All restaurant openings, reviews, and dining picks in London
Sushi Amamoto takes over the former Taku space in Mayfair, featuring one of the world's top sushi chefs. This represents an elevated omakase experience building on the previous Michelin-starred foundation.
Sushi Amamoto
Point of interest
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay High is a high-rise 12-seater restaurant at 22 Bishopsgate that earned a Michelin star. Following its feature on Netflix, Hot Dinners reviewed the restaurant which offers modern British fine dining with notable dishes.
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay High
Restaurant · 4.7 ★
Mondo To Go is a new sandwich shop from the team behind Mondo Sando, opening in Deptford. Following the success of their The Grove House location, they're bringing their top-tier sandwiches to South East London.
MONDO @ Grove House Tavern
Sandwich shop · 4.4 ★
Foodies Festival comes to Syon Park featuring celebrity chef demos, street food, artisan markets, kids' cookery sessions, pop-up bars, and live music performances by Pixie Lott, The Wanted and Scouting For Girls.
Syon Park
Park · 4.5 ★
The London Coffee Festival takes place at The Truman Brewery on Brick Lane, featuring a four-day programme of tastings, demos, competitions, shopping and more.
The Truman Brewery
Cultural center · 4.3 ★
The Hot Sauce Festival returns to Peckham with hundreds of small-batch sauces from over 40 traders available to try and buy, along with live music, games, street food, and a bar for palate-cleansing drinks.
Peckham
Sublocality level 1
A classic Soho pub on Rupert Street offering £5 pints of Guinness, Pillars, Red Fin and Jubel during happy hour (4pm-6pm Monday-Saturday). A rare find in central London where pub prices are typically higher.
Blue Posts
Pub · 4.3 ★ · $$
Heston Blumenthal's acclaimed restaurant Dinner by Heston Blumenthal at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park is closing after 16 years. The two-Michelin-starred venue, known for its innovative historic British cuisine like the famous 'meat fruit' dish and a £195 eight-course 'Journey Through History' tasting menu, will shut its doors in January 2027. Blumenthal cited the end of their tenancy agreement and rising food costs as reasons for the closure.
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
British restaurant · 4.6 ★ · $$$$
Veeraswamy is a historic Indian restaurant in London facing closure threats. Tushar Gandhi, head of the Mahatma Gandhi Foundation in India and great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, has shown his support for the campaign to save the restaurant.
Veeraswamy
Indian restaurant · 4.3 ★ · $$$
Honey & Co. launched in 2012 and has become one of London's most recognisable Middle Eastern restaurant groups. The group is now modernising with one closure and a significant relaunch.
Honey & Co. | Lamb's Conduit Street
Middle eastern restaurant · 4.5 ★ · $$
New restaurant in De Beauvoir noted for its appeal in recent London dining edits. Part of cozy and emerging spots in the area.
Albers
Restaurant · 4.5 ★
New Covent Garden cocktail bar by award-winning bartender Angelos Bafas and Bart & Taylor, featuring 'Colour Has Flavour' menu with UK-sourced ingredients. Emphasizes mixology honoring historical bartender Cato Alexander.
cato
Cocktail bar · 4.9 ★
Bob Bob Ricard in Soho is now serving what it claims is the world's coldest martini at -22C. The drink is poured from a frozen bottle into frozen martini glasses with white-gloved tableside service. Available with gin or vodka base, simple garnish of twist or olive. Only at the Soho location (1 Upper James Street), not the City site.
Bob Bob Ricard Soho
French restaurant · 4.4 ★ · $$$$
Belgian chocolatier Pierre Marcolini opens a flagship store on Regent Street on March 27, featuring a unique macaron carousel and exclusive flavours like strawberries and cream. The shop will also have a dedicated hot chocolate counter serving 'grands crus' drinks. Soft launch March 25-26 offers 500 kits for £15 including hot chocolate, chocolates and a Union Jack pastry.
Pierre Marcolini Notting Hill
Food · 4 ★
Fourth Hoppers location in former Lyle’s space, adding South Indian dishes to Sri Lankan favourites. Highlights include lamb benne dosa and sizzling salmon mappas.
Hoppers Shoreditch
Restaurant · 4.9 ★
A brand new pickle-dedicated festival launching at Hackney Bridge featuring live chef demonstrations, workshops, DJ sets and drag performances. Organized by The Big Brine, the festival will host artisanal kimchi makers, experimental fermenters and top chefs including Mob Kitchen's Ayala Daly. Tickets £20 go on sale April 28.
Hackney Empire
A Leicester Square food hall goes full Guinness-themed for St Patrick's Day with Irish-inspired events and Guinness-themed offerings.
Leicester Square Theatre
The latest Flat Iron steak restaurant is opening in Soho, right next door to its founder's new place, The Devonshire. This marks a bold expansion for the popular steak chain known for its affordable yet quality steaks.
Flat Iron Soho
Steak house · 4.6 ★ · $$