Because life is too short to have bad dinners in a wonderful city. You wouldn't build a house without a professional architect. So why dine without this compass to guide you? Here's a selection of the most interesting openings in London this November - curated by our expert team just for you!
And don't delay; there are truffles champagne at sake. Early office Christmas treat? Indulgent evening? Just another Manic Monday? Without further ado...
Address: 60 Upper Thames Street, London EC4V 3AD
Opening Date: 1 November
This hotly anticipated debut by Westin Hotels & Resorts (of the infamous Marriott Bonvoy portfolio) is one of our November ones to watch.
Addressing the growing global demand for well-being among travellers, its incredible setup empowers guests to take back control of their routine when travelling. The brand lives by its six pillars of Sleep Well, Eat Well, Move Well, Feel Well, Work Well, and Play Well. There's a highly celebrated Westin Heavenly™ bed in every room, a 370 square metre Heavenly™ Spa, and state-of-the-art WestinWORKOUT® fitness studio, a wine & small plates bar, Hithe + Seek, and an international all-day restaurant, Mosaic.
So whether you're after an impressive riverside location, a seriously sleek design, or delicious food and drink offerings, this one will tick all your boxes.
Address: Harvey Nichols, 5th Floor, 109-125 Knightsbridge, SW1X 7RJ
Opening Date: 1 November
Madhu's is the relaunch of a short-lived restaurant on the fifth floor of Harvey Nichols, using the name and recipes of one of London’s longest-standing Indian caterers, whose even catered for the Prince of Wales.
Address: 55 Moorgate, London EC2R 6LL
Opening Date: 1 November 2021
Clays is bringing the Great British countryside to the heart of the City of London.
THE CORAVIN WINE & BUBBLES BAR
Address: 4-7 Lancashire Court, London W1S 1EY
Opening Date: 2 November 2021 - January 2022
Here you will find London’s longest sparkling by the glass list, to be enjoyed alongside cheese & charcuterie, in the heart of Mayfair.
Address: 1 Bedale St, Borough Market London, SE1 9AL
Opening Date: 3 November 2021
Flor Borough market becomes a bakery and is the second site from the pair behind Michelin-starred Shoreditch restaurant LYLE’S.
Address: Pizza Pilgrims: 38 Queensway, London W2 3RX,
Opening Date: Pizza Pilgrims: 5 November 2021
Nation's favourite Pizza chain is expanding.
Address: 400 Oxford St, London W1C 1JS (behind the store)
Opening Date: 5 Nov – 24 Dec, 4–9pm on weekdays & 12–9pm at weekends, 24 December 12–4pm
Selfridges Christmas Market is taking over the mews behind the store for the second year.
You can enjoy food and drink such as: Indian street food from Gully to savoury and sweet waffles from Utter Waffle, seafood by Calamari Canteen, burgers and chips by The Tramshed Project, hot dogs from Popdogs, doughnuts by Treats Club, cookies and hot chocolate by Chin Chin and last but not least, arepas by Pabellon.
Plus there are three bars, gift stalls (by Penhaligon's, MAC and Jo Malone) and fairground rides (including a helter-skelter), Selfridges Selection range treats, personalised wreaths by Your London Florist, Christmas trees by Florists Moyses Stevensand, even a Christmas Concierge to help with the present buying malarkey.
Address: 19-20 Dover Street, London W1S 4LU
Opening Date: 6 November 2021
The restaurant focuses Spain's northern regions and is brought to us by the people behind Zuaya, Kensington's Latin American restaurant, and Como Garden, the Italian restaurant next door.
Address: 1 Cathedral Place, Borough Market, London, SE1 1TL
Opening Date: 8 November 2021
The team at Mildreds are launching a new restaurant concept, offering an impressive 100% plant-based menu with fresh, sustainable and seasonal dishes, with a strong focus on provenance.
Address: 87 Rectory Grove, Clapham Old Town, London SW4 0DR
Opening Date: 8 November 2021
An environmentally friendly pub with a focus on sustainability.
Address: 14 Ash Avenue, Elephant Park, London SE17 1GQ
Opening Date: 9 November 2021 (TBC)
Café by Day and wine & cocktail bar by night.
Address: 139 Bellenden Road, Peckham, London SE15 4DH
Opening Date: 10th November 2021
Tapas Bar and restaurant, an independent local café with a Portuguese twist
Address: Secret London location
Opening Date: 10 November 2021
The Secret Cinema crew are turning the global smash hit series Bridgerton into an immersive experience.
Address: 40 Celebration Avenue, Stratford, London, E20 1DB
Opening Date: Union Social opens on 11 November 2021. The Sky Bar will open in early 2022.
Set to be the City's latest hot-spot by combining eating, drinking and social spaces under one roof, the Gantry will feature luxurious suites with amazing views, an artisanal food market from The Stratford Grocer & Co, a restaurant (Union Social) with terrace and open air fire pits, a Sparkling Bar (Coupe at Union Social), an 18th floor sky bar and even events space.
Address: 1 Orchard St, London W1H 6HJ (above the Selfridges food hall).
Opening Date: From 11 November 2021
A "multi-sensory immersive festival" at the Old Selfridges Hotel, from Cools-Lartigue and an impressive line-up of chefs. It includes:
The Counter of Joy - a 50m long kitchen & bar counter full of small plates created by Andrew Wong, Jikoni's Ravinder Bhogal, Chantelle Nicholson from All’s Well, Oklava's Selin Kiazim, Chishuru's AdeJokéBakare and ex-Connaught and Masterchef Professionals quarter-finalist Jason Howard.
Wonky Dreams - Rich Woods (aka The Cocktail Guy) is serving an "eccentric collection of cocktails" alongside nitrogen ice cream from Chin Chin Labs.
Joyride - "a 45-minute immersive experience where you will receive wireless headphones to explore the tastes, touch and smells of a luxury bento-box" made by Caroline Hobkinson, food artist and anthropologist. There will also be a special menu by chef and restaurateur Andrew Clarke (The Tramshed Project).
Besides all that, there is also a Magic Garden Stage with live music and DJs.
Address: 35 Old Church Street, London SW3 5BS
Opening Date: 11 November 2021
Timothy Oulton is an interior designer with stores worldwide and now he is opening first pub, The Chelsea Pig, which is a landmark pub dating since the 1890s.
Address: 35a Panton Street, London SW1Y 4EA
Opening Date: 11 November 2021
Panton Yokocho is Japan Centre's new ramen bar.
Address: 27 Cale St, Chelsea, London SW3 3QP
Opening Date: 11 November 2021
Beefbar is popular in Monaco, Saint-Tropez, Milan, Mykonos and Sao Paolo, and has now arrived in London.
THE LONDON EYE ABSOLUT CHRISTMAS PUB POD
Address: London Eye
Opening Date: from November 11 until December 24, from midday to 5pm on Fridays and Saturdays, and 3pm to 5pm Monday to Thursday.
Tickets cost £57.50 per person.
Address: 22-32 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 7EU
Opening Date: 12 November 2021
A new immersive Mediterranean restaurant which brings a piece of Marseilles to Piccadilly. Festooned with wisteria to recreate Provence, serving French bar snacks and specially curated drinks, this little slice of France is set to become the new West end drinking hot spot.
Address: 15 Berkeley St, Mayfair, London W1J 8DY
Opening Date: 12 November 2021
This is a high-end Italian restaurant replacing Nobu on Berkeley Street in Mayfair. It focuses on biodiversity and organic farming, sourcing the products, from their Tuscan estate farm, including their own wines. Executive Chef is Andrea Campani and Head Chef Fulvio Opalio.
Address: Sleazy Pizza, Truman Brewery, Dray Walk, next to Cafe 1001, E1 6QLOpening Date: 12 November 2021
Opening Offer: Pizza party - FREE pizza, drag queens, DJs, live saxophonists, a bar and temporary tattoos - 6pm till late.
Address: 317-318 Portobello Rd, London W10 5SZ
Opening Date: 13 November 2021 (and every Saturday after)
Fresh produce market opening in Notting Hill.
Address: 5 Charlotte St, London W1T 1RE
Opening Date: 15 November 2021
Indian street food chain comes to London, on the former Cote brasserie site on Charlotte Street, and is run by Nisha Katona, former barrister, responsible for making the restaurant a big success in UK.
RAMSBURY FOREST DOMES is popping in The East Piazza of Covent Garden with luxury festive igloos as Part of this year’s Covent Garden Christmas Village.
Opening Date: 15th November 2021 to 8th January 2022
Address: 22 Wardour Street, London W1D 6QQ
Opening Date: 16 November 2021
The robatayaki restaurant will be taking over a three-storey space in Chinatown.
Address: 49-51 Curtain Rd, Shoreditch London EC2A 3PT
Opening Date: 16 November 2021
Manteca, owned by David Carter (of Smokestak) and Chris Leach's, has found a new home on an old Pizza Express site in Shoreditch, to serve their Italian/British menu.
Address: Booking Office 1869, Euston Road, London NW1 2AR
Opening Date: 16 November 2021
The Booking Office at St Pancras is getting an upgrade on its facade and its menu, now curated by Patrick Powell of Allegra at Stratford.
Address: 16A D'Arblay Street, London W1F 8EA
Opening Date: 17 November 2021
The team from Angelina is bringing their second restaurant and the concept of Osaka's kushikatsu dining (deep fried skewers) to Soho.
TASTE OF LONDON FESTIVE EDITION
Address: Tobacco Quay, Wapping Ln, London E1W 2SF
Opening Date: 18 November 2021. Festival runs 18-21 November.
This is the Christmas edition of this beloved food festival.
Address: 1 Surrey Street, London WC2R 2ND
Opening Date: Opened on 19 October 2021 but the Bakery opens on 18 November
Address: The Cadogan, 75 Sloane St, London SW1X 9SG
Opening Date: 19 November 2021
The Cadogan in Chelsea launches new restaurant.
Address: Westfield Stratford City, Montfichet Rd, London E20 1EJ
Opening Date: 20 November 2021
They're popular in the USA and now their are binging their Louisiana chicken to UK and launching their first vegan burger here. They're also hoping to open about 350 restaurants across the country.
Address: 393 Brockley Road, Crofton Park, London SE24 2PH
Opening Date: 22 November 2021 (50% off Yard Sale pizza delivery from 22-24 Nov and 29 Nov - 1 Dec)
Address: 10 Heddon Street, London W1B 4BX
Opening Date: 23 November 2021 (soft launch until 18 November)
SARAP London champions Filipino cuisine by serving modern interpretations of dishes inspired by the food and lechon houses of the Philippines.
Address: Barboun, 61-67 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3HU
Opening Date: Tuesday 23 November
Cost: £85 per person for 10 dishes, complimentary arrival cocktail and take-home gifts courtesy of Opihr Gin, Belazu and Steenbergs spices.
Address: 40-42 William IV Street, London WC2N 4DD
Opening Date: Opens 23 November 2021
Launch offer: Soft launch: 23-27 November 2021 - 50% off food
Address: 56 Blandford St, London W1U 7JA
Opening Date: 24 November 2021
The Flowerhouse is a female-led, revived old English pub on Chiltern Street in Marylebone from the team behind The Light Bar.
Address: Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA
Opening Date: 24 November 2021
Dipna Anand is best known for her highly-rated Brilliant Restaurant in Southall as well as her own cookery school. Now she's opening a restaurant at Somerset House (taking over the space last held by Bryn Williams).
Address: Opens on Liverpool Street.
Opening Date: 24 November 2021
Address: 1 Water Street, London E14
Opening Date: 25 November 2021
The Hawksmoor empire is opening their seventh restaurant, and this one will actually be floating on water. There will be steaks, cocktails, lots of outside seating and one of their biggest bars to date.
Address: 412 Coldharbour Lane, London SW9 8LF
Opening Date: 25 November 2021
An inviting modern American bar & eatery with global influences.
Address: Lonsdale Road, Queen’s Park NW6 6RR
Opening Date: 25 November 2021
Brothers Josh and Paul Katz and Mattia Bianchi, the team behind Berber & Q's, are opening a new restaurant inspired from North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Address: 55 Great Portland Street, London W1W 7LQ
Opening Date: 25 November 2021 (Upstairs at The George opens February 2022)
Address: 74 Wandsworth High St, London SW18 4LB
Opening Date: 26 November 2021
South West London’s first bowling alley
Address: 68 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0BT
Opening Date: From 26 November 2021
Address: 7-9 Bute St, Queensway, London, W2
Opening Date: 29 November 2021
Ceru have opened their second West London restaurant, serving their famous Levantine dishes, inspired by the culture and heritage of the Eastern Mediterranean.
Address: 30-32 Foubert's Place, Carnaby, London W1F 7PS
Opening Date: 30 November 2021
Esra Muslu is a top Turkish chef on Istanbul's dining scene, and she is opening her first solo restaurant.
Address: 2 St James’s Market, London SW1Y 4RP
Opening Date: Early November 2021
Fallow has found a permanent home.
Address: 6 Medici Court (behind 20 Hanover Square), Mayfair, London, W1S 1JY
Opening Date: November 2021
Restaurateur Joey Ghazal opens a massive American-influenced brasserie inside one of the only surviving Georgian Grade II-listed buildings in Mayfair.
Address: Angel Shopping Centre, 21 Parkfield St, London N1 0PS
Opening Date: End of November 2021
Pelicana's Korean fried chicken is coming to Islington.
Address: The Conduit, 6 Langley Street, London, WC2H 9JA
Opening Date: November 2021
Opening at The Conduit members club in Covent Garden (but open to the public) and focusing on sustainability, by Ex Silo chef Brendan Eades.
Address: Vyner Street, Hackney E2 9DG
Opening Date: November 2021
Ombra is opening a new restaurant serving lunchtime Roman pizza and charcuterie, pastries, soups in E5 Bakehouse, by Mitshel Ibrahim, chef-owner of the original Ombra.
Address: 28 Foubert's Place, Carnaby, Soho London W1F 7PR
Opening Date: November 2021
Kanada-Ya is opening two new London restaurants before the end of the year:
First restaurant is in Carnaby, in the Newburgh Quarter, taking over what used to be Shinola.
The second restaurant will be in Ealing in the new Filmworks development.
Address: 19-23 Charlotte St, London W1T 1RL
Opening Date: November 2021
Residency restaurant moves and adds a wine bar
Carousel, the space from brothers Ed and Ollie Templeton that holds rotating chef residencies, is moving to Fitzrovia.
Address: 15-17 Hill Rise, Richmond TW10 6UQ
Opening Date: November 2021
The Gladwins, the brothers who own The Shed, Nutbourne, Sussex and Rabbit, are opening another restaurant, this time in Richmond.
Address: 6-10 Bruton Street, London W1J 6PU
Opening Date: November 2021
SeaSons's flagship restaurant in London, taking over the building that used to be The Square. They already have a few fishmonger/bistros dotted across town (Fitzrovia, Notting Hill, Bayswater, Kensington) and even have plans to expand to for Miami and New York.
Address: 15 St Mary's Rd, Ealing, London W5 5RA
Opening Date: November/December 2021
Coming from the same team as London's top tier pizzeria Santa Maria, this new vegan pizzeria is great news for London's veggie crowd.
Address: Great Windmill Street, London W1D 7DH
Opening Date: TBC
Address: 12-13 Greek St, London W1D 4DL
Opening Date: End 2021
Address: Buckingham Palace Rd, London SW1
Opening Date: Autumn 2021
Successful in Bicester Village and now opening in London too, Shan Shui is run by Ellen Chew, who is also behind Rasa Sayang, Arome and Lobos Tapas, the restaurant features cuisine from China and South East Asia.
Address: 52 Stratton Street, London W1J 8LN
Opening Date: Autumn 2021
Carlo Scotto in Mayfair: Ex chef-patron of Xier is moving to Mayfair with a new restaurant where the emphasis will continue to be on his tasting menus.
Address: 68-70 Shaftesbury Ave, London W1D 6LZ
Opening Date: TBC
Chinese Cuisine.
Address: 78 Dalston Lane, Dalston, London, E8 3AH
Opening Date: Open now
Ngopi is an Indonesian cafe with noodle toasties and banana lattes.
Address: Bloomberg Arcade
Opening Date: Open now
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In other news:
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Aqua Kyoto is celebrating the change of seasons with the launch of the FUYU rooftop terrace, providing the ultimate winter escape.
Another Wing is DJ Khaled's fried chicken business and it's now in London, launching in Kentish Town and Hornsey.
Address: Stratford: 52 Broadway, London E15 1XE, Croydon: 19, 20 Wellesley Rd, Croydon CR9 1NG
Opening Date: Both open now
Address: 28 Salt Lane, Salisbury SP1 1EG
Opening Date: Open now
Sandwich Shop's Max Halley has opened The Five Bells in Salisbury
The Savoy Launches Magical Winter Garden.
Scott’s Mayfair has collaborated with the renowned Champagne House, Perrier-Jouët to launch the A ‘Starstruck’ Christmas campaign on 18 November, featuring a show-stopping shooting star installation created by Event Imagineer Tony Marklew, Perrier-Jouët cocktails and a limited-edition seasonal dessert topped with Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut Champagne, all available until the end of January 2022.
Branston Pickle Post
Address: Gabriel’s Wharf
Opening Date: 25 November 2021
You can post a jar of pickles to your loved ones this Christmas.
Address: 110 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AY
Duck & Waffle turns into the Polar Express for the festive season.
That's a wrap for now!
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