Restaurant Openings

Key restaurant openings March 2023

Restaurant radar: March 2023

By Restaurant

This month's key openings include Tom Cenci's long-awaited Soho restaurant Nessa, Tom Sellers Covent Garden rotisserie restaurant Story Cellar and chef Daniel Heffy's high-profile Liverpool restaurant NORD.

Ambitious 'chef's table' restaurant Eòrna to launch in Edinburgh in the spring

Ambitious 'chef's table' restaurant to launch in Edinburgh

By James McAllister

Edinburgh-based chef Brian Grigor is joining forces with sommelier Glen Montgomery to launch an ambitious 'chef's table' restaurant on the Scottish capital's Hamilton Place in Stockbridge in the spring.

Wing specialist Winglab to open in Camden next month

Winglab to open in Camden

By Restaurant

Wing specialist Winglab will open its second London restaurant, in Camden, next month.

Former Hakkasan executive chef Chee Hwee Tong has opened Chinese restaurant Gouqi in London

Latest opening: Gouqi

By Restaurant

Former Hakkasan executive chef Chee Hwee Tong has returned to London for his debut solo restaurant venture.

Krispy Kreme owned late night cookie concept Insomnia Cookies to make UK launch

Insomnia Cookies to make UK launch

By Shwetali Sapte

Late-night cookie concept Insomnia Cookies will launch in the UK this year, with owner Krispy Kreme saying the brand has whitespace for more than 4,000 locations globally.

Big Mamma goes West for fourth London restaurant Jacuzzi

Latest opening: Jacuzzi

By James McAllister

Big Mamma has gone west for its latest London restaurant – a bougie, bucolic ‘pleasure palace’ where even a disco toilet doesn’t look out of place.

'Disruptive' street food brand Pizza Taxi open at Canteen food hall Greenwich Peninsula London

Pizza Taxi debuts at Canteen

By James McAllister

'Disruptive' street food brand Pizza Taxi is to launch its first location at Canteen, the food hall on Greenwich Peninsula in London.

Biershenke acquires former Belgo Centraal in London's Covent Garden for new beer hall

Biershenke heads to Covent Garden

By James McAllister

Munich-style beer hall brand Bierschenke has acquired the former Belgo Centraal site in Covent Garden for its next London location with a view to opening in the spring.

Franco-Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan opens modern Palestinian restaurant Akub in Notting Hill

Latest opening: Akub

By James McAllister

Franco-Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan's debut UK restaurant explores the culinary history of Palestine through a contemporary lens.

What are the key new restaurants openings across the country this February?

Restaurant radar: February 2023

By Restaurant

Manchester welcomes two big restaurant openings this month, while in the capital two multi-Michelin-starred chefs open their long-awaited projects.

Angelo Sato’s rebooted Soho yakitori bar Humble Chicken has switched to a more formal set menu format.

Latest Opening: Humble Chicken 2.0

By Restaurant

Angelo Sato’s rebooted Soho yakitori bar has switched to a more formal – but no less fun – set menu format.

Coyote Ugly to open in Piccadilly Circus

Coyote Ugly to open in Piccadilly Circus

By Joe Lutrario

Fast-growing bar and restaurant brand Coyote Ugly will launch a site in London’s Piccadilly Circus this spring having secured a former souvenir shop on Shaftesbury Avenue.

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