March's best new London restaurant openings
March's best new London restaurant openings
The all-day one: Rail House Cafe, Victoria
What's the scoop? The Riding House Café - Rail House's older sibling - is one of only a few London restaurants residents return to again and again.
Why go? Its humble feel, and bustling all-day menus make it suitable for most things: coffee catch ups, or drawn out evening meals.
Read more ...The buzzy one: Mere, Fitzrovia
What's the scoop? Masterchef judge Monica Galleti's first restaurant opens this month.
Why go? Galleti's TV and food festival appearances have made mouths water for months in anticipation of this.
Read more ...The pop-up One: Mark Hix's Kitchen Library Series
What's the scoop? Mark Hix has invited a series of names from the worlds of food, entertainment and the arts to join him in the kitchen to cook intimate dinners for 12 guests.
Why go? Names joining Mark in the kitchen in 2017 include Cinnamon Kitchen's Vivek Singh, Romy Gill, Angela Hartnett and Jose Pizarro.
Read more ...The curiously British one: Game Bird at The Stafford
What's the scoop? James Durrant, who worked with Jason Attherton at Maze Grill and set up his own Bib Gourmand-awarded restaurant in 2014, is behind the new restaurant at The Stafford London Hotel.
Why go? The five star hotel's new food offering will focus on curious new game dishes.
Read more ...The future classic: Pique-Nique, Bermondsey
What's the scoop? Bermondsey Street's Casse Croute serves classic French dishes the French in London swear by. Now they owners are launching a rotisserie chicken restaurant.
Why go? For something of a lighter experience than you'd find at Casse Croute (Pique Nique will open for breakfast for instance) and their exclusive Poulet de Bresse - best chicken from an eastern province of France.
Read more ...The interactive one: Hot Pot, Soho
What's the scoop? Chinatown welcomes Hot Pot restaurant this March, specialising in Chinese and Thai-style hot pot using over 50 authentic ingredients.
Why go? Hot pot restaurants in London have danced in and out of fashion, but could 2017 be their big moment?
Read more ...The South Bank one: Florentine, Lambeth
What's the scoop? There's a new restaurant on the South Bank (a few minutes' walk inland...)
Why go? Sharing platters dominated talk of restaurant trends in London last year, and now this new South Bank opening is taking sharing plates a step further with an ostrich egg designed for six to tuck into.
The social one: Meet District, Peckham
What's the scoop? An eatery claiming to serve "London's finest burgers, steaks and cocktails" opens this March in Peckham.
Why go? There's live DJs at weekends.
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