BEST RESTAURANT OPENINGS IN DECEMBER 2023
Festive season is finally here and we couldn't be more excited about it especially as it brings new amazing restaurants with it. 'Feast' your eyes on these:
Address: 97 Lower Marsh, London SE1 7AB
Opening Date: 1 December 2023
Their third London restaurant.
Address: 57 Westbourne Grove, Bayswater, London W2 4UA
Opening Date: 1 December 2023
Opening Offer: 50% off food on opening day
Opening their first restaurant in London, Phat Buns are burgers that you can customise yourself.
Address: 44 Chalk Farm Rd, Chalk Farm, London NW1 8AJ
Opening Date: 1 December 2023
Opening Offer: 50% off food 1-3 December 2023
Fresh, fully customisable kebab.
Address: 3 Crispin Place, London E1 6DW
Opening Date: 1 December 2023 (the restaurant opens February 2024)
A wine pub and restaurant by Ben Hodges and Alex Lewis on the former Leon space in Spitalfields market.
Bistro Greggs x Fenwick
Address: 3 Crispin Place, London E1 6DW
Opening Date: 1 December 2023
Address: 33 Dover St, London W1S 4NF
Opening Date: 3 December 2023
New York Italian restaurant and bar by Martin Kuczmarski (ex Soho House Chief Operating Officer).
Address: 4A Upper St Martin's Ln, London WC2H 9NY
Opening Date: 4 December 2023
Pan-Asian restaurant in Camden, with a Babylonian interior, that closed five years ago is re-opening in Covent Garden.
Address: 30 St Martins Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4ER
Opening Date: 4 December 2023
Their second Neapolitan pizzeria in London after Kings Cross last year.
Rudy’s Pizza Napoletana Shoreditch
Address: Montacute Yards, 183-184 Shoreditch High Street, E1 6HU
Opening Date: 4 December 2023
Opening Offer: 5000 free pizzas
A relaxed neighbourhood pizzeria, following the traditions and artistry of pizza
from Naples, are opening their second London-based restaurant.
Address: 163 Upper St, London N1 1US
Opening Date: 4 December 2023
Opening Offer: 30% off food and beverages until 17 December 2023
Authentic Vietnamese kitchen.
Address: 25/27 Tryon St, London SW3 3LG
Opening Date: 5 December 2023
Tom Kerridge's new restaurant and this time it's a pub in Chelsea.
Address: The Zig Zag Building, 70 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6SQ
Opening Date: 5 December 2023
A "boutique bowling venue" with three floors of activities (bowling, crazy golf, darts and beer pong and Play Dirty - a "risqué arcade hall") with Patty & Bun serving the food.
Address: 42 Electric Boulevard, SW11 8BJ
Opening Date: 6 December 2023
Opening Offer: 50% off food until 5 December 2023
UK’s best Indian chain opens their first south-of-the river outpost, next to Battersea Power Station.
Address: Unit 53, 5 Merchant Sq, Paddington, London W2 1BQ
Opening Date: 6 December 2023
Argentinian-style mixed grill opens their fifth latin-inspired barbecue restaurant.
Address: 32-34 Rosslyn Hill, London NW3 1NH
Opening Date: 6 December 2023
First one opened in Chelsea in 2022, serving their signature salads, cakes, pastries, desserts and huge meringues.
Address: Hackney, address TBC
Opening Date: 7 December 2023
After pop-ups and partnerships (Quo Vadis & Jollibee), Whyte Rushen (formerly at Brat, Scully and Kerridge's) is now opening a permanent spot in Hackney.
Address: 22 Paddington St, London W1U 5QY
Opening Date: 7 December 2023
NYC style pizza by Francesco Macri (formerly at Pizza Pilgrims and Princi), owned by the group that also runs Ochre and Angus Steakhouse.
Address: 158 Old Brompton Rd, London SW5 0BA
Opening Date: 8 December 2023
London's liveliest Mexican restaurant and cocktail bar, a low-key restaurant with a terrace specialising in tacos, burritos and other Mexican cuisine classics.
Address: 63-67 High Street, Edgware HA8 TDD
Opening Date: 8 December 2023
Japanese food at its finest – made to order traditional sushi focusing on exceptional flavours and textures.
Address: 100 Draycott Avenue, London SW3 3AD
Opening Date: 8 December 2023
Opening Offer: 25% off food, 8-15 December
Portuguese restaurant is moving from Covent Garden to Chelsea.
'The Kingdom of Winter' Christmas Experience
Address: Excel London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London E16 1XL
Opening Date: 8 December 2023 to 7 January 2024
An exciting new destination for festive fun at ExCeL, London's only indoor festive experience that includes a winter themed circus, ice skating, fairground rides, an immersive ice expedition trail, an alpine-style Christmas market and a tantalising range of festive food and drink.
Address: 16 Hampstead High St, London NW3 1PX
Opening Date: 12 December 2023
Omakase in Hampstead by Chef Takuya Watanabe, with a branch in Mayfair as well.
Address: 76 Long Acre, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9LB
Opening Date: 13 December 2023
Italian cafe and wine bar inspired by Puglia, by Gianluca Capilungo (ex Bar Manager at Aqua), Asia Capilungo (ex chef for Soho House & Cubitt House) with her partner Huzefa Sajawal (co-owner & Executive Chef of Fatt Pundit), and their uncle Luca Capilungo.
Address: 2-4 Camden Passage, London N1 8ED
Opening Date: 14 December 2023
A new wine bar from the group, focusing on wine tastings from over 70 wine options.
Address: 20-21, The High Parade, Streatham High Road, SW16 1EX
Opening Date: 14 December 2023
A new fast-casual concept offering a Nando’s-esque experience of choose-your-own seafood, dip and spice level.
Address: 367 Mentmore Terrace, London E8 3RT
Re-opening Date: 16 December 2023
Opening Offer: Soft launch 16-17 December
Plant based pitta bar is relocating to London Fields after two years at Neil Market, serving takeaway-only falafel pittas.
Rudy’s Pizza Napoletana Fitzrovia
Address: 53-54 Tottenham Court Road W1T 2EQ
Opening Date: 18 December 2023
Opening Offer: 5000 free pizzas
A relaxed neighbourhood pizzeria, following the traditions and artistry of pizza
from Naples, are opening their third London-based restaurant.
Address: 159 Oxford St, London W1D 2JL
Opening Date: 21 December 2023
A big kebab chain restaurant in Italy, mainly Rome and Milan, and in Ibiza.
Emilia's Crafted Pasta - Baker Street
Address: 215 Baker St, London NW1 6XE
Opening Date: 23 December 2023
Opening Offer: 2-week soft launch with 50% off the total bill, 8-21 January 2024
Fourth restaurant for Emilia's, famous for their fresh pasta made on-site.
Address: 18-22 Holbein Place, London SW1W 8NL
Opening Date: 24 December 2023
An Italian restaurant in Chelsea, inspired by the flavours of Salento and Puglia.
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