Best new restaurants London June: New openings and restaurants coming soon

On the hunt for the best new restaurants in London? London is home to some of the best places to eat in the world, with the capital’s dining scene growing exponentially over the last decade, and pretty much every cuisine imaginable being accounted for. With so many great spots to choose from, dinner can become somewhat overwhelming. New restaurants open in London every day, but how do you separate the great from the good? Well, we've done the hard yards for you, heading out to every new opening to see what's what, then rounding up all the cool new restaurants London has to offer.

So, if you want to visit good new restaurants in London, guaranteed to leave you satisfied and right at the centre of the capital’s cultural zeitgeist, this is the only list you’ll ever need. You can expect the most talked-about chefs, the biggest comebacks, white-hot pop-ups-gone-permanent, and under-the-radar gems that are knocking it out of the park. Scroll this way for London’s hottest new restaurants and be prepared to block out your diary for the foreseeable future.

Scroll down even further and you'll find a little round-up of the exciting London restaurants opening in 2025, with all the biggest names on the horizon. If you want to stay current in this city, it pays to know what big openings are right around the corner. We have our finger on the pulse when it comes to upcoming restaurant openings in London, and you can read more about the most exciting new openings in our 'Best new London restaurants opening soon' section.

How do we choose London's best new restaurants?

The SquareMeal team reviews a whole host of new London restaurants every month, so when something appears here, you can be sure that it has been vouched for by one of our expert restaurant critics. We visit a wide spectrum of restaurants, from top-end tasting menus right down to neighbourhood pizzerias and burger joints, always on the lookout for spots that deliver on food, atmosphere and service.

If you want to read the full review, just click on the read more link for more information - each SquareMeal listing features an independent review, as well as reviews from diners who have visited, together with booking details and unique special offers such as limited edition menus and discounts.

Best new restaurants London June 2025

This list is home to London's hottest restaurants - the places that everyone is talking about, ranging from fine dining, white tablecloth luxury to rustic gastropubs and easy-going takeaways. 

Osteria Angelina, Shoreditch

What: Some corners of the industry (not us, mind) chuckled when Angelina first launched its Japanese-Italian fusion concept, but who’s laughing now? Turns out these two distant food cultures are perfect symbiotes, so much so that the idea has spawned a second site in the rather swish Norton Folgate development. Where Angelina revolves around multiple smaller courses, Osteria Angelina focuses more on large cuts of meat and fish cooked over a Binchotan charcoal grill, and fresh pasta, as well as fritti and crudo. 
Opened: May 2025
Must-order dish: crab and sausage agnolotti
Where: 1 Nicholl's Clarke Yard, E1 6SH
Read more: Osteria Angelina

Duchy, Shoreditch

What: We were sad to lose Leroy some months ago, but that old Phipp Street site is coming back in a big way, with Leroy OGs Simon Shand and Alex Grant returning to open Duchy. The new concept takes loose inspiration from the Duchy of Savoy, which inhabited modern day north Italy and southern France, and if Shand’s cooking over at Topa in Holloway was anything to go by, this could be a belter.
Opened: May 2025
Must-order dish: Brown crab arancini
Where: 18 Phipp Street, EC2A 4NU
Read more: Duchy

hello JoJo, Camberwell

What: Adding to an embarrassment of riches on Camberwell Church Street, hello JoJo is coming in hot with a diverse cocktail list, strong bakery game and easy-going all-day menus. There’s some serious talent in the team here - head chef Will Faris boasts a CV that includes the likes of The Dairy, The Ritz and Naughty Piglets, whilst head baker Jo Garner has come via Mountain, Toad and E5 Bakehouse. Keep an eye on this one.
Opened: May 2025
Must-order dish: JoJo’s Bunny Chow doughnut
Where: 31 Camberwell Church Street, SE5 8TR
Read more: hello JoJo

Town, Covent Garden

What: It has been too long since we’ve seen Stevie Parle on the London restaurant scene, but the one time Dock Kitchen and Rotorino chef has come back to London in a big way with new restaurant Town. Expect ingredient-forward British cooking, from the man who did so much to start that particular movement. The menu is packed with killer dishes, including potato bread with beef dripping, hogget with Chianti and anchovy butter, and Morello cherry pie with cherry stone ice cream. We love the Jetsons-esque space age interiors as well. 
Opened: May 2025
Must-order dish: Kashmiri saffron risotto with roasted bone marrow
Where: 26-29 Drury Lane, WC2B 5RL
Read more: Town

Best new restaurants London May 2025

Locatelli at The National Gallery, Charing Cross

What: If news of the closure of Locanda Locatelli seemed awfully sudden, well, fear not, because Giorgio is back in town, opening a restaurant at The National Gallery in conjunction with Searcys (much like Richard Corrigan’s Portrait Restaurant at the National Portrait Gallery). Don't come here expecting a reincarnated Locanda Locatelli - this is much more of a souped up museum restaurant, serving a compact, elegant menu of Italian classics in a fairly low-key dining room. Still, everything is well executed, and you can pop into Bar Giorgio next door for a quick espresso and a pastry if you want something a little lighter.
Opened: May 2025
Must-order dish: Cuttlefish salad with pea puree, lemon zest and chives
Where: The National Gallery, 12 St Martin's Street, SW1Y 5BS
Read more: Locatelli at the National Gallery

The Kerfield Arms, Camberwell

What: The Baring team has doubled up the portfolio, taking over the rather lovely Crooked Well in Camberwell and giving it the same understated good looks and killer menu. The menu follows a similar tack to The Baring, delivering big, hearty seasonal gastropub grub with British underpinnings. We thought the food was pretty outstanding from front to back, and Adam Symonds runs a front-of-house team who are effortlessly charming, helpful and knowledgeable. In a city overflowing with spendy pubs, The Kerfield Arms is what top-class gastropubbing looks like. 
Opened: April 2025
Must-order dish: Cornish squid and lardo shish, pul biber chilli
Where: 16 Grove Lane, SE5 8SY
Book now: The Kerfield Arms

One Club Row, Shoreditch

What: No expense has been spared on the gorgeous dining room set above The Knave of Clubs, and One Club Row backs up the glamour with a New York-inspired menu of oysters, martinis and elevated bistro cooking from Patrick Powell. There’s even a house pianist in residence towards the end of the week! One Club Row is a restaurant that makes you feel special, and we’re all for it.
Opened: April 2025
Must-order dish: Pickled jalapeno gougeres
Where: 1 Club Row, E1 6JX
Book now: One Club Row

Ara, Aldgate East

What: We're big fans of Murat Kilic's Amber in Aldgate, so we were thrilled to find out he has doubled up with a second restaurant, Ara, just down the road. Ara delves into some slightly broader, more imaginative flavours than it's sister site, with some absolute knockout dishes on offer including a slow-cooked short rib with an unbelieveable date demi-glaze, and these gorgeous grilled mussel skewers coated in chicken butter sauce. The beautiful interiors are really committed to sustainability too, as designer Nina Woodcroft (who also designed Silo) has turned to recycled plastics, pineapple leather and galvanised steel offcuts to create this sleek, plant-laden paradise.
Opened: April 2025
Must-order dish: Mussel skewer with roasted chicken butter sauce
Where: 1 New Drum Street, E1 7AY
Book now: Ara

Best new restaurants London April 2025

The Knave of Clubs, Shoreditch

What: Chef Patrick Powell has become one of London's most exciting cooks after big stints at the likes of Chiltern Firehouse, Allegra and The Midland Grand Dining Room. It's no surprise that his latest project is equally enthralling, as he joins forces with James Dye (Bambi, The Camberwell Arms, Franks), and Benjy Leibowitz (NoMad NYC) for a Shoreditch double header. Downstairs pub The Knave of Clubs serves an absolutely epic rotisserie chicken, as well as oysters by the half dozen, a prawn Scotch egg of dreams, and many pints of Guinness. Expect this to be a big deal for many months.
Opened: March 2025
Must-order dish: Rotisserie chicken
Where: 25 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6HT
Read more: The Knave of Clubs

Little Earthquakes, Dalston

What: As London moves into the next stage of its pizza obsession, we’re seeing all sorts of different regional and worldly takes arrive on the scene. Many of those are housed in pubs, and Little Earthquakes joins that particular fray, cosied up inside the Railway Tavern in Dalston. Neil Rankin (original founder of Temper) is whipping up proper deep dish, cheese-tastic pizzas and they are wildly good. Go now. Also check out our guide to all the best pizza in London for more on that. 
Opened: March 2025
Must-order dish: Chilli crunch margherita
Where: 2 St Jude Street, N16 8JT
Read more: Little Earthquakes

The Lavery, South Kensington

What: There’s a purism to The Lavery that we love - the sleek light fittings, the white plaster walls, the smooth curves of the handsome wooden dining chairs. The towering ceilings of this massive South Ken townhouse make ample room for Yohei Furuhashi (River Cafe, Toklas) and Alcides Gauto (Rochelle Canteen) to create a restaurant that is all about great food and warm hospitality. The Lavery has echoes of all those aforementioned restaurants, particularly Toklas, and Furuhashi’s cooking presents the very best ingredients, in peak season, with minimal intervention.
Opened: March 2025
Must-order dish: Rhubarb galette
Where: 4 Cromwell Place, SW7 2JE
Read more: The Lavery

Best new restaurants London March 2025

Rake at The Compton Arms, Islington

What: The Compton Arms has a history of housing rising star restaurant prospects, and the latest in that lineage is Rake - a no-frills pop-up that delves deep into trad British flavours. There’s pepper-cured ox tongue, rarebit oysters, the fattest of chips and big ol’ chunks of roasted meats to share. It was the devilled duck hearts that finally had us asking, is this already one of the best restaurants in London? Go and find out for yourself.
Opened: February 2025
Must-order dish: Devilled duck hearts on St George's toast
Where: 4 Compton Avenue, N1 2XD
Read more: Rake at The Compton Arms

Nina, Marylebone

What: Pachamama’s big reinvention continues in 2025 as the old Pachamama site in Marylebone becomes Nina - a fabulous leopard-print-clad celebration of Italian cooking. Following on from Bottarga (one of 2024’s big TikTok hits), Nina delivers the same ultra-glam experience, with equally solid cooking, tiny cocktails and revelrous spirit. Good luck getting a booking, though.
Opened: March 2025
Must-order dish: Chicken Milanese with Parmesan butter
Where: 18 Thayer Street, W1U 3JY
Read more: Nina

Luna Omakase, Liverpool Street

What: We’re big fans of Juno Omakase at Los Mochis Notting Hill, but Luna promises to be a rather different experience. This time, the Los Mochis crew are taking aim at London’s most lux omakase experiences, like Taku and Sushi Kanesaka, with a no-holds-barred omakase sushi menu that promises 12 courses, inspired by the moon’s eternal cycles. For our money Luna Omakase delivers, and then some - chef Leonard Tang is fast becoming one of London's rising stars, and the quality of the cooking is matched by how beautiful that room is. One of London's great exclusive experiences.  
Opened: March 2025
Must-order dish: The whole menu
Where: 9th Floor, 100 Liverpool Street, EC2M 2AT
Read more: Luna Omakase

Best new restaurants London February 2025

Victor Garvey at The Midland Grand, King’s Cross

What: The Midland Grand is getting a major glow-up on the cooking front, bringing in SO:LA’s Michelin-starred chef Victor Garvey to head up the kitchen. Garvey is taking the magnificent Grade I listed Midland Grand into full French fine dining territory, with some seriously lux Parisian cooking (try French morel ravioli with sauce Guerard, Native lobster with seafood boudin, and oyster with yuzu kosho and caviar for size).
Opened: February 2025
Must-order dish: 'La Seriole' Great Amberjack sashimi with avocado, leek and almond
Where: St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, NW1 2AR
Read more: Victor Garvey at The Midland Grand

The Prince Arthur, Belgravia

What: Londoners can’t get enough of Basque-style cooking at the moment, or gastropubs for that matter. The Prince Arthur in Belgravia combines both under one roof, and sticks are rather talented ex-Brat and Sessions Arts Club chef at the helm in Adam Iglesias. The results are pretty astonishing - tuna tartare with turbot dripping potatoes, devilled eggs with caviar, a gorgeous turbot pil-pil and killer Basque cheesecake. Yes, it’s glammed up to the nines, but the food lives up to the billing too.
Opened: January 2025
Must-order dish: Lobster rice with saffron aioli
Where: 11 Pimlico Road, SW1W 8NA
Read more: The Prince Arthur

Best new restaurants London January 2025

Dove, Notting Hill

What: Jackson Boxer closed his beloved Notting Hill restaurant Orasay at the end of 2024, explaining that the restaurant never really made money despite being always busy. Thankfully Boxer will still be cooking at 31 Kensington Park Road, but what was Orasay is now Dove, which moves away from Orasay’s seafood focus and takes a wider international remit. Boxer says it’s a menu full of things he loves to eat - we’re happy to confirm that Dove is full of things we love to eat too, especially that deep fried Taleggio and truffle lasagna.
Opened: January 2025
Must-order dish: Deep fried taleggio and truffle lasagna
Where: 31 Kensington Park Road, W11 2EU
Read more: Dove

Tamila, King's Cross

What: Tamila was so thoroughly well received in Clapham, we’re not shocked that the second one is equally excellent. The packed, canteen-style dining room is buzzing with an excitable crowd, as tables tear into flaky rotis and lacey onion bhajis. A couple of rounds of Gunpowder Margaritas and later, you might stumble out onto the streets of King’s Cross, convinced that Tamila is one of the best Indian restaurants in London.
Opened: January 2025
Must-order dish: Chilli cheese dosa
Where: 8 Caledonian Road, N1 9DU
Read more: Tamila

Himi, Soho

What: Mayfair omakase restaurant Roji is thoroughly underrated in our eyes, so we’re pleased to hear that owners Tamas Naszai and Tomoko Hasegawa have managed to open this fun izakaya in Soho. Himi is a rustic, Tokyo-style neo-izakaya - more relaxed than Roji - serving easy-going bites like chicken kara-age and lots of dishes cooked over open flame, as well as sushi and sashimi. We're big fans, and we reckon it'll be a huge hit in Soho.
Opened: January 2025
Must-order dish: Kamo-udon
Where: 4 Newburgh Street, W1F 7RF
Read more: Himi

The best new London restaurants opening soon

Restaurants continue to open in the capital at breakneck speed - we've rounded up all the big new openings coming up in the next few months and beyond.

Canal, Westbourne Grove

What: The latest restaurant from all-conquering HAM Restaurants promises much - more delicious, seasonal cooking along a similar track to sister restaurants like Crispin and Bistro Freddie, as well as a huge terrace that sits right on the edge of the Grand Union Canal. There's an all-star team jumping in to the fray at Canal - East London's A Bar with Shapes for a Name is in charge of the cocktail list, and British designer Nicholas Daley is on uniform duty. We're huge fans of what HAM is doing, so we'd put money on Canal being a huge hit. 
Opening: June 2025 
Where: 11 Woodfield Road, W9 2BA
Read more: Canal

Barbarella, Canary Wharf

What: Say what you want about Big Mamma, but when the group launches a new restaurant, it's a big deal. Even by Big Mamma standards, Barbarella is going to be a colossal restaurant - we’ve been promised a jungle-themed city condo, wrapped in vintage Ferragamo silks, chrome and mirrored glass, with a buzzing open kitchen at the centre. Not only that, this will be Big Mamma’s first restaurant with a glorious waterside terrace, perfect for aperitivo, and the menu promises Roman-style pizza, a one metre long spaghettone for Lady and the Tramp vibes, and a whole section of the menu dedicated to gelati. Like them or not, you can’t tell us you won’t be watching with interest.
Opening: June 2025
Where: YY Building, 30 South Colonnade, E14 5HX
Read more: Barbarella

Noisy Oyster, Shoreditch

What: Firebird has been a quietly excellent little wood-fired spot in Soho for a couple of years now, so we’re not surprised that owners Madina Kazhimova and Anna Dolgushina are branching out with a new spot. They’ll be joining the likes of Kolamba East and Osteria at Norton Folgate in Spitalfields (which is becoming more interesting by the week). Noisy Oyster’s hyper-focused martinis and seafood concept sounds interesting - we’ll be interested to see how they pull it off.
Opening: June 2025
Where: Norton Folgate, E1 6DB
Read more: Noisy Oyster

Lupa, Highbury

What: Actor Theo James has launched to stardom via The White Lotus and The Gentleman, but now he’s turning his hand to restaurants, teaming up with Carousel’s Ed Templeton and chef Naz Hassan (previously head chef of Pidgin) to open this exciting new Roman osteria in Highbury. Hassan is Roman so this promises to be faithful to the Eternal City, serving Roman classics like suppli, carbonara and cacio e pepe, porchetta stuffed with chicken liver and an affordable Italian wine list.
Opening: June 2025
Where: 73 Highbury Park, N5 1UA
Read more: Lupa

Island, King's Cross

What: Michelin-starred brummie chef Brad Carter announced a huge London arrival last year, before it fell through spectacularly. Well, he’s back in 2025 and joining forces with Tom Brown - another chef having a busy 2025 - to open Island in King’s Cross. Promising a menu based around surf and turf, this could be a protein-packed gym bro dream.
Opening: June 2025
Where: Mare Street Market, 2 Lewis Cubitt Square, N1C 4DY
Read more: Island

Luna, London Bridge

What: Legare pair Matt Beardmore and Jay Patel are long overdue a second site where more of us can enjoy their wonderful hospitality. Luna promises to be more of a wine bar and bottle shop - the perfect foil to the sumptuous Italian cooking going on at Legare - where you can sit with a nice bottle of plonk and feast on plates of carpaccio and oysters. If you hadn’t guessed, we love Legare and think it’s a hugely underrated restaurant, so we’re expecting equally big things from Luna.
Opening? Summer 2025
Where: Unit 6, 36 Shad Thames, SE1 2YE
Book now: Luna

Brasserie Constance, Fulham

What: Trinity has spent a good decade as one of London’s most respected restaurants, so our expectations are high for Adam Byatt’s latest restaurant project. Brasserie Constance will be a signature attraction of the new Fulham Pier development next to Fulham Football Club’s Craven Cottage, and Byatt is planning for it to be a modern British brasserie. Expect some elevated British cooking alongside a cocktail list and a 200-strong wine list, selected by Trinity’s excellent sommelier team.
Opening: Spring 2025
Where: Fulham Pier, Stevenage Road, Fulham, SW6 6HH
Read more: Brasserie Constance

Mareida, Fitzrovia

What: Chilean restaurant Mareida was a big hit at Carousel in 2024, so it’s perhaps not surprising that it has secured a permanent site. Mareida takes a broad approach to the incredible diversity of Chilean cuisine, and hopes to translate that to London via a series of guest chefs, as well as a distinctly Chilean wine list. Even the space has been designed by a Santiago-based architect, so Mareida is set to be a fascinating experience all around.
Opening: June 2025
Where: 160 Great Portland Street, W1W 5QA
Read more: Mareida

MOI, Soho

What: Upstart restaurant group Mad Restaurants is making a splash with a couple of openings this summer, but of the two, we’re most excited for MOI, which is diving right into London’s Japanese food obsession with a menu of wood-grilled dishes and sushi. Nick Tannett (formerly head chef of Evernight) will be heading up the kitchen alongside Gordon Ramsay veteran Andy Cook, so there’s a real all-star team behind the scenes, and the early interior shots look beautiful too. Keep your fingers crossed that this one delivers.
Opening: July 2025
Where: 86 Wardour Street, W1F 0TQ
Read more: MOI

Francesco Mazzei at The Corinthia, Westminster

What: The Northall at The Corinthia is getting a major redesign this year, as one of London’s truly iconic Italian chefs is joining an already stacked line up. After departing D&D London last year, Francesco Mazzei will be joining Tom Kerridge and Andre Garratt at The Corinthia. There aren’t many details currently but we’re expecting luxurious Italian cooking, the sort that Mazzei has built a career on at restaurants like L’Anima and Sartoria.
Opening: Autumn 2025
Where: Corinthia London, Whitehall Place, SW1A 2BD

Carbone, Mayfair

What: Headlining London’s new obsession with Italo-American food is Carbone - New York’s iconic Italian restaurant slash mob wife immersive experience. Carbone will likely be the star attraction at the upcoming Chancery Rosewood Hotel in Mayfair, still under construction and coming in 2025.
Opening: 2025
Where: The Chancery Rosewood Hotel, 30 Grosvenor Square, W1K
Read more: Carbone

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