Whether you're looking for a new spot for a long lunch, a celebratory dinner or just everyday indulgence, we've curated a list of the best new foodies spots opening this month.
Come hungry. Leave Happy.
Address: South Place Hotel, 3 South Pl, London EC2M 2AF
Opening Date: 1 April 2025
London’s iconic Bluebird restaurant is expanding with the launch of its sister site in the City on the former 3SP dining space at the South Place Hotel, with Rob Grist as Executive Head Chef.
Address: 2 Wallenberg Pl, Mayfair, London W1H 7TN
Opening Date: 1 April 2025
Michelin-starred Chef Akira Back opens third hotel restaurant in Mayfair, offering a modern take on British cuisine with global influences.
Address: 195 Baker Street, London NW1 6UY
Opening Date: 1 April 2025
Opening Offer: 100 free cheeseburger for the first customers wearing a classic Sherlock Holmes deerstalker
Zan Kaufman opens new restaurant shortly after two successful launches in Seven Dials and London Bridge, making this their seventh location.
Address: 81 The Strand London WC2R 0DE
Opening Date: 1 April 2025
Bagel bakery chain, B Bagel, is set to open its seventh location by founder Yoav Baumgarten.
Address: 137 Fulham Road, Chelsea, London SW3 6RL
Opening Date: 2 April 2025
Reem Abusamra started Reemies in 2018 as a cake collection/delivery business and is now opening her first brick and mortar bakery.
Address: 18 Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia, London W1T 2LZ
Opening Date: 2 April 2025
Opening Offer: 200 free brioche sandwiches on opening day from 1pm
Brioche buns, sandwiches, shareable tapas, dishes 'that always hit the spot' and wine spot born after a trip to Spain by husband-and-wife duo and Ukrainian entrepreneur Andrii Nikonov who also has a Spanish restaurant in Kyiv.
Address: Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Rd, Waterloo, London SE1 8XX
Opening Date: 3 April 2025
Opening Offer: 500 free wagyu steaks on 3 April from 5pm
The affordable steakhouse is opening their fifteenth restaurant, making this their second spot in Waterloo, after a recent opening in Victoria station.
Address: 47 The Broadway, London N8 8DT
Opening Date: 3 April 2025
Opening Offer; 100 free buns on opening day
The bakery specialising in hand-rolled cinnamon buns, made fresh daily, is expanding rapidly lately with yet another location.
Address: Maritime Street, Canada Water, London, SE16 7LL
Opening Date: 4 April 2025
A fresh food hall concept - a waterside destination for street food, live music and sustainable farming, in partnership by BROADWICK (the team behind music venues Printworks and The Drumsheds) and KERB.
Traders include Chick N Sours, Jou Jou's Bites (Taiwanese rice bowls and bao buns), Masa Tacos, Sireli (all day café & restaurant) and Filly Brook (Armenian small plates and flatbreads).
Address: 46 Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3EP
Opening Date: 4 April 2025
Andrea Ascuiti started 081 as a car park pop-up selling pizza made with 72-hour fermented dough. He opened his first restaurant in Peckham in 2023 which is now no. 43 in the Top Best Pizzas in Europe. Andrea is opening a second pizzeria, on the former Iron Bloom space, serving also Napoli style 'tapas'.
Address: 22 Wardour St, Chinatown, London W1D 6QQ
Opening Date: 4 April 2025
Opening Offer: Soft launch from 31 March 2025
Historic Chinese noodle restaurant, founded in Suzhou in 1737, is coming to Chinatown.
Address: 487 High Rd Leytonstone, London E11 4P
Opening Date: 4 April 2025
Opening Offer: Free waffle bites for the first 50 customers from 4pm, 50% off desserts and a spin-the-wheel to win prizes
A brunch, desserts and coffee franchise business is expanding in East London.
Address: 3 Belvedere Road, London SE1 7PB
Opening Date: 5 April 2025
Hannah at County Hall is being replaced by Donabe - "the city's first Japanese restaurant devoted to clay pot rice dishes".
Address: Market Halls Victoria, 191 Victoria St, London SW1E 5NE
Opening Date: 5 April 2025
Opening Offer: 50 free gelatos each day 7-11 April, from 11am
Address: Unit 4-5, 29 The Broadway, Wimbledon,London SW19 1PS
Opening Date: 5 April 2025
Opening Offer: 100 goodie bags on opening day
Address: Unit 3, Tower Bridge House, St Katharine's Way, London E1W 1BA
Opening Date: 7 April 2025
Opening Offer: Free pizzas on opening month via prior email registration
Fatto A Mano's newest pizzeria is on the waterfront of St. Katherine Docks, just minutes away from Tower Bridge, with a large outside terrace, bookable tables for parties and counter seating over-looking our open kitchen to watch their pizzaioli in action.
Address: House of Lords, Palace of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, SW1A 0PW
Opening Date: 7-11 April 2025, two 90-minute slots starting at 12pm and 3pm.
The House of Lords opens to the public annually for lunch during the Easter break. This year however they are offering afternoon tea for £55.
Address: Liberty, Regent St., Carnaby, London W1B 5AH
Opening Date: 8 April 2025
Liberty is replacing Arthur's with a new restaurant as part of their 150th anniversary celebrations, teaming up with catering group Goose + Berry and head chef Joe Holness (ex Da Terra and Fera at Claridge's), focusing on British cuisine.
Address: 80 Long Acre, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9NG
Opening Date: 8 April 2025
Opening Offer: Soft launch with 50% off all food 8 – 11 April between 11am – 3pm
A Taiwanese noodle bar from Noam Bar-Chang, the co-founder of Ottolenghi, and Chris Hsu, owner of Kung Fu Mama the sun-dried Taiwanese noodles brand.
Address: 152 Curtain Road, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3AT
Opening Date: 9 April 2025
Ukrainian restaurateurs Alex Cooper and Anna Andriienko, are opening their first London restaurant in the former Brindisa site, inspired by Alex’s hometown, Tatarbunary and focusing on his grandmother's recipes, recreated by Head chef Kate Tkachuk.
Address: 1 Club Row, Shoreditch, London E1 6JX
Opening Date: 9 April 2025
The revamped Knave of Clubs pub from chef Patrick Powell, James Dye, and Benjy Leibowitz, will have a new restaurant above it.
Address: 59 Greek Street, Soho, London W1D 4NQ
Opening Date: 9-12 April 2025
To celebrate the launch of KitKat sharing bars, the iconic British chocolate brand is re-opening Blockbuster, the nostalgic 90s video rental store from a limited time only, where visitors will be treated to a movie streaming code and a free new KitKat sharing bar.
Address: The Arcade, Liverpool Street, London, EC2M 7PN
Opening Date: 10 April 2025
Boxpark transforms the Metropolitan Arcade, the Edwardian shopping arcade at Liverpool Street, into a food hall, with the help of designers Macaulay Sinclair (who also designed Hawksmoor and Dishoom). There will be a 'Kitchen No.8' for rotating chefs, a 3,000 sq ft roof terrace, a bar and 13 food vendors:
Sourdough Sophia - popular bakery for breads, pastries and speciality coffees.
Eggslut - egg-based all-day brunch.
Farzi - fine dining Indian restaurant
Nativo - Japanese-Latin fusion restaurant
Gaucho Go - Gaucho's fast food version of a hot dog and signature steak
Club Mexicana - plant-based Mexican street food
Baked Bird - baked chicken
Burger & Beyond - one of London's best burgers
Inamo Sukoshi - sushi & fusion street food
Little Bao Boy - homemade bao buns and Asian dishes with a Western twist
Old Chang Kee - Singaporean street food
Soft Serve Society - dessert parlour for soft serve ice creams
Boki Coffee – independent all-day coffee shop.
Address: The Capital, 22-24 Basil St, Knightsbridge, London SW3 1AT
Opening Date: 10 April 2025
Acclaimed Chef Tom Brown closed his Michelin-starred Cornerstone restaurant in Hackney last year and is now returning to The Capital Hotel, Apartments & Townhouse, where he first rose to prominence, taking over the flagship restaurant.
Address:33 St Mary Axe Unit 6 London EC3A 8AA
Opening Date: 10 April 2025
Gaming and social venue offering bowling, arcade games, food, drinks and good times, all spread across two floors.
Address: 1-3 Amhurst Road, London E8 1JB
Opening Date: 10 April 2025
Opening Offer: 200 free lunches on 9 April from 12pm and the first person in line will be also get a one year Club Pret subscription.
Pret A Manger, the counter-serve chain for ready-made sandwiches plus breakfast, coffee, soups & salads, is expanding its presence in East London.
Address: 141 Commercial Street, London E1 6BJ
Opening Date: 11 April 2025
Ross Clarke Collective (of Dirty Bones, Señor Ceviche, The Rum Kitchen and Foley's) brings us "elevated classic sandwiches".
1 Leicester Square Rooftop Bar and Restaurant
Address: 1 Leicester Square, Hotel Indigo, London WC2H 7NA
Opening Date: 11 April 2025
London's very first sky-high speakeasy is a 1920s-themed rooftop bar and restaurant above Leicester Square by Criterion Hospitality, serving modern Mediterranean-inspired dishes.
Address: 9 Market Row, Brixton Village Market, London SW9 8LF
Opening Date: 12 April 2025
Opening Offer: 50% off food on opening day
Kieran Monteiro (ex Boma) and Sam Mousawi (who ran the Park Road Kitchen Group in Battersea) open a rotisserie grill (nicknamed "Esmerelda") inside Brixton Village Market.
Burger & Lobster - High Street Kensington
Address: 222 Kensington High St, London W8 7RG
Opening Date: 13 April 2025
Burger & Lobster's tenth London restaurant.
Address: 60-64 Strand, Westminster, London WC2N 5LR
Opening Date: 13 April 2025
Opening Offer: 1,000 free Whoppers & 250 tote bags on opening day, plus a year's worth of burgers for the 100th customer
Burger King is opening a five-storey restaurant near Charing Cross.
Address: Cubitt House, 10 Motcomb Street, Belgravia, London SW1X 8LA
Opening Date: 14 April 2025
An elegant new dining room upstairs at The Alfred Tennyson in Belgravia, serving British and French classics by Executive chef Ben Tish and Head Chef Chef Stevie Phillip (ex-Blanchette and The Dorchester), in a space filled with British fabrics, antiques and soft candlelight.
Address: 65 Gloucester Ave, Greater, London NW1 8JH
Re-opening Date: 14 April 2025
Primrose Hill’s favourite neighbourhood pub is back. Named after former resident, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, this historic pub, dating back to the 1800s, is now serving up an elevated crowd-pleasing menu, great drinks and good pub vibes once more.
Address: 28 Monck Street, Westminster, London, England, SW1P 2AP
Opening Date: 14 April 2025
Address: 1-15 Templeton Pl, Earl’s Court, London SW5 9NB
Opening Date: 15 April 2025
Miiro Hotels, a new lifestyle hotel brand venture from InterGlobe Enterprises, India’s foremost aviation and hospitality conglomerate, opens a stylish 4-star hotel in a Victorian building, with 156 guest rooms and suites, home to a cafe-meets-deli, a modern British restaurant, cocktail bar, a state-of-the-art gym, in addition to a Refresh Room and landscaped private garden. This is the fourth location for the brand and has been designed by James Thurstan Waterworth (ex design director at Soho House), with Nicola James (ex Holmes Hotel, Charlotte Street Hotel and Covent Garden Hotel) as GM.
Address: 16 Grove Lane, Camberwell, London SE5 8SY
Opening Date: 15 April 2025
Adam Symonds and chef Rob Tecwyn, the team behind Islington pub The Baring (the highest new entry in the Top 50 Gastropubs list last year), are opening a second site on the former The Crooked Well site. They even brought current Baring chef Jay Styler as head chef here.
Address: 1 New Drum St, Aldgate, London E1 7AY
Opening Date: 15 April 2025
Opening Offer: 50% off food 15-30 April
Restaurateur Murat Kilic is opening a second restaurant just down the road from his Middle Eastern restaurant Amber.
This one is focusing on sustainability, with designer Nina Woodcroft (who worked on Silo) decorating the venue, and an earth-friendly drinks list.
Address: Unit 4, District Foodhall, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, NW4 3FP
Opening Date: 15 April 202
Opening Offer: 50% off for the first 500 customers and 20% off all food and drink until Monday 5th May thereafter
Cantonese roast meat restaurant is opening its sixth location at Brent Cross Shopping Centre.
Address: 4 Glasshouse Street, Piccadilly Square, London W1B 5DQ
Opening Date: 17 April 2025
Opening Offer: 100 Free burgers on opening day from 11am
New York burger chain, with first UK shop in Westfield Stratford, is opening the London flagship burger store, also serving their large crazy shakes.
Address: The Queen's Walk, More London, London, SE1 2AA
Re-opening Date: 17 April 2025
Between the Bridges reopens for the summer season with their renowned selection of London's finest street food and drinks offering in its spacious indoor and outdoor beer garden boasting views of the London Eye.
Address: Forza Wine at the National Theatre, National Theatre, London SE1 9PX
Opening Date: 17 April 2025
Forza Wine at the National Theatre’s alfresco terrace is reopening for the summer until September.
Address: Westfield Shopping Centre, Ariel Way, London W12 7GQ
Opening Date: 17 April 2025
Scratch bakery, specialising in sourdough doughnuts, small-batch ice cream, handmade cookies, extraordinary chocolate, and specialty coffee opens latest site.
Lola's Cupcakes Pop-up Store - Paddington
Address: 146 Praed Street, Paddington, London W2 1HL
Opening Date: 17 April 2025
Opening Offer: 300 Free mini cupcakes on 18th April
A four-month pop-up at Paddington Station followed by a permanent kiosk at Clapham Junction on 28 April.
Address: Designer Outlet, Unit 105 Wembley Park Blvd, Wembley Park, Wembley HA9 0FD
Opening Date: 18 April 2025
Opening Offer: 20 Free platters on opening day from 4pm
Address: 15 Kingly St, Carnaby, London W1B 5PS
Opening Date: 18 April 2025
An intimate 30-seater listening and cocktail bar under The Counter Soho, the second London restaurant from celebrated Turkish chef and The Counter Notting Hill founder, Kemal Demirasal opening this May.
Address: Battersea Power Station, London
Opening Date: 18-21 April 2025
Some of the UK and Europe’s top chocolatiers will be selling delectable creations at the riverside neighbourhood’s first-ever chocolate market, in Turbine Hall B. Outside, in the Power Station Park there will be chocolate-inspired street food - think gooey churros and chocolate-topped pizza slices. Little ones can also get involved with Easter arts and craft workshops, face painting and more.
Address: St Pancras Station
Opening Date: 21 April 2025
Dong Hyun Kim, founder of the 65-strong Wasabi chain, will launch the first location of Sushinoya, a new 'omakase quality' grab-and-go sushi. A further restaurant will follow in London on May.
Address: Denmark House, 9-13 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6DR
Opening Date: 22 April 2025
The team behind CERU in Kensington and Queensway are taking over a former branch of Itsu to open a third restaurant, focusing on a Mediterranean/ Levantine menu inspired from Turkey, Lebanon and Cyprus.
Address: Fulham Pier, London SW6 6HH
Opening Date: 23 April 2025
London's newest riverside destination, a seven-storey building on the promenade with a Riverside market on the ground floor with over 10 kitchens. Food and drink vendors include Tinie Tempah’s Raps, Goila Butter Chicken and Base Face Pizza for this space. Inside there will be a restaurant and brasserie headed up by Adam Byatt, as well as a boutique hotel and spa, and an entertainment space called The Orange Box. It will also have a roof terrace reserved for the members' club.
Address: 31 Balham Hill, Clapham South
Opening Date: 23 April 2025
Opening Offer: 1/2 price for select meals on the first 2 days
Brothers Ayngaran and Sekar, who started the brand on South London in 18985 and now own several other branches, are opening their latest spot.
Josephine Bouchon - Marylebone
Address: 6-8 Blandford St, Marylebone, London W1U 4AU
Opening Date: 24 April 2025
Chef Claude Bosi and his wife Lucy are opening a second French bistro bouchon Josephine on the former Daylesford Organic space.
Address: 175 Stoke Newington Road, London N16 8BP
Opening Date: 24 April 2025
A neighbourhood restaurant and wine bar from the team behind Hackney’s Casa Fofò, Michelin starred chef Adolfo De Cecco, as his second venture, named after his daughter.
Address: 38 Greek Street, Soho, London
Opening Date: 24 April 2025
Opening Offer: 12" Margherita for 99p on 24-25 April
"The People's Pizzeria" was founded in Camden Town in 1999, a family-owned and operated pizza place serving freshly made pizzas at unbeatable value.
Address: GV4J+2F, Southbank, London SE1 7PB
Re-opening Date: 24 April 2025
A riverside spot to sample rejigged cocktail classics mixed in a vintage horsebox bar is reopening for the Summer.
Address: Selfridges, 400 Oxford St, London W1A 1AB
Opening Date: 24 April – 8 May 2025
Selfridges is hosting a New York inspired pop-up experience with Coach and It's Bagels with a Bagels Cart.
Address: 16 North Audley Street, London
Opening Date: 25 April 2025
Brothers Can and Cengizhan Ayan will open a luxury patisserie and chocolate shop in Mayfair.
Address: 14 Buckingham Palace Rd, Victoria, London SW1W 0QP
Opening Date: 25 April 2025
Ellen Chew, the restaurateur behind Chew On This is opening a 74-cover Shanghai-style diner, making this her third Shan Shui.
Address: 401 Brixton Road, London SW9 7DG
Opening Date: 25 April 2025
Opening Offer: 100 free Chicken Katsu Curry on opening day from 12pm
You Me Sushi offers a diverse range of sushi and Japanese dishes.
Address: The Peninsula London, 1 Grosvenor Place, London SW1X 7HJ
Opening Date: 25 April 2025
Luxury hotel The Peninsula London is opening a noodle bar serving noodle dishes and Gweilo beers, with multi-award-winning chefs Hou Yurui and Jonnie Liang (Executive Sous Chef at The Peninsula Beijing) are running the kitchen.
Brilliant Gastro
Address: Seva Drive , Parkside Yards , The Green Quarter, Southall
Opening Date: 25 April 2025
Celebrated Chef DIPNA ANAND, owner and Head Chef of the iconic family-run 50 years in the same premises Brilliant Restaurant, cookbook author and TV Chef is bringing her latest culinary venture to The Green Quarter, Berkeley’s landmark regeneration project in Southall. Famous for her mastery of traditional Indian cuisine, Dipna is expanding her presence in her home neighbourhood of Southall with a gastro-style eatery, blending Indian flavours with Western classics in a relaxed, casual dining atmosphere.
Address: 3 Hopkins St, London W1F 0DP
Opening Date: 26 April 2025
Owner and co-founder Florence Mae had to close her Filipino bakery in Kentish Town but she is now opening one in Soho.
Address: Park Lane Hilton, 22 Park Ln, Mayfair, London W1K 1BE
Opening Date: 28 April 2025
ENTOURAGE GROUP is bringing the unprecedented modern fine dining MR PORTER Steakhouse, Bar & Lounge from Amsterdam to London, taking over the former Trader Vic site.
Address: Unit 1, Cadence Court, 4 Tapper Walk, King's Cross, London N1C 4ED
Opening Date: 28 April 2025
Plant-based Middle-Eastern restaurant opens their third site, a new two-floored restaurant in the recently finished Cadence Court development, with Executive Chef Ben Rand and Marc Summers in charge of the kitchen.
Address: Arch 32, Southwark Quarter, Southwark St, London SE1 1TE
Opening Date: 29 April 2024
Michelin-starred chef Tom Kemble (ex Bonhams, Hedone and Faviken) is opening his own pizzeria based on a passion from lockdown.
Address: 53B Southwark St, Borough Market, London SE1 1RU
Opening Date: 29 April 2025
Chef Yiannis Mexis (ex Elystan Street, The Ledbury, Petrus and HIDE is running a preview of the restaurant with Carousel focused on open-fire cooking and Greek influencer, with a mix of British producers and Greek farmers.
Address: 96 Isabella Street, Southwark, London SE1 8DD
Opening Date: 29 April 2025
The team behind Mc & Sons in Borough and Vauxhall are opening their first Irish singing pub, named after the family's grandmother and serving Thai food.
Address: 36 Stoke Newington Road, Dalston, London N16 7XJ
Opening Date: 31 April 2024
Late night bar from the team behind Discount Suit Company on the former Nest nightclub space.
Address: 24 Jubilee Place, 45 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 5NY
Opening Date: April 2024
Fast food chain opens new site in Canary Wharf.
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