“When one door closes, another opens” certainly rings true in London’s ever-changing food scene. With restaurants opening (and closing) almost every day, keeping up can be trickier than getting a table... unless you use a concierge service. Luckily, we update this list of London’s best new restaurants at the beginning of each month. Looking for something more specific? We also share recommendations spanning everything from ever-trendy fusion flavours to traditional afternoon teas.
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Oudh 1722, Borough
Opened: 1st May 2026.
Best for: Indian fine dining.
Order: the raan e dum pukht.
Trivia of the day: how many double-Michelin-starred Indian restaurants are in the UK right now? Two: London’s Gymkhana and Birmingham’s Opheem. Now, the man behind the latter – Aktar Islam – has set his sights on heading south to London with his next venture. The restaurant celebrates Awadhi cuisine, with fall-apart kebabs, saffron-scented biryanis, and dum (a slow-cooked dish sealed with pastry), of which you should order the raan e dum pukht: smoked lamb shoulder for two, encased in a golden crust.
oudh1722.com
66 Union St, SE1 1TD | Credit: Rebecca Dickson
MA/NA, Mayfair
Opening: 6th May 2026.
Best for: omakase.
Order: the sea bream sashimi.
Good things come to those that wait – and that’s certainly true for the Thesleff Group’s latest opening, whose launch date has moved more than once. After unveiling Sale e Pepe Mare in Marylebone just last month, the hospitality giants are opening its first omakase spot in Mayfair. And the ‘good things’ in question include Himalayan salt stone-seared wagyu, kani tartare with king crab and caviar pearls, and sea bream sashimi fanned out along the fish’s stomach.
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50 Willow St, EC2A 4BH
Bread Street Kitchen & Bar at 22 Bishopsgate, the City
Opening: 6th May 2026.
Best for: all-day dining at altitude.
Order: the beef Wellington for two.
In February last year, Gordon Ramsay opened his record-breaking Lucky Cat at 22 Bishopsgate, Europe’s highest restaurant. This month, he’s hitting another milestone: cutting the ribbon on his 100th opening. And to mark the occasion, he'll debut a tasting menu. But if you don’t fancy giving something new a whirl, you always have his beef Wellington as a fallback: four slices of pink fillet – six if you count the flaky pastry ends.
gordonramsayrestaurants.com
22 Bishopsgate, EC2N 4BQ
Bar des Prés, Mayfair
Opening: 7th May 2026.
Best for: fancy Franco-Asian food.
Order: the crunchy crab and avocado galette.
Yes, Bar des Prés’ croque monsieur is one of London's best truffle dishes. But when we caught up with South of France-born chef-owner Cyril Lignac after one of our supper clubs, he exclusively revealed that his favourite recipe is the crunchy crab and avocado galette with a madras curry mayo. Luckily, said dish is staying on the menu when it moves to its new location on Mayfair’s South Audley Street this month. Phew.
bardespres.com
41 South Audley St, W1K 2PS
Temaki, Mayfair
Opening: 20th May 2026.
Best for: Mayfair's first handroll bar.
Order: the A4 Wagyu sliders.
Japanese food in London has been on a (hand)roll recently. And that’s partly because the first-ever bar to roll out temaki (log-shaped sushi), is about to move from Brixton to Mayfair. There will, of course, be tons of temaki on the menu, like akami bluefin tuna with a clump of caviar peeping out from the top. But the kitchen is casting its net wider with small sharing plates too, such as A4 Wagyu sliders.
temaki.co.uk | Credit: Tonic Comms
11 Maddox St, W1S 2QF
NAMMOS London, Mayfair
Opening: 26th May 2026.
Best for: a beach club vibe in the city.
Order: the aubergine mille-feuille.
Last summer, we showed you where to find Europe’s best beach clubs (one of which being NAMMOS’ Sardinian site). Now, a year later, the group is about to dip its toe into the UK waters with a two-storey restaurant on Berkeley Street. So, while there won’t be sand anywhere to be seen, there will, however, be summery dishes such as a pancake-like mille-feuille stack of feta mousse sanwiched between slices of aubergine. Yum.
nammos.com
15 Berkeley St, W1J 8DY
The Sea, The Sea, Chelsea
Opening: 29th May 2026.
Best for: a fishmonger-turned-seafood bar.
Order: the dry-aged sea bream.
Seafood bar-slash-fishmonger The Sea, The Sea has been reeling in diners – and supplying some of London’s best restaurants – for as long as we can remember. And with its imminent move to a bigger site just down the road, we’re sure the same will ring true. In store: by night, the fishmonger will transform into a 10-seat seafood bar, complete with a crushed ice display of just-caught creatures like dry-aged sea bream with verjus and tarragon. Sea you there.
theseathesea.net | Credit: Helen Cathcart
243 Pavilion Rd, SW1X 0AW
Willett’s, Chelsea
Opened: 2nd April 2026.
Best for: all-day crumpets.
Order: the duck liver parfait and Yorkshire rhubarb crumpets.
In Britain, crumpets are traditionally scoffed at breakfast or brunch – or as a butter-soaked snack to keep hunger at bay between meals. But not in Chelsea. This neighbourhood bistro is serving sourdough ones all day, with toppings from Britain’s natural larder. That means they'll come topped with everything from Penny Bun mushrooms and shavings of Wiltshire truffles to dressed Dorset crab or velvety duck liver parfait and Yorkshire rhubarb. Jolly good.
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The Cadogan, A Belmond Hotel, London, 75 Sloane St, SW1X 9SG
Hell’s Kitchen London, Marble Arch
Opened: 2nd April 2026.
Best for: British classics.
Order: the beef Wellington.
Gordon Ramsay is really on a roll right now. After all, the celebrity chef has his 100th opening – Bread Street Kitchen at 22 Bishopsgate – in the oven. More on that next month. In the meantime, he’s unleashing Hell’s Kitchen on London in April. Dishes in the pipeline include lobster risotto, Idiot Sandwich (IYKYK), and his signature beef Wellington for two: medium-rare meat peeking from beneath golden pastry, resting atop a red wine jus.
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The Cumberland Hotel, London, Great Cumberland Pl, W1H 7DL
Mitsu, Shoreditch
Opened: 9th April 2026.
Best for: a taste of East Tokyo in East London.
Order: the roast pork sando.
Konnichiwa. If you’re yet to be introduced, Mitsu has big boots to fill – it’s taking over what used to be Nobu Shoreditch. You, on the other hand, can fill your boots with dishes from its robata (charcoal grill), like a roast pork belly sando or the prawn and crab kamameshi (rice, seafood, and roe all cuddled together in an iron pot). We'll be monitoring this one to see if it’ll join the ranks of London’s best Japanese restaurants.
mitsurestaurant.com
50 Willow St, EC2A 4BH
Weezie's, Belgravia
Opened: 10th April 2026.
Best for: thin-crust pizza and rosé.
Order: the White Hot pizza.
After bottling this secret for a while, Belgravia’s amie wine studio has opened a thin-crust pizza spot right next door. You’ve heard it here on the grapevine: the (spicy!) White Hot comes with splodges of stracciatella, chopped Calabrian chillies, and puddles of hot honey pooling between the toppings. It's walk-ins only for groups of fewer than eight, but if you manage to get a table, tear the pizzas with your pals and share a bottle (or two) of amie’s rosé.
weezieslondon.com
14–15 Eccleston Yd, 21 Eccleston Pl, SW1W 9AZ
Kumori, Soho
Opened: 16th April 2026.
Best for: vinyls, violet lighting, and velvety fatty tuna sushi.
Order: the spicy tuna handroll.
Handrolls are all the rage across the pond in New York – so it was only a matter of time before London hopped on the trend. When we tested the waters at Kumori’s permanent pad in Soho, we scribbled on the menus, crossing off which handroll combos we wanted. Meanwhile, the chefs blowtorched salmon in front of us, then handed the crisp, just-rolled sushi across the counter, insisting we eat them straight away. What followed was a sort of sushi science experiment, with DIY pipette bottles of soy sauce.
kumorirestaurant.com
26 Denman St, W1D 7HX
Padella, Soho
Opened: mid-April 2026.
Best for: pasta that’s worth the wait.
Order: the pici cacio e pepe.
The super-popular Padella is opening its third site in Soho, which will be easy to spot thanks to its snaking queue spilling out onto the street. And if you want to see what all the hype is about, join the virtual queue and head to a nearby watering hole for an aperitivo while you wait. The oh-so-creamy and curly pici cacio e pepe, plus beef shin ragu pappardelle, are both coming to the Carnaby site.
padella.co | Credit: Elena Heatherwick
2 Kingly St, W1B 5PB
IGNI, Mayfair
Opened: 22nd April 2026.
Best for: front-row, fire-led dining.
Order: the eight-course set menu.
HUMO was one of Mayfair's top tables once upon a time. Although the live-fire restaurant may have hung up its apron earlier this year, it’s having a relaunch with another flame-focused spot, IGNI. The best place to perch is at the 10-seat chef’s table, where you can mesmerisingly watch dishes like ember-roasted oyster with cucumber sauce. Oh, and for Quintessentially members, there’s a complimentary welcome cocktail on the cards until the end of June.
igni-london.com
12 St. George St, W1S 2FB
MIKO Mei Fair, Mayfair
Opened: 23rd April 2026.
Best for: top-notch Thai food.
Order: the yellow crab curry.
Located in the same Georgian townhouse as MiMi Mei Fair – one of our members’ favourite dim sum spots – is MIKO Mei Fair. This new Thai concept adds to restauranteur Samyukta Nair’s Mayfair monopoly (MiMi, Nipotina, and Jamavar). And you can bank on cracking coconut-infused, southern Thai-inspired cooking at MIKO, like the yellow crab curry or black pepper squid you might remember from the now-closed KOYN.
mikomeifair.com
55 Curzon St, W1J 8PG
Sale e Pepe Mare, Marylebone
Opened: 2nd March 2026.
Best for: Amalfi-inspired flavours.
Order: the gamberi scottati.
The original Sale e Pepe in Knightsbridge is one of London’s best Italian restaurants, so, it’s no surprise its seafood-focused spin-off is already making a splash. To the left of The Langham’s bowler hat-wearing doormen, waves of well-heeled diners are having a whale of a time. In the on-theme, blue-hued dining room, they’re ordering bluefin tuna toast and some of the best red prawns we’ve ever tasted. And so could you, if you manage to bag a booking...
saleepepe.co.uk
1C Portland Pl, W1B 1JA
CeCe’s, Notting Hill
Opened: 4th March 2026.
Best for: classic Italian cuisine.
Order: the aubergine parmigiana.
Good news for foodies: the Public House Group (The Fat Badger, The Pelican, The Hart etc.) has opened an Italian restaurant that’s neither a pub nor named after an animal. Even so, it stealthily took over the former Casa Cruz last month and has been turning out crab risottos and creamy aubergine parmigiana ever since. As for drinks, it serves one of London’s dirtiest martinis, complete with olives that could pass as golf balls.
ceceslondon.com
123 Clarendon Rd, W11 4JG
Burro, Covent Garden
Opening: 11th March 2026.
Best for: a Trullo spin-off closer to the Thames.
Order: the fettuccine with duck and porcini ragu.
Burro isn’t identical to its Islington sister. For example, the ever-popular pappardelle with beef shin ragu from the original has been reincarnated here into fettuccine with duck and porcini ragu – albeit with the same flurry of Parmesan shavings. The same goes for the interiors: Burro is more elegant than its older sibling, but the atmosphere is still relaxed rather than formal. This is one to bookmark for a meal that’s equal parts comforting and indulgent.
trattoriaburro.com
2 Floral Ct, Floral St, WC2E 9FB
Jul’s London, St. James’s
Opened: 18th March 2026.
Best for: drink-led dinners.
Order: the bluefin tartare with blood orange ponzu.
After taking off in Ibiza, this bass-thumping, Mediterranean-inspired spot has touched down in London. Buckle up for dishes like Greek salad sprinkled with carob crumb (a chocolatey native fruit) and wagyu beef with a sea foam-mimicking emulsion swooshing against the meat. Insider tip: the waiter told us its late-night basement bar, No.11, opens on the 7th April. It’ll spin tunes until 2am and feature an open laboratory where a mixologist-slash-scientist whips up new cocktail combinations behind a glass screen.
julslondon.com
11 Waterloo Pl, SW1Y 4AU
Fenix Mayfair, Mayfair
Opened: 20th March 2026.
Best for: photogenic plates.
Order: the beef paccheri.
You're hardly strapped for Greek restaurants in W1, but you should (island) hop over to Fenix Mayfair with giraffe-print floors, cave-esque curves, and beach club-y bamboo lights dangling from the ceiling. Dishes from the Manchester original, like the paccheri pasta (slow-cooked short rib sauce packed into gigantic, rigatoni-style tubes), have made it onto the Mayfair menu. New London-exclusive drinks include a silky olive oil dirty martini, topped with a lily pad-like leaf floating on the top.
fenixrestaurants.com
80 Piccadilly, W1J 8HX
Berenjak Mayfair, Mayfair
Opened: 20th March 2026.
Best for: Persian small plates.
Order: the sangak.
After smash-hit success in Soho and Borough, this wildly popular Persian palace is popping up in Mayfair. Make sure to order small plates like the sangak (pebble-baked flatbread) with dips like a mountain of creamy black chickpea hummus or the coal-cooked aubergine scattered with dried onions. And if it’s anything like its Soho sibling, dinner reservations will be snapped up in a matter of minutes...
berenjak.com
80 Duke St, W1K 6JG
Impala, Soho
Opened: 26th March 2026.
Best for: open-fire cooking.
Order: the dry-aged duck.
It’s getting hot in here – mostly because ex-Kiln chef Meedu Saad has a solo venture in the firing line. It’s only a couple of streets away from his raved-about Thai restaurant. This open-fire cooking concept is inspired by his travels in North Africa and his upbringing in North London. Said charcoal grill will be the central focus of the space, churning out dishes like molasses-roasted, dry-aged duck stuffed with black lime and chillis.
impalasoho.com
14 Dean St, W1D 3RS
Teal by Sally Abé, Hackney
Opened: 26th March 2026.
Best for: bistro bites.
Order: the Dorset crab royale with English peas.
Sally Abé has worked in some of London’s top kitchens (The Savoy, The Ledbury, and Michelin-starred pub The Harwood Arms). But now, for the first time, she’s opening her own restaurant – a bite-sized British bistro in Hackney. On the menu: onion and seaweed broth with barley brioche and Marmite butter (love it or loathe it), alongside dishes like Dorset crab royale with English peas and angels on horseback (oysters wrapped with bacon).
tealbysallyabe.com
52 Wilton Wy, E8 1BS
Simpson’s In The Strand, Strand
Opened: 30th March 2026.
Best for: lovers of London history.
Order: the roast rib of Devonshire beef.
It’s hard to picture how long ago 1828 was. But if you need help, it was before penny-farthing bicycles were invented and when horse-drawn carriages ruled the road. It was also when the original Simpson’s In The Strand opened. Some 200 years later, restauranteur Jeremy King has given this legendary London restaurant a new lease of life. The revival features two dining rooms, both of which will offer traditional British roasts served tableside on the hot trolley.
simpsonsinthestrand.co.uk
100 Strand, WC2R 0EZ
Hoppers Shoreditch, Shoreditch
Opened: 4th February 2026.
Best for: Sri Lankan comfort cooking.
Order: the bone marrow varuval.
If you don’t know, get to know: Hoppers comes from the same group as Gymkhana (one of Mayfair’s best restaurants, if not, one of the world’s best). This Sri Lankan and South India-inspired spot has sites in Soho, Marylebone, and King’s Cross, with a brand-new Shoreditch site swinging open its doors. Ordering the bone marrow varuval and roti is an absolute must – along with an egg hopper or two.
hopperslondon.com
56 Shoreditch High St, E1 6JJ
Sushi Amamoto, Mayfair
Opened: 19th February 2026.
Best for: omakase.
Omakase spots in London are some of the city’s most sought-after seats – and joining the ranks is Sushi Amamoto. Taking over the same site, interiors, and team as Taku, the restaurant has been relaunched with a new name, refreshed menu, and chef Shogo Amamoto – famed for his two-Michelin-starred spot in Taipei – taking the reins. With just 16 seats and three sittings, lunch serves 17 courses, while dinner stretches to a 22-course omakase.
amamotolondon.com
36 Albemarle St, W1S 4JE
DakaDaka, Mayfair
Opened: 17th January 2026.
Best for: traditional Georgian dishes.
Order: the khachapuri.
Georgian restaurants are still sadly something of a rarity in London, which makes DakaDaka a welcome addition to the mix. But just because they’re scarce doesn’t mean they’re any less impressive. The same goes for the khachapuri: a hollow, boat-shaped bread filled with molten cheese and a glossy egg yolk. Come hungry and ready to get stuck in. This dish is best enjoyed the traditional way: tearing off the bread by hand and scooping up the gooey centre.
dakadaka.london
10 Heddon St, W1B 4BX
Tiella, Bethnal Green
Opened: 21st January 2026.
Where: Bethnal Green.
Best for: comforting Italian cooking.
Order: the ricotta di Romagna.
You might remember Tiella from The Compton Arms (Dara Klein’s much-loved pop-up trattoria in Islington). And if you’ve been missing it, you’re in luck: she’s just opened a permanent spot inside a former Victorian pub. Favourites from the original residency have returned, including ricotta di Romagna, Calabrian chilli, and wild Sardinian honey, alongside new arrivals like her mother’s meatball recipe. Deliziosa.
tiella.co.uk
109 Columbia Rd, E2 7RL
Claridge’s Bakery, Mayfair
Opened: 21st January 2026.
Best for: nostalgic British bakes.
Order: the Marmite cheese straws.
Just when you thought there were enough buns in the oven at this time of year, Claridge’s has had a new venture in the pipeline for several months. Now open and headed up by critically acclaimed baker Richard Hart, it’s already proving to be a recipe for success. Those with a sweet tooth should opt for the jammy dodger tarts, and savoury lovers should order the Marmite cheese straw. But be quick: both sell out like hot cakes by midday.
claridges.co.uk | Credit: Lateef Okunnu
