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: 3rd November 2025
1. Ria’s Soho
We’re big fans of Ria’s in Notting Hill – it’s doing some of the best Detroit-style pizza in London – so we’re very excited that co-founders Ria and David Morgan-Ratcliffe have opened a second site in Soho. The two-floor 38-cover site, just off Carnaby Street, boasts an open kitchen, some outdoor seating and a downstairs wine cave centred around a marble sharing table. Detroit-style slices and natural wine is very much be on the menu at the new restaurant. The deep-pan square-cut pizzas, made from 72-hour fermented dough, are available by the slice or by the pie, with all the fave combos from Notting Hill being joined by an exclusive Soho slice. The wine list features a curated selection of natural wines, including chilled reds, pink pet-nats and juicy oranges, from small and independent producers, with bottled beer and cocktails rounding out the drinks offering.
Opened November 2025
29 Fouberts Place, London W1F 7QF
rias.world
2. Aces Foodcraft
After working for Jason Atherton for 15 years, including heading up his Japanese restaurant Sosharu, before cooking overseas in Japan, Romania, Marbella and Singapore, Alex Craciun is now back in the capital. He’s opened Aces Foodcraft in Fitzrovia with his wife Aleksandra, a director of high-end costermonger Primeur, so as well as being a family affair, the restaurant has a big focus on quality seasonal produce. Aces Foodcraft is also promising a bit of theatre. It’s running a casual, a la carte menu with daily specials for lunch and come evening, the restaurant turns into a more immersive experience, with a tasting menu being cooked and served at the nine-seat kitchen counter (with the option to also eat a la carte and out on the small terrace). You can expect dishes like English baby lamb truffle souffle with fave beans and spring vegetables; Kagoshima wagyu asparagus and pickled himeji mushrooms; and Aji horse mackerel from Okinawa with crispy nori and fresh wasabi.
Opened November 2025
8 Pearson Square, London W1T 3BF
acesfoodcraft.com
3. 74 Charlotte Street by Ben Murphy
Following his stint at Launceston Place, Ben Murphy is now headed for Fitzrovia to open 74 Charlotte Street by Ben Murphy, in partnership with WSH Restaurants. Taking over the space that previously housed Monica Galetti’s Mere, 74 Charlotte Street is more casual than Launceston Place but still fine dining. The menu features dishes like beef wellington with braised beefy chips, anchovy and timur pepper, and fig leaf soufflé with olive oil ice cream, plus a 300-bottle wine list.
Opened October 2025
74 Charlotte St., London W1T 4QH
74charlottestreet.com
4. 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 officially went ‘TikTok viral’. The team quickly moved on to site number two, which is also in the City and is also the biggest sandwich shop in the UK. And now Josh Kleiner, son of founder Nick Kleiner, has opened the group’s third site in the capital, and this time he’s gone central. The new Sandwich Sandwich has opened on Tottenham Court Road, close to the Odeon cinema and this one is staying open late too.
Opened October 2025
27 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 1BJ
@sandwichsandwichuk
5. Dockley Road
There’s so much good food being made and sold in Spa Terminus in Bermondsey – residents include Neal’s Yard Dairy, Natoora, The Kernel, Ham and Cheese Co, Gimlet Drinks and Farmer Tom Jones – so it makes sense that a new neighbourhood restaurant has also opened there. Dockley Road has been founded by chef Emily Chia (ex-St. John and Joe Beef) and GM Klaudia Weisz (ex-Rochelle Canteen) along with Alex Keys (ex-St. John, Rochelle Canteen and co-owner of Farmer Tom Jones) and Tom Jones (of Farmer Tom Jones), who’s supplying meat for the restaurant. Emily showcases produce from the restaurant’s neighbours on the menu, where she’s doing dishes like banh mi” terrine; mussels, dulse and cider; gratin dauphinoise “cacio e pepe”; beef and Kernel stout hot pot; smoked eel and beetroot romesco; and lemon steamed sponge and custard.
Opened October 2025
1 Dockley Road, London, SE16 3AF
dockleyroad.co.uk
6. Doma
After starting Mystic Burek in lockdown, selling massive filo pies all over London, Spasia Dinkovski grew the concept from a delivery operation to a brand that celebrates Balkan cuisine, including writing a cookbook and opening a shop in Sydenham. Spasia closed the space at the back end of 2024 but now she and her partner Tom have opened a new one, just over the road from the original Mystic Burek spot. Doma, meaning ‘home”, isn’t a traditional cafe or restaurant, rather it’s opening exclusively for special events. There’ll be ticketed dinners for 25 people; events featuring traditional meals, grilled meats and hearty desserts; and the signature bureks being served on the last Saturday of every month.
Opened October 2025
172 Dartmouth Rd, London SE26 4QZ
@mysticburek
7. Field Notes
We were big fans of Native, the sustainable, zero-waste restaurant that Ivan Tisdall-Downes founded with Imogen Davies, having visited it at its Neal’s Yard, Borough and Mayfair incarnations. Now Ivan’s opened new project Field Notes at the Monohaus development in London Fields. It’s a reflection of Ivan’s 15-year exploration of food cultures and sustainability practices around the world. The menu is British but with international influences and nods to the flavours of his childhood. It’s also constantly evolving but you can expect dishes like morel har gow, brown crab tikka masala, and pickled cockle flatbread alongside reimagined versions of old faves, like his fermented potato waffle and his fish fillet. The drinks offering, what Ivan’s calling a ‘Living Drinks Progam’, follows the same sustainable principles, featuring wild sodas, botanical cocktails and low-intervention wines from across the globe.
Opened October 2025
Studio 3 Monohaus, 143 Mare Street, London E8 3FW
fieldnotes.uk
8. The Black Eel
A historic pie & mash shop in Dalston, which has also been home to a Chinese restaurant and a board game cafe, has become a pub. The Exale Brewing team, who have their own taproom in Walthamstow and run the Three Colts Tavern in Bethnal Green and William the Fourth in Leyton, have turned the former F. Cooke building into the Black Eel. As well as a main bar space, the pub is also be home to a private karaoke room, a games area with darts and shuffleboard, relaxed lounge ares, private hire spaces, and a big beer garden, complete with a petanque court and covered seating. Chef Billy Fisher is also in residence in the kitchen with his Mediterranean-inspired concept Riley’s.
Opened October 2025
41 Kingsland High Street, London E8 2JS
theblackeel.uk
9. Maset
Melody Adams, who operates Donostia and Lurra, has Spanish food down and now she’s bringing us her take on French coastal cooking from the Occitan region with Maset. Named after the small stone building found in the south of France, Maset is inspired by Cuisine de Sud, itself a mixture of North African, Spanish and Italian influences, done with a seasonal British spin. The menu includes dishes like bouillabaisse croquettas; pâtes au pistou – spinach linguine with a basil-based sauce; whole monkfish tail marinated in preserved lemon, cooked on the bone and served with lardo and sea beets; and Camargue rice with capers, olives, herbs and verjus.
Opened October 2025
40-42 Chiltern Street, London W1U 7QN
maset.london
10. Cöödie Marylebone
Peckham-based cookie bar Cöödie has gone north of the river for site number two. As well as being a real looker, the shop is known for its inventive cookie flavours, including roasted coconut mochi; truffle torrija; olive oil, salted date fudge & vanilla cremaux; and sobrasada, mahon cheese & honey – yes savoury cookies are very much a thing. We’re expecting the Marylebone menu to follow suit, serving cookies, focaccia sandwiches and speciality drinks, including 15grams coffee and horchata.
Opened October 2025
Marylebone, London
@coodielondon
11. CRATE Canary Wharf
The team behind CRATE in Hackney Wick has opened another waterside brewery in east London, taking over a vast site in Canary Wharf’s Wood Wharf, complete with an 80-capacity garden. Like the OG venue, the Canary Wharf CRATE serves the same core range of lagers, pale ales, IPAs, stouts and ciders, alongside limited-edition experimental craft beers and a rotating line-up of guest brews from around the world. The bar is also pouring new soda cocktails, like vodka raspberry yuzu and gin lemon koij for the non-beer drinkers. CRATE’s pizzas, made with Wildfarmed flour, have also made the move over to Canary Wharf, with faves like the sage & truffle, spicy salami, and Middle Eastern lamb on the menu alongside some exclusive flavours for Wood Wharf. A regular roster of DJs and record labels will be bringing the vibes on Friday and Saturday nights.
Opened October 2025
14 Water Street, London, E14 5GX
cratebrewery.com
12. Oula
Chef and food curator Boutheina Ben Salem has opened Tunisian cafe and pantry Oula, which celebrates matriarchal rituals and the culture of Tunisia, in Fitzrovia. Oula is taking up residence inside Ibraaz, a six-floor space that showcases art, culture and ideas from the Global Majority through exhibitions, a library, a bookshop and public events. Find the likes of slow-cooked chickpeas in a saffron broth with fermented carrots and fennel, and chamya tartine on the menu.
Opened October 2025
93 Mortimer St, London W1W 7SS
@oula.london
13. Twirly Bird
It seems this city still can’t get enough of rotisserie chicken as Twirly Bird has opened inside Old Spitalfields Market. It’s come from husband-and-wife duo Adam Bush (a chef, baker and food writer) and Sophie Godwin (a chef, recipe writer and caterer) so it’s gonna be good.
Opened October 2025
Old Spitalfields Market, 16 Horner Square, London E1 6EW
@twirlybirduk
14. 2210 by NattyCanCook
Big news for the south London massive – Nathaniel Mortley, aka NattyCanCook, has launched his very first restaurant. 2210 by NattyCanCook has landed in Herne Hill, serving up bold Caribbean flavours with a fine-dining twist. Natty’s journey hasn’t been the smoothest – after stints at City Social and The Arts Club, Natty spent time at HMP Brixton, where he reignited his passion for food at The Clink, the prison’s inmate-run restaurant. Fast forward to now, and he’s back on home turf with a mission to shake up how we see Caribbean food, and to create opportunities for other formerly incarcerated people in hospitality too. The menu looks seriously good – think Roti & Scotch Bonnet Butter, Ackee & Saltfish Spring Roll, Jerk Chicken Supreme and Confit Turkey Wings. For pud, Natty’s famous Deep-Fried Apple Crumble and a Plantain Cake are on deck.
Opened October 2025
75 Norwood Road, London SE24 9AA
2210bynattycancook.com
15. Supa Ya
Following the closure of The Gun in Hackney where Supa Ya was in residence, Luke Findlay is has found a new home for his cult ramen brand. Taking up residence at Arcade on Tottenham Court Road, Supa Ya serves up its signature ‘traditionally inauthentic’ ramen, with bowls including roast chicken and corn ramen (with chicken soup, sesame miso, roast garlic oil, buttered chilli corn, roast chicken, fried garlic, green onions and a fudgy egg) and maple glazed pumpkin and chilli crunch (with roast vegetable and olive oil soup, roast garlic oil, sesame miso, maple glazed pumpkin, green onions, Supa Ya chilli crunch and a fudgy egg).The menu also features small plates like heritage tomatoes with ponzu vinaigrette and fennel seed furikake, and fried chicken with apricot glaze and white sesame.
Opened October 2025
Arcade,103-105 New Oxford St, London WC1A 1DB
@supa_ya_
16. Tobi Masa
The Chancery Rosewood, not content with bringing over cult Italian spot Carbone from the big dogs Major Food Group, has secured another huge coup. This time, it’s New York’s omakase icon Chef Masa Takayama crossing the Atlantic for his first proper UK restaurant, Tobi Masa. Housed in the reimagined former US Embassy, now home to The Chancery Rosewood (a luxury hotel from the Rosewood group), Tobi Masa blends Japanese minimalism with Western luxury. Think sushi as fine art, truffle-laced Toro Tartare, and the delicate Surimi Masa Pasta, a dish that’s already made waves stateside. And it’s not just a greatest hits menu. Alongside signature dishes like those Peking Duck Tacos and the now-iconic Toro Tartare with caviar, there are exclusive new creations developed just for London – all with the same deep respect for seasonality, simplicity, and silence (yes, silence) that defines Masa’s style.
Opened October 2025
30 Grosvenor Sq, London W1K
rosewoodhotels.com
17. Arthur’s Market
The new food spot in Chelsea – from the team behind The Prince Arthur pub in Belgravia – is part grocery store, part deli, part butcher, part fishmonger, and part dining destination, with definitely the swishest interiors of the latest bunch of openings. By day, you can swing by for takeaway coffee, sandwiches and salads, or stock up on weekly essentials – think seasonal fruit and veg, artisanal cheeses, rare Japanese pantry goods, and luxe bits like caviar and wine. Over at the fish counter, you’ll find everything from Cornish classics to whole Spanish tuna, carabineros and fresh sea urchin, all at what Arthur’s Market claims are “affordable prices.” Once you’ve done your weekly shop (and maxed out the AMEX), you can check out one of the two dining spaces: ASA Izakaya, a 12-seater sushi and hand roll bar that transforms into a 30-cover restaurant at night, and Salvador, a wood-fired pintxos bar slinging Euro-style small plates with produce straight from the butcher and fishmonger.
Opened October 2025
279 King’s Rd, London SW3 5EW
@arthurs.kingsroad
18. Cô Thành
Nguyễn Thị Thanh, a street-side food vendor in Ho Chi Minh City, became something of a local legend for her noodle soups, but became even more famous after catching the attention of Anthony Bourdain and featuring on his No Reservations show in 2009. Brian Woo went to train under her and learn the traditions of Vietnamese food in 2013, and he went on to continue her legacy by opening Cô Thành in Hong Kong in 2017. Now he’s brought Cô Thành to London, taking over the former Frenchie site on Henrietta Street. The menu showcases the vibrant, herb-filled dishes of southern Vietnam, including both signature dishes from Hong Kong and exclusive specials for London. Expect Bún Thái, Bún Mắm, Bún bò Huế, Bánh Mì, and a range of refreshing Vietnamese desserts, alongside, natural wines, cocktails, Vietnamese smoothies and Vietnamese coffee.
Opened October 2025
16 Henrietta Street, London, WC2E 8QH
cothanhrestaurant.com
19. Casa Felicia
After opening Elephant Hackney, a southern Italian restaurant specialising in Neapolitan pizza, in Clapton earlier this summer, chef Francesco Sarvonio (ex-Manteca, Giacco’s and Oranj) has gone north west for his next spot. Led by BO&CO founder Romain Bourrillon, Casa Felicia, open in Queen’s Park, reflects Francesco’s Neapolitan heritage as well as showcases dishes from across Southern Italy. Handmade pasta is central to the Casa Felicia menu, which includes dishes like puntarelle salad with colatura di alici, Felicia’s lasagna, linguine alla nerano, ziti alla Genovese, whole turbot, and babà Napoletano.
Opened October 2025
79 Salusbury Rd, London NW6 6NH
casa-felicia.uk
20. Clara’s
George Hartshorn, owner of The Farrier in Camden, has headed east to open his next spot, and rather than a pub, it’s a deli, wine bar and bistro. Clara’s in Shoreditch (the deli is open now, the wine bar opens on 17th October), is a cafe and deli in the day, serving speciality coffee from Extract Coffee Roasters, pastries and breads from Dusty Knuckle, house-made cakes, and sandwiches and salad boxes at lunchtime. The deli, open until 7pm, is filled with top quality produce from suppliers like Flourish, Provisions, HG Walter and Neal’s Yard Dairy, so you’ll be able to stock up charcuterie, tinned fish, meats, and cheese, including freshly-made Clara’s mozzarella. And then in the evenings, the space will flip into a 45-seater wine bar and dining room, serving a Mediterranean-inspired menu.
Opened October 2025
17 Bethnal Green Rd, London, E1 6LA
claraslondon.com
21. Gallio Charlotte Street
Gallio, the Eastern Mediterranean restaurant brand run by DOMA Hospitality (the group that also operates Norma) has opened a second site right next door to Norma on Charlotte Street. Like the original in Canary Wharf, Gallio serves a menu of mezze and plates like lamb ragu hummus, octopus and sujuk chorizo skewer, fattoush salad, and beef stifado, alongside an array of pizzas and dough-based dishes, including lahamcun, lavash and pizza.
Opened October 2025
7 Charlotte St., London W1T 1RF
gallio.uk
22. The Shaston Arms
Burgers may have made his name but Patty & Bun founder Joe Grossmann is proving himself to be quite the publican too. After successfully launching riverside pub The Waterman’s Arms in Barnes in 2023, he’s done another one this year by taking over The Shaston Arms in Soho. The pub, just off Carnaby Street, has been managed by Sally Graham, aka the Lady Shaston, for the past 25 years and was a popular watering hole for the likes of Oasis. Under Grossmann, the pub has retained its name but has undergone a little refurb. Like at The Waterman’s Arms, food is be a big part of the new operation, with a focus on seasonal produce and cooking over coals.
Opened October 2025
4-6 Ganton Street, London W1F 7QN
@theshaston.arms
23. Duda Diner
Husband-and-wife team Hakeem and Zura started cooking together when grounded in Morocco during the pandemic, and on returning to London, it evolved into the Duda Diner concept, their love letter to Malaysia. After popping up with it all over town, the pair have now found a permanent home for Duda Diner in Nunhead, taking over cafe Goodcup on Thursday to Saturday evenings. The food at Duda Diner is inspired by family recipes, food from roadside stalls in Malaysia and the couple’s twists on classic dishes, with the menu including the likes of lamb satay skewers, mee goreng mamak, fish head curry, char kuey teow, cockles rendang, and Duda burger with dry-aged beef and Sarawak peppercorn sauce.
Opened October 2025
44 Nunhead Green, London SE15 3QF
dudadiner.com
24. St. JOHN at the London Review Bookshop
St. JOHN, Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver’s pioneering group (consisting of nose-to-tail restaurants, bakeries and a winery), has opened a cafe at the London Review Bookshop, one of the best independent bookshops in the city. The new St. JOHN cafe has taken over the space previously occupied by the London Review Cake Shop, which closed in 2024 after 17 years in operation. Opening from 8am, the cafe is serving coffee; a range of St. JOHN baked goods, including Eccles cakes, doughnuts and baked-to-order madeleines; sandwiches and savoury tarts; and wines and cocktails. The cafe will usually close at 6.30pm when the shop shuts but on evenings where there are events being held, you’ll be able to get drinks and snacks until later.
Opened October 2025
14–16 Bury Place, London WC1A 2JL
londonreviewbookshop.co.uk
25. The Hart
With The Pelican in Notting Hill, The Bull in Charlbury, The Hero in Maida Vale and The Fat Badger on Golborne Road, Public House Group has amassed quite the collection, and now another new addition has arrived. The Hart, open on the corner of Chiltern Street and Blandford Street in Marylebone, is named after the family who ran an establishment on the same spot back in the 1840s. It’s in the same vein as the other sites in the group – that means British beers at the bar and comforting dishes in the dining room. The food menu, served across all floors of the pub, showcases produce from British farmers and ingredients from the group’s Market Garden at Bruern Farms, with dishes like crab cakes, bubble & squeak, steak & potatoes, and banoffee pie. There’s also bar snacks like pork scratchings, chicken liver toast and pork pies on offer downstairs, to pair with pints of Portobello Pilsner, Allsopp’s and DEYA.
Opened October 2025
56 Blandford St, London W1U 7JA
thehartw1.com
26. Rosi
After being appointed Culinary Director of The Beaumont Mayfair back in April, Lisa Goodwin-Allen (who has held a Michelin star at Lancashire restaurant Northcote for over two decades) has opened new restaurant inside the hotel. At Rosi, alongside Executive Chef Brendan Fyldes, and Executive Head Chef Jozef Rogulski, she’s putting a playful twist on modern British classics and showcasing the best seasonal British produce across the menu. As well as steaks sourced from English wagyu, Lake District and heritage Hereford herds, the menu features signature pies, including her take on an old-fashioned pork pie. Desserts promise a bit of theatre, with flamed seasonal sponges, a build-your-own sundae, and a Mayfair’s millionaire tart on offer.
Opened October 2025
The Beaumont Mayfair, Brown Hart Gardens, London W1K 6TF
thebeaumont.com
27. Fink’s at Clissold House
After the previous operators went into administration back in March 2024, the cafe at Clissold House, the Grade II-listed events venue in Clissold Park in Stokey has been shut. But no longer as Fink’s, the collection of delis and cafes run by Mat Appleton and Jess Blackstone, has taken over the space. It’s not actually be the first time that the Fink’s crew has opened in Clissold Park as they already operate a coffee shop at the Pump House on the Green Lanes edge of the park. Plenty of their signature pastries are on offer, alongside dine-in dishes like Clissold rarebit; a giant rosti with braised cavolo nero, poached eggs, and crispy ham; a pumpkin scapece tart with stracciatella; a honey mustard chicken melt on brioche; and a roast carrot salad with cracked wheat, barberries, feta and tahini dressing.
Opened October 2025
Clissold Park, Stoke Newington Church St, London N16 9HJ
@finks.at.clissoldhouse
28. Aki
It’s been popular in Malta and now Japanese restaurant Aki has come to London, making it the first international outpost for Malta’s Lifestyle Group. Inspired by Kyoto’s farm-to-table ethos and showcasing fish-to-tail to cookery, Aki has 80 in-house ‘micro-farms’ allowing the restaurant to grow herbs and seaweed, with the kitchen also using various fermentation techniques. The menu includes dishes like tuna tartare with Japanese brown puffed rice and aged soy; wagyu tataki with Japanese beer mustard pickle, truffle, brown butter, enoki mushroom and crispy leeks; hay-smoked scallop with tofu and fennel cream, fuji apple tosazu jelly, myoga & hanaho; and natto and yuzu marinated lamb with ume boshi and house-made herb miso.
Opened October 2025
One Cavendish Square, London, W1
akilondon.com
29. Labombe by Trivet
After being trialled as a bar at Trivet, Jonny Lake and Isa Bal have taken Labombe permanent, setting it up inside the COMO Metropolitan London hotel on Park Lane. Evan Moore is heading up the kitchen, doing dishes like grilled duck heart & cherry skewers; hot tongue buns; gurnard crudo with orange ponzu and anchovy garum; Costoletta alla Milanese with cabbage and agrodolce; chocolate fondant with hazelnut ganache and white coffee ice cream. The wine list showcases both emerging regions and European producers, with a selection that ranges from everyday drinkers to extra-special wines. It’s quite a strange partnership for a Mayfair hotel, which is a tough one to crack in 2025 – Mr Back is going back and Mr Caring has exited the Rosewood, and with international brands like Carbone and Shanghai Me coming in, this is gonna be one big bun fight.
Opened September 2025
19 Old Park Ln, London W1K 1LB
labombe.co.uk
30. Cicoria by Angela Hartnett at the Royal Opera House
Angela Hartnett has expanded her empire with a new Italian-inspired concept at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, taking over the fifth floor space that’s been home to the Piazza Restaurant and Terrace Bar. Cicoria by Angela Hartnett serves her signature simple but sophisticated Italian dishes, like vitello tonnato, burrata with chargrilled grapes, Castelfranco radicchio with toasted hazelnuts and robiola dressing, lobster linguini, guinea fowl agnolotti, monkfish tail with coco bean ragu, and caramelised Amalfi lemon tart. The all-day terrace bar, featuring views over Covent Garden, takes inspiration from the bars of Turin.
Opened September 2025
Bow St, London WC2E 9DD
rbo.org.uk
