryani”.

Opened June 2026
36-40 Rupert St, London W1D 6DW
darjeeling-express.com

Lady of the Grapes London Bridge

Parisian restaurateur and WSET-certified wine expert Carole Bryon opened Lady of the Grapes in Covent Garden back in 2018, as a place to champion organic and natural wines and female producers. Now she’s expanded, opening a second Lady of the Grapes bar inside the Menier Chocolate Factory by Borough Market. The Grade-II listed Victorian building is an epic space and Lady of the Grapes SE1 has taken up a ground-floor site with windows along two walls, room for 60 in the main restaurant and 20 on the terrace. The 400+ wine list, with many available by the glass, carries the same Lady of the Grapes ethos of showcasing natural, organic wines and bottles made by female producers, with Head Chef Matyáš Plzák (ex-Frog by Adam Handling, Frenchie and Mãos) cooking up modern French bistro fare to go with it. Expect dishes like smoked eel tartelette with Jerusalem artichoke; comté soufflé with summer truffle; pork terrine; clams with pastis broth and fennel; poached Bresse chicken with vin jaune sauce and morels; lamb chops with mint Grenobloise, peas, artichokes and lamb jus; canard aux olives; whole plaice with sauce choron; madeleines; and Paris-Brest.

Opened June 2026
53 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1RU
ladyofthegrapes.com

Buvette

James Beard Award-winning chef and restaurateur Jody Williams has brought her cult spot Buvette to town, taking over the former St. John Bakery site in Neal’s Yard. Jody, who also co-owns Via Carota, I Sodi, The Commerce Inn and Bar Pisellino with her wife Rita Sodi, first opened Buvette in the West Village in 2011 and has since taken the restaurant to Paris, Tokyo and Seoul. The 80-cover London outpost is open all day, meaning you can pop in for a coffee with waffle sandwiches and some eggs, a leisurely lunch of salade niçoise and croques on the terrace, a hearty dinner of steak tartare and cq au vin, or post-theatre cocktails and glasses of French wine.

Opened June 2026
2 Neal’s Yard, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9DP
@buvettelondon

Zylia

Hot on the heels of Maza and Taverna Ermou, not to mention all of the other recent Greek openings, another taverna has landed in London. Zylia, open as a standalone restaurant as part of the new Arcade food hall in Covent Garden, is a Greek-Cypriot taverna from Athens-born chef Nick Molyviatis (ex-Kiln, Smoking Goat, Oma and co-owner of Singburi) and Cypriot hospo operator Barry Karacostas. The restaurant is a reflection of the pair’s shared traditions and the distinct flavours of Greek and Cypriot cooking. Alongside an all-Greek wine list and Greek and Cypriot beers, the menu includes dishes like melitzanosalata – roasted aubergine and pepper dip; tyrokafteri – smashed feta with roasted green chilli and yoghurt; spanakopita; grilled prawn saganaki with spiced tomato sauce; sheftalia; pork & chicken souvlaki; vazania – grilled aubergine with spiced tomato sauce and anari cheese; whole grilled fish; lamb kleftiko; lamb chops served Greek style, with olive oil chips; karidopita – traditional Greek walnut cake; galaktompoureko; and kaimaki ice cream with sour cherry preserve.

Opened June 2026
6 Bedford Street, London WC2E 9HZ
zyliataverna.com

Appalachia

It’s all change at Counter 71 this June as the former tasting menu spot, which was led by Joe Laker and had a real focus on British produce, has flipped into Appalachia, inspired by the mountainous region of the US. Alistair Borer (ex-Smoking Goat) is heading up the Appalachia kitchen, combining his fire-led cooking with heritage-driven produce and high-country traditions. His menu includes dishes like smoked eel and jalapeno devilled eggs; Kelly rock oysters with tomatillo and scotch bonnet; BBQ whole quail with blue cheese slaw; grilled poussin with grits; country-fried rabbit with chorizo gravy; pork chop with collard greens; and curried crab omelette.

Opened June 2026
71 Nile Street, London N1 7RD 
appalachia.co.uk

Vesper

Jackson Boxer’s Vesper has landed in the old Taqueria site, following the success of Dove in Notting Hill, which has been drawing serious crowds since opening at the start of 2025. The 70-cover site has timber-framed windows wrapping around the corner, a relaxed bar up front, and a candlelit dining room tucked behind. There’s also a terrace for outdoor tables, which will no doubt be in high demand once the weather plays ball. On the food side, the menu mixes snacks, small plates and larger dishes, with Boxer’s signature mix of British produce and global influence running throughout. You’ve got things like oysters with green apple and chartreuse, raw beef tostadas, and sole fritters with curry sauce sitting alongside chicken liver agnolotti, pea and mint gnudi, and Dorset clams with black beans and white pepper. Bigger plates include glazed lamb shoulder with merguez and devilled kidney, roast chicken with bread sauce and salted lemon, and grilled gurnard with crab butter.

Opened June 2026
8-10 Exmouth Market, London, EC1R 4QA
@vesper.restaurant

Photo: @antonrodriguez

No. Forty Nine

After finding success with live-fire spot Cinder, first in Belsize Park and then in St John’s Wood, Jake Finn has opened a new concept in North West London this June, just a minute’s walk away from his restaurant in St John’s Wood. He’s teaming up with Ella Williams (ex-Hausu, Mountain and Crispin) for No. Forty Nine, which runs as a bakery, all-day bistro and wine bar. No. Forty Nine is open daily from 8am to serve coffees, juices, brekkie dishes to-go, breads and pastries like, pastrami pain suisse; burnt leek, cheddar & Marmite swirls; miso butterscotch canelés; and candied orange financiers. From midday, Ella is serving a menu that blends NYC bistro dishes with Mediterranean influences, meaning plates like cornbread madeleines with scotch bonnet honey butter; crab choux buns; steak tartare with sour cream & onion crisps; asparagus and romano bean salad with kalamata dressing; tagliolini with prawns and bisque; roasted aubergine with avjar and kumquat dukkah; steak haché with five peppercorn sauce; oxtail & guindilla pizza; and Baby Guinness sundae with coffee fudge and graham cracker crumble.

Opened June 2026
49–51 St John’s Wood High Street, London NW8 7NJ
@nofortynine_london

Temaki

A.M. Dupee opened Temaki, the city’s first handroll bar inspired by those in California, in Brixton in 2021, and the restaurant quickly earned a loyal following (including us) for its fresh handrolls and great value menu sets. Now he’s relocated the restaurant from Market Row to a bigger two-level space on Mayfair’s Maddox Street, which has 16 seats around a counter and a 28-cover downstairs space, inspired by Japanese listening bars. The signature handrolls still feature on the menu (we loved the BBQ eel and the otoro tuna ones on the Brixton menu) but more space is allowing the team to expand the offering. That means Japanese small plates like crispy rice topped with premium cuts of fish, A4 wagyu sliders, and a changing selection of sandos alongside wines, sake and a tight cocktail list.

Opened June 2026
11 Maddox Street, London, W1S 2QF
temaki.co.uk

Fields

Almost a year after its closure, the cafe in Ladywell Fields has been brought back to life by South London locals Joel and Alina Falconer, who run coffee shop Cafe Oscar’s, restaurant Wilson’s and sustainable food shop Plenty. They’ve turned the space into Fields, a proper park cafe (with toilets) that serves great coffee; bacon rolls and pastries in the mornings; and toasted sarnies, tater tots, and seasonal specials for lunch. During the summer, there’s soft serve and gelato on offer too, plus weekend food pop-ups featuring pizza, tacos, rotisserie chicken and booze. Come winter, soups and hot chocolates will be added to the menu. 

Opened June 2026
Ladywell Rd, London SE13 7UZ
@fieldscafe

Kinz

Kinz has been opened by Jad Lahoud, Karim Lahoud, and Rasha Khouri Bruzzo. They’re bringing a fresh take on Lebanese food to London and they’ve gone big, taking over the former Lloyds Bank building on Notting Hill Gate. Designed by architect Sir Edward Maufe, it’s an impressive venue and it’s being put to good use. The main space has room for 130, with a triple-height ground floor, a mezzanine level and a canopied bar underneath. There’s a private dining room holding 16 on the third floor, filled with pomegranate tapestries, there’s a dedicated wine room in the bank’s old vault, and a there’s a deli space up front. The all-day menu mixes recipes passed down through generations with modern creations. In the mornings you can get egg dishes, sandwiches and a full Lebanese breakfast, with mezze and sharing plates on offer for lunch and dinner. Expect the likes of baba ganoush; tabbouleh; lamb kafta; warak enab with koussa and lamb cutlet – spiced lamb and rice in vine leaves and baby courgettes; and fattet aubergine – baked aubergine layered with pine nuts, tomato, yoghurt and pita

Opened June 2026
50 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3JD 
kinzrestaurant.com

The Sea, The Sea

Fishmongers and seafood bar The Sea, The Sea has gained a loyal following from both punters and restaurants alike (it supplies the likes of Ikoyi and KOL), and it’s been such a success that founder Alex Hunter has expanded the biz with a new bistro and fish shop, complete with an outdoor terrace. And he’s only gone across Pavilion Road to do it. The retail offering at the new site is larger, so as well as house-aged fish, shellfish, and day boat catches on display, there’s also a seaweed counter, freshly prepared lunch boxes of sashimi sets and shellfish rolls to grab-and-go, and oven-ready options like miso black cod and Singapore chilli crab. Come evening, the space flips into a ten-seater seafood bar. There’s more room to eat in upstairs in the 40-cover bistro led by Head Chef Nick Marsden (ex-Dovetale, Pitt Cue and The Laughing Heart). His menu includes dishes like pickled Fowey mussels with sunsweet melon and lovage; confit sea trout with white asparagus and mustard greens; skate wing with Trombetta courgette, nettle and Gordal olives; grilled half Cornish lobster with Vin Jaune sabayon and brown butter; whole plaice with braised punterelle, broad beans and mint; potato ice cream, preserved spruce and smoked eel; and Okinawa sugar tart with pumpkin seed praline.

Opened May 2026
243 Pavilion Road, London, SW1X 0AW
theseathesea.net

Nammos

Mykonos hotspot Nammos (which also has sites in Cyprus, France and Dubai), where celebs flock to for Mediterranean food and party vibes when they’re on the island, has finally come over to London. Yes the city’s Greek obsession doesn’t look to be fading any time soon. We first reported that the restaurant would be opening in Knightsbridge two years ago but a lot has changed in that time as Nammos is now open in Mayfair instead, taking over the former Il Borro site. The London outpost of the restaurant can’t offer the sea views and cabanas on the beach you get at the original one, but it is bringing “Aegean-inspired elegance” to the two-storey space. The menu is largely Mediterranean, with some Japanese influences thrown in, with signature dishes like aubergine mille-feuille with whipped feta and spicy crab tartare with yuzu truffle joining steaks off the josper grill.

Opened May 2026
15 Berkeley St, London W1J 8DY
nammos.com

The Victory

After finding success with The Begging Bowl and The Palmerston, Jamie Younger is back in East Dulwich to open The Victory. The pub, which had most recently been operating as Franklins, has got a full refurb, including a zinc bar top, porcelain lights, a bespoke back bar, antique mirrors, and polished wooden floors, and has reopened under its original name. Jamie has also recruited Executive Chef Seán Breen (ex-Noble Rot and Hero of Maida Vale) to lead the kitchen. The Victory’s menu showcases British cooking with a dash of French bistro thrown in, with dishes like Bayonne ham with celeriac remoulade; salsify fritters with aged Comté and truffle; steak tartare with dripping toast; Cornish crab vinaigrette with fresh herbs; poached sea trout with trout roe and dill beurre blanc; sauté veal sweetbreads Grenobloise; butterflied red mullet with asparagus and bottarga; roast poulet jaune with seasonal sides and garnishes; fig leaf custard with Gariguettes, black pepper and Beaujolais; and chocolate & hazelnut choux bun.

Opened May 2026
157 Lordship Lane, London, SE22 8HX
@the_victory_ed

Two Roosters

Two Roosters founders Terence and Julien (who were both born in the year of the rooster, hence the name), have been celebrating their Malaysian and Singaporean roots, and their love for Hainanese chicken rice, since starting the brand from a Swiss Cottage market stall in 2024. Now the pair have taken things permanent and opened a kitchen inside Old Spitalfields Market. Authentic Hainanese chicken rice – poached chicken with fragrant rice, cucumber, chilli lime sauce and ginger scallion sauce – is the Two Roosters signature but you can also get the chicken roasted, or swap it out for tofu. There are sides of iceberg lettuce, beansprout salad, and golden eggs if you wanna pimp your mains.

Opened May 2026
Unit 2D Lamb Street, London, E1 6EA
tworoosters.co.uk

Arcade Covent Garden

After two massive openings in Tottenham Court Road (in 2022) and Battersea Power Station (in 2023), Arcade Food Hall has opened a third London location, and it’s not too far from the original. Some familiar kitchens from the other sites have made the move over, including Manna, Solis, Gracey’s and Hero, with new brands like Studio Coffee and Pablos Taqueria making their debut. There are also two standalone restaurants, another branch of Plaza Khao Gaeng and the new Greek-Cypriot spot Zylia is on the way.

Opened May 2026
6 Bedford St, London WC2E 9HZ
@arcadelondon

Kiez Kebab

The space that used to house contemporary ocakbasi restaurant The Counter, run by Turkish chef Kemal Demirasal, has turned into the Berlin-inspired Kiez Kebab. Named after the Berlin term for a neighbourhood, Kiez Kebab is a casual spot, decked out with steel, glass, concrete and walnut interiors and a bespoke sound system. The menu is tight, focused around veal, chicken and vegan kebabs served in pide. Veal is paired with fennel, red cabbage, tomato, red onion, cucumber and parsley, and the chicken kebab comes with Gemüsekebap-style fried courgettes and aubergines, cucumber, tomato, diced white onion and parsley. The drinks list is similarly curated, featuring cocktails curated by A Bar with Shapes for a Name, German and Austrian beers, and wines.

Opened May 2026
108 Golborne Rd, London W10 5RZ
@kiezkebab

Banquet 88

The team behind dim sum spots Good Fortune Club (in Wimbledon and Ealing) and Tao Tao Ju (in Chinatown) has gone east for its next venture. Banquet 88, open in St Katharine Docks, has space for 140 covers inside, with a private dining area and great views over the water. It’s promising a premium Cantonese dining experience with “traditional big table, big menu dining” with lots of fresh handmade dim sum, whole Peking duck, roast suckling pig, and prime seafood, so its perfect for a large family feast.

Opened May 2026
Unit 2, Commodity Quay, St Katherine’s Docks, E1W 1AZ
banquet88.com

Kawan

Uncle Roger, aka Nigel NG, has built a 5-million-strong following for roasting people’s (including Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay) fried rice dishes, and now he’s showing us how it should be done by opening his own restaurant. Nigel already has experience in the restaurant biz – he has a number of branches of FUIYOH! It’s Uncle Roger in Malaysia – but Kawan is first UK opening, and he’s teaming up with Keng Yew (co-founder of YiQi, San Hao, Dozo and The Eight) and Executive Chef Daren Liew (Nanyang Blossom, San Hao, Duddels and Hakkasan Group) to bring it to life. The 60-cover spot in Chinatown is relaxed and informal, and the pan-Asian menu follows a similar vibe. Rather than focusing on regional authenticity, the food showcases Asian techniques and flavours adapted for British produce and tastes, with dishes like Sarawak Pepper Belly Delight; Chinatown Fried Rice; Hainanese Chicken Chop; Crispy Puff Chicken Wellington; and Wasabi Boom Boom Sausage.

Opened May 2026
12 Macclesfield Street, London W1D 5BP
kawanlondon.co.uk

All Roads

After running sold-out supper clubs for the past three years, Malika Green and Paschelle Brown (who’ve spent time at the likes of Lai Rai, Patty & Bun, Daddy Bao and Soho House) have found a bricks-and-mortar space for All Roads in Brixton. Open on Atlantic Road, the 35-cover restaurant (plus more space on the terrace) is designed to be an extension of the supper club; a real neighbourhood spot centred around bringing people together and fostering community over good food, with DJ sets running on the weekends. Like the supper clubs, the All Roads restaurant menu takes inspiration from the pair’s Caribbean heritage as well as their travels and their decade of experience at numerous London kitchens. That means dishes like butterbean whip with soy pecans, cherry peppers and cassava chips; torched mackerel on toast with tomato jam; fried wings marinated in sweet black tea and herbs; clams in soy and tomato sauce with parmesan; low-and-slow oxtail; pork chops with pimento peppercorn sauce and buttered apple with thyme; and seasonal cobblers, pies and house-made ice creams.

Opened May 2026
44 Atlantic Road, London SW9 8JN
@allroads_ldn

Ornella

After opening Roman-style spot Lupa in Highbury last year, actor Theo James, Carousel co-founder Ed Templeton and chef Naz Hassan are already onto site number two. Ornella, open on Wilton Way (on the site that was previously home to Fran’s and just a few doors down from Sally Abé’s new spot Teal), wis taking inspo from Milan, the city where Naz was raised. The menu showcases the flavours of northern Italy, meaning dishes like Mondeghili meatballs; penne alla vodka; tagliatelle al burro e Parmigiano; risotto alla Milanese; vitello tonnato; cotoletto di vitello; mille foglie alle fragole; and zuppa Inglese.

Opened May 2026
51 Wilton Way, London E8 1BG
 @ornella.restaurant

Trèsind

Trèsind opened in Dubai in 2014 and has become a popular spot thanks to its “modernist Indian dining experience”, aka dishes like scarlet prawn crudo with Kashmiri chilli XO and beluga caviar; grilled lobster tail with coconut moilee dressing; hunter’s lamb leg raan; A5 wagyu steak with five curries; and daulat ki chaat with soan papdi crumble and 24-carat gold dust. Now Trèsind has made the move over to London, following in the footsteps of other UAE imports like Shanghai Me and Gaia, and opened in Mayfair. Chef Himanshu Saini has brought some of the restaurant’s signature dishes, like the chaat trolley and khichdi, to the capital as well as creating some new menu items exclusively for London. The bar is drawing on India’s regional drinking traditions for the cocktail list, which features number of Indian ingredients and spices.

Opened May 2026
13 Hanover St, London W1S 1NE
tresind.co.uk

130 Primrose

Home Kitchen in Primrose Hill was opened in the autumn of 2024 to help socially vulnerable transform their lives by providing employment. In the year that it operated under Executive Chef Adam Simmonds, the restaurant employed 16 individuals affected by homelessness, with five members of the original cohort progressing into permanent hospitality roles, which is why Home Kitchen was one of our 2025 Heroes. Now the social enterprise is getting a new lease of life as the space has flipped into 130 Primrose, with Monica Galetti stepping into the Exec Chef role and Head Chef Eric Zhang leading the kitchen. Like its previous incarnation, 130 Primrose recruits people with experience of homelessness, offers them paid work, accredited training, and opportunities to progress further in the hospitality industry.  The 50-cover restaurant is open all day, all week, serving a Mediterranean-inspired menu, with salads and sandwiches also available at lunchtimes, charcuterie and cheese on offer in the evenings, and a speakeasy-style cocktail bar coming in the summer.

Opened May 2026
130 Regent’s Park Rd, London NW1 8XL
130primrose.org

Dough Hands at All My Friends

With Dough Hands, Hannah Drye has built a rep for slinging some of the best pizzas in town, with thin and crispy crusts and flavourful topping combos. You can get your Dough Hands fix at the Spurstowe Arms in Dalston, and after ending the residency at the Old Nun’s Head in South London, Hannah has doubled down on East London by setting up a permanent space at All My Friends in Hackney Wick. Dough Hands has taken over the kitchen in the Shipping Container, with a fresh new menu that includes pizza, made with regenerative flour from Shipton Mill and Wildfarmed, by the slice or whole 20-inch pies. Expect the likes of tomato pie with anchovy, stracciatella & green sauce; garlic sausage & pistachio pesto; Lamiri Harissa aubergine & salted ricotta; coppa, pineapple & house guindilla; and tequila sauce & sausage.

Opened May 2026
All My Friends, Unit 1, 96 White Post Lane, London E9 5EN
@doughhandspizza

MA/NA

Thesleff Group (which already operates Los Mochis, LUNA Omakase, Juno Omakase, and Sale e Pepe) has opened a new Japanese restaurant in Mayfair. Inspired by the idea that every ingredient carries an invisible power, the 156-cover MA/NA celebrates the craft of Japanese food. Executive Chef Leo Tayang’s menu includes dishes like tiger shrimp tempura with wasabi; robata-seared avocado with asparagus, mushrooms and spicy mayo baked in a flaming shell; and M5 Wagyu seared on a Himalayan salt stone with garlic-soy, ponzu and mixed Asian leaves. MA/NA also has a cocktail bar, with resident DJs, that references rare spirits and 1970s Tokyo soul.

Opened May 2026
30 Upper Grosvenor Street, London W1K 7PH
manarestaurants.com

Bar Etna

Ed McIlroy already has popular pub (The Plimsoll) and buzzy Spanish spot (Tollingtons) to his name, and now he’s got into the pizza game with a helping hand from across the pond. Joe Beddia, whose Philly spot Pizzeria Beddia has won several plaudits (including a Bib Gourmand this year) has teamed up with Ed to open Bar Etna in Newington Green, which is his first restaurant outside of the US. At Bar Etna, the pizzas are made in Joe’s signature style and come as whole pies, with Ed adding an “ingredient-led approach” to the toppings, with rotating specials showcasing the best seasonal produce. There’s a number of Italian-American dishes, like aubergine parmigiana and meatballs on offer too alongside soft serve, house spritzes, negronis on tap, and low-intervention wines.

Opened May 2026
47 Newington Green, London N16 9PX
@bar.etna.london

Dallas Burger

Shoreditch is becoming something of a burger hub – hyped burger joint Meat Stop is slinging buns out of the Commercial Tavern, Parisian spot Dumbo chose the neighbourhood for its first London location, Burger & Beyond has a branch on Shoreditch High Street, and now Lisbon’s Dallas Burger has opened just down the road, on the corner of Shoreditch High Street and Rivington Street. Dallas is part of hospo group Vida Plena, which runs 13 restaurants across Lisbon, including seafood grill Rosamar, Middle Eastern tavern Farès, pasta restaurant Leonetta, pizza spot Coppola and four branches of Dallas across the city. 100% grass-fed, freshly-made beef burgers are the name of the game at Dallas, with options including the Classic Cheeseburger (with cheddar, lettuce, chopped onions, pickles & Dallas sauce), the Truffle Mushroom (with sautéed mushrooms, Swiss cheese, rocket salad & truffle mayo), and the Italian Summer (with balsamic vinegar, rocket salad, roasted marinated tomato, grilled zucchini, parmesan & basil mayo).

Opened May 2026
138-139 Shoreditch High St, London E1 6JE
@dallas.burgerjoint

Lokal

It’s got patisserie and Mediterranean-Italian food down with Fred Bakery and Faros, and now the same team behind those two concepts has taken on Turkish food with new restaurant Lokal. The Fitzrovia spot, boasting 110 covers (plus a few more outside), a semi-private dining room, a counter and a cocktail bar, is showcasing Türkiye’s regional flavours. Head Chefs Salih Serden and Akacan Agir are doing a modern take on Turkish food, with handmade mezze, fresh salads, and their contemporary versions of classic dishes like lamb tandir, featuring on the menu. Cocktails sound suitably modern too, with serves including the Mesopotamia (padron pepper-infused tequila, rosé wine, Campari and rosehip cordial) and the Galata (Yeni rakı, Tokaji sweet wine, lychee liqueur and elderflower).

Opened May 2026
7-8 Market Place, London W1W 8AG
lokalrestaurant.co.uk

Oudh 1722

Aktar Islam is one of the biggest chefs in Britain – as well as being a regular on the telly, he holds two Michelin stars for his Birmingham restaurant Opheem, one of only two Indian restaurants in the UK (the other being Gymkhana) and four worldwide to hold the accolade. Now he’s come to the capital with Oudh 1722. Open across three floors in a listed Victorian building in Borough, Oudh 1722 showcases Islam’s interpretation of Awadhi cuisine. Originating in Lucknow, which has been listed a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, Awadhi cooking was shaped in the royal courts of northern India and is known for its kebabs, biryanis and curries made using the dum pukht method of slow-cooking over a low flame. The menu at Oudh 1722 includes dishes like Kakori kebab of finely minced lamb shoulder with chilli and rose; Lasooni jinga of king prawn with garlic and raw mango; Dahi paneer with cultured cream and fenugreek; Raan-e-dum pukht – smoked Wiltshire lamb shoulder baked in a lamb-fat crust; Zameen doz machli – whole turbot slow-cooked in spiced ghee with brown shrimp and saalan; Aylesbury duck with beetroot curry; Gobhi mussalam – roasted cauliflower in toasted poppy seed korma with seasonal truffle; and Awadhi nimish – aerated saffron soft serve enriched with almonds.

Opened May 2026
66 Union St, London SE1 1TD
oudh1722.com

AVI Bistrot-Américain

Taking up residence inside The Lowndes Hotel London in Belgravia, AVI Bistrot – Américain is promising “modern French spirit, elevated American classics”. That means familiar classics and comfort dishes, served with a bit of flair, and given the restaurant is inside a five-star hotel, in an elegant room too. Head Chef Joshua Conte’s all-day menu includes dishes like NYC fried chicken & caviar; AVI Caesar salad; black brioche lobster roll; Le Big Mac avec Truffle; red claw lobster linguine with caviar; spicy tomato tequila paccheri; tuna schnitzel with celeriac remoulade; and fillet steak with smoked bone marrow. Interestingly, there are a few more Middle Eastern and Asian influences on the menu then there are French; tartares come with lavosh crackers, there’s a seabass tom yum dish, and a ‘From the East’ section that includes a chicken dum biryani and a 24-karat gold leaf-adorned lahmacun, because you can’t be in Belgravia without any bling.

Opened May 2026
21 Lowndes St, London SW1X 9ES
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