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Hot Restaurant Openings and News - October
- Jo Aspin
- Sep 29
- 3 min read
Updated: Oct 1
The weather may be turning colder but the restaurant scene's hotting up for autumn. Feast your eyes on these hot new places to wine and dine this month.
Rosi at The Beaumont Mayfair
A new restaurant Rosi led by acclaimed chef Lisa Goodwin-Allen, who has been newly appointed as Culinary Director, will open at The Beaumont Hotel this month. Lisa is set to reimagine classics with playful dishes which will include an element of table-side theatre. Expect seasonal signature pies, well sourced steaks including cuts of English Wagyu, Lake District beef and heritage Hereford herds, and build your own sundaes on the dessert menu.
Opens 1 October
Rosi, The Beaumont Mayfair, Brown Hart Gardens, London W1K 6TF
Khao-Sō-i
Chiang Mai’s cult-favourite noodle bar Khao-Sō-i opens in Fitzrovia, London this month.
Founded by husband-and-wife duo Win Srinavakool and Por Haruethai Noicharoen the neighbourhood noodle bar in the Northern Thai city of Chiang Mai quickly drew international acclaim for its signature dish Khao Soi coconut curry noodle soup. The star of the show soup comes from a family recipe using fresh egg noodles, 32 Thai spices and house-squeezed coconut milk. Other menus highlights include Sai Ua (Chiang Mai sausage), Larb Kua (spicy stir-fried minced pork) and Tam Khanun (young jackfruit salad).
Opens October - date TBC
Khao-Sō-I, 9-10 Market Place, W1W 8AQ
House of Gods
We’re super excited for this one, coming to Canary Wharf London. House of Gods hotel will open this October with a rooftop bar, restaurant and ‘Sacred Garden’.
If you’re looking for somewhere to crash over the party season, get in there early and use exclusive code ‘VIP LONDON’ to unlock a VIP check-in with glass of bubbly, a £20 cocktail bar tab to use on the rooftop, and a royal room welcome with chocolates, a bottle of exclusive House of Gods Prosecco, balloons and rose petals. Plus milk and cookies delivered to you before bed, a mimosa breakfast on the rooftop and late checkout.
Opens 27 October
House of Gods London, 12 Bank St, London E14 4DD
Cruffins
Latvian brand Cruffins makes its UK debut with the opening of a yellow-fronted flagship bakery on Drury Lane. Alongside their signature sweet croissant-muffin hybrids cruffins, the London launch introduces an entirely new product: the Cruffin Burger, sandwiching their flaky dough with fillings from English breakfast, salmon and avocado, and chicken Ceasar.
Mr. Janis Vilisons, Director of Cruffins has big UK ambitions, saying: “London has one of the most exciting, creative and highly discerning food scenes in the world. We know we have to earn our place here — and that’s exactly what we intend to do. We’ve built a brand around craft, quality and imagination, and this opening is just the beginning for Cruffins in the UK.”
Now open
181 Drury Lane, Holborn, London WC2B 5QF
The Trafalgar
King's Road's getting a grand new boozer, the first new pub to be built in over a century! Three Cheers Pub Co. (Tom Peake, Mark Reynolds, Nick Fox) will add The Trafalgar to their portfolio, a soon to be handsome public house, part of The Cadogan Estate. This marks their tenth pub opening joining their portfolio of standout boozers which includes The Avalon and The Bedford Balham, and The Bolingbroke Battersea.
Excellent food and drink is promised upstairs while downstairs will be dedicated to live entertainment and private parties in keeping with King’s Road’s vibrant history.
Opens 21 October
The Trafalgar Public House, 224-226 King's Road, London SW3 5UA
Incipio Group To Open Four restaraurants at Olympia
Hospitality Group Incipio will open four restaurants at West London's Olympia this autumn as part of a £1.3 billion cultural regeneration project. The four new concepts include Arbour a bar and group street food dining offering, Wolves of Tokyo - a Japanese cocktail bar and restaurant, rooftop British small plates restaurant Lillie’s, and Juno - set to be the UK's largest Italian restaurant spanning 11,000 square feet.
Coming soon
Roketsu Unveils new Kappo Dining
Japanese restaurant Roketsu Marylebone, re-opens this month with a new kappo dining concept. Kappo encourages conversation between the chef and guests so that diners can create their own journey according to their preferences. The new menu features a theatrical grilled section which is cooked over bincho charcoal and straw fire. The ground floor of Roketsu has been redesigned to include a seven-metre hinoki counter, as well as a new bar area.
Roketsu also offers a second to none sake choice in town, listing all 47 official classic Japanese sake brands.
Now open
Roketsu, 12 New Quebec Street, London, W1H 7R
Features Editor, Chatting Food: Jo Aspin
Jo Aspin is a freelance writer specialising in UK restaurants, travel, food and drink. She is also a Director at hospitality PR agency Amy Williams Consultancy, based in London.
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