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Restaurants opening in April 2025
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.
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, are opening their second restaurant in the city in Whapping Wharf. Ragù is a seasonally led Italian small plates restaurant, with Cor head chef Vyck Colsell taking on the executive chef role, focusing on 'quality ingredients, prepared simply, with love.'
WHEN 5th April 2025
WHERE Unit 25, Cargo 2, Museum Street, Bristol, United Kingdom BS16ZA
FOLLOW @ragu.restaurant.bristol
BOOK ragurestaurant.com
One Club Row
On the top floor of The Knave of Clubs, Patrick Powell will take the helm at One Club Row, a New York inspired restaurant with a separate entrance to the Bethnal Green Road pub.
WHEN 9th April 2025
WHERE 1 Club Row, London, E1 6JX
FOLLOW @oneclubrow
BOOK oneclubrow.com
Tom Brown at The Capital
Chef-patron of The Pearly Queen Tom Brown has announced his return to the Capital Hotel where he first worked as Nathan Outlaw’s head chef back in 2016. He will be launching a new 28-cover restaurant this spring, following the closure of his flagship fine dining restaurant Cornerstone last year.
WHEN 10th April 2025
WHERE 22-24 Basil Street, London, SW3 1AT
FOLLOW @tombrownatthecapital
BOOK tombrownatthecapital.com
The Kerfield Arms
After finding success with their elegant Islington pub, The Baring, Adam Symonds and chef Rob Tecwyn (former head chef at Dabbous) are replicating their formula south of the Thames with the revival of The Kerfield Arms in Camberwell. The duo, who first met working at The Bull & Last, will launch the new site in April, offering a £12 mid-week lunch special and space for walk-ins and drinkers.
WHEN 15th April 2025
WHERE 16 Grove Lane, London, SE5 8SY
FOLLOW @thekerfieldarms
BOOK thekerfieldarms.co.uk
Josephine Marylebone
Claude and Lucy Bosi are bringing the Lyonnaise charm of their Chelsea bistro to Marylebone. The new site will build upon the offering of their original site with a new breakfast menu, a seated terrace area and an oyster kiosk.
WHEN 24th April 2025
WHERE 6-8 Blandford Street, London, W1U 4AU
FOLLOW @josephinebouchon
BOOK josephinebistro.com
Lapin
From the team behind Bank, Lapin is a French-focused restaurant opening in April on Bristol's harbourside. They aim to take a classical approach, with the menu built around starters, mains and desserts, using seasonal produce from the south west and the group's own smallholding.
WHEN April 2025
WHERE Wapping Wharf, Wapping Road, Bristol, BS1 4RW
FOLLOW @lapinbristol
BOOK lapinbristol.co.uk
The Highland Laddie
Owners of Best Local Restaurant The Empire Cafe have announced their expansion with the acquisition of The Highland pub in Burley, on the outskirts of Leeds city centre. The pub, which has been empty since 2023, will reopen in spring as The Highland Laddie and its menu will build on Empire’s elevated casual concept with comforting small plates cooked over fire.
WHEN April 2025
WHERE 36 Cavendish St, Leeds, LS3 1LY
FOLLOW @thehighlandladdie
Restaurants opening in 2025
Vraic
Big news for Guernsey as Welsh chef Nathan Davies announces he’ll open a new restaurant, Vraic, on the north shore in July. 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 will serve 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 July 2025
WHERE Mont Cuet Rd, Guernsey, GY3 5AT
FOLLOW @vraicrestaurant
BOOK vraic.gg
Legado
Chef Nieves Barrágan Mohacho will be opening a new restaurant in Shoreditch this summer. Legado will follow in 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 Summer 2025
WHERE Montacute Yards, Shoreditch High Street, E1 6HU
FOLLOW @legado_ldn
BOOK legadorestaurants.com
Singburi 2.0
Notoriously hard-to-book Leytonstone gem Singburi will be relocating to Shoreditch in spring. 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.
WHEN Spring 2025
WHERE Unit 7 Montacute Yards, Shoreditch High Street, E1 6HU
FOLLOW @singburi_e1
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 will focus on rotisserie chicken, wine and cocktails.
WHEN 2025
WHERE 5-6 Melbourne Terrace Melbourne Grove, London, United Kingdom SE22 8RE
FOLLOW @norbertslondon
Uyare by Tharavadu
Victoria Gate’s rooftop restaurant space in the centre of Leeds (previously home to Issho until 2023) is being reopened by the Tharavadu team as Uyare in 2025. In a major scale-up from the original restaurant on Mill Hill, the new opening will accommodate up to 300 guests across a restaurant and separate bar space with a menu that sticks to the well-loved Keralan flavours of the flagship.
WHERE 156a Lower Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6LY
FOLLOW @uyare.leeds
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
Cafe Pom Pom
The team behind Stockport’s Where The Light Gets In are planning a new venture in the town next year. The more casual concept will be led by chef Hattie Matthews, whose career started at WTLGI before taking her to Tillingham in East Sussex and across the channel to De Puta Madre in Biarritz.
WHEN 2025
WHERE Stockport
FOLLOW @arestaurantwherethelightgetsin
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
Gina
Pastry chef, author and media personality Ravneet Gill is opening a restaurant with her husband Mattie Taiano in Chingford, Essex. Gina will be a 'chophouse meets family-run restaurant', named after Taiano's late mother.
WHEN 2025
WHERE Chingford, Essex
FOLLOW @gina.restaurant
Restaurants opened in 2025
March
The Swine Bistro
North Street's The Swine That Dines has moved to a bigger restaurant in the suburbs after a successful crowdfunding campain. Swine Bistro is the new incarnation of the original restaurant on Otley Road in the suburb of Headingley. The new restaurant welcomes an extra pair of hands in the kitchen with Kirsty Cheetham joining as head chef.
WHEN Spring 2025
WHERE Otley Road, Headingley, Leeds LS6 2AD
FOLLOW @theswinebistro
Pip
Former Good Food Guide Chef to Watch Mary-Ellen McTague has opened her latest project, Pip, in central Manchester. Situated on the ground floor of the new Treehouse Hotel, the restaurant focuses on McTague's signature low-waste, seasonal cooking. It's her first opening since The Creameries, which closed in 2022.
WHEN 19th March 2025
WHERE Treehouse, Blackfriars Street, Manchester, M3 2EQ
FOLLOW @pip.mcr
BOOK www.treehousehotels.com
Winsome
Shaun Moffat (formerly of Best Local Restaurant Edinburgh Castle and Shoreditch favourite Manteca) has opened his first solo venture in Manchester. The new restaurant is called Winsome (appealing in a fresh, innocent way.) Read our first look here.
WHEN March 2025
WHERE Princess St, Manchester M1 6JD
FOLLOW @winsome_mcr
February
Kynd
Joining Grace & Savour at Hampton Manor, Kynd has replaced Smoke in the furnace house on the other side of the walled garden to its sleek older sister. Kynd is about lively, shared occasions and robust flavours eeked out of British ingredients. Read our first look here.
WHERE Hampton Manor, Shadowbrook Lane, Hampton-In-Arden, B92 0EN
FOLLOW @kynd_hamptonmanor
BOOK hamptonmanor.com/kynd
The Knave of Clubs
Irish chef Patrick Powell (Allegra, Midland Grand Dining Room) has teamed up with hotshot partners James Dye (The Camberwell Arms) and Benjy Leibowitz and taken on a Victorian pub in Shoreditch. The Knave of Clubs serves rotisserie chicken and bar snacks in the downstairs pub, while upstairs Patrick Powell will run One Club Row as a separate restaurant. Read our first look here.
WHERE 25 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, London E1 6HT
FOLLOW @theknaveofclubspub
BOOK theknaveofclubs.co.uk
Bar Valette
The Clove Club’s Isaac McHale launched his new venture, Bar Valette, in Shoreditch, East London. Bringing together influences of Southern French and simple Spanish cooking, the menu consists of small plates for sharing alongside a drinks list including fine wines, continental sherries and cider. Read our first look here.
WHERE 28 Kingsland Rd, London, E2 8AA
FOLLOW @barvalette
BOOK barvalette.com
The Restaurant at Hambledon Wine Estate
Led by head chef Nick Edgar (formerly at Le Manoir Aux Quat Saisons and The Samling in the Lake District), a new restaurant in a converted barn within the vineyards at Hambledon Wine Estate is now open.
WHERE East Street, Hambledon, Hampshire, PO7 4RY
FOLLOW @hambledon_vineyard
BOOK hambledonvineyard.co.uk
Harry's
Former Bibendum head chef Matthew Harris (brother of Bouchon Racine's Henry Harris) opened Harry's restaurant in The Gallivant hotel on Friday 7th February.
WHERE The Gallivant, Camber, East Sussex, TN31 7RB
FOLLOW @harryscambersands
BOOK thegallivant.co.uk
January
Rake at The Compton Arms
From 9th January, Rake will hold a long term kitchen residency at The Compton Arms serving restorative British fare. The focus is on whole beast butchery and sustainable Cornish fish.
WHERE 4 Compton Ave, London, N1 2XD
FOLLOW @rakelondon
BOOK comptonarms.co.uk
Moss
A new farm-to-table restaurant in Edinburgh’s Stockbridge neighbourhood. Moss is the debut restaurant from Henry Dobson, who has assembled a team from restaurants including The Ledbury, Pollen Street Social and Heron. The menu will combine Japanese influences with Scottish produce, much of which will come from Dobson’s family farm in Angus.
WHERE 112 St Stephen Street, Stockbridge, Edinburgh, EH3 5AD
FOLLOW @moss_edinburgh
BOOK mossedn.co.uk
Don't Tell Dad
A new bakery by day, neighbourhood restaurant by night in West London's Queens Park. Led by head chef Luke Frankie (formerly of Noble Rot and Forza Wine at The National Theatre.)
WHERE 10-14 Lonsdale Rd, London NW6 6RD
FOLLOW @donttelldad_qp
BOOK donttelldad.co.uk
Dove
Jackson Boxer has reiminagined his Notting Hill restaurant Orasay into Dove, a relaxed neighbourhood restaurant featuring reimagined British classics.
WHERE 31 Kensington Park Road, W11 2EU
FOLLOW @i.feel.dove
BOOK dove.london
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, Newcastle upon Tyne NE15 0HT
FOLLOW @restauranthjem
