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Restaurants opening in September 2025
Landrace Pizza
Bath institution Landrace has added another string to its bow with the addition of a pizza offering in their bakery space in the evenings. The pizzas continue the ethos of the bakery and upstairs restaurant with Landrace Milling flour bases and topping combinations bringing together West Country ingredients from producers including Westcombe Dairy.
WHEN 10th September 2025
WHERE 59 Walcot Street, Bath, Somerset, BA1 5BN
BOOK Walk-ins only
Solaya
Newcastle’s finest fine dining chef Kenny Atkinson is striking out in London with a new restaurant on the rooftop of Hoxton’s Art’otel. Solaya, opening in the autumn, will focus on flavours from the Côte d’Azur to complement city views from the hotel’s 25th floor. His Exceptional-rated Solstice, and House of Tides will operate as normal.
WHEN 12th September 2025
WHERE 25th floor, art’otel London Hoxton, 1-3 Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3DT
FOLLOW @solayalondon
BOOK solayalondon.com
Marea
Brazilian chef Rafael Cagali and his partner Charlie Lee of the Exceptional-rated Da Terra in Bethnal Green, London, are heading to Hove to open a new restaurant, Marea. The menu will be more accessible than the £245-per-head tasting menu at the flagship and hopes to strike a balance between dining destination and creating a convivial atmosphere.
WHEN 10th September 2025
WHERE 60 Church Rd, Brighton and Hove, Hove BN3 2FP
Luso
Leo Carreira, who brought home The Good Food Guide’s Best Front Row Seat award in 2024 for his dazzlingly cool chef’s table restaurant The Sea The Sea Hackney, is returning to London to open a new restaurant. Launching next month, Luso will take over the space recently vacated by Lisboeta in Fitzrovia and sees one top Portuguese chef – Nuno Mendes – pass the baton to his peer.
WHEN 15th September 2025
WHERE 30 Charlotte Street London W1T 2NG
FOLLOW @luso.restaurant
BOOK luso.restaurant
Labombe by Trivet
Jonny Lake and Isa Bal, the chef and master sommelier duo behind Trivet in Bermondsey, are set to open a new restaurant, Labombe by Trivet, in partnership with COMO Metropolitan London on Park Lane.
WHEN 16th September 2025
WHERE 19 Old Park Ln, London W1K 1LB
FOLLOW @labombebytrivet
The Elizabeth
Anthony Demetre of Wild Honey who will lend his culinary direction to the Elizabeth in Belgravia (formerly the Ganymede pub) which opens in September.
WHEN 16th September 2025
WHERE 139 Ebury Street, Belgravia, London, SW1W 9QU
FOLLOW @theelizabethsw1
Kudu
Kudu Collective, the South African-inspired restaurant group from husband-and-wife duo Amy Corbin and Patrick Williams, is to relocate to central London this September after eight successful years in Peckham. The new site, on Moxon Street in Marylebone, will bring Kudu’s three distinctive spaces; the flagship Kudu Restaurant, open-fire concept Kudu Grill, and private dining space Curious Kudu; under one roof for the first time, with a bold new look by Fabled Studio.
WHEN 16th September 2025
WHERE 7 Moxon Street W1U 4EP
FOLLOW @kudurestaurant
BOOK kuducollective.com
Michael Caines at The Stafford
With Lympstone Manor newly part of the Stafford Collection, chef Michael Caines is gearing up to open his new restaurant at the London hotel on 17th September. Michael Caines at the Stafford will replace the Game Bird and serve classics like Dover sole and beef wellington alongside a tasting menu. A 'city to coast' package will encourage guests to get a flavour of both restaurants in a combined trip.
WHEN 17th September 2025
WHERE 16-18 St James's Place, London SW1A 1NJ
BOOK thestaffordlondon.com
Alta
From the team behind Moi on Wardour Street, Alta is the latest opening from the Mad restaurant group. Spread across two floors with space for 100 guests, including outdoor tables and a private dining room, the restaurant centres around an open grill. Head Chef Rob Roy Cameron, whose background includes El Bulli and Gazelle, draws on a decade spent in northern Spain to create a menu deeply influenced by the region’s flavours and traditions.
WHEN 22nd September 2025
WHERE Kingly Court, Carnaby Street, London, W1B 5PW
FOLLOW @alta.london
BOOK sevenrooms.com
Cicoria
The notion of ‘good views, bad food’ is further dispelled with the news that Angela Hartnett will open a restaurant and roof terrace bar at the Royal Opera House in September. It joins Richard Corrigan’s Very Good-rated restaurant at the National Portrait Gallery and Forza Wine at the National Theatre, which overlooks the Thames.
WHEN 26th September 2025
WHERE The Royal Opera House, Bow St, London WC2E 9DD
BOOK rbo.org.uk
Trillium
In September, Glynn Purnell will launch a new spot in Birmingham’s business district after having closed his 17-year-old flagship, Purnells, in October of last year.
WHEN September 2025
FOLLOW @trilliumrestaurant
BOOK trilliumrestaurant.co.uk
Franc
Dave Hart and Polly Pleasence from Folkestone Wine Company are set to open their new venue in their hometown of Canterbury. Franc is a daytime wine bar and small plates spot on Canterbury’s Northgate, at the entrance to the beautiful almshouses of St John’s Hospital.
WHEN September 2025
WHERE 49 Northgate, Canterbury, CT1 1BE
FOLLOW @francofcanterbury
BOOK franc-canterbury.com
Tobi Masa
Masayoshi Takayama, the chef behind New York’s most expensive omakase restaurant, will open Tobi Masa at the new £1bn Chancery Rosewood hotel in September – another elite sushi arrival for the capital.
WHEN September 2025
WHERE The Chancery Rosewood, 30 Grosvenor Square, London W1K
Aces Food Craft
Fans of Jason Atherton’s Sosharu in Clerkenwell, which shuttered in 2018, will be happy to hear its executive chef, Alex Craciun, is back in London with a new opening in Fitzrovia. Aces Foodcraft, which is set to open in the autumn, will serve a casual à la carte menu during the day, with a nine-seater chef’s table offering a high-flying experience in the evenings. Diners can expect Japanese flavours, in which Craciun is particularly well versed.
WHEN Autumn 2025
WHERE Pearson Square, Fitzrovia, W1T 3BG
FOLLOW @aces_food_craft
Restaurants opening in 2025
Bar Shrimp
The team behind top Manchester spots Higher Ground and Flawd, as well as market garden, Cinderwood, have announced they have a new opening on the way this winter in the form of Bar Shrimp. Founders Daniel Craig Martin, Joseph Otway, and Richard Cossins announced the news on Cerys Matthews' BBC Radio 6 Music show at the weekend, in keeping with the trio's vision for Bar Shrimp as a place ‘where drinks, seafood and sound are seamlessly connected’.
WHEN 22nd October 2025
WHERE 7 New York Street, Manchester M1 4JB
FOLLOW @barshrimpmcr
The Marlborough
Britain’s most prolific crowd-pulling publican and London’s most-hyped pizza outfit are joining forces for a new pub in Mayfair. Opening in October, the Marlborough will be the new home of Crisp’s thin-base New York style pizza outfit, while the Devonshire’s Oisín Rogers will take care of a buzzing pub atmosphere to go with it.
WHEN October 2025
WHERE 24 North Audley Street, Mayfair, W1K 6WD
FOLLOW @crisppizzaw6
Motorino
After a barnstormer with Town (read our First Look here), Stevie Parle is involved in a second opening in six months, this time lending a hand to chef Luke Ahearne, previously of Luca and Lita.
WHEN October 2025
WHERE 1 Pearson Square, London W1T 3BF
FOLLOW @motorino.london
Vinette & Vivienne
Top flight Edinburgh chef Stuart Ralston, of the Exceptional-rated Lyla, is taking over the space previously occupied by Fhior in Stockbridge. Opening in October is Vinette, a Parisian-style wine bar with bistro cooking, and Vivien, a late-night cocktail bar at basement level. The openings will absorb some of the team from Aizle, which closes on 21st September after 11 years.
WHEN October 2025
WHERE 36 Broughton Street, Edinburgh EH1 3SB
FOLLOW @vinette_edinburgh
Root Bath
Josh and Holly Eggleton have good form with their South West based Pony family of restaurants, including Root Wells (which we were particularly charmed by) and Root in Bristol. So it’s good news that Bath is getting its own taste of the boldly creative, vegetable-led cooking come 15th October when a third Root opens in the long-empty Jamie’s Italian site in Shires Yard.
WHEN October 2025
WHERE Shires Yard, Bath
74 Charlotte Street
Restaurant studded Charlotte Street is getting another boost with Ben Murphy (formerly of Launceston Place) taking over the old Mere site. 74 Charlotte Street is a partnership with the group behind the Woodspeen, the Clockspire and the Braywood, and bookings are now open for end of October.
WHEN 31st October 2025
WHERE 74 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 4QH
FOLLOW @74charlottestreet
BOOK 74charlottestreet.com
Corenucopia
In addition to her upcoming restaurant at the Admiralty Arch Waldorf Astoria, due in early 2026, chef Clare Smyth will open a ‘luxury bistro’ in Chelsea in November. Given how hard it is to book her exceptional-rated flagship in Notting Hill, we welcome a touch more accessibility from the high-flying chef.
WHEN November 2025
WHERE 18-22 Holbein Place, SW1W 8NL
FOLLOW @corenucopiabyclaresmyth
Barnacle
Harry Askew (The Art School) and his team will open Barnacle on Hardman Street in Liverpool's Georgian Quarter this autumn. Following on from its debut in Duke Street Market in winter 2021 and its current street food pop-up iteration, this is the first time that Barnacle will be a stand-alone restaurant.
WHEN Autumn 2025
WHERE 24 Hardman St, Liverpool, L1 9AX
FOLLOW @barnacleliverpool
BOOK barnacleliverpool.co.uk
Blacklock Birmingham
Chophouse champions Blacklock have announced they'll be bringing their popular ‘all in’ chop platters, Sunday roasts and generous servings of white chocolate cheesecake to Birmingham in the autumn. Founded in Soho in 2015, the B Corp group arrived in Manchester in 2024, and their newest 100-cover site overlooking Cathedral Square will bring their count to seven. Sustainably sourced meat from family farmers and butchers Philip Warren in Cornwall will be on the menu along with new suppliers from the Midlands.
WHEN Autumn 2025
WHERE 4 St Philip's Place, Birmingham, B3 2SL
FOLLOW @blacklockchops
Poon's
After a seven-year string of residencies and pop ups, Amy Poon has signed a 10-year lease at Somerset House, reviving her family’s beloved Poon’s, which first opened in Chinatown in 1973.
WHEN Autumn 2025
WHERE Strand, London WC2R 1LA
FOLLOW @poons_ldn
Dogstar
Former Timberyard head chef James Murray is opening a restaurant in Leith this autumn with the team behind local bar Nauticus. Located on Portland Place, Dogstar is set to bring a local atmosphere to Murray’s signature style of hyper-seasonal, produce-led cooking. Despite the chef’s tasting menu background, which also includes Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons and Lyle's, the menu will be a la carte only.
WHEN Autumn 2025
WHERE 17 Portland Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, EH6 6LA
FOLLOW @dogstarleith
BOOK dogstarleith.com
Barnacle
Harry Askew (The Art School) and his team will open Barnacle on Hardman Street in Liverpool's Georgian Quarter this autumn. Following on from its debut in Duke Street Market in winter 2021 and its current street food pop-up iteration, this is the first time that Barnacle will be a stand-alone restaurant.
WHEN Autumn 2025
WHERE 24 Hardman St, Liverpool, L1 9AX
FOLLOW @barnacleliverpool
BOOK barnacleliverpool.co.uk
Dishoom Leeds
The mightily popular restaurant group Dishoom is set to take over the former Flannels department store site on Vicar Lane in Leeds city centre, with plans to open later in 2025.
WHEN 2025
WHERE Coronation Buildings, 68-78 Vicar Ln, Flannels, Leeds LS1 7JH
FOLLOW @dishoom
Calluna
Calluna is the second restaurant at the newly revamped Saltmoore. It will be the fine-dining sibling to The Brasserie, led by Tommy Banks and Adam Maddock. Read our first look of The Brasserie here.
WHERE Saltmoore, Sandsend Road, Whitby, YO21 3ST
FOLLOW @saltmoore_
BOOK saltmoore.co.uk
Restaurants opening in 2026
Kiji
Ellia and Junghyun Park, the husband-and-wife team behind some of New York’s top new-wave Korean restaurants, have announced they will open Kiji in Mayfair, London next year. Their first overseas opening will take over the 60 Curzon site (once home to the historic Mirabelle), serving up an upscale Korean barbecue concept — something quite different from the high rolling, tasting menu style of Atomix or the cool and casual Atoboy.
WHERE 60 Curzon St, London W1J 8PG
Waldorf Astoria Admiralty Arch Restaurant
Clare Smyth (Core by Clare Smyth) and international restaurateur Daniel Boulud have been named as chef partners at the Waldorf Astoria Admiralty Arch Hilton hotel, set to open in 2026.
WHERE The Mall, London SW1A 2WH
FOLLOW @waldorfastoria
Freyja
Northumberland restaurant Hjem will close at the end of this year on December 31st. Their focus will then be on opening a purpose built restaurant with rooms, Freyja, on the Close House Estate in nearby Wylam.
WHERE Heddon-on-the-Wall, NE15 0HT
FOLLOW @restauranthjem
Restaurants opened in 2025
August
Pignut & The Hare
The Hare at Scawton in the North York Moors has changed hands as Laurissa and Tom Heywood of Pignut, Helmsley have taken over from current proprietors Liz and Paul Jackson. Pignut and the Hare, the 12th-century inn with four bedrooms and land for a kitchen garden serves as a destination setting for Tom’s 'full' or 'half' tasting menu with a focus on sustainability.
WHEN 1st August 2025
WHERE Scawton, Helmsley, Thirsk YO7 2HG
FOLLOW @pignutandthehare
BOOK restaurantpignut.co.uk
The Jolly Gardeners
Chester-born bothers Ben and Joe Wright, the team behind popular tapas restaurant Porta, have taken on The Gardeners Arms. The pub has opened as The Jolly Gardeners after extensive restoration with George Prole (ex-Covino) leading the kitchen.
WHEN 11th August 2025
WHERE 33 Christleton Road, Chester, CH3 5UF
FOLLOW @jollygardeners
BOOK jollygardenerschester.co.uk
The Macbeth
The Macbeth in Hoxton has reopened with a Four Legs alumnus (the Plimsoll, Tollingtons) running the kitchen.
WHEN 20th August 2025
WHERE 70 Hoxton St, London N1 6LP
FOLLOW @themacbethhoxton
BOOK sevenrooms.com/themacbeth
Legado
Chef Nieves Barrágan Mohacho has opened a new restaurant in Shoreditch. Legado follows Sabor’s footsteps drawing on culinary traditions from all over Spain and is backed by JKS Restaurants (Gymkhana, Plaza Khao Gaeng, Lyle’s among many others).
WHEN 28th August 2025
WHERE Montacute Yards, Shoreditch High Street, E1 6HU
FOLLOW @legado_ldn
BOOK legadorestaurants.com
The General Tarleton
Having nailed the art of a great pub with The Abbey Inn (winner of Britain’s Best Sunday Roast), Oldstead-born chef Tommy Banks is branching out to bring once-great pubs back from the brink. Under a new business, Jeopardy Hospitality, the first revival is The General Tarleton, an old coaching inn two miles north of Knaresborough.
WHEN 29th August 2025
WHERE Harrogate Rd, Ferrensby, Knaresborough HG5 0QB
FOLLOW @general_tarleton_ferrensby
BOOK generaltarletonferrensby.co.uk
Dishoom Glasgow
The rapidly growing Dishoom restaurant group has opened a second Scottish site in Glasgow this summer. Founded in London’s Covent Garden in 2010, the bustling all-day Bombay-inspired cafes, famous for their bacon naan breakfasts and decadent black dahl, now have 14 sites across the UK, including their drinks-led Permit Rooms.
WHEN 29th August 2025
WHERE 6–11 Nelson Mandela Place Glasgow G2 1QY
FOLLOW @dishoom
July
Roam
At the end of last summer, the impressive Circa restaurant at Sandridge Barton wine estate upped sticks for a more seasonally dependable home on the High Street in nearby Totnes. Now there’s a new restaurant in the space from the co-owner of North London pub St John’s Tavern and two of its alumni. Suited to its beautiful Dart Valley setting, Roam is seasonally and sustainably minded.
WHEN 9th July 2025
WHERE Sandridge Barton Wines, Totnes TQ9 6RL
FOLLOW @roam.restaurant
BOOK roamrestaurant.co.uk
Luna
Jay Patel and Matt Beardmore of the deliciously dependable Legare have opened their new wine bar in Shad Thames. The classic-leaning list is shored up by a sharp, produce-led menu of oysters, French fries and seasonal small plates.
WHEN 8th July 2025
WHERE Unit 6, 36 Shad Thames, Butlers Wharf Building, London SE1 2YE
FOLLOW @luna_winebar
BOOK lunawinebar.co.uk
Brasserie Constance
Trinity chef Adam Byatt has opened a neighbourhood restaurant next to Fulham Football Club. Brasserie Constance has opened on the first floor of the new Fulham Pier development behind Craven Cottage, with a British menu of ‘approachable, seasonal dishes’.
WHEN 15th July 2025
WHERE Fulham Pier, Stevenage Road, Fulham, SW6 6HH
FOLLOW @brasserieconstance
BOOK brasserieconstance.com
Vraic
Big news for Guernsey as Welsh chef Nathan Davies opens his new restaurant, Vraic, on the north shore. Davies, a former head chef at Ynyshir, made his name at the helm of SY23 in Aberystwyth (rated Exceptional in the Guide) which closed in December 2023 after his departure. The new restaurant serves a tasting menu for just 25 guests, with a focus on cooking over fire using the top-quality local ingredients from the land and sea.
WHEN 23rd July 2025
WHERE Mont Cuet Rd, Guernsey, GY3 5AT
FOLLOW @vraicrestaurant
BOOK vraic.gg
Moi
Moi is a new Japanese-inspired restaurant in the heart of Soho. Head chef Nick Tannett brings experience from Endo at the Rotunda alongside group executive chef Andy Cook whose CV boasts a decade of working for Gordon Ramsay all over the world.
WHEN 29th July 2025
WHERE 84 Wardour Street, London W1F 0TQ
FOLLOW @moi.soho
BOOK moirestaurant.com
Island
Chefs Brad Carter and Tom Brown have joined forces on a surf and turf style restaurant at Mare Street Market Kings Cross.
WHEN July 2025
WHERE Mare Street Market, 2 Lewis Cubitt Square, King’s Cross, N1C 4DY
FOLLOW @island_london
BOOK marestreetmarket.com
Speedboat Bar at the Electric
Chef Luke Farrell heads to Notting Hill to open a sequel to his buzzy Chinatown restaurant Speedboat Bar. The new branch at the Electric is in partnership with JKS Restaurants and Soho House Group.
WHEN July 2025
WHERE 191 Portobello Road, London W11 2ED, United Kingdom
FOLLOW @speedboatbar
BOOK speedboatbar.co.uk
Almanac
Chef Luke Payne announced last month that he would be opening his second site, a restaurant in Glossop called Trillium. In the same week, Glynn Purnell announced his new Birmingham restaurant would also be named after the spring flowering plant. The clash of names ended with Glynn Purnell’s trademarked version winning out. Luke Payne launched a last minute crowdfunder to help cover the costly sum of rebranding Trillium Glossop to Almanac in the final days before launch. Almanac is now open.
WHEN July 2025
WHERE 54 High Street West, Glossop SK13 8BH
FOLLOW @almanac.restaurant
BOOK almanacrestaurant.co.uk
June
Shwen Shwen by Maria Bradford
Maria Bradford, the Sierra Leonean chef and author behind the popular Shwen Shwen supper club and catering company, has opened her first restaurant in Sevenoaks. Named after the Krio word for ‘fancy’, the new fine dining spot will blend traditional Sierra Leonean dishes with Bradford’s Afro-fusion style. Read our first look here.
WHEN 6th June 2025
WHERE 1-2 Well Court, Bank Street, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 1UN
FOLLOW @shwenshwenbymaria
Gina
Pastry chef, author and media personality Ravneet Gill has opened a restaurant with her husband Mattie Taiano in Chingford, Essex. Gina is a 'chophouse meets family-run restaurant', named after Taiano's late mother.
WHEN 11th June 2025
WHERE 92 Station Rd, London E4 7BA
FOLLOW @gina.restaurant
BOOK ginarestaurant.co.uk
Margaret's
The team behind Cambridge's Exceptional-rated Restaurant Twenty-Two have opened a second site, just a few doors down from their original spot. Margaret’s is a modern British bistro, offering a more relaxed setting.
WHEN 12th June 2025
WHERE 18 Chesterton Road, Cambridge, CB4 3AX
FOLLOW @margaretscambridge
BOOK margaretscambridge.co.uk
Saltas Deli
A sandwich shop and deli from the team behind Coin in Hebden Bridge.
WHEN 14th June 2025
WHERE Albert Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8AH
FOLLOW @saltasdeli
Rockfish
After lengthy (and costly) delays refurbishing an old boat shed on Island Street, Mitch Tonks has opened his 10th Rockfish restaurant. The site is a partnership with Salcombe Brewery, featuring a taproom on one side and the 120-cover restaurant on the other, with a terrace overlooking the calm waters of Batson Creek. Sustainably-caught seafood from the South West is the order of the day; look out for the trademarked ‘disco’ scallops, caught by attracting the tasty mollusks to pots with special lights.
WHEN 15th June 2025
WHERE 1 Island Street TQ8 8DP
FOLLOW @therockfishuk
BOOK therockfish.co.uk
The Warwick
After his departure from the much-loved Smoke at Hampton Manor (now the home of Kynd), fans of MasterChef winner Stu Deeley have been waiting for news of his next move. It’s now confirmed that on 18th June, the chef opened a new restaurant, the Warwick, a new fine dining space at the Mallory Court Hotel in Leamington Spa, part of the Emory Collection where he kicked off his career.
WHEN 18th June 2025
WHERE Mallory Court Hotel and Spa, Harbury Lane, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV33 9QB
FOLLOW @mallory_court
BOOK mallory.co.uk
Singburi 2.0
Notoriously hard-to-book Leytonstone gem Singburi has relocated to Shoreditch. The new restaurant is a joint venture between long-time Singburi head chef Sirichai Kularbwong and two friends, Nick Molyviatis (Kiln, Oma) and Alexander Gkikas (Catalyst). The trio hope to 'distil the essence' of the original which Kularbwong's parents Tony and Thelma opened as a fish and chip shop in 1999. Read our early review here.
WHEN 19th June 2025
WHERE Unit 7 Montacute Yards, Shoreditch High Street, E1 6HU
FOLLOW @singburi_e1
Lupa
Rising talent Naz Hassan (Clipstone, Bibi, Pidgin) is heading up the kitchen at new north London neighbourhood restaurant Lupa. From locals Ed Templeton (Carousel) and A-lister Theo James, Lupa is modelled on a laid-back Roman osteria with hand-rolled pasta, lasagne specials at the weekend and porchetta sandwiches on Arsenal match days.
WHEN 21st June 2025
WHERE 73 Highbury Park, London, N5 1UA
FOLLOW @lupa.restaurant
Canal
The latest venue from the team behind Bistro Freddie, Bar Crispin, and Crispin is set to open within Mason & Fifth's latest boutique guesthouse in Westbourne Park. Leading the kitchen will be New York-born chef Adrian Hernandez Farina, with the cocktails coming from East London's A Bar With Shapes for a Name.
WHEN 30th June 2025
WHERE 11b Woodfield Road, Westbourne Park, London, W9 2BA
FOLLOW @canal.canal.canal
BOOK canalrestaurant.com
May
Town
Stevie Parle of pasta joint Pastaio and the late and great Palatino, Sardine, Rotorino et al has opened a new restaurant on London’s Drury Lane. Town has been nearly two years in the making and will be headed up by former head chef of Luca and La Trompette, Olly Pierrepont, who aims to have direct relationships with the producers and growers of everything that goes on the menu. Read our first look here.
WHEN May 2025
WHERE 26-29 Drury Lane, WC2B 5RL
FOLLOW @town.restaurant
BOOK town.restaurant
Norbert's
Former Planque sous chef Jack Coghlan has teamed up with John Ogier (The Marksman, Lasdun, Lyle's) to open a restaurant and bar in East Dulwich. Norbert's focuses on rotisserie chicken, wine and cocktails.
WHEN May 2025
WHERE 5-6 Melbourne Terrace Melbourne Grove, London, United Kingdom SE22 8RE
FOLLOW @norbertslondon
Emba
Leeds chef and restaurateur Liz Cottam has closed her Mustard Wharf restaurant, The Owl, and relaunched the space as a more personal and pared-back ‘gastrobar’ concept called Emba.
WHEN May 2025
WHERE Mustard Approach, Holbeck, Leeds LS1 4EY
FOLLOW @embagastrobar
BOOK emba.bar
Sino
Sino is the debut London restaurant from Ukrainian duo Polina Sychova and chef Eugene Korolev.
WHEN May 2025
WHERE 26-29 Drury Lane, WC2B 5RL
FOLLOW @sinorestaurant
BOOK sinorestaurant.co.uk
Uyare by Tharavadu
Victoria Gate’s rooftop restaurant space in the centre of Leeds (previously home to Issho until 2023) has been reopened by the Tharavadu team as Uyare.
WHEN May 2025
WHERE 156a Lower Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6LY
FOLLOW @uyare.leeds
Fowlescombe Farm
The team behind The Millbrook Inn has opened the gates of their regenerative farm to paying guests this month. Fowlescombe Farm, at the south edge of Dartmoor National Park, is owned by Caitlin Owens and family and now offers 10 luxury suites alongside a farm-to-table restaurant for overnight guests with menus featuring their Manx Loaghtan sheep, Tamworth pigs and English Longhorn cattle.
WHEN May 2025
WHERE Ugborough, Ivybridge PL21 0HW
FOLLOW @fowlescombe
April
Bangkok Diners Club
Edinburgh Castle in Ancoats welcomes a new concept in the form of Bangkok Diners Club. The launch, from chef Ben Humphreys and his wife Bo, comes more than two years after the closure of Ben’s first restaurant District on Oldham Street and sees them join forces with business partner Danny Collins. Inspiration comes from Bo’s Isan heritage as well as years spent travelling in Thailand and America. Read our first look here.
WHEN 2nd April 2025
WHERE Edinburgh Castle, Blossom St, Manchester, United Kingdom M4 5AN
FOLLOW @bangkokdinersclub
BOOK bangkokdinerclub.com
Ragù
Karen and Mark Chapman of Cor in Bristol, have opened their second restaurant in the city in Whapping Wharf. Ragù is a seasonally led Italian small plates restaurant, focusing on 'quality ingredients, prepared simply, with love.'
WHEN 5th April 2025
WHERE Unit 25, Cargo 2, Museum Street, Bristol, United Kingdom BS16ZA
