BEST RESTAURANT OPENINGS IN DECEMBER 2023

Festive season is finally here and we couldn't be more excited about it especially as it brings new amazing restaurants with it. 'Feast' your eyes on these:

 

Roti King

Address: 97 Lower Marsh, London SE1 7AB

Opening Date: 1 December 2023

Their third London restaurant.

 

Phat Buns

Address: 57 Westbourne Grove, Bayswater, London W2 4UA

Opening Date: 1 December 2023

Opening Offer: 50% off food on opening day

Opening their first restaurant in London, Phat Buns are burgers that you can customise yourself.

 

I am Doner Camden

Address: 44 Chalk Farm Rd, Chalk Farm, London NW1 8AJ

Opening Date: 1 December 2023

Opening Offer: 50% off food 1-3 December 2023

Fresh, fully customisable kebab.

 

Alfi

Address: 3 Crispin Place, London E1 6DW

Opening Date: 1 December 2023 (the restaurant opens February 2024)

A wine pub and restaurant by Ben Hodges and Alex Lewis on the former Leon space in Spitalfields market.

 

Bistro Greggs x Fenwick

Address: 3 Crispin Place, London E1 6DW

Opening Date: 1 December 2023

 

The Dover

Address: 33 Dover St, London W1S 4NF

Opening Date: 3 December 2023

New York Italian restaurant and bar by Martin Kuczmarski (ex Soho House Chief Operating Officer).

 

Gilgamesh

Address: 4A Upper St Martin's Ln, London WC2H 9NY

Opening Date: 4 December 2023

Pan-Asian restaurant in Camden, with a Babylonian interior, that closed five years ago is re-opening in Covent Garden.

 

Fatto a Mano

Address: 30 St Martins Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4ER

Opening Date: 4 December 2023

Their second Neapolitan pizzeria in London after Kings Cross last year.

 

Rudy’s Pizza Napoletana Shoreditch

Address: Montacute Yards, 183-184 Shoreditch High Street, E1 6HU

Opening Date: 4 December 2023

Opening Offer: 5000 free pizzas

A relaxed neighbourhood pizzeria, following the traditions and artistry of pizza
from Naples, are opening their second London-based restaurant.

 

Dzo! Viet Kitchen

Address: 163 Upper St, London N1 1US

Opening Date: 4 December 2023

Opening Offer: 30% off food and beverages until 17 December 2023

Authentic Vietnamese kitchen.

 

The Butcher's Tap and Grill

Address: 25/27 Tryon St, London SW3 3LG

Opening Date: 5 December 2023

Tom Kerridge's new restaurant and this time it's a pub in Chelsea.

 

Lane7

Address: The Zig Zag Building, 70 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6SQ

Opening Date: 5 December 2023

A "boutique bowling venue" with three floors of activities (bowling, crazy golf, darts and beer pong and Play Dirty - a "risqué arcade hall") with Patty & Bun serving the food.

 

Address: 42 Electric Boulevard, SW11 8BJ

Opening Date: 6 December 2023

Opening Offer: 50% off food until 5 December 2023

UK’s best Indian chain opens their first south-of-the river outpost, next to Battersea Power Station.

 

Temper Paddington

Address: Unit 53, 5 Merchant Sq, Paddington, London W2 1BQ

Opening Date: 6 December 2023

Argentinian-style mixed grill opens their fifth latin-inspired barbecue restaurant.

 

Ottolenghi

Address: 32-34 Rosslyn Hill, London NW3 1NH

Opening Date: 6 December 2023

First one opened in Chelsea in 2022, serving their signature salads, cakes, pastries, desserts and huge meringues.

 

Whyte's

Address: Hackney, address TBC

Opening Date: 7 December 2023

After pop-ups and partnerships (Quo Vadis & Jollibee), Whyte Rushen (formerly at Brat, Scully and Kerridge's) is now opening a permanent spot in Hackney.

 

Alley Cats Pizza

Address: 22 Paddington St, London W1U 5QY

Opening Date: 7 December 2023

NYC style pizza by Francesco Macri (formerly at Pizza Pilgrims and Princi), owned by the group that also runs Ochre and Angus Steakhouse.

 

Mezcalito Brompton

Address: 158 Old Brompton Rd, London SW5 0BA

Opening Date: 8 December 2023

London's liveliest Mexican restaurant and cocktail bar, a low-key restaurant with a terrace specialising in tacos, burritos and other Mexican cuisine classics.

 

Okawari Hour

Address: 63-67 High Street, Edgware HA8 TDD

Opening Date: 8 December 2023

Japanese food at its finest – made to order traditional sushi focusing on exceptional flavours and textures.

 

Volta do Mar

Address: 100 Draycott Avenue, London SW3 3AD

Opening Date: 8 December 2023

Opening Offer: 25% off food, 8-15 December

Portuguese restaurant is moving from Covent Garden to Chelsea.

 

'The Kingdom of Winter' Christmas Experience

Address: Excel London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London E16 1XL

Opening Date: 8 December 2023 to 7 January 2024

An exciting new destination for festive fun at ExCeL, London's only indoor festive experience that includes a winter themed circus, ice skating, fairground rides, an immersive ice expedition trail, an alpine-style Christmas market and a tantalising range of festive food and drink.

 

Iné

Address: 16 Hampstead High St, London NW3 1PX

Opening Date: 12 December 2023

Omakase in Hampstead by Chef Takuya Watanabe, with a branch in Mayfair as well.

 

Capilungo

Address: 76 Long Acre, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9LB

Opening Date: 13 December 2023

Italian cafe and wine bar inspired by Puglia, by Gianluca Capilungo (ex Bar Manager at Aqua), Asia Capilungo (ex chef for Soho House & Cubitt House) with her partner Huzefa Sajawal (co-owner & Executive Chef of Fatt Pundit), and their uncle Luca Capilungo.

 

MUST Wine Bar

Address: 2-4 Camden Passage, London N1 8ED

Opening Date: 14 December 2023

A new wine bar from the group, focusing on wine tastings from over 70 wine options.

 

Shrimp Shack

Address: 20-21, The High Parade, Streatham High Road, SW16 1EX

Opening Date: 14 December 2023

A new fast-casual concept offering a Nando’s-esque experience of choose-your-own seafood, dip and spice level.

 

Pockets

Address: 367 Mentmore Terrace, London E8 3RT

Re-opening Date: 16 December 2023

Opening Offer: Soft launch 16-17 December

Plant based pitta bar is relocating to London Fields after two years at Neil Market, serving takeaway-only falafel pittas.

 

Rudy’s Pizza Napoletana Fitzrovia

Address: 53-54 Tottenham Court Road W1T 2EQ

Opening Date: 18 December 2023

Opening Offer: 5000 free pizzas

A relaxed neighbourhood pizzeria, following the traditions and artistry of pizza
from Naples, are opening their third London-based restaurant.

 

Kebhouze

Address: 159 Oxford St, London W1D 2JL

Opening Date: 21 December 2023

A big kebab chain restaurant in Italy, mainly Rome and Milan, and in Ibiza.

 

Emilia's Crafted Pasta

Address: 215 Baker St, London NW1 6XE

Opening Date: 23 December 2023

Opening Offer: 2-week soft launch with 50% off the total bill, 8-21 January 2024

Fourth restaurant for Emilia's, famous for their fresh pasta made on-site.

 

Tabisca

Address: 18-22 Holbein Place, London SW1W 8NL

Opening Date: 24 December 2023

An Italian restaurant in Chelsea, inspired by the flavours of Salento and Puglia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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