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Restaurants opening in May 2024
July
May’s first notable opening is July, a neighbourhood-style restaurant and wine bar from food writer Solynka Dumas and co-founder Julian Oschmann. Former sous chef of 40 Maltby Street Holly Hayes is cooking seasonal Alsatian-inspired dishes, while sommelier Honey Spencer has had a hand in the low-intervantion wine list that opens at £32.
WHEN Thursday 25th April
WHERE 10 Charlotte Street, London W1T 2LT
FOLLOW @julyldn
BOOK july.london
James Close at Rockliff Hall
The first phase of James Close’s role as chef director will be on offer to guests tomorrow, 2nd May with the launch of a series of T-bone steak nights in the hotel’s Clubhouse using cuts from local Yorkshire suppliers cooked over charcoal.
WHEN 2nd May
WHERE Hurworth Road, Hurworth-on-Tees, Darlington DL2 2DU
FOLLOW @jamesclose__
BOOK rockliffehall.com/whats-on/t-bone-by-rockliffe-hall
Native at Pensons
Roving restaurant duo Imogen Davis and Ivan Tisdall-Downes are settling into their new home at Pensons on the 1500-acre Netherwood Estate in Hertfordshire with tasting menus and a nose-to-tail Sunday lunch featuring produce from the grounds and local suppliers.
WHEN 22nd May
WHERE Pensons, Tenbury Wells WR15 8RT
FOLLOW @eatnative
BOOK nativerestaurant.co.uk
Chez Roux
It’s not long since Le Gavroche closed in early 2024 but Michel Roux is back in the London restaurant mix with Chez Roux in the Palm Court dining room at The Langham hotel. The chef previously ran Roux at the Landau in a separate space within the hotel until it closed under Covid restrictions in 2021 and was declared permanently closed in 2023.
WHEN 22nd May
WHERE 1C Portland Pl, Marylebone, London W1B 1JA
FOLLOW @langham_london
BOOK palm-court.co.uk/chez-roux
Latitude Wine & Liquor Merchant
Top Leeds wine shop Latitude is moving to new, larger premises this month and opening a tasting room in the shop. With a minimum of 36 covers, service will run 5-11pm Wednesday-Saturday and 12-11pm on Sundays. On offer is a rotating selection of six red, six whites and six ‘others’ alongside cheese boards and charcuterie from Lishman’s.
WHEN 22nd May
WHERE 46 The Calls, Leeds LS2 7EY
FOLLOW @latitudewine
Skof
Simon Rogan’s former executive chef Tom Barnes is on the cusp of opening his much-anticipated first solo restaurant at the end of May in Manchester city centre with a lunch menu at £50 and 12- and 15-course menus at £120 and £165 each.
WHEN 29th May
WHERE 3 Hanover St, Federation Street, Manchester M4 4BF
FOLLOW @skof_manchester
BOOK skofmanchester.co.uk
Upcoming 2024 restaurant openings
A|D|C
Chef-owner of Wilderness, Alex Claridge, is on the cusp of opening his new chef’s table restaurant at Birmingham’s Newhall Square which will focus predominantly on seafood and coastal ingredients.
WHEN Spring 2024
WHERE 1 Newhall Square, Birmingham B3 1RU
BOOK wearethewilderness.co.uk/adc
Fonda
Santiago Lastra of Mexican fine dining restaurant Kol will open his second restaurant Fonda later this year. Located on Heddon Street in Mayfair, the focus will be on traditional, regionally specific dishes from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific coast in an informal setting.
WHEN 2024 (TBC)
WHERE 12 Heddon Street, London W1B 4BZ
FOLLOW @fondarestaurant
BOOK https://fondalondon.com/
Café François
The team from Maison François are gearing up to open an all-day cafe and restaurant in Borough Market, featuring an in-house bakery, rotisserie chicken and dishes like lobster frites for a heartier meal.
WHEN Autumn 2024
WHERE Borough Yards, London SE1 9AD
FOLLOW @cafefrancoislondon
BOOK cafefrancois.london
Blacklock Manchester
Ex-Lawyer Gordon Ker will be opening the sixth site of his mini chophouse empire in Manchester. Located in the basement of a former textile warehouse on Peter Street the new restaurant will join the five sites across London serving up sustainably sourced british meats and generously portioned white chocoloate cheesecake with their famously good value pricing and great service.
WHEN Autumn 2024
WHERE 7 Peter Street , Manchester M2 5GB
FOLLOW @blacklockchops
BOOK theblacklock.com/restaurants/manchester/
Restaurants opened in 2024
April
Roe
Following the success of Fallow and Fowl, chefs Will Murray and Jake Croft will open a mammoth 350-cover restaurant in Canary Wharf serving up their sustainably-minded nose-to-tail cooking, featuring under appreciated produce from the British Isles
WHEN April 2024
WHERE 5 Park Drive, Wood Wharf, E14 9GG
FOLLOW @roerestaurant
OMA
David Carter, of Manteca and Smokestak delivers his ode to the Greek islands with a menu based around crudo and open fire cooking. Tucked below the first floor restaurant at Borough Market is Agora - a no-reservations rotisserie spot using whole animals from Somerset and Cornwall.
WHEN Tuesday 16th April
WHERE 2-4 Bedale Street, London SE1 9AL
FOLLOW @oma.london @agora.ldn
BOOK oma.london
TÓU
Sando fans will be pleased to hear of the return of Ana Gonçalves and Zijun Meng’s famous Ibérico pork katsu version, to be served alongside fries, ice cream sundaes and Pet Nat at a pop up upstairs at the Globe Tavern.
WHEN Friday 5th April
WHERE 1st Floor, Globe Tavern, 8 Bedale Street, London SE1 9AL
FOLLOW @tou_london
BOOK Walk-ins only
NIJŪ
After a short-lived run as 20 Berkeley, Endo Kazutoshi and his Creative Restaurant Group (Endo at the Rotunda, Sumi, Humo) have reopened the restaurant as NIJŪ, focusing on home-style Japanese cooking with the requisite dash of Mayfair decadence.
WHEN Wednesday 17th April 2024
WHERE 20 Berkeley Street, London W1J 8EE
FOLLOW @nijulondon
BOOK nijulondon.com
March
Bavette
A French bistro from Sandy Jarvis and Clément Cousin in the suburb of Horsforth in Leeds. Read our First Look here
WHERE 4-6 Town Street, Horsforth, Leeds LS18 4RJ
FOLLOW @bavettebistro
BOOK bavettebistro.com
Josephine
Bibendum's Claude Bosi returns to his Lyonnais roots with the opening of a classic neighbourhood bouchon in south west London. Read our First Look here
WHERE 315 Fulham Road, London SW10 9QH
FOLLOW @josephinebouchon
BOOK josephinebouchon.com
Psycho Sandbar
With The Man Behind the Curtain laid to rest, Michael O'Hare has relaunched with a refurb and a new a la carte menu - although a tasting menu for £165 per head is still available. Read our First Look here.
WHERE 68-78 Vicar Lane, Leeds LS1 7JH
FOLLOW @ohare.michael
BOOK psychosandbar.com
Cardinal
Edinburgh may have fine dining restaurants coming out of its ears, but we're willing to pay attention when it comes from Tomás Gormley who also runs the excellent small plates spot Skua.
WHERE 14 Eyre Place, Edinburgh EH3 5EP
FOLLOW @cardinal.scot
BOOK cardinal.scot
Arlington
Restaurateur royalty Jeremy King makes a much-anticipated comeback with Arlington - a reinvention of iconic '80s restaurant Le Caprice. Read our First Look.
WHERE 20 Arlington Street, St. James's, London SW1A 1RJ
FOLLOW @arlingtonrestaurant
BOOK arlington.london
February
Morchella
The accomplished team from Perilla deliver their Mediterranean small plates to a new neighbourhood. Read our First Look.
WHERE 84-86 Rosebery Avenue, Clerkenwell, London EC1R 4QY
FOLLOW @morchelladining
BOOK morchelladining.co.uk
Camille
The opening comes from Clare Lattin and Tom Hill who delivered appealing seasonal simplicity with Ducksoup and Little Duck the Picklery in London before striking up the spirit of an Italian osteria with Emilia in Ashburton, Devon. Read our first look
WHERE 2-3 Stoney Street, London SE1 9AA
FOLLOW camille_se1
BOOK camillerestaurant.co.uk
