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: 24th April 2024
1. Roe
Chefs Will Murray and Jack Croft and Chairman James Robson have gone east to Canary Wharf for their third London restaurant Roe, which, as well as being named after deer, follows the same nose-to-tail and root-to-stem ethos as Fallow. British ingredients, including rare breed meat, carefully sourced fish and produce made from Wildfarmed grain, are central to the Roe menu, which includes dishes like maitake Cornish pasty with walnut ketchup; snail vindaloo and mint yoghurt flatbread; baked potato cooked in kombu stock with kombu ketchup and cheese sauce; smoked lemon chicken skewers with hazelnut satay; and Roe mixed grill with grilled marinated haunch of venison, grilled sausage and venison skewer. Sustainability is also at the forefront of the restaurant; the three-floor space, which includes a chef’s table, private dining room and a terrace overlooking South Dock, featuring plant-based and compostable 3D-printed interiors and an aeroponic green wall to grow herbs and vegetables.
Opened April 2024
5 Park Drive, Wood Wharf, London E14 9GG
roerestaurant.co.uk
2. OMA
Following the launch of his other, more casual Greek spot AGORA, David Carter, founder of Smokestak and co-founder of Manteca, has opened OMA. Inspired by the Greek isles and the flavours of the Levant, the Borough Market restaurant looks the part with colours of eucalyptus and stone and artisan furniture inside the light-filled space, which also features a basement bakery making açma, malawah, and laffa flatbreads with Wildfarmed grains, a raw bar, and an open live fire kitchen.Nick Molyviatis (ex-Kiln head chef) and Jorge Paredes (ex-Sabor executive chef) are leading the kitchen, cooking dishes like hummus masabacha with tahini and green zhoug; Santorini fava with capers and a soft-boiled egg; brown crab borek; red prawn youvetsi with deep-fried prawn butter; lamb chops with green herb sauce; and olive oil ice cream with fennel pollen and Cretan olive oil. The 400-bin wine list, curated by Emily Acha Derrington, reflects the coastal influences of the food menu with lesser-known Greek wines being joined by bottles from Corsica, Tenerife, La Palma, and South Africa.
Opened April 2024
2-4 Bedale Street, London SE1 9AL
oma.london
3. abc kitchens
With Claridge’s, The Connaught and The Berkeley (plus The Maybourne Beverly Hills and The Maybourne Riviera) in its collection, the Maybourne Hotel Group certainly knows what’s what when it comes to high-end hotels, and it’s brought us even more this year with the opening of The Emory in Knightsbridge. The in-house restaurant, abc kitchens, is led by French chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten who also runs abc kitchen, abcV and abc cocina in New York. The menu here is showcasing fresh, local and conscious cuisine, with several of the NYC signatures making the trip across the pond. These include the Crab Toast with green chilli, dill and lemon aioli; Crispy Fish Tacos served with aioli and cabbage-apple slaw; and Char-Grilled Beef Tenderloin served with chimichurri and lime.
Opened April 2024
Old Barrack Yard, Belgravia, London SW1X 7NP
the-emory.co.uk
4. Los Mochis City
Mexican–Japanese fusion spot Los Mochis (which recently added the smallest omakase experience in London above the main restaurant) has clearly been a hit since it opened in Notting Hill in 2021 as it’s now expanded with a second site across town in the City. Founder Markus Thesleff has taken up residence in a 14,000 sq ft space on the rooftop of 100 Liverpool Street, comprising a dining room, an agaveria bar and lounge, two private dining rooms and a massive 3000 sq ft covered and heated terrace, which boasts a 3am late licence for all you night owls. Just like the Notting Hill restaurant, the City outpost of Los Mochis is gluten- and nut-free, with a range of different kushiyaki coming from the robata grill, a caesar salad trolley tossing salads tableside, and make-your-own taco platters featuring wagyu tomahawk steaks and whole roasted king crab legs adding plenty of theatre to the experience.
Opened April 2024
100 Liverpool St, London EC2M 2RH
losmochis.co.uk
5. TÓU
Ana Gonçalves and Zijun Meng, the pair behind TĀ TĀ Eatery – also Solis and those beloved katsu sandos – first launched their sando-focused concept TÓU in 2019. Now they’re back with a 1970s Japanese Americana-inspired sando bar inside The Globe Tavern. The iconic Ibérico Pork Katsu Sando: Ibérico pork neck cutlet, cabbage, raspberry sauce and xo shallot sauce in between lightly toasted slices of brioche, is back alongside skin-on fries with house sprinkles and a coffee & biscuits sundae. And you can wash your sarnie and fries down with a glass or two from the large selection of Pet Nats.
Opened April 2024
8 Bedale Street, London SE1 9AL
@tou_london
6. AGORA
Not content with opening one Greek restaurant, David Carter is opening two. Ahead of the first-announced OMA in Borough Market, he’s opened AGORA, inspired by the street markets of Athens, underneath the yet-to-open restaurant. AGORA. ismore casual, with a two-metre souvla rotisserie grill at its heart and a bar and takeaway hatch facing out onto the market, for people to grab coffee, bakes and cocktails on the go. Nick Molyviatis, who’ll be leading the OMA kitchen is also be overseeing the AGORA menu, with founding head baker at E5 Bakehouse Eyal Schwartz developing the breads for both restaurants. At AGORA, there’s British grain wood-fired flatbreads with spinach tzatziki & crispy garlic and strained yoghurt, feta, oregano & Aleppo chilli oil. The likes of rolled lamb shoulder, Somerset Saxon chicken and native breed pork shoulder kontosouvli (plus whole spit-roast animals on the weekends) are going on the rotisserie, with potatoes underneath to soak up the drippings.
Opened April 2024
2-4 Bedale St, London, SE1 9AL
@agora.ldn
7. Crispin at Studio Voltaire
Not-for-profit arts organisation Studio Voltaire in Clapham had been playing host to Juliets Cafe (from the team behind Juliets Quality Food in Tooting) but now it’s all change on the food front as Crispin has moved into the space. Like Crispin, Bar Crispin and Bistro Freddie, Crispin at Studio Voltaire focuses on produce from the British Isles and small and independent growers. Michael Miles (ex-Counter 71 and Manteca) is overseeing the food menu, creating modern takes on British and European classics, fresh pasta, charcoal-grilled meat and fish, and comforting puds. Alexandra Price, who curates the wine list at the group’s three other sites, is doing the same in Clapham with a selection of accessible and sustainable wines on tap and a bottle list that focuses on artisanal winemakers.
Opened March 2024
1A Nelsons Row, London SW4 7JR
studiovoltaire.org
8. thirty7
The team behind The Oystermen has opening another Covent Garden spot called thirty7. It isn’t a seafood restaurant, rather it has a brasserie vibe, with booth seating in the main dining room and a bar in the basement. The menu includes dishes like wedge salad with buttermilk dressing and bacon, Brixham hake with chorizo fregula, vadouvan spiced roast lamb with charred aubergine and yoghurt, the thirty7 burger with raclette and Dijon mayo, and, in a nod to The Oystermen, half a dozen oysters.
Opened March 2024
37 Bedford street, London WC2E 9EN
thirty7bedfordstreet.co.uk
9. Lita
The team behind Chelsea’s Wild Tavern has teamed up with Canadian restaurateur Daniel Koukarskikh to open Lita with Irish chef Luke Ahearne (former Head Chef at one Michelin-starred Corrigan’s Mayfair) leading the kitchen. Short for “abuelita,” the Spanish word for grandma, Lita is a produce-driven relaxed dining restaurant with a strictly seasonal menu. Dishes, inspired by the flavours of the southern Europe and the Med, include chopped Hereford beef with Amalfi lemon and shoestring fries; Provencal asparagus, pea, broad bean and duck egg salad; pollock with piquillo peppers and aubergine; pork chop with mustard fruit and apple; and rum baba with charcoal creme chantilly. All of that is accompanied by wines from both small, biodynamic producers and established European wineries.
Opened March 2024
7-9 Paddington Street, London, W1U 5QH
@litamarylebone
10. Mimosa
After being shut since the pandemic, Michel Roux Jr closed one of his outlets at The Langham, Roux at The Landau and now Mimosa, the Riviera-inspired restaurant from the Moma Group (who have form in London having also opened a branch of Café Lapérouse at the OWO) has taken its place. Like the original Mimosa, located in the Hotel de La Marine in Paris, the restaurant is a celebration of the flavours of the Mediterranean, with dishes like the signature egg mimosa, salade Niçoise, baked tagliolini with lobster and tomato, tuna steak with sauce au poivre noir, and beef tartare with basil pesto.
Opened March 2024
1C Portland Pl, London W1B 1JA
langhamhotels.com
11. Dream Xi’an
Through Xi’an Impression in Holloway and Master Wei in Bloomsbury, Guirong Wei has been one of the leading proponents of Shaanxi food, and now she’s bringing us even more regional specialities with her latest restaurant Dream Xi’an. You can get ‘cold skin’ liangpi noodles, which are steamed and hand cut, and served with the likes of chicken and sesame sauce; Qishan hand-pulled noodles in a spicy-sour soup with braised pork and veggies; and the signature thick and chewy biangbiang noodles (named after the sound the noodles make as they hit the worktop), served with beef, pork or veggies. As the Tower Hill kitchen is her biggest, she’s been able to add more handmade dim sum and Xi’an street food specialities to the menu to sit alongside classics like smacked cucumbers in sesame and chilli oil and cold beef tendon in spicy sauce.
Opened March 2024
Unit 2A, Tower Place, London EC3R 5BU
dreamxian.co.uk
12. Arlington
Jeremy King has rolled the clock back to 1981 in 2024 by re-opening the legendary Le Caprice. King, along with his partner Chris Corbin, took over Le Caprice in 1981, turned it into a celeb magnet welcoming the likes of Princess Diana and Elton John, and ran it until it was sold to Richard Caring in 2005, with it shuttering completely during the pandemic. King has not merely re-opened Le Caprice – under the name Arlington after its Arlington Street address as Caring still owns the name Le Caprice – he’s brought back its 1980s glory days, starting with general manager Jesus Adorno, who worked at the original restaurant for 38 years.
Opened March 2024
20 Arlington St, London SW1A 1RJ
arlington.london
13. Josephine
Claude Bosi opened two big restaurants last year – Socca with Samyukta Nair and Brooklands at The Peninsula – and he’s starting the new year in the same vein by teaming up with his wife Lucy to open Josephine in Fulham. Named after his grandmother, Josephine is inspired by the bouchons of his hometown of Lyon and features French bistro faves and regional Lyonnaise dishes such as French onion soup, rabbit in mustard sauce, chicken liver terrine with vin jaune, and Lyonnaise sausages baked in brioche with Beaujolaise sauce. The restaurant also offers bouchon-style metre wine where you only pay for what you drink.
Opened March 2024
315 Fulham Road, London SW10 9QH
@josephinebouchon
14. Bun & Sum
Just like the queues at Supernova, the smash burger hype doesn’t seem to be dying down as Bun & Sum, which specialises in LA-style smash burgers, has opened a second site in Hackney. Hailed by many as the best version of that burger style (where the meat is smashed down on the grill to form an extra-thin, crispy-edged patty) and a winner at the National Burger Awards 2024, Bun & Sum is known for classics including the Big S’Mac (with two patties, American Cheese, lettuce, pickles & house S’Mac sauce), the Motz (with sliced onions smashed into the patties) and the Green Chilli Cheeseburger (with two patties, American cheese, fresh jalapeño, onion & house Fire Sauce), as well as plenty of loaded specials.
Opened February 2024
224 Graham Rd, London E8 1BP
@bunandsum
15. Trejo’s Tacos
As well as boasting a four-decade-long acting career, including credits like Machete, From Dusk Til Dawn, Breaking Bad, and Heat, Danny Trejo is a successful restaurateur with seven Trejo’s Tacos locations around Los Angeles under his belt. Now he’s brought the concept across the pond and opened his first UK outlet in Notting Hill, which is just the first step in a Europe-wide rollout. The two-storey space on Portobello Road features a cocktail bar shaking up tequila and mezcal-infused drinks, like his signature frozen OG Margarita and Lavender Paloma as well as his own line of zero-proof Trejo’s Spirits, and an underground speakeasy where DJs will play. The food menu showcases his approach to ‘mindful Mexican cuisine’, with dishes like steak asada taco with pepita pesto; shrimp tostadas; and slow-roasted pork carnitas taco with fresh pineapple & fermented hot sauce.
Opened February 2024
299-301 Portobello Road, London W10 5TD
@trejostacosuk
16. Morchella
Perilla has been a fave of ours since it opened on Newington Green in 2016 so a follow-up restaurant from the team is very welcome news. Morchella has opened on the site of an old bank in Farringdon (which hosted the Double Dragon pop-up) and it’s been stripped back to give it that same vibe as Perilla. There’s be a private dining room and wine bar downstairs, with bottles coming from the likes of Keeling Andrew and Newcomer Wines, with a central open kitchen in the main dining room, where chef Daniel Fletcher (ex-28 Market Place and a Great British Menu alum) is leading the charge. The menu spotlights seasonal produce from the Med as well as British farmers and day boats with dishes like salt-baked poussin, hake with sobrassada sauce, and octopus luciana.
Opened February 2024
84 Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4QY
@morchelladining
17. Singapulah
Ellen Chew has added a new restaurant to her Chew On This collection (which includes the likes of Shan Shui and Rasa Sayang) with Singapulah. Now open on Shaftesbury Avenue, the restaurant showcases the diversity of Singaporean food – dishes include bak chor mee, chilli crab with mantou, fishballs in sambal, and durian ice cream – through products from Singaporean food manufacturers (many of which have not been available in the UK before and which will also be on sale to buy), with featured brands rotating every six months.
Opened February 2024
53 Shaftesbury Ave, London W1D 6LB
@singapulah_restaurant
18. Camille
Hot on the heels of his residency at 107 in Clapton, chef Elliot Hashtroudi (ex-St John) is now heading up the kitchen at Camille, a new Borough Market restaurant from Ducksoup and Little Duck The Picklery founders Clare Lattin and Tom Hill. The restaurant, taking over the old Sons + Daughters site, showcases the best British produce but with a French accent with dishes like smoked eel devilled eggs; trotter and parsley terrine; crab toast, three-cornered garlic and bisque; Cornish sole and snail butter; and Yorkshire rhubarb mille-feuille.
Opens February 2024
2-3 Stoney Street, London SE1 9AA
camillerestaurant.co.uk
19. Mortimer House Kitchen
Tom Cenci has form with Guy Ivesha and Maslow’s – he runs Nessa at Maslow’s members’ club 1 Warwick in Soho – so it made sense that he would come over to relaunch the restaurant at the group’s other club Mortimer House in Fitzrovia. The look of Mortimer House Kitchen hasn’t changed, it’s still got the same mid-century interiors, but the open kitchen is now turning out an Italian menu. Inspired by Cenci’s family summers in Piedmont and the Amalfi coast, the menu at Mortimer House Kitchen features dishes that reflect the simplicity of Italian cooking and pay homage to the classics, including the likes of crispy polenta and parmesan mayonnaise; zucchini caesar with parmesan and pangrattato; carne cruda and ‘nduja bruschetta; maccheroni with taleggio, truffle and black pepper; chicken or aubergine parmigiana with fresh spaghetti and cured egg yolk on the side; sirloin steak with focaccia and charred onions; and Torta 900 chocolate cake from Turin.
Opened February 2024
37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH
mortimerhousekitchen.com
20. Big Night
Chefs Joshua Ralphs and Jack O’Connor, who met working at the now-closed Larry’s in Peckham (and who, between them, have worked at Flor, Lasdun and Jolene), have opened Big Night in Hackney, on the former Nest site. The pair take inspo from yakitori izakayas but are clear that they’re not running a Japanese restaurant – instead, they’re putting British-ish produce on sticks and grilling them over charcoal as well as cooking with other ingredients they love, like lamb hearts, smoked beetroot, kimchi, pickled mussels and miso banoffee. With loud music and communal tables, it’s all about the big vibes at Big Night too.
Opened January 2024
177 Morning Lane, London E9 6LH
@reallybignight
21. Juno
At just six seats, Juno, open above Los Mochis in Notting Hill, is the smallest omakase experience in the city and that’s not the only point of note about the new restaurant. Yes, it follows a similar fusion of Mexican and Japanese flavours found downstairs in Los Mochis but Juno is also the first gluten and nut-free omakase in the world. As omakase means ‘I leave it up to you’, with the chefs taking control over the food on offer, there’s no menu at Juno. The 15 courses are made up using the freshest fish available to Los Mochis Executive Chef Leonard Tanyag (ex-OKKU and Zuma) and Head Sushi Chef Han (ex-Nobu and Roka), including madai (red bream) from the south of Japan; saboten hirame (olive flounder) from Jeju Island in Korea; line-caught tai (red porgy bream) from Portugal, where only ten per day are landed; botan ebi (sweet shrimp) from Hokkaido Bay in Japan; and black cod from Canada. You can also expect to see dishes like Japanese Kagoshima Wagyu A4 with bone marrow and smoked chillies, and seared Hokkaido scallops with caramelised fig and truffle goma coming over the handmade walnut countertop.
Opened January 2024
2-4 Farmer Street, London, W8 7SN
losmochis.co.uk
22. Restaurant Story
After being closed for refurbishment since February 2023, Tom Sellers’ two Michelin-starred Restaurant Story has re-opened and is kicking off its tenth anniversary year. The new-look Bermondsey restaurant features a new upper level and balcony, a lounge area, and a new open kitchen overlooked by a 14-seater table. Restaurant Story is using the additional space to expand its wine programme and you can also expect some innovative new dishes to appear on the food menu.
Opened January 2024
199 Tooley St, London SE1 2JX
restaurantstory.co.uk
23. Pockets
Pockets is a falafel pitta stall that became so popular during its time at Netil Market in Hackney that devoted fans would be ready and waiting to grab lunch as soon as they opened. Back in the summer the Pockets crew announced they were leaving the E8 marketplace for a new, permanent space in the neighbourhood and now they’ve opened in one of the railway arches on Mentmore Terrace, close to London Fields station. It’s still going to be a takeaway-only spot, so if you wanna sit you’ll have to take your pitta to the park, and the only thing on the menu will be the signature falafel pitta, at £9. It may be a simple menu but the pitta is a complex and thoroughly considered parcel of cabbage salad, houmous, tahini, amba, zhoug, falafel and chilli, topped with a perfectly crispy deep fried potato. They’re hyped, and included in the Sausage Press guide to the best sandwiches in London, for a reason.
Opened January 2024
367 Mentmore Terrace, London E8 3RT
@pockets_uk
24. Rudy’s Pizza Shoreditch
After finding success in Ancoats in Manchester, Rudy’s Pizza, which specialises in Neapolitan-style pies, has expanded beyond its home with additional sites across the north and three pizzerias in London, in Soho, Tottenham Court Road and Shoreditch. The Shoreditch restaurant, set across two floors and boasting a courtyard space, slings pizzas made with the brand’s signature 24-hour dough, made fresh daily, and topped with the finest ingredients from Naples, which are cooked for around 60 seconds to achieve that soft and airy crust. The menu includes classics like the Margherita, Calabrese and Capricciosa, alongside rotating specials, Italian wines, beers, and spritzes.
Opened December 2023
183-184 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 6HU
rudyspizza.co.uk
25. Kinkally
Centred around traditional Georgian dumplings, khinkali, Kinkally is a new small plates concept that’s landed Fitzrovia. First time restaurateur Diana Militski has opened the restaurant with two other members of the Moscow hospitality scene: chef David Chelidze, of Hedonist, and bartender Andrew Pruts, part of the team behind Insider. Though inspired by the food of Georgia, the Kinkally menu features flavours from across Europe and Asia, with khinkali including wagyu and plum peppercorn sauce; langoustine, tarragon & matsoni; and mussel, leek and limoncello. These are joined by small plates like Gurian style beetroot with tkemali and wild mint and baked aubergine with satsebeli and vanilla sauce. Underneath the restaurant is subterranean sister bar called Kinky led by Pruts, who’ll serve up signature twists on classic cocktails.
Opens December 2023
43 Charlotte Street, London W1T 1RS
kinkally.co.uk
26. Whyte’s
After killing it on the pop-up and circuit and running a successful crowdfunding campaign, Whyte Rushen has opened his very own restaurant in Hackney. The menu is a mix of dishes he’s become famous for, like that smashburger and oysters with Monster Munch, as well as dishes you may have spotted on his Instagram, including tempura octopus leg with katsu curry and bulldog sauce, chicken fried lamb chops with cranberry BBQ sauce, and turnip cake with Chinese sausage and dry shrimp.
Opened December 2023
Unit 3, 143 Mare Street, London E8 3RH
@whytesrestaurant
27. Butcher’s Tap and Grill
Tom Kerridge is no stranger to the pub game; he owns The Hand and Flowers in Marlow, the only two-Michelin-starred pub in the UK, as well as The Coach and Butcher’s Tap and Grill, also both in Marlow. Now he’s brought the latter to London, to join Kerridge’s Bar & Grill at The Corinthia and Kerridge’s Fish & Chips in the Harrods Dining Hall. The London outpost of Butcher’s Tap and Grill is in Chelsea, taking over the old Queen’s Head site, and it’s being completely redone with new additions including a hardwood bar, booth seating, vintage flooring and an open kitchen complete with meat-ageing fridges. The menu is British-centric, featuring sriracha chicken wings; pork pie ploughman’s; old fashioned hot dog with ketchup, American mustard and caramelised onions; burger with roasted onions, dill pickle and BT&G burger sauce; truffle & parmesan fries; pork tomahawks; T-bone steaks; and Sunday roasts served with seasonal veg inside a giant Yorkshire pudding.
Opened December 2023
27 Tryon St, London SW3 3LG
thebutcherstapandgrill.co.uk
28. Dishoom Battersea
The Bombay-inspired restaurant has opened a 235-cover site next to Battersea Power Station, with a Permit Room bar and with dogs allowed. As with the other sites, this Dishoom has its own distinct look – the team has drawn influence from retro-futurism to imagine what the Bombay of today would have looked like through the lens of the 1950s. As well as vintage furniture from the city and an electromechanical clock from the 50s, the interiors feature futuristic Hindi typefaces on the walls alongside artworks nodding to visionaries like inventor Shankar Abaji Bhisey and sci-fi writer Begum Rokeya. The menu is filled with all the Dishoom signatures you’ve come to know and love as well as a new chef’s special, Bhatti Chicken, where the bird is marinated in black spices, cooked over fire and served with fresh green chutney and onion lachcha salad.
Opened December 2023
42 Electric Boulevard, London SW11 8BJ
dishoom.com
29. Fatto a Mano Covent Garden
After establishing itself on the south coast with two pizzerias in Brighton and one in Hove, Fatto a Mano dipped a toe into the London market with street food kitchens in Boxpark before going full bricks-and-mortar with Fatto Pizza & Beer in King’s Cross last summer. Now the group has gone central, taking over the old Nutshell site in Covent Garden, rejigging the space to make it one dining area, adding an open kitchen and turning it into a proper Fatto a Mano restaurant. The pizzeria is slinging the same Neapolitan pizzas made using 24-hour proved dough, with varieties including the Diavola (with spicy salami, chilli, tomato, mozzarella & parmesan), the Salsiccia e Friarielli (with Neapolitan broccoli, fennel sausage, chilli & smoked cheese) and a vegan pizza (with tomato & olive ‘nduja, roasted peppers, black olives & vegan cheese).
Opened December 2023
30 St Martin’s Ln, London WC2N 4ER
fattoamanopizza.com
30. Roti King Waterloo
The roti canai at Roti King has become legendary – rightly so – and now there are more places for Londoners to get their hands on it as founder Sugen Gopal has opened a third site in Waterloo. As with the original Euston location and the branch at Battersea Power Station, the roti canai is made fresh every day, with all the roti-making action on show in the open kitchen. It’s available with four different kari options – chicken, mutton, dhal and fish – alongside a variety of stuffed roti murtabak, plus classic Malaysian dishes like beef rendang, nasi lemak, kari laksa and char kuey teow. It’s walk-ins only but as it’s got room for 50, hopefully the queues won’t be so long here.
Opened December 2023
97 Lower Marsh, London, SE1 7AB
rotiking.com