BEST RESTAURANTS AND BARS OPENING IN LONDON IN OCTOBER 2025
Cosy season is just around the corner so think wine by the fireplace, heartwarming dishes and candlelit dinners, and we have all the new restaurants where we can enjoy these:
Address: The Beaumont, 8 Balderton St, Brown Hart Gardens, London W1K 6TF
Opening Date: 1 October 2025
Lisa Goodwin-Allen (ex The Game Bird at The Stafford) recently rejoined Northcote and now she is opening a new restaurant at The Beaumont hotel as the Culinary Director, alongside their current executive chef Brendan Fyldes.
Address: 56 Blandford Street, Marylebone, London W1U 7JA
Opening Date: 1 October 2025
The Public House Group, who own The Pelican and The Hero pubs, Canteen and The Fat Badger are taking over The Flowerhouse Pub (previously Bok Bar) renaming it 'The Hart', with a pub on the ground floor, a restaurant above it and The Den cocktail bar on the third floor.
Address: Clissold House, Stoke Newington Church St, London N16 9HJ
Opening Date: 1 October 2025
North London cafe group by co-owner Mat Appleton are taking over the cafe space (which went into administration last year) at Clissold House, a Grade II listed property from 1800s.
Address: 116 Wandsworth Bridge Road, Fulham, London SW6 2TF
Opening Date: 1 October 2025
Parisian bistro by husband and wife Lawrence and Emily Hartley (owners of Provence inspired Le Petit Citron) serving Gallic cuisine from head chef Harry (of City Social and Le Petit Citron).
Bar Brutal at Seabird Pop-Up with Monkey Shoulder
Address: 14th Floor, The Hoxton Southwark, 40 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8NY
Pop-Up Date: 2 October - 30 November 2025
Popular wine bar from Barcelona, known for its inventive small plates and natural wine list, is coming to London, for a two months residency at Seabird at The Hoxton, serving "coastal classics with a Brutal twist". The sponsor for the pop-up is Monkey Shoulder who will create three cocktails for the drinks menu.
Address: Boxpark Wembley, Olympic Way, Wembley Park, London HA9 0JT
Opening Date: 2 October 2025
Opening Offer: £1 gyros on opening day
Proper Greek food in the heart of Wembley.
Address: 29 North Audley Street, London W1K 6WY
Opening Date: 3 October 2025
London-based healthy salads on-the-go brand Atis launches two more sites this Autumn, first being in Mayfair, followed by Kings Cross.
Address: Above The Victoria, 110 Grove Road, Mile End, London E3 5TH
Opening Date: 3 October 2025
Owners of seafood gastropub The Victoria (and Faber in Hammersmith and Somers Town Coffee House in King's Cross, are opening a restaurant above the pub (hence the name). It will serve the most popular dishes from the past 20 years from all their restaurants and pubs and will be open only on Fridays and Saturdays.
Address: 272 West End Lane, West Hampstead, London NW6 1LJ
Opening Date: 4 October 2025
Opening Offer: 100 free sushi on opening day, 12pm-2pm
Established in 2015 by Mr Chhong Sherpa as an affordable sushi restaurant in Clapham Junction, the chain now opens its 11th outlet.
Address: 56 Shoreditch High St, London E1 6JJ
Opening Date: 6-20 October 2025
Gordon Ramsay now owns Pizza East and is planning to host a pop-up with Michelin-starred LA omakase-style pasta restaurant Pasta Bar by husband-and-wife chefs Phillip Frankland Lee and Margarita Kallas-Lee, who take their pop-up around the world and will now visit London. Ramsay's new Apple TV+ show 'Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars' also features Pasta Bar.
Breville ‘Art of the Espresso’ Pop-Up
Address: Gallery Different 14 Percy St, London, Fitzrovia, W1T 1DR
Pop-Up Date: 8 October 2025
Pop-Up Offer: Free coffee for all visitors
Visitors can enjoy an expertly crafted coffee and take part in a hands-on masterclass that transforms brainwaves into live digital art.
Address: 1 Horselydown Lane, London SE1 2LJ
Opening Date: 9 October 2025
A new food hall by Blend Family (who also have sites in in Sheffield and Manchester) including two bars, a children's play area and 13 Northern and London-based food traders:
- Chocolate Bar by Bullion - a bean-to-bar chocolatiers
- Leopard Pie - Manchester pizza specialist
- Baity - Palestinian dishes
- Clapping Seoul - Korean fried chicken
- Mae Thai - Home-cooked Thai food
- Jimmy's Burgers - Oklahoma style burgers
- +84 - Vietnamese banh mi
- Fuego 1987 - Californian street food with Mexican American influences
- Inamo Sukoshi - sister brand of Inamo sushi
- House of Habesha - Eritrean/Ethiopian fusion food
- Sapore - Italian all the way, think schiacciata sandwiches, risotto and gnocchi
- Thatziki - Greek street food
- Lakshmi's Indian Kitchen - Indian street food.
Address: Wildflowers, Newson’s Yard, 57 Pimlico Rd, London, SW1W 8NE
Opening Date: 9 October 2025
Wildflowers are transforming their bar into a Basque-style wine and pinxtos bar with a weekly changing complemented menu by an extensive wine list, Basque ciders and cocktails.
Address: 46-50 Copperfield Rd, Canal Side, London E3 4RR
Opening Date: 10 October 2025
FORNO’s third site in London, taking over the cafe at Ragged School Museum, serving bakery items, brunch and lunch, as well as takeaway coffee and pastries.
Address: Goodcup Cafe, 44 Nunhead Green, London SE15 3QF
Opening Date: 10 October 2025
Malaysian family-style restaurant at Goodcup Cafe, by husband-and-wife duo Hakeem and Zura, who started with pop-ups and supper clubs after their return from Morocco, inspired by roadside stalls.
Address: 4-6 Ganton St, Carnaby, Soho, London W1F 7QN
Opening Date: 10 October 2025
Joe Grossmann, founder of Patty & Bun, opens his second pub, after the success of The Watermans Arms in Barnes. He is taking over The Shaston Arms, a small, glass fronted traditional gastro-pub owned by family-run Dorset brewers, Hall and Woodhouse. The menu will be created by chef Sam Andrews (ex Ducksoup).
Address: Market Place Vauxhall, 7 S Lambeth Pl, London SW8 1SP
Opening Date: 10 October 2025
Opening Offer: 50 free burgers on opening day
New food vendor at Market Place Vauxhall serving burgers grilled to perfection, slathered with homemade sauces, and the freshest ingredients.
Address: 230 Kingsland Road, Haggerston, London E2 8AX
Opening Date: 10 October 2025
Chef Hua Yang from China opens her own restaurant after a successful series of supperclubs, serving Chinese regional cuisine from Chongqing but with a modern European-inspired touch.
Address: 2 Harbord Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 9QH
Opening Date: 11 October 2025
Opening Offer: 30% off everything 11–18 October
Japanese bakery from Hong Kong friends Pinky Chan and Emily Leung, combining "French pastry techniques with Japanese flavours to create a unique fusion".
Address: 2 Rennell St, London SE13 7HD
Opening Date: 11 October 2025
Opening Offer: 25 free plates on opening day, then 20% off all moms all day and free tasters throughout the day
Himalayan bites, focusing on authentic momo dumplings.
Address: 14 Water Street, London E14 5GX
Opening Date: 11 October 2025
Opening Offer: 50 free pizzas on 26 October
Crate Brewery opens second site after the success in Hackney, taking over the former Fish Game site, focusing on sustainability, pizza and beer.
Address: 17 Bethnal Green Rd, Shoreditch, London E1 6LA
Opening Date: 14 October 2025
The team behind the former The Farrier in Camden are opening a cafe and deli (during the day) and a wine bar and bistro (at night) in Shoreditch. In the evening, Head Chef Elie Fourcroy (ex Artusi) will offer a Mediterranean-influenced menu.
Address: 79 Salusbury Rd, Queen’s Park, London NW6 6NH
Opening Date: 14 October 2025
Handmade Southern Italian soul food with kitchen led by chef Francesco Savorino, designed as a warm, vibrant neighbourhood restaurant.
Address: Chancery Rosewood Hotel, 30 Grosvenor Sq, London W1K
Opening Date: 15 October 2025
Chef Masa Takayama has just ended his time at Harrods Dining Hall and now is opening a second London restaurant at the new Chancery Rosewood hotel, similar to his three-Michelin-starred restaurant in New York, featuring an omakase counter, a main dining room and a separate bar.
ASA, Arthur's Market and Salvador
Address: 279 King’s Rd, London SW3 5EW
Opening Date: 15 October 2025
The team behind The Prince Arthur in Belgravia are opening a deli and two restaurants where the former Le Deli Robuchon used to be.
ASA will be a Japanese hand-rolled izakaya, selling Japanese seafood, nigiri and sashimi.
Salvador, a pintxo grill, will serve Mediterranean inspired, wood-fired dishes by head-chef Haydn Payne. It will have a separate wine bar and counter dining.
Arthur's Market is designed to be a luxury supermarket and deli for posh ready-made dinners and delicatessen such as caviar.
Address: 16 Henrietta St, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8QH
Opening Date: 15 October 2025
Brian Woo who was by trained Nguyễn Thi Thành, better known as The Lunch Lady, brings her legacy to UK by opening a Vietnamese restaurant on the former Frenchie space, after the success of her outpost in Hong Kong.
Mare Street Market - Kings Cross & Hackney
Address: Lewis Cubitt Square, London N1C 4DY (Kings Cross) and 117 Mare St, London E8 4RU (Hackney)
Opening Date: 16 October 2025
Chef Gizzi Erskine is returning to Mare St Market (at both Hackney and Kings Cross venues) as Chef Creative Director after leaving in August 2024 to host various pop-up and residencies, write his cookbook 'Restore', and launch a Substack. She plans to introduce French-Americana brasseries, take over the delicatessen, introduce a new health concept, as well as host pop-ups and guest residencies with industry friends.
Address: 6 Neal's Yard, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9DP
Opening Date: 17 October 2025
Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver are moving their bakery, just across the yard to a larger space, split across two floors.
Address: 62 Shaftesbury Avenue, Chinatown, London W1D 6LT
Opening Date: 17 October 2025
High end grab-and-go sushi in King's Cross by Dong Hyun Kim (founder of Wasabi) opens flagship store in Chinatown, serving a wider selection of sushi and bento boxes here. A Tottenham Court Road branch will follow in November, and a Moorgate site in Spring 2026.
Address: Britannia, 20 Monument Street, London EC3R 8AJ
Opening Date: 17 October 2025
High-quality handcrafted smash burger joint inside a City pub.
Address: 45 Curtain Road, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3PT
Opening Date: 17 October 2025
The new owners of the former The Curtain hotel (then The Mondrian) are also bringing a new restaurant, a Mediterranean inspired Japanese chophouse, in the space of the former Red Rooster (then Bibo). The Executive Chef is Alex Furusawa-Cadoni (formerly at Ginza St James and Tokimeitē).
Address: 6A Picton Place, London W1U 1BL
Opening Date: 17 October 2025
Second cookie bar with unexpected cookies, born in Peckham.
Elgar at the Royal Albert Hall Pop-Up
Address: Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 2AP
Pop-Up Date: 20 October - 30 November 2025
Acclaimed Chef Kerth Gumbs (of 20 Fenchurch Street) takes over the Elgar Room Brasserie at the Royal Albert Hall for a month, serving a Caribbean-inspired menu.
Address: 1 Pearson Square, Fitzrovia, London W1T 3BF
Opening Date: 20 October 2025
Opening Offer: Soft opening 13-18 Oct.
A modern London-Italian restaurant from chef Luke Ahearne and Stevie Parle, making this his second new restaurant of 2025, named after his previous restaurant Rotorino in Dalston. The restaurant is on the former Percy & Founders space and can accommodate 140 guests. Kevin Armstrong (of Satan’s Whiskers) will curate the cocktails list.
Address: 224-226 King's Road, Chelsea, London SW3 5UA
Opening Date: 13 / 21 October 2025
King's Road gets its first new pub in 100 years, by Three Cheers Pub Co, in a building designed by Sir Roger Blomfield (who also built the UK Prime Minister's country pile, Chequers). The pub will run across two-floors with a standard pub on the ground floor, and a late-night party space with live music, cabaret, comedy and a hidden bar downstairs.
Address: 75 Norwood Road, Herne Hill, London SE24 9AA
Opening Date: 22 October 2025
Chef Nathaniel Mortley known as NattyCanCook worked in Jason Atherton's Michelin-starred City Social and The Art Club, then served time in HMP Brixton and cooked at prisoner-run restaurant the Clink, followed by a pop-up at Peckham's The Greyhound. He is now opening his own restaurant, dedicated to his grandmother and serving Caribbean-inspired dishes. The 2210 in the restaurant’s name is the date his beloved grandmother died, hence the restaurant’s opening date as well.
Address: Monohaus, 143 Mare St, London E8 3RH
Opening Date: 22 October 2025
Sustainable restaurant and wine bar by Ivan Tisdall-Downes (ex executive chef and cofounder of Native Restaurant, also Devon’s River Cottage and Blue Hill at Stone Barns, New York). The restaurant will have a ‘Living Drinks Program’ cocktail/wine bar serving botanical cocktails, wild sodas and natural, low-intervention wines.
Address: 40-42 Chiltern Street, Marylebone, London W1U 7QN
Opening Date: 22 October 2025
Melody Adams, (of Spanish restaurants Lurra and Donostia), is opening a third restaurant inspired by the South of France, particularly the Occitania region, with influences from North Africa and Spain.
Address: 15 N Audley St, Mayfair, London W1K 6WW
Opening Date: 22 October 2025
Supernova team (who also own Creme) are expanding by opening a new site on the former Saltie Girl space.
Menu dates: 22 October 2025 - 30 November 2025
The fast food giant has brings eight menu items from four continents, to all their branches for a limited time. they will have Dishes from Canada, Poland, Australia, UAE, Malaysia, Indonesia and Japan are:
- Maple BBQ & Bacon Double Quarter Pounder from Canada;
- Pineapple McSpicy® chicken burger with a pineapple slice from Australia;
- Garlic & Black Pepper McNuggets® from Japan;
- Sour Cream & Black Pepper McShaker Fries from Poland;
- Mac & Cheese Triangles from The UAE;
- Choco Caramel Pie from Indonesia;
- Chocolate or Caramel Pretzel McFlurry® from Malaysia;
- Sakura x Sprite® from Japan.
Address: 1, Walham Green Court, Fulham Road, London SW6 2DH
Opening Date: 23 October 2025
Pizzeria Romana from to the group behind The Hungry Turtle and Marta pizzeria.
Address: 41 Kingsland High Street, London E8 2JS
Opening Date: 24 October 2025
The Grade II listed site, formerly F Cooke eel, pie and mash shop, became a Chinese karaoke joint and then a cocktail and board game spot Draughts. Now, it is being transformed into a pub by Exhale Brewing (owners of the William the Fourth in Leyton and a taproom at their brewery in Walthamstow). Downstairs it will have the main bar, a karaoke room and private hire spaces, and a beer garden at the back with a pétanque court. The kitchen will be ran by Billy Fisher (ex head chef at Lagom in Hackney).
Address: 13 Bond St, Ealing, London W5 5AP
Opening Date: 24 October 2025
Opening Offer: 50 Free burgers on opening day
Great-tasting Burgers delights at affordable prices.
Address: Brent Cross Shopping Centre, Prince Charles Dr, Brent Cross, London NW4 3FP
Opening Date: 25 October 2025
Opening Offer: 100 Free sushi dogs on opening day
SushiDog, the UK's first build your own sushi concept, is opening at Brent Cross, serving fresh sushi rolls - SushiDogs, Sushi Bowls, and Sushi Salads, all completely customisable and made fresh, right in front of you.
Address: 99 St Martin's Ln, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4AZ
Opening Date: 25 October 2025
A new Korean BBQ restaurant on the former The Theatre Cafe space, from the team behind 3KOBROS in Canary Wharf. It will have individual stone tables with electric BBQ grill for guests to cook their own meal.
Address: 132 Green Street, E7 8JQ
Opening Date: 25 October 2025
Opening Offer: Free cheeseburgers for the first 500 guests, Doner kebabs for just £1 for the first 100 customers and 50% off on their special menu all day on opening day
Serving Fresh & Tasty food since 2000.
Address: Tottenham Court Walk, 27 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 1BJ
Opening Date: 27 October 2025
Sandwich Sandwich is a family-owned business by Nick and Josh Kleiner in Bristol and London, selling high-quality, reasonably priced, homemade sandwiches with fresh, local ingredients. Their third London venue is taking over the former Leon site and will be open till late.
House of the Gods and Amazing Grace - Canary Wharf
Address: 12 Bank Street, Canary Wharf E14 4DD
Opening Date: House of the Gods on 27 October 2025, Amazing Grace TBC
A new Amazing Grace and a House of the Gods hotel with a rooftop bar and restaurant in a shiny new building.
Amazing Grace have a sister site at London Bridge and will serve a pan-Asian-influenced menu, focusing on live entertainment with live bands, DJs and karaoke sessions.
House of the Gods hotel has sites in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and it will have 79 opulent rooms and suites, as well as a rooftop bar and restaurant for 300 guests.
Address: 52-54 New Oxford St, London WC1A 1ES
Opening Date: 27 October 2025
Opening Offer: 100 free bagels for three days 27-29 October
The 7th B Bagel site is opening in Soho.
Fix Chocolate x Harrods Pop-Up
Address: Harrods, 87-135 Brompton Rd, London SW1X 7XL
Pop-Up Date: 27 October -23 November 2025
Opening Offer: 150 goodie bags on opening day
FIX, the Dubai chocolatier that started the global viral trend for the original "Can’t Get Knafeh of It" knafeh and pistachio chocolate, is coming to London with a three-week pop-up inside Harrods. They will also have a FIX truck outside Harrods selling hot chocolate.
Uber Eats Halloween Pop-Up
Address: Kings Cross
Pop-Up Date: 28 October 2025
Pop-Up Offer: Prizes with gift cards of £0-£50 off Uber Eats
Nerds Halloween Fright Bus Pop-Up
Address: 8 Northumberland Avenue London, WC2N 5BY
Pop-Up Date: 29-30 October 2025
Pop-Up Offer: Free bus ride & snacks
Address: Unit B, 21, 23 Shaftesbury Ave, London W1D 7ED
Opening Date: 29 October 2025
Opening offer: 400 free pints of Budvar & 400 free slices of pizza on opening day from 5.30pm
New sports bar with sister sites in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham and Sheffield. It will be a large space for 550 people (220pax seated) offering entertainment such as electric darts, shuffleboard, bandeoke, karaoke, lime music as well as big screens for live sports games. The food menu will include burgers, Neapolitan pizzas, kebabs and loaded fries and bottomless brunch.
Address: 261 Camden High St, London NW1 7BU
Opening Date: 29 October 2025
Opening offer: 500 free canoli on opening day
Address: Lakeside
Opening Date: 29 October 2025
Opening offer: 200 free rice boxes on opening day
Afrikana offers authentic, home-cooked African-inspired dishes, with a focus on art, music, and culture, at Lakeside.
Address: 23 Nroton Folgate, London E1 6DB
Opening Date: 29 October 2025
Opening offer: 50% off on opening day 12-2pm
Fresh salads store opens new site.
Address: Pop Brixton, 49 Brixton Station Rd, London SW9 8PQ
Opening Date: 30 October 2025
After starting by selling sourdough pizzas from a landrover in 2013, following with four branches in Bristol, they are now opening in London at Pop Brixton, after winning "pizzeria of the year" at Slice-O-Mania pizza festival.
Address: 59 Greek Street, Soho, London W1D 3DZ
Pop-Up Dates: 30 October - 2 November 2025
Pop-Up Offer: Free drinks and merch
A pop-up post office where visitors can send packages using bespoke Blank Street packaging and merch, as well as receive complimentary matcha or latte.
Fanta Pop-Up
Address: The Stables 40 Earlham St, London, WC2H 9LH
Pop-Up Dates: 30 October - 2 November 2025
Pop-Up Offer: free Fanta for all guests
Skyscanner ‘Skysnacker Lounge’ pop-up
Address: 19 D'Arblay St, London W1F 8ED
Pop-Up Dates: 31 October - 3 November 2025
Pop-Up Offer: free snacks for all guests
Address: 74 Charlotte St., London W1T 4QH
Opening Date: 31 October 2025
Chef Ben Murphy (ex Launceston Place) is opening a restaurant on the space where Mere by Monica Galetti was, by WSH Restaurants, (who also own The Woodspeen and The Braywood).
Address: 91 Junction Rd, Archway, London N19 5QU
Reopening Date: 31 October 2025
Urban Pubs and Bars (owners of the Salt Yard group and The Gun), are taking over the 19th-century St John's Tavern and are reopening after a £1 million refurbishment, focusing on British dishes, and big sharing dishes.
Address: 6 Poland St, London W1F 8PS
Reopening Date: 31 October 2025
La Familia replaces Barrio Soho with a new Taqueria & Hidden Cocktail Bar that serves tacos and stunning cocktails. Tacos upstairs in a fast, fun, flavour-packed eatery serving authentic tacos, quesadillas, chips and guac, and Mexican street drinks, inspired by the taco joints of Mexico City and NYC. Cocktails downstairs in the Speakeasy - a hidden Latin-inspired cocktail bar serving elevated twists on Barrio favourites, disco ball reflections, and the best Latin disco + hip hop DJs in town. The interiors are inspired by Mexican Modernism, raw plaster, bold colour, and a splash of neon energy.
Address: Toklas Bakery, 9 Surrey Street, London, WC2R 2ND
Reopening Date: 31 October - 2 November 2025
Don Julio Tequila opens pop-up bakery and tequila speakeasy to celebrate Día de Muertos, selling Pan de Muerto by Mexico City bakery Rosetta, led by Michelin-starred chef Elena Reygadas.
Address: The Chesterfield Mayfair, 35 Charles St, London W1J 5EB
Opening Date: October 2025
The quintessentially British hotel the Chesterfield Mayfair will be opening their brand new rooftop bar inspired by the legacy of the collection's founder, Stanley Tollman.
DORSETT ALPHA SQUARE - CANARY WHARF
Address: 48 Marsh Wall, Canary Wharf, London E14 9TP
Opening Date: October 2025
Opening Offer: 30% off Fully Flexible Stays & 40% off Advance Purchase Bookings 1 Oct 2025 -31 March 2026
The 20-storey, 231-room hotel is part of a mixed-use development in the area, with a piazza-side cafe, restaurant, gym, and conference facility at the lower levels as well as a rooftop sky bar.
Address: Whitehall, London SW1A 2ER
Re-opening Date: October 2025
Banqueting House by Historic Royal Palaces is currently closed for a period of essential re-servicing, conservation, and maintenance work and we expect to re-open for events in October 2025.
Address: 32 Curtain Road, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3NL
Re-opening Date: Scheduled for 2 August but delayed to October/Autumn 2025
The Middle Eastern Chef's table steakhouse is moving from Hawley Wharf development in Camden to The Stage, the big new development in Shoreditch. Owners Shiri Kraus and Amir Batito, who also run Epicurus in Camden, want to offer an American steakhouse-style grill experience with Middle Eastern touches.
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