Restaurant radar: December 2024
December welcomes a slew of restaurant openings including a new venture from James Cochran, Aldo Zilli’s return to the capital, and an overseas smash burger brand.
December welcomes a slew of restaurant openings including a new venture from James Cochran, Aldo Zilli’s return to the capital, and an overseas smash burger brand.
Matthew Harris is joining forces with the team behind Rye-based boutique hotel The Gallivant for a new restaurant.
Leeds-based Indian restaurant Tharavadu is doubling up in the city with a new concept.
Pizza Express has opened the first site under its new grab and go concept, Pizza Express Pod, at Tesco Extra in Southampton.
Nashville-style chicken brand Dave’s Hot Chicken has said it is unsure whether to serve its Reaper-level spice mix in its UK restaurants after taste tests left diners ‘in tears’.
John and Desiree Chantarasak’s progressive Thai restaurant concept has finally gone permanent with a site in Marylebone.
Harneet Baweja and Edward Delling Williams will bring their Moi et Toi bakery to Tower Bridge early next month.
London-based better burger brand Bleecker is planning two further openings in the capital in the coming months, having returned to the expansion trail earlier this year.
Siblings Josh and Holly Eggleton have added another pub to their portfolio following the acquisition of The Pelican in Chew Magna.
Din Tai Fung will open its fourth UK restaurant, in London’s Canary Wharf, next year.
The team behind modern Italian restaurant Legare near London Bridge is to launch a new concept directly opposite it on Shad Thames in spring 2025.
Gordon Ramsay Group is looking to recruit over 250 new staff for its upcoming 22 Bishopsgate project.
The team behind BAO will unveil a new grab-and-go concept at Market Halls Victoria later this month.
London-based smokehouse restaurant Hotbox is to open a multifaceted space at Pop Brixton next week ahead of plans to launch a bricks and mortar site in Shoreditch next year.
Brighton-based restaurateur Mike Palmer has made his London debut with a casual Borough Market restaurant inspired by north Thailand’s gastronomic capital Chiang Mai.
Seafood restaurant group Rockfish is taking on Mark Hix’s The Oyster and Fish House restaurant in Lyme Regis following the announcement of its closure this month.
A London-based chef who previously cooked at Hawksmoor and SMOKESTAK is launching his first solo concept, which majors in Southern US-style barbecue.
A Greek restaurant named after an Olympian goddess will open later this month in east London.
The husband-and-wife team behind Glasgow restaurants and wine bars Ralph & Finns, Vroni’s Wine Bar, and Malo are opening their fourth site in the city.
Dean Banks is to open a second location of his Edinburgh seafood restaurant Dulse this week on the site in Leith that previously housed Dan Ashmore’s short-lived ASKR.
Chef James Cochran is to launch a new bistro-pub venture in London’s Islington next month, close to his flagship 12:51 restaurant, which closed earlier this year.
A new fast casual restaurant concept that promises ‘to revolutionise’ the daily salad will launch in The City early next month.
Italian pizzeria brand Berberè will open its third London location next month.
Santiago Lastra’s more casual sibling to KOL is a tribute to the tortilla.
After years of pop-ups, supper clubs and residencies the husband-and-wife duo have finally found a home for their progressive Thai restaurant concept.
The Salad Project is to open its biggest store to date next month on Tottenham Court Road in central London, describing it as ‘a significant step forward’ for the business.
Husband and wife duo Duncan Robertson and Kyu Jeong Jeon second Bristol restaurant outing is more grown-up in feel and offers a significantly more elevated and wide-ranging menu.
Wiltshire-based Chickpea Group has acquired the King’s Arms in Shaftesbury, in what will be its first pub in the county of Dorset.
Plates pair Kirk and Keeley Haworth will welcome their first cohort of guests to their Plates Farm and Retreat in southwestern France in May next year.
A ramen restaurant forced to change its name by Gordon Ramsay Group is to open a second site.
Chef Rex De Guzman has secured a permanent site for his Filipino street food concept Turo Turo on Tooting Broadway in London.
The duo behind Camden restaurants The Black Cow and Epicurus in Camden are heading to east London for their latest restaurant.
Sandwich Sandwich has unveiled plans to open ‘the biggest sandwich shop in the UK’ near London’s Fenchurch Street.
November welcomes a slew openings, including high-profile launches from Jason Atherton, John and Desiree Chantarasak, and Calum Franklin.
Swedish furniture retailer Ikea has launched its first high street restaurant next door to its city store in London’s Hammersmith.
Just outside gastronomic hotspot Bruton, Artfarm’s latest restaurant project is inspired by Northern Italy and seasonal Somerset produce.
A new Japanese yakitori restaurant that describes itself as serving a ‘beak to tail’ menu will open next month in London’s Holborn.
Horsham-based burger restaurant Burgover is doubling up with a second site.
French restaurateurs Ugo and Antoine Lecorché will make their UK debut early next year at London’s The Berkeley hotel.
The team behind Hastings-based indoor street food market Heist is looking to open a second location in the south of England.
Chef Mark Greenaway has taken over a former pub in Cumbria and reopened it as a gastropub.
Farm-to-fork chef Merlin Labron-Johnson is doubling down by moving his Osip flagship to larger and far more flash digs just outside the Somerset town of Bruton.
Peckham-based restaurant Artusi is to take the space that was home to the short-lived Cafe Kitty in Soho.
The team behind Soho restaurant The Seafood Bar is bringing its Amsterdam-based cocktail bar to the UK.
Cantonese steamed bun specialist Bun House is to launch a new restaurant next month in London’s Shoreditch that will be inspired by ‘the hedonistic era of 1980’s Hong Kong’.
Friends Drew Snaith and Hannah Kowalski have reunited to breathe new life into the former Pidgin site offering a fun, high-impact menu that’s underpinned by high-end cooking technique.
Kutir and Manthan chef patron Rohit Ghai is to open a new high-end Indian restaurant next month in London’s Knightsbridge with his long-term business partner Abhi Sangwan.
Mystic Burek owner Spasia Pandora Dinkovski is to open a new Balkan-focused venue in Sydenham close to her original restaurant.
Stonegate Group will debut its new beerhall concept in Leeds later this year following a £1m investment.
The team behind Clapham’s newly-launched South Indian restaurant Tamila are to open a second site under the brand next month.