BEST RESTAURANTS AND BARS OPENING IN LONDON IN APRIL 2025

Whether you're looking for a new spot for a long lunch, a celebratory dinner or just everyday indulgence, we've curated a list of the best new foodies spots opening this month.

Come hungry. Leave Happy. 

 

Bluebird City

Address: South Place Hotel, 3 South Pl, London EC2M 2AF

Opening Date: 1 April 2025

London’s iconic Bluebird restaurant is expanding with the launch of its sister site in the City on the former 3SP dining space at the South Place Hotel, with Rob Grist as Executive Head Chef.

 

Lilli by Akira Back

Address: 2 Wallenberg Pl, Mayfair, London W1H 7TN

Opening Date: 1 April 2025

Michelin-starred Chef Akira Back opens third hotel restaurant in Mayfair, offering a modern take on British cuisine with global influences.

 

Bleecker - Baker Street

Address: 195 Baker Street, London NW1 6UY

Opening Date: 1 April 2025

Opening Offer: 100 free cheeseburger for the first customers wearing a classic Sherlock Holmes deerstalker

Zan Kaufman opens new restaurant shortly after two successful launches in Seven Dials and London Bridge, making this their seventh location.

 

B Bagel - Strand

Address: 81 The Strand London WC2R 0DE

Opening Date: 1 April 2025

Bagel bakery chain, B Bagel, is set to open its seventh location by founder Yoav Baumgarten.

 

Reemies Cakes

Address: 137 Fulham Road, Chelsea, London SW3 6RL

Opening Date: 2 April 2025

Reem Abusamra started Reemies in 2018 as a cake collection/delivery business and is now opening her first brick and mortar bakery.

 

La Spot

Address: 18 Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia, London W1T 2LZ

Opening Date: 2 April 2025

Opening Offer: 200 free brioche sandwiches on opening day from 1pm

Brioche buns, sandwiches, shareable tapas, dishes 'that always hit the spot'  and wine spot born after a trip to Spain by husband-and-wife duo and Ukrainian entrepreneur Andrii Nikonov who also has a Spanish restaurant in Kyiv.

 

Flat Iron - Southbank

Address: Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Rd, Waterloo, London SE1 8XX

Opening Date: 3 April 2025

Opening Offer: 500 free wagyu steaks on 3 April from 5pm

The affordable steakhouse is opening their fifteenth restaurant, making this their second spot in Waterloo, after a recent opening in Victoria station.

 

Buns From Home - Crouch End

Address: 47 The Broadway, London N8 8DT

Opening Date: 3 April 2025

Opening Offer; 100 free buns on opening day

The bakery specialising in hand-rolled cinnamon buns, made fresh daily, is expanding rapidly lately with yet another location.

 

Corner Corner

Address: Maritime Street, Canada Water, London, SE16 7LL

Opening Date: 4 April 2025

A fresh food hall concept - a waterside destination for street food, live music and sustainable farming, in partnership by BROADWICK (the team behind music venues Printworks and The Drumsheds) and KERB.

Traders include Chick N Sours, Jou Jou's Bites (Taiwanese rice bowls and bao buns), Masa Tacos, Sireli (all day café & restaurant) and Filly Brook (Armenian small plates and flatbreads).

 

081 Pizzeria - Shoreditch

Address: 46 Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3EP

Opening Date: 4 April 2025

Andrea Ascuiti started 081 as a car park pop-up selling pizza made with 72-hour fermented dough. He opened his first restaurant in Peckham in 2023 which is now no. 43 in the Top Best Pizzas in Europe. Andrea is opening a second pizzeria, on the former Iron Bloom space, serving also Napoli style 'tapas'.

 

Songhelou London

Address: 22 Wardour St, Chinatown, London W1D 6QQ

Opening Date: 4 April 2025

Opening Offer: Soft launch from 31 March 2025

Historic Chinese noodle restaurant, founded in Suzhou in 1737, is coming to Chinatown.

 

Chocoberry Cafe - Leytonstone

Address: 487 High Rd Leytonstone, London E11 4P

Opening Date: 4 April 2025

Opening Offer: Free waffle bites for the first 50 customers from 4pm, 50% off desserts and a spin-the-wheel to win prizes

A brunch, desserts and coffee franchise business is expanding in East London.

 

Donabe

Address: 3 Belvedere Road, London SE1 7PB

Opening Date: 5 April 2025

Hannah at County Hall is being replaced by Donabe - "the city's first Japanese restaurant devoted to clay pot rice dishes".

 

Badiani 1932 - Victoria

Address: Market Halls Victoria, 191 Victoria St, London SW1E 5NE

Opening Date: 5 April 2025

Opening Offer: 50 free gelatos each day 7-11 April, from 11am

 

Oseyo Store - Wimbledon

Address: Unit 4-5, 29 The Broadway, Wimbledon,London SW19 1PS

Opening Date: 5 April 2025

Opening Offer: 100 goodie bags on opening day

This Korean grocery shop is the largest Asian retailer in UK, set to open their sixteenth UK store, with Liverpool St and Notting Hill locations soon to follow.

 

Fatto a Mano Tower Bridge

Address: Unit 3, Tower Bridge House, St Katharine's Way, London E1W 1BA

Opening Date: 7 April 2025

Credit: Fatto a Mano

Fatto A Mano's newest pizzeria is on the waterfront of St. Katherine Docks, just minutes away from Tower Bridge, with a large outside terrace, bookable tables for parties and counter seating over-looking our open kitchen to watch their pizzaioli in action.

 

Peers' Dining Room 

Address: House of Lords, Palace of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, SW1A 0PW

Opening Date: 7-11 April 2025, two 90-minute slots starting at 12pm and 3pm.

The House of Lords opens to the public annually for lunch during the Easter break. This year however they are offering afternoon tea for £55.

 

Seventy Five

Address: Liberty, Regent St., Carnaby, London W1B 5AH

Opening Date: 8 April 2025

Liberty is replacing Arthur's with a new restaurant as part of their 150th anniversary celebrations, teaming up with catering group Goose + Berry and head chef Joe Holness (ex Da Terra and Fera at Claridge's), focusing on British cuisine.

 

Kung Fu Mama

Address: 80 Long Acre, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9NG

Opening Date: 8 April 2025

Opening Offer: Soft launch with 50% off all food 8 – 11 April between 11am – 3pm

A Taiwanese noodle bar from Noam Bar-Chang, the co-founder of Ottolenghi, and Chris Hsu, owner of Kung Fu Mama the sun-dried Taiwanese noodles brand.

 

One Club Row

Address: 1 Club Row, Shoreditch, London E1 6JX

Opening Date: 9 April 2025

The revamped Knave of Clubs pub from chef Patrick Powell, James Dye, and Benjy Leibowitz, will have a new restaurant above it.

 

KitKat x Blockbuster Pop-up

Address: 59 Greek Street, Soho, London W1D 4NQ

Opening Date: 9-12 April 2025

To celebrate the launch of KitKat sharing bars, the iconic British chocolate brand is re-opening Blockbuster, the nostalgic 90s video rental store from a limited time only, where visitors will be treated to a movie streaming code and a free new KitKat sharing bar.

 

BoxHall City

Address: The Arcade, Liverpool Street, London, EC2M 7PN 

Opening Date: 10 April 2025

Boxpark transforms the Metropolitan Arcade, the Edwardian shopping arcade at Liverpool Street, into a food hall, with the help of designers Macaulay Sinclair (who also designed Hawksmoor and Dishoom). There will be a 'Kitchen No.8' for rotating chefs, a 3,000 sq ft roof terrace, a bar and 13 food vendors:

Sourdough Sophia - popular bakery for breads, pastries and speciality coffees.

Eggslut - egg-based all-day brunch.

Farzi - fine dining Indian restaurant

Nativo - Japanese-Latin fusion restaurant

Gaucho Go - Gaucho's fast food version of a hot dog and signature steak

Club Mexicana - plant-based Mexican street food

Baked Bird - baked chicken

Burger & Beyond - one of London's best burgers

Inamo Sukoshi - sushi & fusion street food

Little Bao Boy - homemade bao buns and Asian dishes with a Western twist

Old Chang Kee - Singaporean street food

Soft Serve Society - dessert parlour for soft serve ice creams

Boki Coffee – independent all-day coffee shop.

 

Tom Brown at The Capital

Address: The Capital, 22-24 Basil St, Knightsbridge, London SW3 1AT

Opening Date: 10 April 2025

Acclaimed Chef Tom Brown closed his Michelin-starred Cornerstone restaurant in Hackney last year and is now returning to The Capital Hotel, Apartments & Townhouse, where he first rose to prominence, taking over the flagship restaurant.

 

Roxy Ball Room

Address:33 St Mary Axe Unit 6 London EC3A 8AA

Opening Date: 10 April 2025

Gaming and social venue offering bowling, arcade games, food, drinks and good times, all spread across two floors.

 

Pret A Manger - Hackney

Address: 1-3 Amhurst Road, London E8 1JB

Opening Date: 10 April 2025

Opening Offer: 200 free lunches on 9 April from 12pm and the first person in line will be also get a one year Club Pret subscription.

Pret A Manger, the counter-serve chain for ready-made sandwiches plus breakfast, coffee, soups & salads, is expanding its presence in East London.

 

My Favourite Sandwich

Address: 141 Commercial Street, London E1 6BJ

Opening Date: 11 April 2025

Ross Clarke Collective (of Dirty Bones, Señor Ceviche, The Rum Kitchen and Foley's) brings us "elevated classic sandwiches".

 

1 Leicester Square Rooftop Bar and Restaurant

Address: 1 Leicester Square, Hotel Indigo, London WC2H 7NA

Opening Date: 11 April 2025

London's very first sky-high speakeasy is a 1920s-themed rooftop bar and restaurant above Leicester Square by Criterion Hospitality, serving modern Mediterranean-inspired dishes.

 

Chuck's Rotisserie & Deli

Address: 9 Market Row, Brixton Village Market, London SW9 8LF

Opening Date: 12 April 2025

Opening Offer: 50% off food on opening day

Kieran Monteiro (ex Boma) and Sam Mousawi (who ran the Park Road Kitchen Group in Battersea) open a rotisserie grill (nicknamed "Esmerelda") inside Brixton Village Market.

 

Burger & Lobster - High Street Kensington

Address: 222 Kensington High St, London W8 7RG

Opening Date: 13 April 2025

Burger & Lobster's tenth London restaurant.

 

Alfie’s

Address: Cubitt House, 10 Motcomb Street, Belgravia, London SW1X 8LA

Opening Date: 14 April 2025

An elegant new dining room upstairs at The Alfred Tennyson in Belgravia, serving British and French classics by Executive chef Ben Tish and Head Chef Chef Stevie Phillip (ex-Blanchette and The Dorchester), in a space filled with British fabrics, antiques and soft candlelight.

 

The Engineer

Address: 65 Gloucester Ave, Greater, London NW1 8JH

Re-opening Date: 14 April 2025

Primrose Hill’s favourite neighbourhood pub is back. Named after former resident, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, this historic pub, dating back to the 1800s, is now serving up an elevated crowd-pleasing menu, great drinks and good pub vibes once more.

 

Templeton Garden Hotel 

Address: 1-15 Templeton Pl, Earl’s Court, London SW5 9NB

Opening Date: 15 April 2025

Miiro Hotels, a new lifestyle hotel brand venture from InterGlobe Enterprises, India’s foremost aviation and hospitality conglomerate, opens a stylish 4-star hotel in a Victorian building, with 156 guest rooms and suites, home to a cafe-meets-deli, a modern British restaurant, cocktail bar, a state-of-the-art gym, in addition to a Refresh Room and landscaped private garden. This is the fourth location for the brand and has been designed by James Thurstan Waterworth (ex design director at Soho House), with Nicola James (ex Holmes Hotel, Charlotte Street Hotel and Covent Garden Hotel) as GM.

 

Puffy Cookies

Address: 47 Old Compton St, Soho, London W1D 6HL

Opening Date: 15 April 2025

Junk Group, the French-based business founded by Wissem Ben Ammar and Majed Mansour in 2013 that operates four concepts across France, is launching its debut cookie concept Puffy, on the premises occupied by Orée Boulangerie, next to its debut Junk Burger site launched last September.

 

The Kerfield Arms

Address: 16 Grove Lane, Camberwell, London SE5 8SY

Opening Date: 15 April 2025

Adam Symonds and chef Rob Tecwyn, the team behind Islington pub The Baring (the highest new entry in the Top 50 Gastropubs list last year), are opening a second site on the former The Crooked Well site. They even brought current Baring chef Jay Styler as head chef here.

 

Black Tap Burger - Soho

Address: 4 Glasshouse Street, Piccadilly Square, London W1B 5DQ

Opening Date: 17 April 2025

New York burger chain, with first UK shop in Westfield Stratford, is opening the London flagship burger store, also serving their large crazy shakes.

 

Between The Bridges

Address: The Queen's Walk, More London, London, SE1 2AA

Re-Opening Date: 17 April 2025

Between the Bridges reopens for the summer season with their renowned selection of London's finest street food and drinks offering in its spacious indoor and outdoor beer garden boasting views of the London Eye.

 

Molly Mc's

Address: 96 Isabella Street, Southwark, London SE1 8DD

Opening Date: 19 April 2025

The team behind Mc & Sons in Borough and Vauxhall are opening their first Irish singing pub, named after the family's grandmother and serving Thai food.

 

Fulham Pier

Address: Fulham Pier, London SW6 6HH

Opening Date: 23 April 2025

London's newest riverside destination, a seven-storey building on the promenade with a Riverside market on the ground floor with over 10 kitchens. Food and drink vendors include Tinie Tempah’s Raps, Goila Butter Chicken and Base Face Pizza for this space. Inside there will be a restaurant and brasserie headed up by Adam Byatt, as well as a boutique hotel and spa, and an entertainment space called The Orange Box. It will also have a roof terrace reserved for the members' club.

 

Josephine Bouchon - Marylebone

Address: 6-8 Blandford St, Marylebone, London W1U 4AU

Opening Date: 24 April 2025

Chef Claude Bosi and his wife Lucy are opening a second French bistro bouchon Josephine on the former Daylesford Organic space.

 

Bubala

Address: Unit 1, Cadence Court, 4 Tapper Walk, King's Cross, London N1C 4ED

Opening Date: 28 April 2025

Plant-based Middle-Eastern restaurant opens their third site, a new two-floored restaurant in the recently finished Cadence Court development, with Executive Chef Ben Rand and Marc Summers in charge of the kitchen.

 

Parasol

Address: 36 Stoke Newington Road, Dalston, London N16 7XJ

Opening Date: 31 April 2024

Late night bar from the team behind Discount Suit Company on the former Nest nightclub space.

 

Harry's - Kings Cross

Address: Kings Cross

Opening Date: April 2025

50's/60's Italian themed bar and restaurant Harry's dolce Vita by Caprice Holdings opens fourth branch.

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