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Hot New Restaurant Openings and News - November 2026
As we hurtle towards the end of the year the dining scene seems to be quickening up the pace in tandem. The myriad of openings this November scales Eastern European spots, a debut solo restaurant for Chef Tom Botton, a fourth site in the capital for Bubala, and a new Asian restaurant Tattu parks up in Canary Wharf.
Elezar
This new restaurant from chef Mikail Zelmen sounds achingly cool. It's set to open in St George's Church, Hanover Square this November. The Eastern European chophouse will draw on the region's flavours and techniques, including pickling, fermenting, curing and preserving. Head Chef Erik Miotto’s cooking is formed from his Ukrainian family roots, while Consulting Chef David Bury, infuses the menus with his Polish heritage. Starters will feature Elezar's own distinctly-shaped pierogi (dumplings) - filled with beef and mushrooms or Polish cheese and potatoes. Mains will centre on whole fish and large cuts of steak, tuna ribeye on the bone, and pork chops and T-Bones. The drinks list sees. a heavy focus on Eastern Europe throughout, featuring a vodka-heavy cocktail menu and Czech house beer.
Opens 2 November 2026
Address: Elezar, The Vestry, 2A Mill Street, W1S 1FX
Tattu
Tattu, the modern Pan-Asian restaurant group known for its lavish interiors and prices to match, will open on a floating pontoon at 5 Water St, Canary Wharf this month. The design draws inspiration from the historic floating restaurants of China. Expect an exterior of glowing lanterns and neon signage that reflects across the water. Meanwhile the interiors will be organised into four distinct realms based on ancient maritime mythology. The double-height Grand Hall dining room, representing the White Dragon; Red Dragon cocktail bar, defined by dragon-scale arches and ribbed red wall-coverings, a Black Dragon mezzanine which will offer an intimate environment of ebony and gold and the Azure Dragon private dining room.
Opens November date TBC
Address: 5 Water Street, Wood Wharf, Canary Wharf Estate, London, E14 5GX
Moonrays
A music-led café and bar concept has opened on London's historic Tin Pan Alley at 7 Denmark Street W1. The three-floored space will host everything from solo listening sessions from the ground floor, The Listening Room – an intimate 15-seat sanctuary dedicated to the increasingly rare art of intentional listening.
Resident and guest DJs will span all sorts of genres from jazz, soul to world music while the food and drink line up includes Shokupan sando toasted sandwiches and a succinct list of cocktails.
Now open
Address: Moonrays, 7 Denmark Street, London WC2H 8LZ
Bubala Covent Garden
We've been going wild for Bubala's layered crispy confit potato, outstanding hummus and general vegetarian deliciousness ever since their first site opened Spitalfields in 2019, so news of their fourth opening in Covent Garden this autumn is welcome news indeed for this little ol' restaurant column. Aptly, as the restaurant is in the heart of theatreland, Bubala Covent Garden has launched a 'pre theatre mezze experience' (£27pp), of Bubala favourites with a guaranteed one-hour turn around. Get stuck into hummus with burnt butter, labneh with confit garlic and zaatar and oyster mushroom skewers. It's available Monday-Friday until 6pm.
Now open
Address: 14 Garrick Street, London, WC2E 9BJ
W: bubala.co.uk
The Poet
The team behind Broadway Market's Restaurant Sune (Spencer Large, Honey Spencer, and Charlie Sims) will launch The Poet - a pub and restaurant by Smithfield Meat Market this month. On the ground floor, The Poet will 'pay homage to the classic Victorian pub, drawing on the
maximalist aesthetic of the era' while the first floor will offer 'elevated dining'.
Two further spaces will join later this year - the mezannine spot Envoi - an intimate 10-seat chef’s table restaurant, and the brilliantly named Shambles cocktail bar is soon to arrive in the attic.
Opens November - Date TBC
Address: The Poet, House 5 London Museum, General Market, Farringdon Street, London, EC4A 4AZ
Ralphie’s
At the ripe old age of just 33 Chef Tom Booton will launch his first solo restaurant on The Pimlico Road this month. This follows his six years as Executive Chef at The Grill by Tom Booton at The Dorchester, where he became the youngest person to take on the role in the restaurant’s long history. Offering his own take on British food there is plenty of fanfare planned from Beef Wellington carved tableside and sharing serves of Banoffee pies on offer in the private dining room, vanilla soft-serve sandwich with warm hazelnut and fudge sauce poured tableside in the main restaurant and on Sundays - Yorkshire pudding filled with a leg of lamb ‘Shepherd’s Pie’. Ooof!
Opens late November - date TBC
Address: Ralphie's, 87 The Pimlico Road, London, SW1W 8PH
Imad's Syrian Kitchen
Syrian chef and restaurateur Imad Alarnab returns to East London on 18 November 2026, opening the second permanent Imad's Syrian Kitchen on Blossom Street, Shoreditch where Londoners are introduced to the warm, hearty cooking of his native Damascus.
Read our full feature - here.
Opens 18 November 2026
Address: Imad’s Syrian Kitchen, Blossom Street, London E1 6PL
Lunette
St Clement has been the London hotel on everyone's lips since it opened in September 2026. Clement Cafe is already proving popular, alongside Bobbi's Bar and Corner Shop. But has former Soho House CEO, Nick Jones, saved the best for last in Lunette? The level 11 restaurant affords enviable city views. It is a partnership with chef Florence Knight, ex -Raymond Blanc at Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons and Polpetto. Reported menu highlights include pommes soufflés with roe and smoked eel, runner bean and squid, soft set custard with onion caramel and caviar. The European wine list starts at £39.
Open 3 November 2026
Lunette, St Clement Hotel, 180 The Thames, London, WC2R 2NF.
Han & Han
Jeff Tan, Ex-Hakkasan Mayfair, is opening a Belgravia restaurant celebrating modern Chinese cooking, underpinned by classic techniques. The menu includes 36-hour dry-aged Peking duck, with house-made black truffle pancakes, Teochew-style wild seabream, 1986 wild king prawns, and braised pumpkin with dry shrimp roe. Tan has quite the reputation for his private chef work for high profile clients, including former residents of number 10 Downing Street.
Opens 6 November
Han & Han, 16 St Barnabas Street, London SW1W 8PE
@/hannhanrestaurant_london/
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Features Editor, Chatting Food: Jo Aspin
Jo Aspin is a freelance writer specialising in restaurants, travel, food and drink. She is also a Director at hospitality PR agency Amy Williams Consultancy, based in London.
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