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Star chef Luke Selby, together with brothers Nathaniel and Theo, is to take over Layo and Zoe Paskin’s Soho counter dining restaurant Evelyn’s Table in Soho. Selby, a Roux Scholar and former head chef of Hide, will relaunch the 12-cover space below the Blue Posts Pub when restaurants reopen after the coronavirus clears. The initial […]
A new Portuguese taberna called Claro is due to open on Bateman Street in spring. The focus will be on small seafood plates and wines by the glass. The 26-cover venue is a joint venture between Leandro Carreira and Alex Hunter, co-founder of Bonnie Gull, and The Sea The Sea in Chelsea, where Carreira is […]
Chef and restaurateur Victor Garvey is to relaunch his Catalan restaurant Rambla as a California-inspired dining concept. Rambla, an “accomplished restaurant” with “big flavours” and better prices to boot, served Soho well during its two-year tenure, but the site has been entirely pulled up and replanted. A new look, menu and name – a portmanteau […]
A new Sri Lankan restaurant will open in Soho. Kolamba is the brainchild of owners Aushi and Eroshan Meewella, whose foundation for the venture is “a love for the recipes they grew up eating in the houses of family and friends in Colombo, Sri Lanka.” They say: “Nowhere are these flavours as bold and unapologetic […]
New to the block, Reda Benmiloud and Sultan Al-Kabeer are opening a shawarma restaurant in Soho. Arma, which has already garnered plenty of attention, will position itself in the former Oliver Maki site, a prize spot in the centre of town. Benmiloud and Al-Kabeer say they want to bring “real, authentic shawarma to Soho”, with […]
Mayfair hotspot Sabor is looking to open a second restaurant in Soho, reports say. Planning documents submitted to Westminster Council name Sabor and JKS Restaurants in a proposed opening on Lexington Street. Former Barrafina head chef Nieves Barragán Mohacho and José Etura set up Sabor in February 2018 and there might only have been vague […]
London is to get yet another destination for pasta-lovers and value hounds. Bancone, one of the capital’s favourite fiercely new-age joints, is planning to open a second site in Soho. The first, in Covent Garden, was presented the award for Top Cheap Eat at Harden’s London Restaurant Awards 2019 earlier this month. Its impressively good […]
Z He and Alex Peffly, the husband and wife team behind Cantonese steamed bun specialists Bun House and the Jian Bing trading stall Pleasant Lady, are to open Wun’s, a 1960s-style Hong Kong tea room and late night bar. Wun’s will be set across two floors in Soho, and will mimic the communal, open-air cafes […]
Legendary Italian deli and restaurant Lina Stores is to open a second site in King’s Cross. The restaurant will launch in autumn and marks 75 years since the first delicatessen opened in Soho. It will be set up in one of King’s Cross’ last surviving heritage buildings, and will be an 100-cover outfit decorated in […]
Linda Lee, founder of Korean street food restaurant mini-chain On The Bab, will be relocating her Marylebone branch to Soho this month. In tandem, Lee has announced her first site in Paris – marking her first international venture. On The Bab in Marylebone closed on March 2, while the Soho iteration, which was one of […]
