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Food & Drink

Looking forward: restaurant openings to whet the appetite 2018

By Sudi Pigott on 5/1/2018

A glam Soho spot reborn, Taiwanese soup dumplings, plenty of open fire cooking, haute vegan and Amalfi coast inspiration: a flavour of the stellar restaurants opening in 2018

Simon Rogan

Cult pop-up Roganic returns

Roganic is back. This is a big deal. If you’re unfamiliar with the original, when it first opened as a pop-up, Roganic was hailed as London’s answer to the world famous Noma – the Copenhagen restaurant that changed the way we think about plant-based ingredients and foraged food.

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WHEN
09 Jan 2018 – 09 Jan 2019, Opening times tbc
WHERE
Roganic
5-7 Blandford Street, Marylebone, W1U 3DB
Kudu, Peckham

Kudu, Peckham

Peckham is fast becoming one of London's most buzzy foodie scenes, and the arrival of new neighbourhood spot Kudu is definitely one to watch. Not only does the South African inspired locavore menu read incredibly well, but one half of the team has serious restaurant heritage in her blood.

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WHEN
10 Jan 2018 – 10 Jan 2019, Wed - Sun 6pm-10pm Brunch 11am-3pm
WHERE
Kudu
119 Queens Road, Peckham, SE15 2EZ
Bob Bob Cité restaurant, Leadenhall Street

Bob Bob Cité: luxe Franco-Russian

We all love a handsome French chef with a mischievous smile. And Eric Chavot is revered among fellow great French chefs. Expect Franco-Russian haute cuisine and yes, those booths and press for champagne buttons will be there.


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WHEN
01 Jan 2018 – 01 Jan 2019, Opening in January 2018. Exact date, and opening hours, currently unconfirmed - check back for updates
WHERE
Level 3, 122 Leadenhall Street
London, EC3V 4AB
By Chloe. Covent Garden

By Chloe. Covent Garden

Everything about By Chloe. screams NYC cool, from the full stop in its name to its determination to call itself ‘plant-based’ instead of just plain vegan. Both their burgers and mac and cheese are worshipped and desserts are fashionably pink and fruity.

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WHEN
15 Jan 2018 – 31Jan 2018, Times tbc
WHERE
By Chloe
34-43 Russell Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 5HA
Kettner's Townhouse, Soho, London

Kettner's Townhouse, Soho

Georgian townhouse Soho institution Kettner's has been given a lavish makeover by the Soho House team, bringing the gorgeous old building back to life as a French restaurant using locally sourced ingredients, late night champagne bar and boutique hotel. Best news is that it won't be a private club.

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WHEN
17 Jan 2018 – 12 Dec 2018, Times tbc
WHERE
Kettners
29 Romilly St, W1D 5HP, London , W1D 5HP
Greyhound Cafe

Greyhound Cafe, Fitzrovia

One of Bangkok's most beloved dining spots is landing in London. The quintessentially Bangkok Greyhound Cafe is lauded throughout South East Asia – they have a whopping seventeen branches from Singapore to China – for their hip yet laid back style and modern take on Thai food.

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WHEN
08 Jan 2018 – 13 Jan 2019, Open Mon-Sun 12pm-10.30pm
WHERE
Greyhound Cafe
37 Berners Street , Fitzrovia, W1T 3NB
Bluebird, White City

Bluebird, White City

After 20 years in King's Road, Bluebird is spreading its wings with a new branch in the White City development on the former BBC Television Centre site. Executive chef Simon Gregory formerly ran Gordon Ramsay's restaurants: expect seriously good food and desserts too.

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WHEN
25 Jan 2018 – 28 Dec 2018, Opening times tbc
WHERE
Bluebird White City
89 Wood Lane , Shepherd's Bush, W12 7FA
Robin and Dean of Sorella

Sorella, Clapham

As fans of Clapham's The Manor, we're getting excited about it's big Italian facelift. Robin Gill transforms it into Sorella, with Dean Parker in charge specialising in Italian coastal cuisines. There will be lots of suitably sundrenched dishes to brighten up winter.

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WHEN
02 Feb 2018 – 04 Feb 2019, Times tbc
WHERE
The Manor
SW4 6BX
Plates, London

Plates, Shoreditch

Could Plates be the first plant based restaurant to win a Michelin star?

Chef Kirk Haworth certainly has the credentials and his sell-out pop ups over the past year have had vegans and non-vegans swooning at his exquisite plating and creativity.

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WHEN
16 Feb 2018 – 15 Feb 2019, Weekend dinners only Friday-Sunday times tbc
Brigadiers, London

Brigadiers, Bloomberg Arcade

BBQ Indian food and feasting roasts to share will be among temptations at The Gymkhana & Hoppers' folks latest opening.

Charred, smoked and grilled is the name of the game at Brigadiers, spectacularly inspired by an Indian army mess.

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WHEN
14 Mar 2018 – 12 Mar 2019, Launch date and opening hours tbc
WHERE
Brigadiers
1-5 Bloomberg Arcade, London, EC4N 8AR
Brat, Shoreditch

Brat, Shoreditch

Acclaimed ex-head chef of Kitty Fisher's, Tomos Parry opens his first solo restaurant, Brat, named after the old English word for turbot. Seafood cooked Basque style on open fire will be the focus and we're promised spectacularly tasty food.

This is likely to be one of the most sought after tables in the capital.

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WHEN
09 Apr 2018 – 11 Feb 2019, Launch and opening times tbc
WHERE
Brat
64 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 6JJ
Din Thai Fung, London

Din Thai Fung, London

Din Tai Fung are coming to London for what will be the first European outpost of their universally praised Taiwanese restaurants specialising in irresistible soup dumplings.

Could Taiwan be the new culinary cool?

Two of their restaurants in Hong Kong have Michelin stars yet they are highly affordable and accessible.




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WHEN
16 May 2018 – 17 Apr 2019, Launch date and opening times tbc
WHERE
Various Locations
Ramael Scully, Scully Official

Scully, St. James’s Market

A great many brilliant things have been produced in Yotam Ottolenghi’s kitchen, from twice baked baby chicken with chilli and kaffir lime leaf salt, to the incredibly talented the Ramael Scully. We can't wait to try his first solo restaurant combining his Irish, Balinese, Chinese, and Indian heritage as well as his time in Australia. Expect truly creative dining with plenty of unusual spicing.




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WHEN
On 15 Jan 2018, 12:00 AM
WHERE
Scully
4 St James’s Market, St James’s, SW1Y 4QA
Hicce, London

Hicce, London

Scandinavian, Japanese and British ingredients with modish techniques like curing, smoking and pickling will feature on the menu of Hicce (pronounced ee-che). This is the first restaurant of Pip Lacey – 2017 Great British Menu winner and ex-Murano Head Chef.

Hicce means current in Latin and so expect wood fire cooking too – very much the culinary mood of 2018.

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WHEN
04 Apr 2018 – 10 Jan 2019, Opening dates and times tbc
WHERE
Various Locations
Regional octopus dishes will be a big pull at Sabor

Sabor, Heddon Street

Nieves Barragán and José Etura (ex-Barrafina) will open their eagerly awaited solo venture, specialising in regional Spanish cuisine. The upstairs dining room will be dedicated to octopus and pork. Expect an amazing sherry list and an all Spanish wine offering.



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WHEN
08 Mar 2018 – 07 Mar 2019, Launch date and opening hours tbc
WHERE
35 Heddon Street
W1B 4BR
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