Hey you. Yes, you! We want you to know all the best openings in London right now. Check out this 'little' list below and enjoy! xoxo
Address: 39 Northcote Rd, Battersea, London SW11 1NJ
Opening Date: 1 October 2024
Curry house The Tamil Prince in Islington is opening a new branch in Battersea, on the former VE Kitchen site.
World Famous Gordos x Brick Brewery
Address: 209 Blenheim Grove, Peckham Rye, London SE15 4RX
Opening Date: 1 October 2024
Brick Brewery is launching a new kitchen at their taproom, partnering with World Famous Gordos (popular pizza stall on Netil Market) for the food.
Address: 1 Vining Street, Brixton, London SW9 8QA
Opening Date: 2 October 2024
A bar and bottle shop from the team behind Crystal Palace Wine Club.
Address: 101-111 Kensington High Street, Kensington, London W8 5SA
Opening Date: 2 October 2024 – 16 February 2025
Japan House is hosting an exhibition showcasing the uniquely Japanese phenomenon of shokuhin sanpuru - the unexpectedly realistic food replicas displayed in front of restaurants across Japan. Looks Delicious! will feature 47 specially commissioned food replicas, representing each of Japan’s 47 prefectures, specially commissioned from the world-leading manufacturer Iwasaki Group. Visitors will have the chance to create their own bento box of replica food or join one of the free events, including craft and cookery demonstrations, workshops and talks on Japanese food culture.
Address: 12 Heddon St, Mayfair, London W1B 4BZ
Opening Date: 3 October 2024
Chef Santiago Lastra is opening a new restaurant after the huge success of his Michelin-starred Kol (from the World's 50 Best list). It will be inspired by family-owned Mexican restaurants, focusing on tortillas, sauces and cocktails.
Address: 10 Kingly Street, Carnaby, Soho, London W1B 5PJ
Opening Date: 4 October 2024
A Basque cheesecake shop by three Spanish sisters, Maria, Almudena and Lucia, opens second branch in Carnaby after the success in Connaught Village.
Address: 76 Commercial St, Shoreditch, London E1 6LY
Opening Date: 4 October 2024
The Breakfast Group, behind 68 & Boston, Yuu Kitchen, Opium, The Last Talisman and Lucy Wong, is set to launch new Spitalfields venue. A 4 floor space with '68' downstairs as a wine bar & cellar and 'Shanghai' as a speakeasy-esque Asian inspired cocktail lounge upstairs.
Address: 310 Portobello Road, Notting Hill, London W10 5TA
Opening Date: 7 October 2024
An Italian restaurant from the team behind The Pelican and The Hero with Jessica Filbey and Harry Hills running the kitchen, both ex-River Cafe chefs.
Address: Damien Hirst's Newport Street Gallery , 9 Newport St, Vauxhall, London SE11 6AJ
Opening Date: 8 October 2024
Pharmacy 2, Mark Hix's former restaurantNewport Street Gallery, will be replaced by concept restaurant Pario, run by chefs Charlie Bryant (ex-Gril at The Dorchester and Alyn Williams at the Westbury) and private chef George Browne (son of chef Simon Browne).
Address: 11a Station Wy, Peckham, London SE15 4RX
Opening Date: 8 October 2024
Listening bar opens permanent location after successful pop-ups. Head chef Holly Joseph (previously at Frank's and The Camberwell Arms) will lead the kitchen, serving "small plates centred around fresh produce".
Address: Sun Street Hotel, 5–15 Sun St, London EC2A 2EP
Opening Date: 9 October 2024
Opening Offer: Soft launch from 3 - 8 October 2024
Peruvian restaurant opens third branch, inside the Sun Street Hotel, with executive chef Roberto Sihuay in charge of the menu, which will include traditional Peruvian dishes with a touch of Japanese and Chinese influences.
Address: 127-129 Kensington Church Street, Notting Hill, London W8 7LP
Opening Date: 9 October 2024
Owner Jamie Allsopp is from a long line of Burton-on-Trent brewers as his ancestor Samuel pioneered IPA.
Address: 57 St Martin's Ln, London WC2N 4EA
Opening Date: 11 October 2024
Opening Offer: 50% off Soft Launch
London's first robotic yakitori restaurant, serving Japan's favourite grilled skewers, owned by Jimmy Tjhie, founder of Methusellah.
Bread Ahead Bakery - Battersea Power Station
Address: Prospect Way, Battersea Power Station, London SW11 8EZ
Opening Date: 11 October 2024
The go-to destination for artisanal baked goods is opening a new branch including a bakery school, offering a range of freshly made breads, pastries and famous doughnuts.
Address: 12 Waterloo Place, St James’s, London SW1Y 4AU
Opening Date: 12 October 2024
Acclaimed Eastern Mediterranean restaurant from Tel Aviv, serving contemporary Mediterranean food by chef Ran Shmueli, owner and founder of the group.
Address: 50 Clapham High Street, London SW4 7UL
Opening Date: 14 October 2024
Opening Offer: Half price food between 14th – 27th October, Just quote 'SOFTLAUNCH50' when booking
A Gastro Pub in the heart of Clapham, with focus on provenance of produce. Beef & Lamb will be solely supplied by livestock from the family farm. The venue will feature a main bar, snug, mezzanine restaurant, rooftop terrace, and private events space called The Playroom.
Address: 30 Kendal Street, London W2 2AW
Opening Date: 15 October 2024
Opening Offer: 100 free Pain au Chocolate for the first customers on 26 October from 10am
The team behind Boxcar Bar and Grill and Boxcar Baker & Deli in Marylebone are opening a bakery, serving pastries by Head Chef Zisis Gkalmpenis, sandwiches and salads for lunch, which transforms into a wine bar in the evening, offering small plates and sharing dishes.
Carousel's big birthday bash
Address: 19-23 Charlotte St, W1T 1RW
Event Dates: 15-19 October 2024
Carousel is celebrating 10 years of rotating special guest chefs with a five-day party, offering £5 marianitos (a Basque negroni) and hosting pop-ups by Chuck's NYC (15 Oct), chef Sokunthear Vong of Aux Deux Amis in Paris (16 Oct), Olia Hercules (19 Oct), and a surprise guest chef (18 Oct).
Address: 136 Shaftesbury Ave, Chinatown, London W1D 5EZ
Re-opening Date: 18 October 2024
A subterranean historic cocktail spot (former nightclub Limelight) has been closed for a revamp by the Boxer brothers - Jackson of Brunswick House and Frank of Frank’s in Peckham. It features a highball-focused drinks menu and a selection of bold, vegetable-forward small plates and the space has been reimagined by designer Jermaine Gallacher, Editor-in-Chief of Ton magazine and British Vogue Contributing Interiors Editor.
Address: Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way London N22 7AY
Opening Date: 18-20 October 2024
A plant-based living marketplace where delicious food, ethical products, and sustainability meet. There will be over 200 exhibitors offer vegan clothing, footwear, chocolate, cheese, jewellery, cosmetics, and much more. Tickets can be purchased here.
Address: 180–182 Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6HY
Opening Date: 19 October 2024
The Italian restaurant and deli, Lina, famous for their extraordinary pasta, opens its eight site with a separate Bar Lina, following the South Kensington opening in March.
Address: 2 Deptford High Street, London SE8 4AF
Kitchen opening Date: 19 October 2024
Listening Bar in Deptford which opened this summer is now launches their kitchen, by co-founder Jimmy (ex Michelin-starred Neptune in Norfolk and Elliot's, Lardo and Crispin in London).
Address: Primark Lakeside, Unit 425, Lakeside Shopping Centre, West Thurrock, Grays RM20 2ZP
Opening Date: 20 October 2024
Opening Offer: 100 Free donuts on opening day
Primark is launching in-store Lena Lu Donut bars, where you can customise your own doughnut, selling also coffee, shakes and bagels. Watford site to follow later in the month, as well as Marble Arch in November.
Address: 25 North Colonnade Way, Market Hall, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HD
Opening Date: 21 October 2024
Opening Offer: 50 free orders on opening day
Sixth British outpost of a chef driven, gourmet food concept that is hugely popular LA, serving up egg-focused dishes, fast food style.
Address: 20 Caledonian Road, London N1 9DU
Opening Date: 21 October 2024
Luncheon magazine's office, run by Frances von Hofmannsthal, a bookshop, organised by arts curator Oisin Davies, and a restaurant (open only for lunch), with Belfast-born chef Hugh Corcoran (ex Italo in Vauxhall, Delicatessen Place and Pères Pop in Paris) heading the kitchen, serving 'hardy' food. Expect 'long, boozy lunches'.
Address: 300 King's Road, London SW3 5UH
Opening Date: 22 October 2024
Neighbourhood restaurant with contemporary cooking/ "Modern European" menu by Chris Denney (ex 108 Garage and Fiend) with restaurateurs George Bukhov-Weinstein and Ilya Demichev (who also own Lita and have worked at Goodman, Wild and Belvedere).
Address: Arches 354-356 Westgate Street, London E8 3RL
Opening Date: 22 October 2024
Opening Offer: 50% off takos on opening day and free cans with every order
Asian inspired tacos at the newly commissioned brewery down in South Bermondsey.
Address: 241b Pavilion Road, London SW1X 0PB
Opening Date: 24 October 2024
Jason Atherton is opening a modern English bistro with wife Irha Atherton, named after their three daughters.
Atherton is very busy this year as he is opening four restaurants in 2024: Row on 5 in November, and has also opened Sael in September, and transformed Pollen Street Social into Mary's along with opening a Three Darlings hot dog counter in Harrods in August. The 53-year-old chef owns The Social Company restaurant group and has opened nearly 40 restaurant in the last 20 years.
Address: 77 Dean St, Soho, London W1D 3SH
Opening Date: 24 October 2024
New speakeasy bar underneath The Seafood Bar.
Address: Primark Watford, 109-111 High St, Watford WD17 2TA
Opening Date: 27 October 2024
Opening Offer: 100 Free donuts on opening day
Primark is launching in-store Australian Lena Lu Donut bars, where you can customise your own doughnut, selling also coffee, shakes and bagels. Lakeside site also recently opened and Marble Arch site to follow in November.
Andrew Wong Residency at The Donovan Bar
Address: 33 Albemarle St, Mayfair, London W1S 4BP
Residency Date: From 28 October 2024 for 3 months
Two Michelin-starred Chef Andrew Wong is doing a residency at the Donovan bar leading the bar menu, while cocktail list is made by Salvatore Calabrese. Chefs Tom Kitchin and Mitch Tonks will then follow with a residency of their own.
Address: 13-15 Tavistock Street, London WC2E 7PS
Opening Date: 29 October 2024
Opening Offer: 50% off food on 29-31 October 2024
Restaurateurs Limor and Amir Chen, owners of Delamina in Marylebone and Delamina East in Shoreditch, are opening a third restaurant in Covent Garden, on the former Volto do Mar space, serving an Eastern Mediterranean-inspired menu.
Address: 250 Paradise Row, Bethnal Green, London E2 9LE
Opening Date: 29 October 2024
Fatto a Mano opens its third London pizzeria (after Covent Garden and King's Cross) on the former Sager + Wilde space. Originally from Brighton, they do Neapolitan-style pizzas with 24-hour proven dough and special collabs.
Address: 51-52 South Audley Street, Mayfair, London W1K 2QF
Opening Date: 29 October 2024
Opening Offer: Free macaron to the first 25 customers from 8am to 10am from the 29/10 to the 01/11
French macaron house opens ninth London site, on the former Socca space, serving signature lattes, cookies, patisserie, club sandwiches and more.
Address: 3 Atlantic Road, Brixton, London SW9 8HX
Opening Date: 30 October 2024
The London restaurant scene is notoriously fickle and what's hot one day can be past its best the next. When that happens you need to be ready to pivot and that's what Matt Harris & Tommy Kempton, the duo behind chicken shop Other Side Fried (and Ploussard) have done. They're in the middle of turning their Brixton place into a burger restaurant. But not any burger restaurant - this one's going to be serving up prime cuts of wagyu beef in its patties.
Address: 382 Essex Rd, London N1 3PF
Opening Date: 30 October 2024
Frenchman Sylvain Bertozzi is opening a second wine bar/pub, sister to the East London site, on the former The Seveney pub space.
Address: 127-128 High Holborn, Bloomsbury, London WC1V 6PQ
Opening Date: 30 October 2024
Farmer J, the renowned 'Healthy fast-casual' food chain celebrated for its farm-to-fork dining experience is to open its twelfth London outlet. With a focus on high-quality, sustainable, scratch-cooked, nutritious meals the menu offers a variety of seasonal dishes inspired by the Mediterranean and beyond, from their signature customisable Fieldtrays to their new Salad Bowls, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner with options for takeaway, delivery, and dine-in.
Address: 8 D'Arblay Street, West End, London W1F 8DP
Opening Date: 31 October 2024
Opening Offer: Soft Launch the week prior to opening
Third site of NYC-style bagels from a bakery which started in Primrose Hill in 2023, and has a second branch in Notting Hill, offering grab-and-go ready-filled bagels.
Address: 373 Archway Road, Highgate, London N6 4EJ
Opening Date: 31 October 2024
Baker Michelle Eshkeri, who also ownsMargot in East Finchley and Model Bakery in Holloway, is opening a third bakery, selling her famous sourdough.
Address: 43 King St, Hammersmith, London W6 9HW
Opening Date: 31 October 2024
Ikea is opening a standalone fast-food restaurant in next door to the Ikea shop in Hammersmith on the former Wasabi site.
Address: 492 King's Road, London SW10 0LE
Opening Date: October 2024
Chef and writer Anna Haugh is opening a new wine bar, next door to her restaurant, on the Last Drop Wines space.
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