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 hottest 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 March 2026
1. TAQ
After 20 years on Westbourne Grove, Taqueria has reopened as TAQ, complete with a new identity and an entirely new menu led by chef Eduardo Yishima and backed by Jackson Boxer. Yishima has cooked across Mexico and London, helped develop the menu at CDMX Tacos, and worked as sous chef at Side Hustle at The NoMad. Here he’s doing tempura fish tacos, tuna tostadas and quesadillas stuffed with carnitas, mushroom or chorizo, plus a blackboard of specials including a fish torta inspired by Boxer’s old fish bun snack at Orasay, and a taco take on the Dove cheeseburger: the same secret blend of dry-aged beef but made in a thinner smashed style, basted in smoked beef fat, and finished with Red Leicester, fried onions and pickled jalapeno chillies on a freshly toasted corn tortilla. Drinks-wise, it’s straight to the point: £10 classic margaritas, plus palomas and mezcalitas, Mexican lagers and micheladas, and a short wine list designed for drinking, not overthinking.
Opened March 2026
141–145 Westbourne Grove, London W11 2RR
@taq.london
2. CeCe’s
Public House Group is behind some of the vibiest recent openings in London, including The Hart, The Fat Badger and The Hero. The group has hit on a winning formula – posh pubs with a casual bar on the ground floor and dining rooms above – but it’s trying something different for its next act by opening an Italian restaurant. CeCe’s, open in Notting Hill, is doing old-school hospitality, elegant interiors (we’re talking palms, soft fabrics and table lamps) and classic Italian dishes. The menu includes aubergine parmigiana; bream carpaccio with caviar; fonduta agnolotti; chicken vignole; and bistecca alla Fiorentina. There are plenty of Italian wines to go with it all, with a decent selection of bottles from Burgundy and Bordeaux, plus classics from across Europe and the USA.
Opened March 2026
123a Clarendon Road, London, W11 4JG
@ceceslondon
3. Ikhaltos Valley Georgian Cuisine
Following the opening of DakaDaka in Mayfair, it seems like the city is primed for a new wave of Georgian restaurants – something that we’re all for following our trip to Georgia last year – as a new independent spot has just opened on Stokey High Street. Ikhaltos Valley Georgian Cuisine has only been open a few days (there doesn’t seem to be a website or any social media up and running yet) but we do know that it’s serving traditional Georgian dishes, including khinkali (Georgian soup dumplings), freshly baked khachapuri (boat-shaped bread filled with cheese) and honey cake, alongside Georgian wines.
Opened February 2026
70 Stoke Newington High Street, London N16 7PA
4. Forza Wine Soho
Forza Wine, the Italian-inspired restaurant group and inventor of the Custardo, already has a rooftop bar in Peckham and a restaurant at the National Theatre, and now it also boasts a central London site. It’s taken over the old Daroco site on Manette Street and the 100-cover space (plus a 70-seat terrace) is the group’s largest yet, meaning more lots more Italian-ish plates to go around. Expect dishes like parmesan-laden brioche; pane carasau with gorgonzola and pickled celery; cod with winter tomatoes, vinegar, and hazelnuts; ox cheek Genovese ragu; cauliflower fritti; pistachio olive oil cake; and the signature Custardo, alongisde natural wines, vermouth for a fiver and classic cocktails.
Opened March 2026
Manette St, London W1D 4AL
forzawine.com
5. Tamila Soho
For the last two years, Prince Durairaj and Glen Leeson, the team behind Indian pubs The Tamil Prince and The Tamil Crown, have opened a new branch of their curry house spin-off concept Tamila. First came Clapham in 2024, last January a second was added in King’s Cross, and for 2026, Soho is the spot. The new Tamila, spread over two floors and featuring a private dining room in the basement, is the largest of the three, though the menu is broadly the same. That means more tandoor-cooked meats, okra fries, Thanjavur chicken curry, Chettinad lamb curry, and garlic coriander naan. The Gunpowder Margaritas, Tamil Negronis and Charcoal Old Fashioneds are also appearing on the drinks list.
Opened February 2026
19-20 Poland Street, London W1F 8QF
tamila.uk
6. The Gun
The Gun on Well Street, which had hosted residences from Ling Ling’s, Rake and Supa Ya Ramen, closed in March of last year due to unsustainable rising costs, and it was a big loss for Hackney locals. But you can’t keep a good pub down and now The Gun is back. The Gun’s new owner is Kotaro Ogawa, who is also the man behind high-end steakhouse Aragawa in Mayfair (where steaks can cost up to £230 per 100g) and he’s brought wagyu to the pub, alongside chips and Japanese curry sauce, chicken wings, panko fried oysters, and matcha ice cream cones with red bean taiyaki.
Opened February 2026
235 Well St, London E9 6RG
thegunhackney.com
7. The Wei
Guirong Wei has been showcasing Shaanxi food for over decade with her restaurants Xi’an Impression, Master Wei (in Bloomsbury and Hammersmith) and Dream Xi’an, and now she’s added another to her collection with The Wei. Recently opened in Fulham, The Wei is a warm, welcoming and unpretentious spot where you can linger over the flavours of northwest China. The menu has been inspired by the street food stalls and homestyle cooking of Guirong’s home, with a range of handmade dumplings and her signature hand-pulled noodles at its heart. You can expect dishes like smacked cucumber salad; sliced pork ears with chilli oil; tomato & egg noodle soup; tiger skin style crispy dumplings; beef biang biang noodles; stir-fried lamb noodles with chilli; chilli oil splash fish; homestyle tofu with chilli; and traditional Xi’an pork burger.
Opened February 2026
461-465 North End Road London SW6 1NZ
@theweifulham
8. Cometa
Carousel co-founders Ed and Ollie Templeton have always recruited a strong line-up of Mexican chefs to come and do residencies at the Fitzrovia venue – Tomás Bermúdez (La Docena), Thalía Barrios Garcia (Levadura de Olla), Santiago Muñoz (Maizajo) and Gerardo Vázquez Lugo (Nicos) have all cooked there. Now they’ve taken things one step further and turned the Carousel wine bar space into a Mexican restaurant called Cometa. Led by Ollie, José Lizarralde Serralde (ex-Relæ and Nicos) and Alejandra Juarez (ex-Estela and Máximo), Cometa showcases British seafood through a Mexican lens, taking inspo from popular CDMX spot Contramar. As well as a range of raw plates, including ceviches and aguachiles, the menu includes dishes like crab chilpachole rice with brown butter and chive and lobster with chintextle and smoked butter sauce. The drinks list features tepache, agua fresca, spicy margs and mezcal Old Fashioneds.
Opened February 2026
19-23 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 1RL
carousel-london.com
9. Osteria Vibrato
Three years after closing his Hackney restaurant The Laughing Heart, Charlie Mellor has come back to the city’s dining scene, and this time he’s gone central. Along with sommelier Cameron Dewar (ex-Luca), he’s opened Osteria Vibrato in Soho, focusing on classic Italian cooking and generous hospitality. The pair have drafted in Burro e Salvia founder Gaia Enria to collaborate on the menu, which follows the antipasti, primi, secondi e dolci format. That means plenty of cured meats; fior di latte mozzarella; fresh pasta traditionally rolled on-site; risotto; whole grilled fish; roast meats; specials like seafood stew; and amaretti biscuits baked to order. There’s a £3 cover charge for servings of olive oils, aged parmesan, fresh baked bread and bespoke formulated mineral water, with a fixed-price menu on offer at lunch and for pre-theatre dining. Given Charlie and Cameron’s wine backgrounds, the list is suitably impressive; 250 bottles, mainly classic wines with a few weird and wonderful options thrown in. The Green Room, a cocktail bar at the back of the main room, is shaking up traditional serves, including Martinis and Negronis.
Opened February 2026
6 Greek St, London, W1D 4DE
@thelaughingheart_london
10. Bara
The fact that their new cafe is named after the Welsh word for bread gives you a strong indication what founders Cecily Dalladay (a MasterChef: The Professionals quarter-finalist) and former head chef Zoë Heimann are showcasing at Bara. Open in Peckham, Bara is serving dishes and sandwiches made using homemade focaccia and sesame bara rolls and the finest Welsh produce. As well as bakes like bara brith, miso brown butter cookies, and bacon, egg & cheese focaccia on the counter, the sandwich selection includes Caerphilly Cheesesteak with 8-hour smoked Welsh beef brisket, melted Caerphilly cheese, melting onions and Blas Y Tir leeks; Smoked Tofu & Shiitake XO Focaccia with Welsh laverbread and sesame dressed cabbage; Lamb-iri Harissa Focaccia with slow-cooked Welsh lamb shoulder in Lamiri Harissa, yoghurt and dill dressed cucumbers; and Saffron Coronation Chicken Focaccia with charred pineapple, mango & scotch bonnet salsa and baby gem. If you swing by Bara on the weekends, you’ll also find crab rarebit, ragu on toast, Pembrokshire lobster roll, honey butter pancakes and a Swansea breakfast, consisting of smoked bacon, Blas Y Tir leeks, Câr-y-Môr cockles and laverbread on toasted focaccia, on the menu.
Opened February 2026
44-46 Choumert Road, London SE15 4SE
baracafe.com
11. Wild Izakaya
The restaurant group behind Goodman, Beast, Pinna, Chelsea Grill and Wild Tavern, has added a Japanese izakaya to its roster with the opening of Wild Izakaya in the City. Inspired by the establishments found all over Tokyo, Wild Izakaya features an open kitchen with counter seating, larger tables for groups, classic Japanese films on a projector, and a drinks list including Japanese beers, sake and cocktails. The kitchen is led by Japanese chefs working under Executive Chef Satoru Hashimoto (ex-Koyn and Nobu), who are serving a menu of nigiri, sashimi, maki and temaki, with rolls like ebi katsu, unagi and cucumber, toro and pickled radish, salmon avocado, and spicy tuna. Alongside the sushi, you can get hot dishes like agedashi tofu, chicken karaage, crispy rice salmon, nasu dengaku, wagyu kushi with sweet soy, duck and spring onion skewers, tsukune with egg, sea bass nitsuke, and garlic pepper shrimp gohan rice.
Opened February 2026
33 Old Jewry, London, EC2V 8EY
wildizakaya.co.uk
12. San Hao
San Hao, from the team behind YiQi, The Eight and Dozo, has opened in Chinatown (on the old Wan Chai Corner site). The 120-cover spot is specialising in handmade noodles and fried dumplings, reimagining traditional Chinese dishes through the use of local British ingredients, like Berkshire pork, heritage tomatoes and salsify. Chef Daren Liew (ex-Hakkasan, Duddell’s and Nanyang Blossom) is leading the San Hao kitchen, doing dishes like Hakka Berkshire pork noodles, red prawn noodles with heritage tomatoes, dates and chilli oil, spicy sa cha beef brisket noodles, new-age ‘cappuccino’ chicken noodles, hot ‘n’ spicy roasted yellow chilli grouper noodles, mala beef sheng jian bao and rattan pepper seafood sheng jian bao.
Opened February 2026
3 Gerrard Street, London W1D 5PD
@sanhao.ldn
13. The Good Front Room
After winning Channel 4 show Five Star Kitchen: Britain’s Next Great Chef, Dom Taylor ran his high-end Caribbean concept The Good Front Room as a residency at The Langham in 2023. His next venture, the more casual, Caribbean takeaway-inspired Marvee’s Food Shop in Notting Hill only lasted a few months of 2025, closing due to unforeseen circumstances, meaning he’s now been able to revive his original project. The Good Front Room has returned to town as a permanent restaurant, opening in Dalston Square. Expect dishes like gungo pea daal with roti, coconut crema and pomegranate molasses; ackee & saltfish cake with scotch bonnet aioli, charred pineapple and heirloom tomato chow; rum & raisin glazed pork belly with charred hispi cabbage and poached golden raisins; seafood boil with lobster, prawn, crab, goat sausage, sweetcorn and island sweet potato; and sweet potato sticky toffee pudding with vanilla bean custard.
Opened February 2026
1 Thomas Tower, Dalston Square, London, E8 3GU
thegoodfrontroom.co.uk
14. Cato
Inspired by Cato Alexander, widely regarded as the world’s first celebrity bartender, hospo group Bart & Taylor and bartender Angelos Bafas have opned cato in Seven Dials. Showcasing a mix of NYC energy and British produce, cato has three distinct areas and serves classic American dishes like fried oysters, burgers and toasties. The ground-floor House of Julep highlights the julep, the cocktail that Cato Alexander made famous in the 1800s, with mint and herbs grown on site. The basement space serves cocktails from the synesthesia-inspired Colour Has Flavour menu, such as the BROWN (Medlar + Mushroom), made with Scotch whiskies, foraged medlar and mushroom spirit, brown vermouth, fermented wild mushrooms and smoked Cornish tea; and the GREEN (Jalapeño + Shiso), made with pod pea vodka, Norfolk shiso, South Devon jalapeño liqueur, dry vermouth and gooseberry brine. The Study, the bar’s creative lab, hosts masterclasses and pop-ups.
Opened February 2026
17 Mercer St, London WC2H 9QJ
catobar.co.uk
15. Cafe Kowloon
Not content with opening wonton noodle soup bar Wonton Charlie’s in the arches by London Fields station, hospo group 6 of 1 (also behind Mr Bao, Daddy Bao, Good Measure, and Master Bao) has opened a second Cantonese spot at the same location. Whereas Wonton Charlie’s is designed to be more traditional, Cafe Kowloon is a more modern Cantonese kitchen. The team has taken inspiration from Hong Kong’s dai pai dong vendors, dim sum houses, and cocktail bars to create a contemporary spin on the city’s rich food culture, with dishes like grilled curry fish ball skewers; steamed scallops with glass noodles and XO; prawn toast with crispy prawn heads, spring onion sauce and Hong Kong chilli oil; Iberico secreto char siu with bitter leaf and grapefruit salad; and Hong Kong French toast with peanut butter crème pâtissière, condensed milk and roasted peanut powder on the menu.
Opened February 2026
392-393 Mentmore Terrace, London, E8 3PH
@cafe.kowloon
16. Hoppers Shoreditch
An east London branch of Hoppers has taken over the old Lyle’s site, joining the existing restaurants in Soho, Marylebone and King’s Cross. Given that JKS Restaurants were backers of Lyle’s, it’s not surprising that the group installed another one of its brands in the space (Karan Gokani founded Hoppers with JKS in 2015). The new Hoppers is a little different from the other three locations in that it looks beyond Sri Lanka and features dishes from South India, specifically curries, dosas, biryanis and street food from Chettinad, Madurai, Bangalore, Kochi and Chennai. Plenty of Hoppers’ classics are on the menu, with a drinks list that also takes inspiration from South India.
Opened February 2026
Tea Building, 56 Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6JJ
hopperslondon.com
17. Little Sourdough Kitchen
Artisan bakery Little Sourdough Kitchen has been a Fulham fave for the past eight years, with fans including restaurateur Julian Dyer, who co-founded pasta group NOTTO with chef Phil Howard. After starting conversations with the owner about the bakery producing more focaccia for NOTTO, Dyer leaned that the owner was planning to sell, so he and Howard decided to buy. Now the Little Sourdough Kitchen has re-opened after a refresh, which included new woodwork and a yellow palette. The full original team has been kept, with Anna Konig (who worked with Howard at Elystan Street) and Ben Costello (from FARRO Bakery in Bristol) leading the bakery day-to-day. The bakery’s focus on small-batch baking and heritage grains also remains, with breads, like a Danish Brunsvieger and a Heritage Loaf made with spelt, einkorn and rye, being spotlighted alongside viennoiserie.
Opened February 2026
237 Munster Road, London, SW6 6BT
@littlesourdoughkitchen
18. The Light Bar
Originally constructed as a power station for the Great Eastern Railway, The Light Bar in Shoreditch has been through a number of iterations since it was converted into a restaurant and bar in 2000. Following closure in 2014 (after the building was saved from redevelopment), it was relaunched in 2021, and five years on, it’s been relaunched again. Rob Star, the founder of Electric Star Pubs and Eastern Electrics Festival, is now the owner, and for The Light Bar 3.0, he’s refreshed the interiors and curated a DJ and music events line-up for third floor club space The Timber Loft. He’s also installed new head chef Jake Aycliffe (ex-Rogues) in the kitchen, who’s be doing a menu that showcases the best seasonal British produce, with dishes like chestnut & onion sausage roll with HP sauce; whisky cured sea trout with créme fraîche, orange and turnip; The Light Bar dry-aged beef burger with red Leicester fondue, relish, and rocket; Iron-age pork steak with cranberries and sumac crackling; and sticky toffee pudding with miso caramel and spiced cream cheese.
Opened February 2026
233 Shoreditch High St, London E1 6PJ
lightbarlondon.com
19. HOKO Wonton Noodles
After doing a wonton pop-up at Wun’s Tea Room & Bar in Soho in 2024, the HOKO team has brought it back as a permanent concept. HOKO Wonton Noodles has opened on the basement level of Seven Dials Market, spotlighting authentic HK wonton noodles. There’s two types of hand-wrapped wontons made fresh daily – prawn & pork and tofu & king oyster mushroom – which you can get with served with soup, noodles and a side of broth (made with dried flounder from Macau), or with house-made chilli oil. If you don’t fancy wontons, there’s also Cantonese braised beef brisket and tendon on offer, alongside classic Hong Kong drinks like milk tea, iced lemon tea, and red bean ice.
Opened January 2026
Seven Dials Market, Earlham St, London WC2H 9LX
hokolondon.co
20. Logma Cafe Bistro
Farsin Rabiee and Ziad Halub, the duo behind Iranian-Iraqi supper club Logma, have found a permanent Hackney home for their concept. Open five days a week, the new spot is serving homemade comfort food, pastries and coffee, with weekly revolving set menu nights running in the same vein as the supper clubs.
Opened January 2026
Hackney, London
@logmaldn
21. Connie’s
Connie’s Pizza, created by 081 Pizzeria’s Andrea Asciuti, named after his wife and inspired by his daughter, is billed as the ‘UK’s first Bri-talian pizza concept’. That means it’s ‘London-style’ pizza made by Italians, where Italian techniques are blended with British flavours. Whereas the pizzas at 081 are distinctly Neapolitan, the ones at Connie’s are made using a high hydration dough, made with American flour, fermented for 36 – 48 hours and baked at different temperature to achieve a light and crisp, not floppy, base. The pizzas are topped with British ingredients, including mozzarella and stracciatella produced here as well as mushrooms, leeks, aubergine, pork, chicken and more. Sides include meatballs, deep fried mac ‘n’ cheese and mozzarella sticks, with mini brioche filled with ricotta and whipped cream as the single dessert.
Opened January 2026
133 Queen’s Road, London, SE15 2ND
conniespizzeria.com
22. Dim Sum & Duck
Dim Sum & Duck in King’s Cross is one of our fave dim sum spots in town – we love the xiao long bao, the prawn & chive dumplings, the cheung fun and the BBQ roast duck – and much of the city seems to agree as there’s always a queue to get in. But hopefully that won’t be the case for much longer as Dim Sum & Duck has just opened a second restaurant, literally just down the street from the original on Pentonville Road. Not only does two locations equal double the chances of getting in, the second restaurant is bigger so there’s even more room – and the fact it’s just round the corner means you can just nip between the two if you see a queue forming at the other.
Opened January 2026
186 Pentonville Rd, London N1 9JP
@dimsumandduck
23. Tiella
After a killer residency at The Compton Arms, which won a legion of fans (including us), Dara Klein has now found a permanent home for Tiella on Columbia Road. Tiella Trattoria & Bar has been opened with Ry Jessup (a childhood family friend who’s also co-founder of Homeslice and The Plimsoll), who’s also taking on the role of General Manager. Dara was born in Italy, raised in New Zealand (where her family had Maria Pia’s, a trattoria in Wellington), and has worked at the likes of Rubedo, Brawn, Trullo and Sager & Wilde in London, and she uses all these influences to shape her cooking. Expect dishes like panelle with caper mayo; puntarelle alla Romana; orecchiette with cime di rapa and pangrattato; chicken Milanese with green apple, celery and fennel; polpette and bread; and bay leaf panna cotta with blood orange.
Opened January 2026
109 Columbia Road, London, E2 7RL
@tiella_trattoria
24. Hendl
The team behind Hackney Central chicken spot Peck Peck have launched new rotisserie concept Hendl, which has replaced Lagom in the kitchen of Hackney Church Brew Co. As well the chicken, which is brined for four hours, slow roasted and served with a variety of glazes including harissa, aji verde and nduja hot honey, Hendl’s is also doing porchetta, Sunday roasts and bar snacks. Expect the likes of roast chicken fat potatoes, camembert bites with hot honey, and wings with house ranch.
Opened January 2026
17 Bohemia Pl, London E8 1DU
@hendlhackney
25. Claridge’s Bakery
Claridge’s has opened a bakery that celebrates the art of British baking. Richard Hart, founder of Hart Bageri – one of Copenhagen’s most acclaimed bakeries – and a baker whose CV spans San Francisco to Copenhagen to Mexico City is leading the charge as Executive Baker & Creative Director. His menu includes classics like bloomers, granary loaves and sourdough breads, alongside the likes of Marmite cheese straws, pork scotch eggs, Claridge’s sausage roll, bakewell tarts, French fancies, and lardy cakes, with sandwiches and quiches on offer for lunch.
Opened January 2026
Brook Street, London W1K 4HR
claridges.co.uk
26. DakaDaka
DakaDaka, a modern Georgian restaurant and natural wine bar, has landed on Heddon Street. After our recent trip to Georgia – where we fell hard for the food, wine and the country itself – we’re buzzing about this one. The debut London project from Berkeley Square Hospitality, DakaDaka comes from Giorgi Mindiashvili and Mitz Vora, who’ve been behind some of our favourite spots in Tbilisi. Their first UK outpost puts Georgian cooking front and centre, with open-fire grilling, native ingredients, and seasonal British produce reimagining the country’s rich culinary traditions. On the drinks front, you’re looking at an extremely good line-up of 100 Georgian natural wines, alongside beers and cocktails built around ChaCha (a grape-based spirit that definitely deserves a warning label).
Opened January 2026
10 Heddon Street, London W1B 4BX
@dakadaka.london
27. ONSU
Having spent time at Ladurée, Hakkasan, and The Fat Duck; being the former Executive Pastry Chef at The Dorchester; and currently chairing Team UK for the Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie, it’s fair to say that Michael Kwan is a master of pastry. Now he’s opened his own bakery, ONSU, which blends his Asian background with classic European techniques. The offering at ONSU, open on Dean Street, includes black truffle toast, black sesame doughnut, salted egg yolk mille-feuille, oolong & milk chocolate tart, hojicha milk pudding, popcorn & miso caramel Paris-Brest, wagyu beef curry bun, spring onion & garlic focaccia, and mentaiko shio pan. As well as those Asian-inspired bakes, the ONSU drinks menu also features the viral minus 86°C coffee from Shanghai, where the glass is frozen to -86°C to give the drink a slushy feel.
Opened January 2026
55A Dean St, London W1D 6AG
@onsubakery
28. Song Que Pho Bar
Song Que Café has earned cult status as one of the capital’s most beloved Vietnamese restaurants since it opened in 2002. Family-run, bustling (there’s always a queue), it’s where locals, food-lovers and chefs alike go when they want authentic Vietnamese cooking – no frills, all flavour and excellent value. For over two decades, it has been a cornerstone of East London’s thriving Vietnamese food scene, helping turn Kingsland Road into a dining destination. AND now they have a sister site focusing on the classic Vietnamese noodle soup dish with Song Que Pho Bar having taken over the old Pearly Queen Site in Spitalfields.
Opened January 2026
44 Commercial St, London E1 6LT
@songque_phobar
29. Frites Atelier
If you’ve spent any time in the Netherlands or Belgium, you might already know Frites Atelier. Or at the very least, you’ll have clocked the queues snaking out the door. Now the cult fry shop has finally come to London, opening on Old Compton Street in Soho. The brand is the creation of three-Michelin-starred Dutch chef Sergio Herman, and in their own words, the chips are “F**ing Perfect.” Expect hand-cut, double-fried frites, served with sauces like truffle mayo, piccalilli, and spicy andalouse, plus loaded options including Spicy Royal Rendang, Old Flemish Beef Stew, and Vegan Chilli Con Queso. Everything is made in-house, and the menu doesn’t stop at fries — there are burgers and croquettes too.
Opened December 2025
34 Old Compton St, London W1D 4TR
fritesatelier.com
30. Hoax
Husband-and-wife team Simone and Lidia Crepaldi have taken over the old Chick ‘n’ Sours site in Dalston and opened modern Italian spot Hoax in its place. In the main restaurant space, chef Riccardo Lottero is cooking up dishes like fried courgette with spicy vegan mayo; roasted tuna with rocket pesto and pine nuts; slow-cooked beef cheek in red wine broth; house cacio e pepe; cocotte di parmigiana; and Hoax tiramisu served tableside. Downstairs there’s a secret late-night cocktail bar The Devil You Know, where Simone (who’s ex-Callooh Callay) is curating the drinks – expect serves like a white chocolate & strawberry negroni and a TDYK truffle martini.
Opened December 2025
390 Kingsland Road, London, E8 4AA
hoaxrestaurant.com
