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: 22nd April 2025
1. The Kerfield Arms
Since it opened in Islington in 2022, The Baring has become a real local fave as well as a hit with the critics, and now founders Adam and Rob are hoping to replicate that success south of the river. The duo have taken over The Crooked Well in Camberwell and reopened the pub under its original 1863 name, The Kerfield Arms, with a similar stripped back aesthetic. Chef Jay Styler, who’s been at The Baring since it opened, is leading the kitchen at The Kerfield Arms, cooking dishes like cuttlefish & lardo shish with pul biber chilli; fried pig’s head with smoked eel and warm tartare sauce; Yorkshire hogget with violet artichokes, bagna cauda and pine nuts; grilled monkfish with hand-rolled fregola and shrimp bisque; ricotta & nettle dumplings with broad beans and wild garlic buttermilk; and Gariguette strawberry & chamomile custard doughnut.
Opened April 2025
16 Grove Lane, London, SE5 8SY
thekerfieldarms.co.uk
2. Ara
Self-taught chef Murat Kilic, who originally trained as an electrical engineer when he moved from Turkey to London before moving into the food world, has opened another restaurant. Kilic founded Route in Dalston in 2012 (which he has since sold) and then opened Middle Eastern spot Amber in Aldgate East in 2018, and now he’s brought Ara to the same neighbourhood. The 76-cover restaurant (with a further 20 seats outside) draws influence from all over the world and has a menu that features global flavours, across dishes like grilled potato flatbread with homemade cultured butter; mussels skewers with roasted chicken wings in butter sauce; blackened leeks with muhammara and XO sauce; and slow-cooked short rib with date demi-glaze.
Opened April 2025
1 New Drum Street, London, E1 7AY
ararestaurant.co.uk
3. Alfie’s
The Alfred Tennyson, the Belgravia pub named after the Poet Laureate and a popular local haunt for the last 15 years, has had a little spring refresh in the form of a new dining room. Alfie’s, overseen by Cubitt House Chef Director Ben Tish and the pub’s Head Chef Stevie Phillip (ex-Blanchette and The Dorchester), offers a more refined experience to the relaxed vibe of the downstairs bar area, complete with antiques, white tablecloths and candlelight. The menu matches its traditional setting by featuring a range of classical British and French dishes, including paté en croute; dressed Cornish crab; Hereford beef tartare served tableside; grilled monkfish with bouillabaisse; roasted brill with Cornish mussels and smoked mackerel sauce; pistachio soufflé; and baked Alaska with raspberries.
Opened April 2025
10 Motcomb Street, London SW1X 8LA
cubitthouse.co.uk
4. Cafe Mama & Sons
Not content with opening new takeaway Hoodwood on Kentish Town Road, Omar Shah has also opened new Filipino bakery Cafe Mama & Sons next door. Classic pandesal dough is at the heart of the bakery, used in sandos like corned beef, mushroom adobo, and egg mayo, with sweet treats like ensaymadas, honey toast, and matcha and miso milk chocolate cookies also on offer. Catalyst is providing coffee for the bakery, with signature drinks including ube matcha and sweetcorn lattes.
Opened April 2025
83 Kentish Town Road, London NW1 8NY
@cafe_mama_sons
5. Hoodwood
Following the success of his Caribbean smokehouse Guanabana, Omar Shah has opened new Caribbean takeaway spot Hoodwood in Kentish Town. The menu includes jerk chicken, curry lamb, oxtail, smoked chicken wings and Carlita veg, which you can get with plantain, rice & peas and jollof rice, and bowls like jerk Caesar salad and jerk mac & cheese. Hoodwood is also doing a spin on pie & mash with patty pies (filled with jerk chicken, beef, lamb or veggies), served with mash, jerk gravy and hot pepper sauce.
Opened April 2025
81 Kentish Town Rd, London NW1 8NY
@the_hoodwood
6. One Club Row
Not content with bringing the Knave of Clubs back to life, James Dye (co-owner of Bambi and The Camberwell Arms), Benjy Leibowitz and Patrick Powell have also opened an entirely separate restaurant, One Club Row, one floor above. While the downstairs is a homage to British pub culture, One Club Row is the team’s tribute to NYC, drawing on Benjy’s time spent working in the city’s restaurants. As well as classic martinis, vermouths, champagnes and amaros on offer at the bar, Culinary Director Patrick Powell and Head Chef Attila Gellen have created a menu of classic dishes made with the best seasonal produce, including pickled jalapeno gougères; lobster and country ham croquettes; roasted scallops with garlic butter; One Club Row burger au poivre; whole lobster tagliatelle; bone-in ribeye with chipotle hollandaise; and New York-style cheesecake.
Opened April 2025
1 Club Row, London E1 6JX
oneclubrow.com
7. Tatar Bunar
Tatar Bunar is the debut London venture from Ukrainian restaurateurs Alex Cooper and Anna Andriienko. Inspired by Alex’s hometown of Tatarbunary in southern Ukraine, it’s a showcase for traditional family recipes and produce from the Bessarabia region, with head chef Kate Tkachuk cooking dishes like borscht and chicken Kyiv. Anna is running the restaurant in London while Alex remains in Ukraine, where he has been supporting the community during the conflict by providing meals for soldiers and turning his restaurants into food distribution points for those in need. Located on the old Brindisa site on Curtain Road, Tatar Bunar also champions Ukrainian craftsmen and makers; the interiors feature reclaimed wood from the Carpathian region and there are handmade ceramics created by Svetlana Sholomitska during the blackouts in Kyiv.
Opened April 2025
152 Curtain Road, London, EC2A 3AT
@tatarbunar.london
8. BOXHALL
BOXPARK has transformed the 14,000 sq ft Metropolitan Arcade by Liverpool Street station into an all-day beer, food and music hall venue. Taking inspo from venues like Chelsea Market in NYC, BOXHALL features 13 food and drink brands, including Eggslut, Sourdough Sophia, Old Chang Kee, Burger & Beyond, Club Mexicana and BOKI Coffee, and has a dedicated chef’s kitchen space where emerging talent can showcase their brand concepts and menus.
Opened April 2025
1 – 27 The Arcade, Liverpool Street, London EC2M 7PN
boxhall.co.uk
9. Seventy Five at Liberty
Liberty is marking its 150th anniversary by opening a new restaurant. Seventy Five at Liberty, named after its founding year, 1875, has been opened on the store’s second floor by catering company Goose + Berry. Given that Liberty has such a distinctive aesthetic, Seventy Five certainly looks the part, with a bespoke fabric ceiling installation, Liberty print fabrics and a rotating exhibition of artwork inside. Head Chef Joe Holness (ex-Fera at Claridge’s and Da Terra) is heading up the kitchen at Seventy Five, serving a modern British menu, including dishes like goat’s cheese and almond croquettes; torched mackerel with pickled carrot and chervil sauce; Swaledale chicken breast with salsify and thyme; Hampshire pork chop with fresh herb salsa verde; and chocolate mousse with preserved cherries.
Opened April 2025
Floor 2, Liberty London, 210-220 Regent Street London, W1B 5AH
75atliberty.com
10. Kung Fu Mama
Kung Fu Mama, an exciting new noodle bar, has opened its doors in Covent Garden. This new Taiwanese spot is the brainchild of Ottolenghi co-founder Noam Bar-Chang, and founder of Kung Fu Mama Retail Chris Hsu, who have teamed up to bring a fresh, health-conscious take on Taiwanese street food to the neighbourhood. Signature noodle bowls include tender chicken thighs in a fragrant ginger and sesame sauce, beef with a lightly spiced Sichuan pepper kick, and mapo tofu with spicy minced pork. Vegetarians and vegans are in for a treat too, with umami-packed portobello mushrooms in three-cup sauce and a plant-based bao burger created in partnership with Oh So Wholesome.
Opened April 2025
80 Long Acre, London WC2E 9NG
kungfumama.co.uk
11. Donabe
The Hannah team may be moving to Stratford but its not given up the Southbank site where the kaiseki restaurant used to be, instead transforming it into new concept Donabe. Billed as the first donabe restaurant in the city specialising in Japanese clay pot rice, the Donabe menu includes a handful of tempura dishes; rice dishes like oyako don (chicken & egg) and chirashi don (negi toro, smoked trout & salmon roe); and clay pot rice, like sea bream, eel, chicken & mushroom, crab & salmon roe, and A5 wagyu sukiyaki.
Opened April 2025
3 Belvedere Road, London SE1 7PB
@donabe_hannah
12. Songhelou
Songhelou was first founded in Suzhou, China more than 250 years ago, during the Qianlong era of the Qing Dynasty, and now it’s opened its first international branch in Chinatown. The Wardour Street restaurant is showcasing the food of Jiangnan, a region immediately south of the Yangtze River in the south east of China. Suzhou-style noodles are Songhelou’s most famous dish – slim, delicate noodles in a sweet spicy dark broth – served with an array of different toppings, such as sweet and sour squirrel-shaped bass, Suzhou-style braised pork, stir-fried crab meat and roe, sizzling eel slices in oil, and flavoured crayfish.
Opened April 2025
22 Wardour St, London, W1D 6QQ
songhelou.net
13. 081 Pizzeria Shoreditch
081 Pizzeria, run by Andrea Asciuti (one of the founders of Streatham’s much-loved Bravi Ragazzi) has gone north of the river for its second site. Taking over the Iron Bloom events space on Great Eastern Street, the Shoreditch restaurant has a similar offering to the original in Peckham, namely Napoli-inspired tapas and authentic Neapolitan pizzas like the Napoli RMX (tomato, burrata, anchovies, olives & capers), the Maradona (smoked mozzarella, Italian sausage & wild broccoli), and the Parmigiana (tomato, mozzarella, fried aubergines & parmesan).
Opened April 2025
46 Great Eastern St, London EC2A 3EP
081pizzeria.com
14. Corner Corner
KERB and Broadwick know a thing or two about creating spaces where people can experience food and music, and now the two have teamed up to open brand-new multi-use destination Corner Corner. Part of the £4bn regeneration of Canada Water, the 18,000 sq ft development brings food, culture, live music, immersive experiences and sustainable farming together in one place. A key component of Corner Corner is a food hall, with a kitchen line-up curated by KERB that will showcase the diversity of London’s independent food scene. Traders include Chick ‘n’ Sours, Masa Tacos and Taiwanese kitchen Jou Jou’s Bites, and Armenian small plates concept Sireli is operating the venue’s all day cafe and restaurant, doing dishes like harissa lamb koftas, salt cod croquettes, and charred cauliflower with butternut squash and zhug. Sustainability is a huge focus too, with Harvest London installing the city’s biggest commercial indoor vertical farm in the space.
Opened April 2025
Maritime Street, London, SE16 7LL
cornercorner.com
15. Lilli by Akira Back
Not content with running one Mayfair hotel restaurant, Akira Back has opened another, about a ten-minute walk away from his eponymous spot inside the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair. Lilli by Akira Back is open at the Montcalm Mayfair and offers a modern take on British cuisine whilst also representing Back’s signature Japanese-Korean style. That means dishes like wagyu pizza with umami aioli, dynamite king shrimp, beef wellington with dauphinoise potatoes, and chocolate tart with hazelnut ganache.
Opened April 2025
2 Wallenberg Pl, London W1H 7TN
montcalmcollection.com
16. Crunch Soho
After popping up in Hackney back in 2022, Crunch has been slinging its brioche sarnies at Old Spitalfields Market, and now it’s just opened its first bricks-and-mortar site on Dean Street in Soho. The Soho menu features a rotating selection of sandwiches, including a few OG creations, all made with the signature brioche-inspired crisp and buttery Crunch bread, which is baked fresh each morning. The opening sarnie selection for the Soho site includes the Patty Melt (truffle beef patties, red Leicester, crispy onion marmalade and black truffle mayo), Michael’s Chicken (southern-fried chicken cutlet, shredded lettuce, baby pickles and homemade dill aioli) and Umami Shroomwich (fried oyster mushrooms, miso-marinated veggies, and nori & shichimi togarashi mayo). There’s a range of sides to go with the sandwiches, such as the best-selling thousand-layer potatoes with Bloody Mary ketchup, pepperoni lasagna bites with jalapeno hot honey, and pesto lasagna bites. And if you somehow still have room, there’s deep-fried French toast, made with the cut-offs from the brioche loaves soaked in custard and served with sweet apple, chocolate chunks and dulce de leche, for pud.
Opened March 2025
60 Dean Street, London, W1D 6AW
sandwichuprising.com
17. Sandwich Sandwich
After winning the hearts of sarnie-loving Bristolians – and the Uber Eats Restaurant of the Year award in 2023 – family-run sandwich joint Sandwich Sandwich made its first move into London in the summer of 2024 with a site on Gresham Street. The opening was met with A LOT of fanfare (think 1000-person-long queues on its first day) and the sarnie spot has now been officially dubbed ‘TikTok viral’. The team is now onto its second site, also in the City, which is the biggest sandwich shop in the UK.
Opened March 2025
70 Mark Lane, London EC3R 7NQ
@sandwichsandwichuk
18. Noodle & Beer Chinatown
Like at the original Spitalfields site, the Wardour Street Noodle & Beer is serving up a variety of Sichuan – so yes that means well-seasoned and spicy – dishes, like Xian Jian Niu Rou Main, with stir-fried beef and three types of fresh chilli; Chongqing Xiao Mian, with wheat noodles, cabbage and greens; and Tian-shui Mian, thick udon noodles in a sweet and spicy sauce. On the beer side, the selection, featuring Asian beers as well as local independent brews, is rotating monthly. The 950 sq ft restaurant has modern bistro vibes on the ground floor and a moodier, more intimate dining space on the lower ground floor, both with their own bar spaces.
Opened March 2025
27 Wardour Street, London W1D 6PR
noodleandbeer.com
19. Luna Omakase
The team behind Los Mochis and Juno Omakase has opened Luna Omakase inside the City branch of Los Mochis. The 12-seater restaurant, set around a wooden counter, is helmed by Leonard Tanyag and serves Sosaku-style Edomae omakase, a modern take on traditional Edomae sushi. The 12-course menu changes daily but features the best sustainable seafood, with sake and wine pairings available, and a traditional tea ceremony to finish. Located on the ninth floor, with views of St Paul’s and the City skyline, Luna is also be the highest omakase restaurant in London.
Opened March 2025
100 Liverpool Street, London EC2M 2AT
@luna.omakase
20. Officina 00 Covent Garden
Founded by Elia Sebregondi and Enzo Mirto, who grew up in Naples together, Officina 00 has built a reputation for serving excellent fresh pasta at its Old Street and Fitzrovia restaurants. For their third site in Covent Garden, the pair have taken on that other Neapolitan classic – pizza – for the very first time. Officina 00’s pizzas pay homage to the homestyle pizzas that Napoli’s nonnas would make. They’re made with flour milled in partnership with Wildfarmed, have seasonally changing toppings, and are light, fluffy and served in rutiello pans at the table. The pasta is present and correct too, so you can tuck into the likes of pappardelle with beef short rib ragu, meatballs and ricotta; occhi with lamb genovese, sour parsley pesto and aged provolone; fried cacio e pepe raviolo; and panko lasagna.
Opened March 2025
8-10 Dryden St, London WC2E 9NA
officina00.co.uk
21. BÔNE
Opened with zero marketing, BÔNE is a weekend-only, set menu, 20-seater spot in Shoreditch that’s already racking up the social media views. Founded by Nas Sharif (who co-founded vertical farming company Taza and previously ran supperclub prjctnas.club), BÔNE serves a £40 set menu of Japanese milk bread and French butter; grassfed shortrib or Alaskan salmon with unlimited pommes frites and either parmesan cream sauce or Paris butter; and a choice of desserts, including brown butter French toast, strawberry tres leches, pistachio tiramisu, and chocolate Basque cheesecake. As well as making high-quality food accessible, BÔNE is also about creating a great vibe (done with the help of DJs and live acts) and a memorable dining experience. The only problem you’ll have is scoring a seat.
Opened March 2025
72 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3AY
hboneshoreditch.co.uk
22. Market Halls Paddington
Market Halls already boasts locations in Victoria, Canary Wharf and Oxford Street, and now Paddington has joined that list. The food hall group has opened in an 11,000 sq ft space in the new Paddington Square development with eight kitchens, two bars, a terrace, seating for 485 people, and a live stage. Market Halls regulars like Gopal’s Corner by Roti King, Black Bear Burger and 20ft Fried Chicken have been joined by the likes of BAO Night Market, Breddos, Farm Girl, Souvlkai by Opso and From The Ashes Parrilla.
Opened March 2025
1 Paddington Square, London W2 1DL
markethalls.co.uk
23. Kricket Shoreditch
After bringing a branch of Kricket to Canary Wharf, Rik Campbell and Will Bowlby have stayed east for site number five and opened in Shoreditch, on the site where Apothecary East used to be. As well as operating as an 80-cover Kricket restaurant, the site is also home to the brand’s first all-day cafeì and bar concept, serving breakfast dishes like jaggery-glazed bacon chop with Andhra spiced hash brown & tamarind brown sauce, eggs kejriwal, and Bombay toasties, with street food-inspired dishes on the all-day menu. The main restaurant is open for lunch and dinner all week long, with the Murgh Musallam menu centred around tandoori chicken, running on Sundays.
Opened March 2025
36 Charlotte Road, London EC2A 3PG
kricket.co.uk
24. Câv
Open in the railway arches in Bethnal Green where Japanese Canteen used to be, Câv is an “experience” aka a listening bar and kitchen from Edwin Methu (from Half Cut Market and Oranj) and Chris Tanner (from Dram Bar), with Joseph Tunde taking charge of the music and pop-up restaurant Tasca behind the stoves. Tasca, where Josh Dalloway (who’s popped up at the likes of 107, Oranj, Half Cut Market and Brunswick House) does the food and Sinead Murdoch (who was most recently at Bistro Freddie) does the wine, is inspired by the pair’s (they met working at Budgie Montoya’s Sarap) travels through Portugal, Spain and the South of France and the relaxed neighbourhood restaurants found across Portugal. The menu includes dishes like jambon beurre gilda; and pork & prawn cachorrinho; cured British tuna with fried eggs and crispy potato; Dorset clams in a Bilbaína style sauce; and Bikini sandwich – toasted Tomme de chevre cheese and Iberico ham in brioche and covered with smoked maple syrup and salted goat’s milk ice cream.
Opened March 2025
255 Paradise Row, London E2 9LE
cav255.london
25. Templar
The team behind Darkhorse has opened another Stratford spot, this time in the new cultural quarter of Stratford Cross (between the Olympic Park and the London Stadium). Templar is serving low intervention wines and sharing plates from Richard Sinclair (ex-Terra, Lardo and Pied a Terre). His modern European menu includes dishes like watermelon radish, taramasalata and focaccia; seabass crudo with Amalfi lemon, cucumber and wild fennel; truffle & ricotta ravioli with pecorino and sage; 12-hour BBQ lamb shoulder with hispi cabbage and red wine jus; and mandarin semifreddo with blood orange & gin jelly.
Opened March 2025
5 Redman Place, Stratford Cross, London, E20 1JQ
templarlondon.com
26. The Knave of Clubs
James Dye, co-owner The Camberwell Arms, Frank’s, and Bambi, has stayed east for his next venture, teaming up with Benjy Leibowitz, (formerly of JKS, inHouse and The NoMad in NYC) to revive Shoreditch pub The Knave of Clubs. Patrick Powell (ex-Allegra, Midland Grand Dining Room and Chiltern Firehouse) is overseeing the food at The Knave of Clubs, with Attila Gellen heading up the kitchen. Chermoula-marinated rotisserie chicken, cooked on the custom rotisserie grill and served with chicken fat potatoes is the signature dish, with the menu also including venison sausage rolls with spiced ketchup, prawn scotch eggs with chilli jam, fish cakes with old bay seasoning and lemon aioli, grilled cheese & pastrami sandwich with sauerkraut and Russian dressing, and roasts on Sundays. The bar is well stocked too, with Allsopp’s relaunched Double Diamond available on tap.
Opened February 2025
25 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6JX
theknaveofclubs.co.uk
27. Din Tai Fung Canary Wharf
Din Tai Fung has opened its first east London site (its fourth in the capital) in Canary Wharf. As well as traditional Chinese motifs, terracotta tiles and stone lions decking out the 112-cover restaurant, there’s also a show kitchen at its heart, where you can see the signature xiao long bao being made and folded. They’re joined on the menu by other familiar Din Tai Fung dishes like pork chop and egg fried rice, house-made noodles, and salted egg yolk custard lava buns, plus two exclusive new dishes: mouthwatering chicken in spicy sauce and beef tenderloin with broccoli.
Opened February 2025
Crossrail Pl, London E14 5AB
dintaifung-uk.com
28. Cálong
After roaming around town as a pop-up, Cálong has gone perm in N16, taking over the old Rubedo site. Led by chef Joo Won, who had spent years as Head Chef at the Michelin-starred Galvin at Windows, Cálong is a more relaxed concept that’s a blend of his Korean heritage, European and French cooking techniques, seasonal British ingredients and natural wines. He’s served the likes of kimchi risotto with egg and cheddar; soy preserved artichokes with melon and ricotta; vegetable & tofu mandu in mushroom broth; stir fried spicy pork belly with squid and perilla; JFC, Joo’s fried chicken thigh with sweet chilli sauce; and chocolate cremeux with hoji tea & toasted grain cream at some of his previous pop-ups, so that should give you an idea of what to expect.
Opened February 2025
35 Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16 0NX
@calonglondon
29. Senza Fondo
Joe Worthington has turned a former Rossopomodoro in Shoreditch into all-you-can-eat lasagna restaurant Senza Fondo. The restaurant, whose name translates to ‘without end’, serves unlimited lasagna (either beef shin or artichoke) for £20 a head. You can also dig into other Italian-American dishes like mozzarella sticks, pepperoni & hot honey pizzette, fettuccine alfredo, aubergine parmigiana, wood-fired apple pie and tiramisu, and there are classic cocktails on offer too, with negronis on for a fiver if you order them before food.
Opened February 2025
1 Rufus Street, London N1 6PE
senzafondo.com
30. PYRÃ
PYRÃ has brought a bit of the Med – specifically Spain and Greece – to Queen’s Park this winter. Opened by Andrew Dax and led by Head Chef Mattia Caddeo (ex-The Arts Club Mayfair and Alyn Williams at the Westbury), PYRÃ blends fire grilled dishes and tapas sharing plates, with the menu including grilled octopus skewers, Iberico charcuterie, veal chop on the bone with a rosemary crust, paella arancini, pil pil prawns, stuffed peppers, Basque beef short rib, deconstructed lamb or chicken gyros, Ferrero Rocher baklava and Basque cheesecake. Come March, a vinyl, wine and cocktail bar will launch above the restaurant, hosting everything from DJ nights to morning pastry club sessions.
Opened February 2025
6A-8A Lonsdale Road, Queen’s Park, London, NW6 6RD
pyralondon.com