New openings
in London

Smithfield Market has been selling meat since the 1400s. The cobbles outside have seen a lot. Humble Grape's seventh London site opens nearby in June with an Old World wine list, small plates, and the brand's signature pour-your-own wall. Serious wine in a properly serious part of town. The cobbles stay old, the glass stays cold.

A former bank on Notting Hill Gate with a vault full of something better than money. Kinz is all-day Lebanese from breakfast through to dinner. Fattet aubergine, house-made breads, and a converted wine cellar for those who stay late. London has done Lebanese before. Not quite like this. A vault below, a table to go.

The Menier Chocolate Factory has been standing on Southwark Street since 1870. Lady of the Grapes takes the upstairs for a proper French bistro. Downstairs sits Forbidden Fruit. Forty-five seats in a basement wine bar with a name worth living up to. Old brick, new pours.

Jake Finn built a reputation at Cinder. This is the next move. A bakery at the front from 8am with burnt leek, cheddar and Marmite swirls and miso butterscotch caneles. A bistro by noon. A wine bar with a piano by night. St John's Wood has waited long enough for somewhere this considered. Mornings for the bread, evenings well-fed.

London does Japanese, Italian, Korean. It rarely does Appalachian. Alistair Borer, formerly of Smoking Goat, takes a counter in Shoreditch and cooks the food of America's mountain region. Smoked eel and jalapeno devilled eggs. Pork chop with collard greens. Grilled poussin with grits. The heat is low and the flavours run deep. Start with the devilled eggs.

Spencer Metzger won the Roux Scholarship. Jason Atherton built a restaurant empire. They've put their first joint project on Pollen Street, the same street where Atherton's Pollen Street Social already lives. The food is French. Start with the Comte gougere stuffed with lardo di colonnata and work backwards from there. A street with a name, a kitchen with a claim.

Olympia has hosted the Ideal Home Show since your grandparents were young. The redevelopment around it is something else entirely. On 15 June, Canopy opens as a 9,000 sq ft food hall. Wolves of Tokyo, the contemporary Japanese restaurant, is the anchor. Book that one first and save the rooftop for the end. An old hall, a new call.

Berlin's döner culture hits Hackney. Proper flatbread, slow-roasted meat and sauces that make you eat too fast. Worth the trek.

The name says it all. Mexican technique meets Italian instinct in this Marylebone newcomer. Think tacos with a Roman soul and pasta with a chilli kick. London's been waiting for this particular mash-up longer than it knows.

Nigel Ng, better known as Uncle Roger, has opened his first restaurant and it's exactly what you'd expect: haiyaa-level good. Wok-fried dishes and Malaysian street food staples, with rice cooked the right way. Finally, a celebrity restaurant worth the queue.

Arcade is back, this time in a larger home on Tottenham Court Road. A rotating lineup of London's best independent food traders under one roof. More space, more vendors, same reason to skip cooking tonight.

A new Italian restaurant in Mayfair that takes the classics seriously. Handmade pasta and aged proteins, with a wine cellar that rewards curiosity. This one's for the long lunch crowd.

Chef Nikita Pathakji brings Thai cooking to Marylebone with real intention. MAAI explores the regional diversity that rarely makes it onto London menus: fermented, deeply funky, worth the detour. Go in without expectations, come out with plans to return.

Greek cooking that earns its Covent Garden address. Chef Maria Elia draws on Cyprus and the Aegean for dishes that are bold without being loud. The spreads alone are worth the visit.

The cult Pavilion Road fishmonger-restaurant grows up and moves across the road. The new space is bigger, the menu broader, but the obsession with the day's best catch remains unchanged. Same ethos, new room.

Vesper is a new cocktail bar in Soho from the team behind Oriole. Classic drinks done seriously, with a wine list that earns its place. Come for a shaker, stay for supper.

Southern US cooking that doesn't need a gimmick. Chef Charlie Carr brings hot chicken, smash burgers and proper low-and-slow barbecue to Coal Drops Yard. The kind of food that sticks to your ribs and your memory.

The New York institution lands in Mayfair, inside Claridge's. Negronis and cicchetti in the kind of room you want to linger in long after the bill arrives. Italy by way of Manhattan, dressed to impress.

A wine bar from the group behind Brat and Untitled. Natural bottles, bar snacks worth ordering twice. A relaxed Shoreditch room that knows exactly what it is. No surprises, no disappointments.

Rossella started in Benevento, Italy, in 1960 when Luca Meola's father opened it. The family moved to London in 1978. Luca launched the Kentish Town site in 2012. Muswell Hill is the next step: a larger space with an aperitivo bar and a deli you can actually shop from. The tiramisu arrives on a trolley that belonged to Luca's grandfather. Worth the trip.

Malika Green and Paschelle Brown have run sold-out supperclubs for three years. On 6 May, they get a building. All Roads in Brixton is 35 covers of Caribbean-influenced comfort food: butterbean whip with soy pecans, and wings marinated in sweet black tea. Three years of sold-out suppers made this crowd. The room was always coming.

Gordon Ramsay's 100th restaurant opens on the 59th floor of 22 Bishopsgate. Bread Street Kitchen here runs 24 hours with a fully licensed bar, putting it in direct competition with Duck & Waffle further along the skyline. Start with lobster benedict. End with a Galician T-bone. Somewhere in between, the views will do the convincing.

Trèsind has three Michelin stars in Dubai. It's bringing that energy to Mayfair. The tasting menu is built around spectacle: a tableside Chaat Trolley with liquid nitrogen, and a dish called Khichdi of India that draws on 20 ingredients from different regions. This is Indian cooking treated as theatre. Hanover Street is the stage.

Uncle Roger built 16 million subscribers on fried rice reviews. Now he has to serve his own. Kawan opens in Chinatown with chef Daren Liew from Hakkasan running the pass. The squid ink fish and chips is the wildcard. Nigel Ng spent years calling out other people's rice. Now he's on the hook to cook.

A 1930s bank on Notting Hill Gate is now an all-day Lebanese restaurant. The bones of the room are proper. Heritage-focused cooking from morning to dinner. Order the things you don't recognise. Old vault, new table. The room earns its fable.

The Thesleff Group built Los Mochis. This is their luxury Japanese room in Mayfair. Dark wood panelling and premium wagyu. Not a trend piece. Deep wood, real fish. Worth every grain of the dish.

Theo James and chef Naz Hassan opened Lupa in Highbury two years ago. Now comes Ornella, their Milanese follow-up in Hackney. Hassan grew up in Milan, and the menu reflects it. The risotto alla Milanese is what you come for. The vitello tonnato is what you stay for. There's a terrace too. This one has legs.

Aktar Islam has two Michelin stars at Opheem in Birmingham. He's earned his London debut too. Oudh 1722 is built around dum pukht: meats sealed under pastry lids, slow-cooked for hours until they give. The Wiltshire lamb shoulder baked in a lamb-fat crust is already being talked about. A long time coming, and a very good place to start.

Fifth location. Same silk handkerchief carbonara, same short menu. Now with proper booth seating in EC2. The pasta hasn't changed. Same dough, new address. Worth the wait, nothing less.

Theo Clench left Cycene and built his own fire. The menu leans on seafood and tuna cuts most kitchens overlook. Counter seat if you can get one. Good bones, good grill. The name fits the flame.

Koyn Thai is out. Chef Soonthorn Apaipat takes the Curzon Street room and sharpens it. The cooking is robata-led and ingredient-first. The Peking duck Penang curry is already the one to order. Same fire, different name. The cooking earns its claim.

The Spiteri family is behind St John and Rochelle Canteen. Lorcan and Fin open their own pub in Ladbroke Grove. Fin cooks oxtail with mash and masala monkfish. Family recipe, old address. The cooking knows the rest.

Ten years of BBQ on the South Bank. Jimmy Garcia turns the rotisserie front and centre. Every table faces the river. Chicken-dripping potatoes. One bird, done right. River light, rotisserie night.

Jolene opens inside The Aries flagship on Bridle Lane. Seasonal pastries, changing sandwiches. Two floors and a proper kitchen. The bread alone is worth the detour. Flour in Soho. Worth the slow.

Papi grew up. The London Fields team has a new pub in Stoke Newington. Kid goat chop with ezme salad, mussels toast with house lardo. The cooking didn't get softer. Same team, sharper tooth. The food still needs no proof.

Ten years in, Padella picks Soho for their third. The beef shin ragu has its own mythology in this city. Counter seats and a short menu. Silk handkerchief carbonara is the signature. Queue early, or queue and rue.

Ravinder Bhogal takes Jikoni to the new V&A East in Stratford. Prawn toast Scotch egg and lamb merguez flatbread. Bombay sandwich with green chutney. Museum dining done right, served bright and light.

Yard Sale's most westerly outpost lands in Queen's Park. Thin base, proper toppings, neighbourhood energy. The 17th slice of a London success story.

A former bank split in two. Irish freehouse at the front, jockey-club dining room behind it. The kind of place that looks like it's been there for decades. Opens April.

Named after Abbie's grandmother, from the team behind Amie Wine Studio next door. Thin crust pizza, own-label crémant, and a terrace when London warms. Belgravia has gained some form.

104 years of members-only ends this Tuesday. The Sloane Club's first public space is an all-day café and bakery from George Scott-Toft, turning into a wine bar when the evening turns grey. Chelsea, a reason to stay.

Notting Hill's newest morning ritual. The New York brand that quietly took over London is now on Westbourne Grove. Good coffee, no fuss. The best openings always arrive without warning.

Born in Ibiza in 2018. Now inside a former bank in St James's. A 6.5-metre wine wall runs the height of the room. Downstairs, No.11 is a cocktail laboratory that wakes up at 10pm. Sun-grown food. Stone-cold cool.

East Dulwich gets a two-in-one. The Daily Tray does scratch brunch until 3pm. Common Pizza takes over from there. Same kitchen, different rhythm. A good street just got better.

A proper sandwich shop in the City. No sad desk lunches. Just bread, filling, and the kind of care that makes a Tuesday feel worth it. Fresh by day, gone by noon.