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London’s New Bar Openings
From low-key wine bars to big-deal cocktail spots, these are the new great places to have a drink that you should know about.
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Josephine Bouchon
If Josephine, a French restaurant in Chelsea, was an actual person her goal in life would be to make you fall completely and hopelessly in love with her. And she'd succeed every time.
Yuki Bar
Yuki Bar is a moody wine bar and Japanese small plates spot in a Hackney arch, run by a former sommelier at Noma.
Pedro’s Wine Bar
Pedro’s is a cosy wine bar on the Bermondsey Beer Mile and a perfect hideaway from the stag do hordes.
A Portuguese Love Affair
Cosy and casual, A Portuguese Love Affair is a Hackney cafe with great Portuguese food and one of the best pastel de nata in London.
Farm Shop, Mayfair
If your version of the countryside involves glamorous parties on manicured lawns, a distinct lack of bugs, and wifi, you’ll find your people in deli and wine bar Farm Shop, Mayfair.
Naughty Piglets
Naughty Piglets is a natural wine bar in Brixton, with a rotating line-up of chef residences. But it's not pretentious at all.
Lita
Brash, buttery, and for anyone with a bountiful bank balance—Lita is a Mediterranean restaurant in Marylebone that means business.
Kinkally
Kinkally is a Georgian restaurant in Fitzrovia that could double as a Bond villain’s lair. It’s very cool, very dark, and very photogenic, but the dishes are hit and miss.
Mambow
Small in size but big in flavour, Mambow is a Malaysian spot in Clapton where you should plan to order greedily.
Evi's
Evi's is a Greek restaurant in East Dulwich that's perfect for a hastily arranged Tuesday gossip sponsored by meltingly soft pork skewers.
The French House
A legendary Soho institution for thesps, drunks, and gourmands alike, The French House is as good a French restaurant as it is a pub.
Ken's
Ken’s occupies a buzzy centre spot on Exmouth Market—and it’s easy to see why the wine bar and European restaurant is always packed out, even if the food is so-so.
64 Goodge Street
64 Goodge Street in Fitzrovia is a modern restaurant with an old-school approach: low lighting, excellent wine, and decadent French food.
London’s New Bar Openings
From low-key wine bars to big-deal cocktail spots, these are the new great places to have a drink that you should know about.
107 Wine Shop & Bar
A cosy Clapton wine bar, shop, and small plates restaurant, 107 Wine Shop & Bar is the perfect place for a drink, a lean, and something great to eat.
Joyau
Tucked inside a Forest Gate railway arch, Joyau is our dream end times bunker, filled with excellent European-leaning small plates and a plentiful supply of wine.
Wild Flor
Wild Flor is an exceptional wine bar and restaurant in Hove that’s perfect for special occasions.
40 Maltby Street
40 Maltby Street is a superb restaurant and wine bar in Bermondsey, serving low-intervention wines and modern European small plates.
Brat x Climpson’s Arch
Brat’s location in London Fields is an indoor-outdoor setup where the atmosphere is a little more casual than its Shoreditch sibling, but the smoky, Basque-inspired dishes are just as good.
Ombra
Ombra, an excellent Italian restaurant in Hackney, is that person in your friendship group who looks great with curtain bangs—really cool, but not trying too hard.
Leo's
Leo's is an effortlessly cool Italian bar, cafe, and restaurant in Clapton that's just as good to eat in as it is to be seen in.