The Best New Restaurants in London

Broadsheet’s editors are asked one question more than most: “what’s the best new restaurant you’ve been to in London recently?”.

It’s a tricky one to answer – so we’ve pulled together this guide of what’s on our radar right now. It’s an edit of future classics, places that speak to how we are dining right at this moment in London and spots that could change how we eat forever. But what you can expect is a hitlist of restaurants perfect for right now, updated regularly and all of which have opened in the last six-ish months.

Italian restaurants opened thick and fast in London in the past 12 months – but only one focuses in on arrosticini: skinny, flame-grilled skewers, usually made with mutton or lamb, from central Italy’s Abruzzo region. They’re designed to enjoy messily (white tablecloth be damned) at this slick London Fields trattoria, washed down with £5 Campari spritzes and low-intervention Italian wines.

In a beautiful transatlantic pizza partnership, The Plimsoll’s Ed McIlroy has teamed up with Philadelphia thin-crust legend Joe Beddia (Pizzeria Beddia) to add to London’s ever-growing stable of US-inflected pizzerias. Here at this bright and slender north London space – inspired by mid-century Milan – diners choose from a short menu championing quality produce, including a pepperoni number with Neal’s Yard cheeses and a spicy, spinach-laden riff on saag paneer.

What next after heading up the kitchen at one of London’s finest Italians for more than 15 years? For Trullo chef and co-owner Conor Gadd, it’s simple: spearhead one of the capital’s biggest openings of the year, and bring sharp Italian dining to Covent Garden. The sun-drenched Roman-inspired room is the backdrop for an elegant menu that doesn’t overcomplicate: vitello pan-seared in butter, whole lemon sole with prosecco and tagliarini with mussels and clams.

Cafe Kowloon is inspired by Hong Kong’s buzzing Kowloon district. Like sister venues Daddy Bao in Tooting and Mr Bao in Peckham, it’s an all-encompassing experience: DJs spin tunes and neon lights illuminate diners as they spin lazy Susans loaded with curry fish ball skewers, prawn toast on E5 Bakehouse bread and half chicken cooked over charcoal. Good times, on lock.

Plump, hand-folded khinkali (dumplings) are filled with wild Scottish girolles, and lamb mtsvadi (skewers) are grilled over an open fire at DakaDaka – a lavishly decorated Georgian restaurant that filters traditional dishes through a modern lens. It’s built around the spirit of supra – the art of hosting long, communal feasts – and takes its Georgian wine very seriously, with more than 150 producers on the menu.

Vegan dining got a sexy makeover at Notting Hill’s Holy Carrot, thanks to its sultry design and chef Daniel Watkins’s clever cooking. Its follow-up is still all-veggie, but Watkins has introduced dairy and eggs and built a menu chock-full of hits. That includes a section dedicated to flatbreads and pizzettas made with fermented koji and silken tofu – including a version of Georgia’s cheesy flatbread khachapuri, topped with a baked egg.

This might be Hoppers number four, but co-founder Karan Gokani and his team aren’t holding back. The new Shoreditch spot celebrates south Indian food – a slight steer away from the Sri Lankan focus at its predecessors – in an atmospheric space referencing old Indian homes. Visit for a short-rib biryani, and a dish of butter-fried dosa stuffed with paneer or lamb that’s inspired by a dish popular in India right now.

Most nights of the week, chef Meedu Saad can be found presiding over an enormous charcoal grill at his North African restaurant Impala – the newest member of the Super 8 stable (Smoking Goat, Brat, Mountain and Kiln, where he is co-owner and executive chef). Impala sees Saad channel long, hot summers visiting family in Egypt, along with the Turkish mangals of his native Tottenham. The result? Dishes like duck slow-roasted in molasses with fig sauce, and monkfish grilled over coals wrapped in grape leaves.

In late 2025, couple Ziad Halub and Farsin Rabiee went from hosting sold-out supper clubs in their home to opening a small Haggerston cafe that feels like stepping into the pair’s living room. Beyond the now-viral kofta and aubergine sandwich, the weekly-changing menu, influenced by Halub and Rabiee’s Iranian and Iraqi backgrounds, features dishes like lamb and okra stew or saffron chicken with barberry rice. Logma now opens for weekly dinner, which you’ll need to buy tickets for in advance.

Charming Osteria Vibrato is unashamedly old school: rosewood panelling, a terrazzo floor, white tablecloths and a menu laid out the classic Italian way: antipasti, primi, secondi and dolci. Owner and former opera singer Charlie Mellor (Laughing Heart) steers services like a conductor as diners feast on rustic dishes like a made-to-order risotto bianco and sip big barolos and crisp vermentino. It’s like stepping back in time to old Soho, in the best possible way.

Storied Strand restaurant Simpson’s is back, led this time by almost-as-storied restaurateur Jeremy King. His reimagining of the 200-year-old institution sprawls across two restaurants and two bars. The Grand Divan is the main dining room, where the menu is classic British and meat is carved from roaming trolleys. Then there’s Romano’s: an elegant, affordable brasserie doing French-inflected British fair with King’s customary savoir faire.

Hogget scrumpets, Welsh Wagyu with marrow, tandoori quail: it’s nostalgic British flavours with contemporary twists at this Shoreditch bistro, from the team behind the Michelin-starred Restaurant St Barts. Cooking over fire is king here, with an open kitchen in the centre of the room flanked by a bar, allowing guests to watch the chefs at work as they sip natural wine.

Sally Abé (ex-The Bull, The Ledbury, The Pem, Harwood Arms) has gone east for her first solo restaurant, launching tiny Teal on Hackney’s Wilton Way. It’s a British bistro where Abé plates up historic British dishes like “knife and fork bacon” (tender bacon lifted with sour cream) and lockets savoury (think a can’t-stop-at-one rarebit made with stilton and sliced pears). It’s a pocket-sized winner.

At Tiella, celebrated chef Dara Klein draws on her childhood spent watching her parents cook rustic, regional Italian cuisine at her family’s trattoria in Wellington, New Zealand. This cosy Columbia Road diner is the long-awaited permanent home for Klein, who grew Tiella’s fan base during a two-year residency at the Compton Arms. Those lucky enough to secure a table will find favourites like slow-cooked pasta e fagiloli (a comforting soup) and hand-rolled trie pasta with a rich datterini tomato sauce.