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Restaurants opening in July 2024
Sol's
Neighbourhood wine bar and delicatessen in Bayswater.
WHEN Wednesday 10th July
WHERE 25 Leinster Terrace, Bayswater, London W2 3ET
FOLLOW @solslondon
Flat Iron Manchester
The third site outside of London for the affordable steakhouse group in Manchester city centre.
WHEN Wednesday 3rd July
WHERE 200 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3NN
FOLLOW @flatironsteak
BOOK app.walkup.co
Plates
Great British Menu star Kirk Haworth has opened his first solo restaurant in East London. The plant-based tasting menu spot will showcase some of the dishes that saw the chef crowned 'Champion of Champions' in the show.
WHEN Wednesday 3rd July
WHERE 320 Old Street, London EC1V 9DR
FOLLOW @plates_london
BOOK plates-london.com
Albert’s Schloss
Alpine-inspired Albert’s Schloss have opened their first London venue in Soho this summer, bringing their Bavarian beer hall and European menu to the capital.
WHEN Thursday 5th July
WHERE 20-24 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 7EU
FOLLOW @albertsschloss
BOOK albertsschloss.com
Ardor
This debut restaurant from Dorian Janmaat, a Dutch-born, Spanish-raised chef who spent five years as head chef of Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, joins Good Food Guide gems like St Eia and Source Kitchen in St Ives. The menu of small plates will blend Cornish produce with Andalusian influences.
WHEN Monday 8th July 2024
WHERE 45 Fore Street, St Ives, TR26 1HE
FOLLOW @ardor_stives
BOOK www.ardorstives.co.uk
Upcoming 2024 restaurant openings
Osip 2.0
The Exceptional-rated Osip will reopen in its new location just outside of Bruton this summer. The new space is bigger than the previous site and will also have a garden and bedrooms. Osip's former home will make way to Sam Lomas's Briar in September.
WHEN 20th August 2024
WHERE 25 Kingsettle Hill, Hardway, Bruton BA10 0LN
FOLLOW @osiprestaurant
BOOK osiprestaurant.com
Raymond's
A neighbourhood wine bar with a small plates menu in Nottingham's Lace Market.
WHEN 7th August 2024
WHERE 8 Stoney Street, Nottingham, NG1 1LH
FOLLOW @raymondsnottingham
BOOK raymondsnottingham.co.uk
Mary's
Pollen Street Social is set to become Mary's after a refurb following its final service at the end of July. A tribute to the American diner that frequented the bar to enjoy a steak and martini, the new name and concept marks a return to more affordable roots. Heading up the kitchen will be Alex Parker, of Social Eating House, which also closes at the end of July following a sale to vegan restaurant Mildred’s.
WHEN August 2024
WHERE 8-10 Pollen St, London W1S 1NQ
Starling
Great British Menu star Nick Beardshaw is set to open his debut restaurant Starling in Esher at the end of August. Following on from his success on the show, the menu will feature his winning starter ‘a moon shaped pool’ and his ‘balloon girl’ dessert.
WHEN August 2024
WHERE Esher, Surrey
Margo
The team behind Ox and Finch and Ka Pao are bringing their third site, Margo, to Glasgow in September.
WHEN September 2024
WHERE 68 Miller Street, Glasgow, G1 1DT
FOLLOW @margo.restaurant
BOOK margo.restaurant
Dongnae
Dongnae ('neighbourhood' in Korean), is the second restaurant from the chef owners of Bokman, Bristol.
WHEN September 2024
WHERE 5-7 Chandos Road, Bristol, BS6 6PG
FOLLOW @dongnaebristol
BOOK dongnae.co.uk
Briar
A neighbourhood restaurant from CODE 30 under 30 alumnus Sam Lomas, with a focus on hyper-local seasonal produce and unfussy dishes.
WHEN September 2024
WHERE 1 High Street, Bruton, Somerset, BA10 0AB
FOLLOW @briar_restaurant
BOOK numberonebruton.com
Fonda
Santiago Lastra of Mexican fine dining restaurant Kol will open his second restaurant Fonda later this year. Located on Heddon Street in Mayfair, the focus will be on traditional, regionally specific dishes from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific coast in an informal setting.
WHEN 2024 (TBC)
WHERE 12 Heddon Street, London W1B 4BZ
FOLLOW @fondarestaurant
BOOK fondalondon.com
Café François
The team from Maison François are gearing up to open an all-day cafe and restaurant in Borough Market, featuring an in-house bakery, rotisserie chicken and dishes like lobster frites for a heartier meal.
WHEN Autumn 2024
WHERE Borough Yards, London SE1 9AD
FOLLOW @cafefrancoislondon
BOOK cafefrancois.london
Blacklock Manchester
Ex-Lawyer Gordon Ker will be opening the sixth site of his mini chophouse empire in Manchester. Located in the basement of a former textile warehouse on Peter Street the new restaurant will join the five sites across London serving up sustainably sourced british meats and generously portioned white chocoloate cheesecake with their famously good value pricing and great service.
WHEN Autumn 2024
WHERE 7 Peter Street , Manchester M2 5GB
FOLLOW @blacklockchops
BOOK theblacklock.com/restaurants/manchester/
Undercroft
Mayfair will welcome another esteemed restaurant this month when Undercroft opens its doors. Brad Carter and his wife Holly will bring years of experience from the Exceptional Carters of Moseley to open their latest restaurant, and their first in London. The menu hopes to revive lost British classics with Brad’s fun and accessible approach to fine dining.
WHEN September 2024
WHERE St George’s Church, 2a Mill Street, London W1S 1FX
FOLLOW @undercroftldn
Restaurants opened in 2024
June
Tollington’s
Finsbury Park is now home to Tollington’s, a refurbished chip shop transformed into an Iberian inspired fish bar. This is the second site from Four Legs and much like their first venue, Good-rated The Plimsoll, it will retain a lot of the original features from the fish and chip shop.
WHEN Wednesday 26th June
WHERE 172 Tollington Park, N4 3AJ
FOLLOW @tollingtons.fishbar
BOOK opentable.co.uk
The Park, Queensway
After opening Arlington earlier this year, Jeremy King has opened his newest restaurant, The Park. Inspired by classic American diners, the smooth wooden interior compliments an all day menu.
WHERE The Park, Queensway, London W2 3RX
FOLLOW @theparklondon
BOOK theparkrestaurant.com
Ardfern
Opened next door to The Little Chartroom in Leith (previously occupied by the wine bar Mistral) Roberta Hall McCarron’s new café, bar and bottle shop serves the likes of haggis tattie scones for breakfast, beef shin and cheddar toasties for lunch and heartier plates for dinner, accommodating a mix of bookings and walk-ins.
WHEN 3rd June 2024
WHERE 10-12 Bonnington Road, Edinburgh EH6 5JD
FOLLOW @ardfern_edinburgh
BOOK ardfern.uk
Tender
After leaving his post at Lunar at World of Wedgewood, chef Niall Keating has opened his new restaurant at Gary Neville’s Stock Exchange hotel in Manchester with a brasserie-style menu, afternoon teas, Sunday roasts and a chef’s table.
WHEN 5th June 2024
WHERE 4 Norfolk Street, Manchester M2 1DW
FOLLOW @tenderrestaurant
BOOK stockexchangehotel.co.uk/tender
Henri
Jackson Boxer continues his winning streak of restaurants with Henri at Covent Garden’s Henrietta Hotel. It’s the chef’s second collaboration with the Experimental Group after Cowley Manor in the Cotswolds and joins Jackson Boxer at The Corner in London’s Selfridges as well as his two flagship restaurants Brunswick House and Orasay.
WHEN 10th June 2024
WHERE 14-15 Henrietta St, London WC2E 8PS
FOLLOW @henri__henrietta
BOOK henriettahotel.com
Terra
Since closing his Exceptional-rated Raby Hunt, James Close has taken up the role of executive chef at Rockliffe Hall and has now opened his summer residency, Terra, with bookings open between 13th June and 27th July. Expect premium ingredients with European accents.
WHEN 13th June 2024
WHERE Hurworth Road, Hurworth-on-Tees, Darlington DL2 2DU
FOLLOW @rockliffe_hall
BOOK rockliffehall.com
Albatross Death Cult
Alex Claridge has opened a minimalist sibling restaurant to The Wilderness, serving a 16-course omakase-style menu focusing on seafood and coastal ingredients to just 14 guests.
WHEN 14th June 2024
WHERE Newhall Square, Birmingham B3 1RU
FOLLOW @albatrossbhx
BOOK wearethewilderness.co.uk/adc
The Village Pub
The Pig group have opened the ‘Village Pub’ in Barnsley, a few doors down from the 17th century Barnsley House, which is undergoing renovations to open as a new Pig hotel in September.
WHEN 14th June 2024
WHERE Barnsley, Cirencester GL7 5EF
FOLLOW @the_village_pub
BOOK thevillagepub.co.uk
Stark
Sophie & Ben Crittenden have announced that their 12-seater 6-course tasting menu restaurant in Broadstairs will close on 31st May ahead of a move to West Mersea, Essex in June.
WHEN Late June
WHERE Mersea Island
FOLLOW starkfood.co.uk
May
July
A neighbourhood-style restaurant and wine bar from food writer Solynka Dumas and co-founder Julian Oschmann has former 40 Maltby Street chef Holly Hayes cooking seasonal Alsatian-inspired dishes, with sommelier Honey Spencer running a low-intervantion wine list that opens at £32.
WHEN Thursday 25th April
WHERE 10 Charlotte Street, London W1T 2LT
FOLLOW @julyldn
BOOK july.london
Native at Pensons
Restaurant duo Imogen Davis and Ivan Tisdall-Downes are settling into their new home on the 1500-acre Netherwood Estate in Hertfordshire with tasting menus and a nose-to-tail Sunday lunch featuring produce from the grounds and local suppliers.
WHEN 22nd May
WHERE Pensons, Tenbury Wells WR15 8RT
FOLLOW @eatnative
BOOK nativerestaurant.co.uk
Chez Roux
It’s not long since Le Gavroche closed in early 2024 but Michel Roux is back in the London restaurant mix with Chez Roux in the Palm Court dining room at The Langham hotel.
WHEN 22nd May
WHERE 1C Portland Pl, Marylebone, London W1B 1JA
FOLLOW @langham_london
BOOK palm-court.co.uk/chez-roux
Latitude Wine & Liquor Merchant
Top Leeds wine shop Latitude has moved to new, larger premises and opened a tasting room in the shop. With a minimum of 36 covers, service will run 5-11pm Wednesday-Saturday and 12-11pm on Sundays. On offer is a rotating selection of six red, six whites and six ‘others’ alongside cheese boards and charcuterie from Lishman’s.
WHEN 22nd May
WHERE 46 The Calls, Leeds LS2 7EY
FOLLOW @latitudewine
Skof
Simon Rogan’s former executive chef Tom Barnes is on the cusp of opening his much-anticipated first solo restaurant at the end of May in Manchester city centre with a lunch menu at £50 and 12- and 15-course menus at £120 and £165 each.
WHEN 29th May
WHERE 3 Hanover St, Federation Street, Manchester M4 4BF
FOLLOW @skof_manchester
BOOK skofmanchester.co.uk
April
Roe
Following the success of Fallow and Fowl, chefs Will Murray and Jake Croft will open a mammoth 350-cover restaurant in Canary Wharf serving up their sustainably-minded nose-to-tail cooking, featuring under appreciated produce from the British Isles
WHEN April 2024
WHERE 5 Park Drive, Wood Wharf, E14 9GG
FOLLOW @roerestaurant
OMA
David Carter, of Manteca and Smokestak delivers his ode to the Greek islands with a menu based around crudo and open fire cooking. Tucked below the first floor restaurant at Borough Market is Agora - a no-reservations rotisserie spot using whole animals from Somerset and Cornwall.
WHEN Tuesday 16th April
WHERE 2-4 Bedale Street, London SE1 9AL
FOLLOW @oma.london @agora.ldn
BOOK oma.london
TÓU
Sando fans will be pleased to hear of the return of Ana Gonçalves and Zijun Meng’s famous Ibérico pork katsu version, to be served alongside fries, ice cream sundaes and Pet Nat at a pop up upstairs at the Globe Tavern.
WHEN Friday 5th April
WHERE 1st Floor, Globe Tavern, 8 Bedale Street, London SE1 9AL
FOLLOW @tou_london
BOOK Walk-ins only
NIJŪ
After a short-lived run as 20 Berkeley, Endo Kazutoshi and his Creative Restaurant Group (Endo at the Rotunda, Sumi, Humo) have reopened the restaurant as NIJŪ, focusing on home-style Japanese cooking with the requisite dash of Mayfair decadence.
WHEN Wednesday 17th April 2024
WHERE 20 Berkeley Street, London W1J 8EE
FOLLOW @nijulondon
BOOK nijulondon.com
March
Bavette
A French bistro from Sandy Jarvis and Clément Cousin in the suburb of Horsforth in Leeds. Read our First Look here
WHERE 4-6 Town Street, Horsforth, Leeds LS18 4RJ
FOLLOW @bavettebistro
BOOK bavettebistro.com
Josephine
Bibendum's Claude Bosi returns to his Lyonnais roots with the opening of a classic neighbourhood bouchon in south west London. Read our First Look here
WHERE 315 Fulham Road, London SW10 9QH
FOLLOW @josephinebouchon
BOOK josephinebouchon.com
Psycho Sandbar
With The Man Behind the Curtain laid to rest, Michael O'Hare has relaunched with a refurb and a new a la carte menu - although a tasting menu for £165 per head is still available. Read our First Look here.
WHERE 68-78 Vicar Lane, Leeds LS1 7JH
FOLLOW @ohare.michael
BOOK psychosandbar.com
Cardinal
Edinburgh may have fine dining restaurants coming out of its ears, but we're willing to pay attention when it comes from Tomás Gormley who also runs the excellent small plates spot Skua.
WHERE 14 Eyre Place, Edinburgh EH3 5EP
FOLLOW @cardinal.scot
BOOK cardinal.scot
Arlington
Restaurateur royalty Jeremy King makes a much-anticipated comeback with Arlington - a reinvention of iconic '80s restaurant Le Caprice. Read our First Look.
WHERE 20 Arlington Street, St. James's, London SW1A 1RJ
FOLLOW @arlingtonrestaurant
BOOK arlington.london
February
Morchella
The accomplished team from Perilla deliver their Mediterranean small plates to a new neighbourhood. Read our First Look.
WHERE 84-86 Rosebery Avenue, Clerkenwell, London EC1R 4QY
FOLLOW @morchelladining
BOOK morchelladining.co.uk
Camille
The opening comes from Clare Lattin and Tom Hill who delivered appealing seasonal simplicity with Ducksoup and Little Duck the Picklery in London before striking up the spirit of an Italian osteria with Emilia in Ashburton, Devon. Read our first look
WHERE 2-3 Stoney Street, London SE1 9AA
FOLLOW camille_se1
BOOK camillerestaurant.co.uk
