BEST RESTAURANTS AND BARS OPENING IN LONDON IN MARCH 2026
London’s dining scene never stands still and March 2026 is proving to be another exciting month for new restaurant and bar openings across the capital. From chef-led debuts in Soho to stylish new cocktail dens in Covent Garden and neighbourhood gems in East London, the city’s food scene continues to evolve at a rapid pace.
Whether you’re looking for the next viral dining spot, a refined date-night restaurant, or a laid-back neighbourhood bar, this guide rounds up the most exciting openings this month.
Whiteley’s Kitchen, Bar & Café
Address: Senses, 1 Redan Place Six, Bayswater, London W2 4SA
Opening Date: 1 March 2026
This is the latest opening at The Whiteley, following the success of Nela. Located within the new Six Senses London hotel, the restaurant focuses on modern British cuisine with a strong vegetable-forward approach, where fermentations play a key role, even featuring a dedicated fermentation lab in the kitchen. There will also be a separate bar serving cocktails and a wine list curated by Decanter World Wine Awards judge Eugenio Egorov. In the mornings, the space will also operate as a café, offering house-made breads and viennoiseries.
Address: The Langham Hotel, 1c Portland Place, Regent Street, London W1B 1JA
Opening Date: 2 March 2025
The Langham saw its Roux at the Landau closing in 2023, followed by Mimosa from French group Moma, which lasted just five months. Now Markus Thesleff’s The Thesleff Group (behind Los Mochis and Sale e Pepe), are opening a seafood version of the original Sale e Pepe in Knightsbridge restaurant.
Address: Four Seasons Hotel London At Tower Bridge, 10 Trinity Square, EC3N 4AJ
Opening Date: 2 March 2026
The new restaurant at the Four Seasons Tower Bridge, replacing the hotel’s former two-Michelin-starred dining concept by Anne-Sophie Pic. This contemporary, fire-led steakhouse is run by Executive Chef Luke Armstrong (previously of The Ledbury and L’Envol). The restaurant can seat over 70 guests and will feature a private dining room in partnership with the French wine estate Château Haut-Brion, showcasing rare vintages. The name honours architect Sir Edwin Cooper, who designed the historic building and also created Marylebone Town Hall.
Med Salleh – Kentish Town
Address: 320 Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2TH
Opening Date: Soft launch 2 March 2026
Med Salleh Kopitiam is opening a new site in Kentish Town, bringing its vibrant Malaysian street food to North London. The restaurant comes from founders Med Pan and Koi Lee, and has already attracted attention from Giles Coren, a long-time fan of the brand. The menu will focus on classic Malaysian hawker-style dishes inspired by the flavours of Ipoh and Penang, similar to the original concept, with the kitchen specially designed for claypot cooking.
Address: Unit 1, Ilona Rose House, Manette Street, W1D 4AL
Opening Date: 2 March 2026
Peckham-born restaurant Forza Wine is opening a new Soho outpost, following the success of its acclaimed site at the National Theatre. Known for its cocktails, natural wines and Italian-inspired small plates, the restaurant will take over the former Daroco space inside Ilona Rose House, a building once nominated for the UK’s ugliest new development.
Address: 100 Strand, London WC2R 0EW
Re-opening Date: 10 March (3 March 2026 soft launch for The Grand Divan, 9 March for the main dining room, and bookings from 30 March 2026)
Restaurateur Jeremy King is set to relaunch the historic Simpson’s in the Strand, following the success of The Park and the revival of Arlington. King is restoring the landmark venue with several distinct spaces: The Grand Divan is the main dining room and will serve traditional British dishes including grills, roasts, pies and game, alongside a substantial Full English breakfast; Upstairs, Romano’s will offer an all-day brasserie-style menu with accessible pricing, while Simpson’s Bar will focus on classic cocktails. Late-night venue Nellie’s will stay open until 3am, and the grand Assembly Room will host large private events with space for up to 135 guests.
Address: 141-145 Westbourne Grove, London W11 2RR
Re-opening Date: 3 March 2026
After 20 years on Westbourne Grove, Taqueria is relaunching as TAQ, with a refreshed concept led by restaurateur Jackson Boxer (known for transforming Orasay into Dove). He is partnering with chef Eduardo Yishima, formerly behind the menu at CDMX Tacos and a chef at Side Hustle. The updated menu will focus on tacos, tostadas and quesadillas while drinks will include margaritas, palomas, mezcalitas, and Mexican lagers alongside a concise wine list.
Address: 23 – 25 Leadenhall Market, London EC3V 1LR
Opening Date: 3 March 2026
A new steakhouse is bringing a modern British steak concept to the City. Set across two floors with an outdoor terrace, the restaurant will be led by Executive Chef Matt Colk (previously of Aviary and The Gun), from the team behind Boom Bab Burger. The menu will centre on premium steaks, including large cuts such as chateaubriand and porterhouse cooked on the bone, alongside a lunchtime steak sandwich. The drinks offering will also feature a dedicated “martini and fries” menu.
Address: 123 Clarendon Road, Notting Hill, London W11 4JG
Opening Date: 4 March 2026
Hospitality group Public House Group (behind launches like The Hart, Canteen and The Fat Badger) is opening an Italian restaurant on the former Casa Cruz site. It will have a “hint of Hollywood”, bringing a more glamorous dining style to the area. as the space is expected to undergo a full redesign, aiming for a look that feels contemporary while maintaining classic hospitality.
Address: 90 Eden St, Kingston upon Thames KT1 1DJ
Opening Date: 5 March 2026
Controversial US fast-food chain Chick-fil-A is preparing to open its first London restaurant. The brand previously attempted to launch in the UK in 2019 with sites in Reading and Aviemore, but both closed following protests over the company’s past donations to conservative Christian charities criticised for anti-LGBTQ+ positions. Since then, the company claims it has changed its charitable focus, now supporting initiatives linked to education, homelessness and hunger. Chick-fil-A has already reopened UK operations with sites in Leeds and Northern Ireland, with London now the next step in its expansion. The menu centres on its signature chicken sandwich, alongside items such as grilled nuggets, waffle fries and the brand’s well-known dipping sauces. Drinks include iced tea, cookies-and-cream milkshakes and the chain’s “half-half” — a mix of lemonade and iced tea.
Address: 2 Floral Court, Floral Street, London WC2E 9FB
Opening Date: 6 March 2026
Chef Conor Gadd, co-owner of Trullo, is opening his first solo restaurant, Burro, in Covent Garden. The new Italian restaurant takes over the former The Petersham space in Floral Court following the closure of Petersham Nurseries’ central London sites. The design will blend Irish and Italian influences, described as part Irish country house kitchen and part 1950s Italian bistro, with the venue’s hidden terrace also set to reopen.
Address: 9 Old Compton Street, London W1D 5JF
Opening Date: 6 March 2026
Japanese restaurant group Maki & Ramen is opening a new Soho location, taking over the former La Bodega Negra site. The brand was founded in Scotland by Hong Kong-born chef Teddy Lee and aims to sit between casual grab-and-go and high-end dining. The extensive menu will focus on sushi and ramen, with around 17 ramen varieties including several vegan options. It will also feature a late-night bar, with a licence until 1am.
The French Connection at Levan
Address: 12-16 Blenheim Grove, Peckham, SE15 4QL
Opening Date: Monthly from 8 March 2026
A monthly French pop-up series is launching at Levan in Peckham, where guest restaurants from across France will serve a £59 Sunday lunch menu. The series begins on 8 March with Auberge de Chassignolles, followed by Auberge de Bellevie (12 April), Deviant (17 May), Les Enfants du Marché (14 June) and Bambino (19 July), offering diners a tour of regional French cuisine before the series pauses for summer.
Address: Boxpark Shoreditch, Unit 24, 2-10 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6GY
Opening Date: 9 March 2026
Opening Offer: 20% off 9-15 March
A viral Japanese-inspired cafe and premium tea brand opes new branch in East London. It is an extension of JUJUHOME, a design-led lifestyle and homeware store.
Address: 17-18 Irving Street, Leicester Square, London WC2H 7AU
Opening Date: 11 March 2026
Chef Jamie Oliver is bringing back Jamie’s Italian to the UK, six years after the brand’s high-profile closure in 2019. The revival will launch with a new restaurant in Leicester Square in partnership with Prezzo, with a renewed focus on fresh pasta and quality ingredients. The return comes as London’s fresh pasta scene has grown increasingly competitive, with restaurants like Lina Stores, Notto and Bancone now leading the market.
Maza
Address: 21-25 Bruton Place, London W1J 6NQ
Opening Date: 12 March 2026
Greek restaurant Mazi is expanding to Mayfair with a new restaurant called Maza, opening on Bruton Place in the former PizzaExpress site opposite The Guinea Grill. Created by founders Adrien Carré and Christina Mouratoglou, the large new space will feature counter and table dining alongside a bar. The menu will focus on classic Athenian flavours, with dishes such as crispy pork belly gyros, grilled lobster with bisque rice, honey-roasted tomatoes with goat’s cheese and pistachio baklava ice-cream sandwiches, complemented by an all-Greek wine list and a traditional opening shot of tsipouro with mezze.
Alley Cats Pizza – Portobello
Address: 233 Portobello Road, London N1 2PA
Opening Date: 13 March 2026
Pizza spot opens new location on Portobello Road, just a short walk from its recent launch on Westbourne Grove. The new two-floor restaurant will feature a terrace and introduce the brand’s first slice hatch, allowing customers to grab quick 18-inch pizza slices to go.
Address: 61-63 Brushfield Street, E1 6AA
Opening Date: 13 March 2026
Notting Hill’s Holy Carrot is set to bring its excellent plant-based cookery to Spitalfields. But there’s a twist – the second Holy Carrot will be vegetarian rather than vegan. Not a total pivot from the west London’s restaurant’s original ethos then, and vegans will still be more than welcome, with most dishes abiding by their dairy-free doctrine. Holy Carrot started life as a supper club before a Knightsbridge residency, opening its first restaurant in 2024 on Portobello Road. It’s run by fashion journalist-turned-restaurateur Irina Linovich and chef Daniel Watkins, formerly of Acme Fire Cult in Dalston.
Address: 104-122 City Road, Old Street, London EC1V 2NR
Opening Date: 13 March 2026
New cocktail bar with a dramatic drinks concept using the Loggerhead technique, where a 1200°C iron poker is plunged into cocktails to enhance flavour and aroma. The bar comes from Artem Skapenko (behind Kyiv venues HRAM and Loggerhead Kyiv) with Ukrainian bartender Igor Brovko (formerly of Tayer + Elementary) leading the drinks programme. Set across two floors, the venue will feature a small experimental bar upstairs and a larger underground space, alongside a menu of seasonal sharing plates with European and Asian influences.
Address: 66-70 Brewer Street, Soho, London W1F 9UP
Opening Date: 14 March 2026
The basement bar at El Pastor in Soho is being completely revamped and will reopen as El Siete, accessed via a discreet pink door on Brewer Street. The redesigned space will feature a brutalist, Mexico City–inspired aesthetic and a central island bar, with cocktails created by the Soulshakers team. The menu follows a “seven” theme with seven margaritas, seven agave-based cocktails and seven twists on classics, alongside tequila and mezcal, plus bar snacks such as mini tostadas and chile de árbol popcorn.
Address: 11 Waterloo Place, London SW1Y 4AU
Opening Date: 18 March 2026
A Mediterranean restaurant that began in Ibiza in 2018, is expanding to London, led by Chef Christos Fotos alongside Jem and Ilhan Akyuz. The restaurant will offer a Greek-inspired Mediterranean menu focused on sustainability and locally sourced ingredients. The space, set in a converted former bank and features striking design elements like a large wine wall, as well as a downstairs late-night bar, No. 11, serving inventive cocktails built around house infusions and distillations.
Address: 80 Piccadilly, London W1J 8HX
Opening Date: 20 March 2026
The team behind high-end Chinese restaurant Tattu is launching a new concept in London: Mediterranean-inspired Fenix. Already established in Manchester, Fenix will open in Piccadilly, taking over the former Henry’s site near Green Park. The large venue will feature an open kitchen and a dedicated bar, with a menu centred on sharing plates.
Address: 80 Duke St, Mayfair, London W1K 6JG
Opening Date: 20 March 2026
Persian restaurant Berenjak is opening its third London location in Mayfair, marking the brand’s largest UK site to date. Founded by chef Kian Samyani in partnership with JKS Restaurants, the two-floor restaurant will seat just over 50 guests inside with additional outdoor seating. Inspired by Tehran’s traditional kabab houses, the menu will feature Berenjak’s signature kababs alongside more than 20 new dishes, including regional Iranian lunch specials, plus an expanded wine list and cocktail programme.
Address: 64 Jubilee Place, London E14 5NY
Opening Date: 20 March 2026
Opening Offer: 50% off the menu on 20-27 March
Kung Fu Mama, a restaurant concept created by an Ottolenghi co-founder and a Taiwanese noodle brand owner, is expanding to Canary Wharf after a successful first year in Covent Garden. The new location will continue its focus on sun-dried noodles, offering a variety of dishes including chicken with ginger and sesame, slow-cooked beef with Szechuan pepper, vegetarian options, and traditional beef noodle soup. The menu also features bao buns and desserts like mango shaved ice and pineapple pie. With growing demand for noodle dishes, the new opening is expected to be a popular addition to the area.
Address: Westfield Stratford
Opening Date: 20 March 2026
Opening Offer: 250 goodie bags for the first guests who spend over £15, free LINDOR samples and 10% off for new MyLindt Rewards members.
Lindt is opening a new 1,800 sq ft boutique at Westfield Stratford City, marking the brand’s 28th UK store and arriving one year after its Piccadilly flagship launch. The new “chocolate paradise” will include a Pick & Mix wall with 35 flavours, a Lindt Chocolate Bar serving gelato, hot chocolate and milkshakes, and a gifting concierge offering personalised chocolate gifts.
Address: 38-40 James St, London W1U 1EU
Opening Date: 21 March 2026
ERGON, already known for its Greek delis in London and support of artisanal producers, is opening its first full restaurant, Taverna Ermou, on James Street near Oxford Street. Following the success of its Athens location, the all-day venue will serve breakfast dishes like koulouri bagels, pancakes, and bougatsa, before transitioning to a menu of Greek mezze and mains such as prawn saganaki, chicken souvlaki, and crab giouvetsi.
Address: 11 Maddox Street, Mayfair, London, W1S 2QF
Opening Date: 23 March 2026
Temaki, which first opened in Brixton in 2021, is returning with a new location after closing its original site last year. Founded by A.M. Dupee, the restaurant will continue to focus on Japanese handrolls inspired by Californian handroll bars, alongside dishes such as crispy rice with premium fish, A4 wagyu sliders, sashimi and sandos. The larger Mayfair space will include a downstairs listening bar–inspired room, plus a drinks menu featuring sake flights and cocktails.
Address: 52 Wilton Way, East London E8 1BS
Opening Date: 26 March 2025
Chef Sally Abé is returning to London to open her first solo restaurant, aking over the former sites of Pidgin and Sesta. After leading the kitchen at The Pem and cooking at The Bull, Abé’s new British bistro will celebrate traditional British flavours with dishes such as Dorset crab royale, haunch of deer and pickled walnuts with cavolo nero and mussels, while also focusing on community, storytelling and championing women in hospitality.
Address: 55 Marylebone High Street, Marylebone, London W1U 5RB
Opening Date: 26 March 2026
Pierre Minotti (ex Alex Dilling at Hotel Café Royal) is taking over the kitchen at Orrery, relaunching it as Orrery by Pierre Minotti with a clear ambition of earning Michelin recognition. Minotti will introduce a tasting-menu experience beginning with Champagne in the Salon du Vin before moving to the dining room for five or seven-course menus inspired by classic French cuisine and Escoffier techniques, using British produce.
Address: 14 Dean St, Soho, London W1D 3RS
Opening Date: 26 March 2026
Former Kiln chef Meedu Saad is launching his first solo restaurant, centred around a charcoal grill placed in the middle of the dining room. The space has been designed with Ben Chapman and Dan Preston (known for venues like Smoking Goat and Brat) and aims to capture the atmosphere of Cairo’s street markets with the energy of a Soho bar. The menu will focus on fire-led cooking, highlighting seasonal British produce and Saad’s Egyptian influences.
Address: 21 Denman Street, Soho, London W1D 7HS
Opening Date: 26 March 2026
Opening Offer: 300 free wagyu steaks from 5pm on 25 March
Steakhouse group, founded by Charlie Carroll in 2012, is opening a new site, right next door to its former founder’s new venture, The Devonshire. The new restaurant marks a return to the area where the brand first launched, just around the corner on Beak Street. The Piccadilly site will seat around 100 diners and continue the group’s signature affordable steak offering.
Address: 56 Regent Street
Opening Date: 27 March 2026
Opening Offer: 500 “Pierre Marcolini Loves London” kits for £15, featuring hot chocolate, a mini-Malline of nine vanilla chocolates, and a special vanilla “grand cru kumo” pastry on 25-26 March
Luxury Belgian chocolatier Pierre Marcolini is opening a new flagship boutique near Piccadilly Circus. soft launch on 25–26 March. The store will feature a macaron carousel, exclusive flavours and new pastries, as part of the chocolatier’s wider UK expansion following its 2025 boutique launch in Notting Hill.
Address: 38 Westbourne Grove, Bayswater, London W2 5SH
Opening Date: 28 March 2026
Opening Offer: 500 free schiacciata from 12pm on opening day
Dal Fiorentino, known for its huge Tuscan schiacciata sandwiches, are opening its first west London spot, taking over Made in Little France former site on Westbourne Grove.
Address: 100 Liverpool St, London EC2M 2AT
Opening Date: 30 March 2026
A new competitive socialising venue is opening near Liverpool Street Station, bringing a modern twist to the classic pool hall. Created by the team behind Topgolf and Puttshack, the venue will feature 20 full-size pool tables across private and shared rooms, with chandeliers projecting interactive games onto the tables. Alongside the gaming, guests can expect food such as tacos, bao, New York–style pizza and lobster rolls, plus cocktails developed by the team behind Three Sheets.
Address: 5 Olympia Way, London W14 0NE
Opening Date: 30 March 2026
Olympia’s long-awaited revamp is finally nearing completion, with Pillar Hall the first major opening from Des Gunewardena’s D3 Collective. The centrepiece is Idalia, a huge 300-seat, garden-inspired restaurant led by chef Samantha Williams, serving modern British dishes in an all-day dining setting. There’s also a standout pastry offering from Lorena Tommasi, including a theatrical chocolate stiletto dessert, while Pepperbird will be a more exclusive, speakeasy-style bar. Rounding things off is Upstairs at Pillar Hall, a large events space with room for over 500 people.
Address: 100 Strand, London WC2R 0EZ
Opening Date: 30 March 2026
After the successful launch of The Grand Divan at Simpson’s, Jeremy King is preparing to open Romano’s, a second restaurant in the building. Located on the first floor, it’s a brighter, more relaxed British dining room with slightly more affordable prices compared to downstairs. The menu focuses on classic British dishes, alongside a good-value set menu.
Address: 66 Union St, Borough, London SE1 1TD
Opening Date: March 2026
Chef Aktar Islam, whose Birmingham restaurant Opheem became the first Indian restaurant in the UK to earn two Michelin stars, is opening his first London restaurant in Borough. Named after the Awadhi region of India and its culinary roots in Lucknow, a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, the restaurant will focus on traditional Awadhi cuisine, with dishes such as kebabs, layered biryanis and aromatic curries, alongside slow-cooking techniques like dum pukht.
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