BEST RESTAURANTS AND BARS OPENING IN LONDON IN JULY 2025

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These hot off the press openings are the hottest new restaurants in the hottest weather of the year and we're delighted to list them all below:

 

Island

Address: Mare Street Market, Kings Cross, Lewis Cubitt Square, London N1C 4DY

Opening Date: 1 July 2025

Chef Brad Carter (of Carters of Moseley in Birmingham) is coming to London opening a restaurant in The Chandelier room at Mare Street Market with chef Tom Brown (owner of The Capital), serving a surf & turf menu of seafood and nose-to-tail of rare-breed meats.

 

Yaki Ya

Address: 399 Edgware Rd, London NW9 0FH

Opening Date: 1 July 2025

Opening Offer: 50 Free mains on opening day

Halal Japanese street food.

 

Soleil by Claude

Address: The Peninsula London, 1 Grosvenor Place, London SW1X 7HJ

Opening Date: 2 July - 31 August 2025

Claude Bosi's two-Michelin-starred restaurant Brooklands will have the terrace transformed into a summer pop-up serving a Mediterranean inspired menu, with a live DJ in the weekends.

 

Ippudo

Address: 196 Essex Rd, Islington, London N1 8LZ

Opening Date: 2 July with soft launch from 26 June 2025

The ramen chain's fifth site takes over a corner pub in Islington that was until last year operating as Japanese restaurant Akari.

 

Buns From Home - Moorgate

Address: 82 Moorgate, London EC2M 6SE

Opening Date: 2 July 2025

Opening  Offer: Free classic bun on opening day

Hand rolled croissant buns baked fresh throughout the day.

 

Café Kitsuné - Covent Garden

Address: 55 Monmouth St, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9DG

Opening Date: 3 July 2025

French Japanese café popular for their fox-shaped biscuits and matcha lattes opens new branch.

 

SoBe Burgers - Harrow

Address: 7B High Street, Harrow, London HA3 5BY

Opening Date: 3 July 2025

Opening Offer: 50 free burgers on opening day

The burger brand, supported by food platform Sessions, is planning to open sites in Farnborough, Harrow, Hemel Hempstead, Edinburgh, Plymouth, and Portsmouth this year.

 

The House of Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0% Pop-Up

Address: The Stables, Covent Garden

Opening Date: 3-5 July 2025

Opening Offer: Free pizza slices and 500ml beer

A three-day immersive pop-up experience for F1 racing fans and beer ahead of British Grand Prix. There will be activities, interactive racing games for daily prizes, a dedicated cinema room, Scuderia Ferrari HP show car display, a fashion gallery, DJs such as Roman Kemp, a pizza masterclass with 50 Top Pizza Europa no.1 Pizza Chef Michele Pascarella and a cocktail workshop hosted by world-renowned mixologist Federico Riezzo.

 

Bleecker - Soho

Address: 33 Old Compton Street, London W1D 5JU

Opening Date: 4 July 2025

Opening Offer: 25 free t-shirts on opening day

Zan Kaufman takes over Lewis Hamilton-backed Neat Burger's old space for her popular burger chain.

 

Crust Bros - Covent Garden

Address: 29 Bedford St, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8JF

Opening Date: 4 July 2025

Opening Offer: 2,000 free pizzas 4-13 July via booking link and FREE PIZZAS from 11.45am-5pm on the 7th of July

Popular Neapolitan-inspired pizzeria opens third and biggest branch after Waterloo and Earl's Court, on the former Paul patisserie site. They use 48-72 hour-proved dough and pizza personalisation.

 

Sourdough Sophia

Address: 14 Perrin’s Court, Hampstead, London NW3 1QS

Opening Date: 5 July 2025

Micro bakery by Sophia Handschuh is expanding to Hampstead, taking over the old Redemption Roasters site.

 

Cake Box - Maida Vale

Address: 89C Harrow Rd, London W9 3NA

Opening Date: 5 July 2025

Opening Offer: 100 free cakes on opening day

Cake Box specialises in egg-free cakes, with a lot of different options on their menu.

 

Emerald Cafe Bistro

Address: 431 Roman Road, London E3 5LX

Opening Date: 6 July 2025

Opening Offer: 100 free breakfasts 6-8 July 2025

The halal brunch hype that’s taken Essex by storm now opens in the heart of East London.

 

Duck and Rice - Battersea

Address: Level 1, Turbine Hall B, Battersea Power Station, 330 The Power Station, Circus Rd S, London SW11 8DD

Opening Date: 7 July 2025

Alan Yau opens second Duck and Rice, described as a "British pub and chop suey kitchen", designed by architects Macaulay Sinclair and inspired by the tea houses in South China.

 

Wingstop - Westfield

Address: Lower Mall Westfield, London W12 7GD

Opening Date: 7 July 2025

Opening Offer: 100 free x3 wings portions on opening day

 

Luna

Address: Unit 6, 36 Shad Thames, Butlers Wharf Building, Tower Bridge, London SE1 2YE

Opening Date: 8 July 2025

New wine bar, battleship and restaurant from the team behind nearby Legare, restaurateur Jay Patel and chef Matt Beardmore, celebrating biodynamic wines (as lunar cycles impact winemaking).

 

Kora

Address: Beaufort House, 354 King's Road, Chelsea, London SW3 5UZ

Opening Date: 8 July 2025

Mediterranean restaurant taking over Beaufort House's brasserie.

 

The Salusbury

Address: 50-52 Salusbury Rd, Queen's Park, London NW6 6NN

Opening Date: 8 July 2025

Pub opens 8 July. Dining room opens 15 July 2025

Neighbourhood pub is reopened by co-owners Gareth Cooper (runs Broadwick Live of Drumsheds and Koko) and Alex Payne (former DJ and music promoter and owner of a top boutique hotel and a Michelin-noted pub in Cornwall). The final, and most crucial, element is the chef and for this opening they've brought in Tarryn Bingle, whose CV includes stints at The Pem, La Trompette and Arbutus.

The menu sounds like it has loads to entice Londoners in through the doors including Dorset crab cacio e pepe; beef tartare with smoked bone marrow cream and pommes paille and a wobbly custard tart. There's a separate bar food menu if you just fancy popping in for a drink and a snack like Parmesan churros or a Scotch egg.

Where this really strays into Devonshire territory is the promise that, given the owners' musical backgrounds, of "the likelihood of some very familiar faces appearing unannounced for impromptu events over the weeks and months after opening." That feels very much like the Devonshire's Green Room vibe.

Payne, whose local this is, says: "[The Salusbury] has always had a fun air of mischief about it which we intend to keep alive. We’re not here to take ourselves too seriously; we just want to give Queen’s Park a brilliant place to meet friends, share great food, and have a laugh."

 

Nixta Taqueria at Truffle Burger pop-up

Address: 22 Bateman St, South Bank, London W1D 3AN

Pop-up Date: 9-20 July 2025

Truffle Burger's next collab/ takeover as part of the 'Truffle Burger and Friends' pop-up series is a taqueria with Persian and Japanese influences. They're coming all the way from Austin and the chef has a Michelin and a James Beard award.

 

Little Fires

Address: 125-127 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, London E2 7DG

Opening Date: 11 July 2025

Shoreditch's Hi-fi mezcal bar taking over Alfie's this summer by Christian Pecoraro, Florian Schulze, and Horacio Sainz, and the team behind Sabina Sabe bar in Oaxaca. Chef Rodolfo Castellanos, winner of Top Chef Mexico and chef-owner of Origen Oaxaca will provide the snacks and small plates. The two floors bar will have a dining room on ground floor and a vinyl speakeasy downstairs, with a late-night licence.

 

Brasserie Constance

Address: Level 1, Fulham Pier, Stevenage Road, Fulham, SW6 6HH

Opening Date: 15 July 2025

The new development Fulham Pier will include a neighbourhood modern British brasserie by Adam Byatt (Chef Patron of the Michelin-starred Trinity and culinary director of Brown’s Hotel). The new restaurant is inspired by florist and writer Constance Spry and it will have a bar Flo, named after Spry’s assistant and friend, Florence Standfast.

 

Cafe Murano - Marylebone

Address: 52-55 Dorset St, Marylebone, London W1U 7NQ

Opening Date: 16 July 2025

Opening Offer: 50% off food 16-23 July 2025

Angela Hartnett opens new site on the former AOK Kitchen space.

 

Olive Oil Clubhouse Pop-Up

Address: 2 Blenheim Crescent, Notting Hill, London W11 1NN

Pop-Up Dates: 17–28 July 2025

Citizens of Soil will launch UK's very first olive oil bar for all things 'extra virgin olive oil’ (EVOO) for 12 days. There will be olive oil tastings, special cocktails, limited edition bottles, soft serve by Happy Endings topped with the olive oil, and a fun line-up of EVOO events.

 

Mammy Pancake

Address: 195 Portobello Road, London W11 2ED

Opening Dates: 18 July 2025

Opening Offer: 100 free bubble waffles on opening day

Hong Kong's iconic bubble waffle brand

 

The Baileys Little Treat Café Pop-Up

Address: The Pink Store, 129 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, London E2 7DG

Pop-Up Dates: 19 - 20 & 26 - 27 July 2025

Pop-Up Offer: 100 free coffees every day

Baileys are opening an iced coffee pop-up in partnership with Caffe Nero to launch their new non-alcoholic version of the Baileys syrup. They will serve 3 iced coffees: Baileys Tiramisu Iced Coffee, Baileys Pistachio Chocolate Iced Coffee and Baileys Millionaire Shortbread Iced Coffee.

 

Pintxito

Address: 34 The Market, Covent Garden Piazza, London WC2E 8RF

Opening Date: 21 July 2025

Richard Bigg, the man behind the Spanish restaurant Camino, is opening a pintxo bar in the piazza serving a Basque-only menu of drinks and hot and cold pintxos, led by the group's executive chef Nacho del Campo.

 

Shanghai Me

Address: 28th Floor, Park Lane Hilton, 22 Park Ln, Mayfair, London W1K 1BE

Opening Date: 21 July 2025

A stylish bar and rooftop restaurant, with a wine library, a lounge bar, a chef’s table and an open kitchen, serving Pan-Asian cuisine and 1930s Shanghai dishes with a modern twist at the London Hilton on Park Lane. Sister restaurants are also in Dubai and Doha.

 

Wing Fest 2025

Address: London Stadium in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, E20 2ST

Opening Date: 25-27 July 2025

Founder Richard Thacker comes from a family of chicken farmers and started Wing Fest over 10 years ago. The festival sells over 500,000 crispy wings from 45 traders, restaurants and BBQs, such as Mexican Seoul, Bone Daddies, Fowl, Wingmans, Gurt Wings.

 

Ace Pizza - Victoria Park

Address: 126-128 Lauriston Road, London E9 7LH

Opening Date: 28 July 2025

Ace Pizza by Rachel Jones (who started with Capish? at KERB) has a residency at The Pembury Tavern selling "The London-style Pizza", and now is opening her own place on the former Fish House site.

 

Moi

Address: 86 Wardour St, Soho, London W1F 0TQ

Opening Date: 29 July 2025

Mad Restaurants group has announced the opening of 2 new restaurants. One of them is Moi, a Japanese inspired venture led by Andy Cook.

 

HUŎ

Address: Belsize Village, 29 Belsize Ln, Belsize Park, London NW3 5AS

Opening Date: July 2025

Modern Asian restaurant brand will open second site.

 

Speedboat Bar at The Electric

Address: 191 Portobello Road, Notting Hill, London W11 2ED

Opening Date: July 2025

Chef Luke Farrell opens a second branch of his popular Thai restaurant Speedboat Bar in Soho, operated in partnership with JKS Restaurants and the Soho House Group, as the main diner of Soho House's Electric Bar.

 

Emilia's Crafted Pasta - Victoria

Address: St. James's Park

Opening Date: Summer 2025

Their fifth (and biggest!) restaurant which will be their new flagship.

 

Carmela's Pizzeria

Address: 149A Upper St, Islington, London N1 1RA

Opening Date: July/August 2025

Italian/American pizzeria on the former Skal space, by Phil Chaykin (of Ugly Dumpling) and Gerry del Guercio and Paul Delany (of the Bite Twice Instagram food blog) serving East Coast/New York-inspired pizzas.

 

Le Caprice

Address: 1 Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London W1K 4BN

Opening Date: June/August 2025

Richard Caring is re-opening Jeremy King's Le Caprice on the Grade II-listed former US Embassy space, inside the new Chancery Rosewood hotel.

 

Carbone at Chancery Rosewood hotel

Address: Chancery Rosewood Hotel, 1 Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London W1K 4BN

Opening Date: June/July 2025

Popular New York restaurant chain opens in the Chancery Rosewood hotel, on the former American embassy site in Mayfair.

 

 

*This guide is updated daily so check again for new restaurants

 

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