Behind a marble chef’s counter, he and his team are serving classics like quail with foie gras and mashed potatoes that include an outrageous amount of butter. The restaurant, located near Le Deli Robuchon-which gave the world the cube croissant-re-opened in mid-September under the leadership of chef Andrea Cofini. This swanky dining spot’s late founder, Joël Robuchon, still has more Michelin stars associated with his name than any other chef. The engaging drink list has pisco, of course, but also cocktails like the gin-based Yayo Hipster, which features olive lemonade. Open now On chef Erik Ramirez’s London menu: bright ceviches, like crispy squid with yuca and spicy aji rocoto and lomo saltado-the Peruvian classic of stir-fried steak, served with fries and scallion pancakes. Like the Williamsburg flagship, Llama Inn London has a rooftop location with urban views. Open nowĪt the busy Hoxton hotel, Shoreditch, there’s now opportunity to feast on stellar Peruvian food and drinks. Bakare’s team mixes pickled okra martinis to start the meal, and alligator pepper-infused eau de vie shots to finish. She found them in Covent Garden, where she’s finally re-opened in a richly colored, 60-seat space with a customized light fixture from the South African design studio Mash.T. Bakare’s set menus (£65 at dinner, £35 at lunch) expands on the original featuring dishes like fermented rice cakes (sinasir) with white and brown crab cod with spiced black sauce (mbongo tchobi) and grilled Hispi cabbage with wild watermelon seed sauce. Last October, she closed it to look for new digs. And Aragawa, an outpost of the revered meat enclave in Tokyo, is bringing its very, very pricey beef to London.įeeling hungry? A few spots below have already opened the rest are coming soon. Here are this season’s top new spots in London.Įveryone in London flipped out for the West African restaurant from Adejoké Bakare in its original shoebox-sized location in a Brixton food hall. Sushi master Masayoshi Takayama, known worldwide as Masa, is opening his first UK restaurant in Harrods’ newly renovated Food Halls.

The most talked-about places, though, will arguably be the ones with Japanese menus. The beloved Chishuru-and chef Adejoké Bakare’s modern Nigerian menu-has relocated from Brixton to bigger quarters not far from Oxford Street in a space that spotlights the work of designers from around Africa. There are swanky new options in hotels, like Brooklands on the rooftop of the just-opened Peninsula London, where the decor’s theme is speed (it’s adorned with a model of the Concorde) the menu is also decidedly British.īut food from other parts of the globe features at other spots. Some familiar faces are back in action: Jamie Oliver is opening his first new UK restaurant in four years, after his Jamie’s Italian chain went bust in 2019 and he closed more than 20 spots. His new place will be in the heart of Covent Garden, and front and center on the menu will be food from the British purveyors he highlights. In the next few months, one of London’s most iconic dining rooms, the Wolseley, will recreate its all-day menu in a vast space for the business crowd in the City. It’s a good time to open a new dining room and have people talk about it.Īccordingly, the city has a slew of new places that are throwing open their doors. The city’s restaurant scene is looking forward to the influx. Autumn is always the busy season for the hospitality world, as people (mostly) return to the office after summer and the holiday build-up begins.

(Bloomberg) - London is going to be busy this autumn.įirst of all, expect lots of visitors: This year, there are projected to be 2 million more international tourists than in 2022, bringing in £674 million ($827 million) in revenue, according to Mayor Sadiq Khan’s office.

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