Restaurants opening soon in London
Five Feet
Neighbourhood pan-pizza restaurant at 4 Tanner Street, Bermondsey, in the former Dobson's Bakery, from Jay Patel (Legare), Roland Horne (WatchHouse) and baker Jack Ellingham (The Dusty Knuckle, Spring). A stone mill from Montpellier grinds heritage British grains on site for a thick, airy dough; toppings use neighbouring suppliers. Evenings, Tuesday to Saturday. Originally due in September.
Source: Hot Dinners (19 October 2026), Hot Dinners (29 September 2026), The Nudge (29 July 2026), Time Out London (31 July 2026). Opening dates often move.
Pardeh
Iranian-inspired 42-cover restaurant at Unit 1, 45 Corbridge Crescent, E2 9FR, the former Water House Project site on The Oval, Cambridge Heath. Founded by Sahar Gilabadi and Sam Butler, with Tehran-born chef Yma Apa (The Drunken Butler) as executive chef and creative director. Sharing dishes, or a kitchen-chosen menu for the table; Persian-style Sunday roasts are planned.
Source: Restaurant Online (6 October 2026), Hot Dinners (4 September 2026). Opening dates often move.
Salone
Italian restaurant at 5-6 Vigo Street, just off Regent Street in the former Thomas's Cafe space at Burberry, from Fortune Family, the group behind Lita in Marylebone, with executive chef Luca Natalini of Autem in Milan. A pizzeria on the ground floor and a pasta station upstairs, open kitchens on both floors, counter seating, a communal table and an aperitivo bar.
Source: Hot Dinners (19 October 2026), Hot Dinners (8 June 2026), The Nudge (8 June 2026). Opening dates often move.
PAM
First standalone restaurant from Karla Knowles, former head chef of Kiln, at 61 Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6HA, with Romain and Edouard Bourrillon of Maisons Vivantes, the group behind Cocotte and Casa Felicia. Thai-influenced cooking with many dishes cooked over live fire, drawing on Knowles's time in Bangkok and northern Thailand. Bookings are taken through PAM's website.
Source: Hot Dinners (19 October 2026), The Nudge (2 October 2026), Hot Dinners (23 September 2026), Restaurant Online (28 July 2026). Opening dates often move.
Lenny's
Max Lewis's New Haven-style 'apizza' pizzeria, which began in 2024 as a residency at the Bedford Tavern in Finsbury Park, moves to a permanent home at 24 Henrietta Street, WC2E 8ND, in partnership with MJMK Restaurants (KOL, Fonda). The menu includes the tomato pie and 'The Lenny', half tomato, garlic and pecorino, half mozzarella. Bookings are taken through SevenRooms.
Source: Hot Dinners (19 October 2026), Hot Dinners (24 September 2026), Restaurant Online (29 July 2026), Lenny's (official site). Opening dates often move.
B. Penhale
From the Camille team (Clare Lattin, Ratnesh Bagdai, Tom Hill) with chef patron Elliot Hashtroudi, at 57 West Smithfield, EC1A 9DS. British and Irish regional cooking with whole-carcass butchery, offal and Victorian dining traditions; a 60-cover dining room plus a six-seat walk-in bar with a chalkboard menu. Named after Hashtroudi's grandmother; already being shortened to Penhale's.
Source: Hot Dinners (19 October 2026), Hot Dinners (16 September 2026), Restaurant Online (16 September 2026), B. Penhale (official site). Opening dates often move.
Han & Han
Jeff Tan, who headed the kitchen at Hakkasan Mayfair when it opened, opens at 16 St Barnabas Street, SW1W 8PE, the former Roussillon site. Modern Chinese cooking rooted in traditional technique, focused on seasonal tasting menus, for about 40 guests across a ground-floor dining room and a lower-ground tea room and private dining room. The name comes from his mother's surname and part of his own name, Seng Han.
Source: Hot Dinners (13 October 2026), Restaurant Online (13 October 2026). Opening dates often move.
Le Perroquet
First London restaurant from Chicago-born chef Daniel Rose, known for Le Coucou in New York and La Bourse et La Vie in Paris, inside The St Regis London at 37 Conduit Street, on the corner with New Bond Street. An all-day French brasserie of classic dishes from breakfast to dinner, with executive head chef Robert Aikens.
Source: Hot Dinners (19 October 2026), Restaurant Online (10 June 2026), Time Out London (12 June 2026). Opening dates often move.
Elezar
East European chophouse in the crypt of St George's Church, Hanover Square (The Vestry, 2A Mill Street, W1S 1FX), from Misha Zelman of Zelman Meats, known for his role with Goodman and Burger & Lobster. Head chef Erik Miotto (ex-Cycene, Akoko) with consulting chef David Bury. Zakuski, pierogi, caviar, and grilled meat and fish, with whole carcasses and dry-aged cuts on display.
Source: Hot Dinners (12 October 2026), Harden's (9 October 2026), Hot Dinners (19 October 2026). Opening dates often move.
Lunette
Florence Knight's first solo restaurant, on Level 11 of Nick Jones's St Clement hotel at 180 The Thames, just off the Strand. Knight previously cooked at Sessions Arts Club. Hot Dinners reports a set menu of four courses at lunch and eight in the evening; London on the Inside reported 30 covers. The official site carries a reservations link.
Source: Hot Dinners (19 October 2026), Hot Dinners (7 August 2026), London on the Inside (11 August 2026), Lunette (official site). Opening dates often move.
Ralphie's
Tom Booton's first solo restaurant, after The Dorchester's Grill, at 87 Pimlico Road, SW1W 8PH, in the former Enoteca Turi space. A British bistro of modernised comfort classics with a nod to Booton's Colchester upbringing; 40-cover dining room, a small terrace and The Den, a 14-cover basement private room overlooking the kitchen. Cocktails by Pritesh Mody. Named after Booton's dog.
Source: Hot Dinners (15 October 2026), Restaurant Online (15 October 2026). Opening dates often move.
Clerks House at London Museum
Flagship 140-cover all-day dining room and bistro at the London Museum's new home in West Smithfield, run by Green & Fortune with Robin Gill (The Dairy, Darby's, Sorella) as food curator across four venues. Alongside it: Bartholomew's bar, with a drinks list by Mr Lyan Studio; the alcohol-free Temperance Cocoa Rooms cafe; and The Roost, a rotating six-month street-food residency.
Source: Hot Dinners (21 July 2026), Time Out London (21 July 2026), Hot Dinners (19 October 2026). Opening dates often move.
Beatrix
Rooftop modern British brasserie from the team behind Ixchel, on the top floor of The Gaumont building at 196-222 King's Road, SW3 5XP, opposite Chelsea Town Hall, with a weatherproofed wraparound terrace. Chef Eamon Reis (ex-Straker's, Brat, Lardo) plans large sharing dishes such as fish pie, rotisserie chicken and bone-in steaks, nursery puddings, and breakfast.
Source: Hot Dinners (1 October 2026), Hot Dinners (19 October 2026). Opening dates often move.
Yai
Fine-dining Thai restaurant from Luke Farrell (Speedboat Bar, Plaza Khao Gaeng) at 43 Blandford Street, W1U 7HF, part of his Chaiyo group backed by JKS. Focused on the food of Phuket and southern Thai ingredients such as Songkhla shrimp paste and Betong soy sauce, with produce from Farrell's Ryewater Nursery in Dorset. Two floors, a visible charcoal kitchen and a sharing menu.
Source: Hot Dinners (18 September 2026), Restaurant Online (17 September 2026), Hot Dinners (19 October 2026). Opening dates often move.
Coreus by Clare Smyth
Clare Smyth's restaurant inside the Waldorf Astoria London Admiralty Arch hotel on The Mall, SW1A 2WH. Hilton describes it as Smyth's fine dining celebration of the UK's seas, coastal regions and farms, with a seafood focus and British producers. Daniel Boulud's Cafe Boulud opens in the same hotel. Room bookings opened in June 2026 for stays from 1 March 2027.
Source: Hot Dinners (19 October 2026), Hotel Online (17 June 2026), FACT Magazines (19 June 2026), Hilton Stories (official) (24 November 2025). Opening dates often move.