As documented in the Netflix series Being Gordon Ramsay, the opening of this sky-high outpost of the Bread Street Kitchen & Bar brand was delayed by 15 months owing to “construction issues”, but it’s now very much open for all-day (and late-night) dining, up on the 59th floor of the City of London’s tallest building. Marking Gordon Ramsay’s 100th restaurant worldwide (yes, really), it’s an expansive, light-filled space with a menu offering that takes you from breakfast through to dinner and beyond, a choice of three- and four-course tasting menus, DJ sets, a dedicated sports bar and a 3am close from Thursday to Saturday.

Brummell’s tip: book an early table  – breakfast is served from 6.30am – and watch the City come to life beneath you. But will you opt for the sausage McGordon or the lobster Benedict…?

59th floor, 22 Bishopsgate, EC2N 4AJ; gordonramsayrestaurants.com

Sally Abé is such a big name in London’s restaurant industry that it’s almost remarkable she’s never had a standalone restaurant. But this month, she opens Teal by Sally Abé – her very own dedicated space in Hackney where she can show off her style of flavour-focused food (which she calls “bistronomy”). There’s a nostalgic bite to the menu; it opens with throwbacks to British entertaining (devils on horseback, anyone?) and closes with reworked childhood classics, including a marmalade ice-cream sandwich.

Brummell’s tip: get the penny lick for dessert – a faithful take on the classic 19th-century ice-cream icon, with all proceeds made from it going to Hackney Food Bank.

52 Wilton Way, E8 1BS; tealbysallyabe.com

Inspiration can come from anywhere – including, as chef Meedu Saad knows, from a cherry-red 1964 Chevrolet Impala, which he has named his new Soho restaurant after. The menu has a bit of a road-trip vibe to it, too, with recipes from North Africa to north London all cooked over a central charcoal grill, set up in what they describe as ‘the Egyptian style’. The atmosphere they’re going for is “Friday market in Cairo meets Soho bar”, so expect smoke, spice and a superb wine list.

Brummell’s tip: take a moment to appreciate the produce. Saad and co have worked with excellent farmers and suppliers to curate their in-house pantry – including rearing their own mutton.

14 Dean Street, W1D 3RS; impalasoho.com  

Good news for Great British Menu fans: 2026 winner Nikita Pathakji is opening her first restaurant. Following on from a run of sold-out supper clubs, the new space – whose name means mum – will be on Abbeville Road, bringing a homely, but still elevated touch to this lively end of Clapham. Foodwise, you can try her prize-winning halibut from GBM, as well as supper-club smash hit octopus doughnuts, and Nikita’s put her chemical engineering master’s to good use by creating a range of intriguing cocktails. Salted melon daiquiri, anyone?

Brummell’s tip: don’t miss Nikita’s take on a Sunday roast – we can’t wait to try her beef and tamarind pie.

33-35 Abbeville Road, SW4 9LA; restaurantmaai.com 

Cyril Lignac’s Bar des Prés is on the move. Not that it’s going miles; the new location is just a few blocks over from its original Albemarle Street digs, now occupying the spot that used to be Socca on South Audley Street. Most of the signature dishes are being taken to the new site – including the crab and avocado galette and the excellent California rolls – but the interiors are being given a thorough upgrade by Lázaro Rosa Violán Studio, striking the same balance between French decoration and East Asian precision as Lignac’s menu.

Brummell’s tip: book the private space, The Salon, for your next event. It seats up to 30 and feels properly hidden – and indulgent.

41a South Audley Street, W1K 2PS; bardespres.com

Notting Hill is getting a new wine and vinyl bar this spring – but don’t expect to see bottles from Bordeaux. Its focus is on wines from Eastern and Central Europe, so its list is more along the vines of Ukranian-style brut and Hungarian riesling and a dry, crisp Serbian pinot grigio. It’ll all be served alongside Slavic-style sharing plates conjured up by Moldovan chef Denis Calmis – like beef tartare on borodinsky bread, whisky and honey-roasted baby chicken, and dark chocolate mousse with sea buckthorn.

Brummell’s tip: take a moment to tune into your surrounding – the restaurant’s toe-tappers come courtesy of guest DJ slots and a vinyl collection lining the shelves.

9 Blenheim Crescent, W11 2EE; sova.london 

The Thesleff Group is at it again. The team behind Los Mochis and Sale e Pepe Mare is opening another new spot, this time a high-end Japanese joint on Upper Grosvenor Street in Mayfair. The restaurant has pinched its executive chef Leonard Tanyag from Los Mochis (and its omakase counters, Juno and Luna), who is swapping small counters for a 150-strong dining room, where he’ll be leading patrons on a journey through Japan. It’s a menu for Mayfair, so expect a pinch of pizzazz – as well as a handful of robata-grilled sharing dishes that sound incredible.

Brummell’s tip: stay late – after dinner, the whole space transforms into a cocktail bar inspired by 1970s Tokyo and led by a World’s 50 Best Bars-nominated bar director. Groovy.

30 Upper Grosvenor Street, W1K 7PH; manarestaurants.com

This is a really nice initiative. On 8 May, the site formerly known as Home Kitchen Diner will open as 130 Primrose – a restaurant established to recruit, train and employ people affected by homelessness. It’s headed up by celebrated chef Monica Galetti, who will bring a nod to her Samoan heritage to the (mostly) Mediterranean menu. The restaurant has recently gained charity status and is hoping to expand the model to other cities in the UK – as well as reshaping people’s perceptions of homelessness.

Brummell’s tip: keep an eye out for the speakeasy-style cocktail bar, rumoured to arrive on the lower ground floor later next month.

130 Regent’s Park Road, NW1 8XL; 130primrose.org 

Fifty years on from the original, Sale e Pepe has set sail on its sophomore journey, which is docked at The Langham. This second Sale e Pepe is more seafood-focused than the first – an “ode to life by the sea”, they call it – with well-loved classics like lobster-loaded linguine joined by a new crew of baked tuna, scallops, seabass crudo and crab-threaded tagliolini. There’s a sculptural shellfish tower, too, and a seafood display, as well as a blue bar patterned with waves – seemingly to reiterate the sea-kissed theme.

Brummell’s tip: get the grilled red prawns to start – they’re among the best we’ve had in London.

1C Portland Place, W1B 1JA; saleepepe.co.uk 

The second sophomore on this list comes from the husband-and-wife team behind beloved Greek restaurants Mazi and Suzi Tros. But now Christina Mouratoglou and Adrien Carré are swapping Notting Hill’s pastel streets for Mayfair’s Bruton Place – a short, punchy street also home to Guinea Grill. The team want to bring the spirit of an ’80s Athenian Taverna to London, including spit-roasted lamb, a vinyl listening bar stacked with Greek records, 150 Greek wines, and a traditional pre-meal tsipouro ritual – a shot of grape-based spirit sipped over ice.

Brummell’s tip: look out for the framed, hand-written recipes over the kitchen, which are copies of originals given to Christina by her grandmother.

21-25 Bruton Place, W1J 6NQ; mazamayfair.com 

Celebrity favourite Casa Cruz has quietly closed and been even more quietly replaced with Cece’s – a stealth-launch tactic we also saw when The Fat Badger opened down the road last year. And it’s the team behind The Fat Badger, Public House Group (also of gastropubs The Pelican and The Hart) who created Cece’s – but this is no pub. This is an all-glam, old-school spot set over two floors with a classic Italian menu and wine list, plus a bunch of big bottles from Burgundy and Bordeaux.

Brummell’s tip: there isn’t much else around in this quieter end of Notting Hill, but if you fancy a pre-dinner drink, pop to Little Julie’s down the road – a new wine bar also set to open this spring.

123A Clarendon Road, W11 4JG; ceceslondon.com

We’ve been waiting to see where restaurateur Samyukta Nair would open a new Thai restaurant after Koyn closed last year. And now we have the answer: on the ground floor of her smash-hit Mayfair restaurant Mimi Mei Fair. Miko Mei Fair will be led by the former head chef of Koyn Thai, Soonthorn Apaipat, who brings a similar, fire-led cooking to the new spot. Expect elevated Thai dishes (eg lobster choo chee and toasted rice beef tenderloin) alongside Koyn classics.

Brummell’s tip: order the applewood fire duck Penang curry – it’s a Miko reimagining of Mimi’s iconic Peking duck.

55 Curzon Street, W1J 8PG; mikomeifair.com  

Notting Hill’s Taqueria has changed tack. Chefs Eduardo Yishima and Jackson Boxer have banded together to relaunch the OG Mexican restaurant into something a bit cooler: Taq. The menu has been refreshed, but still focuses on tacos, tostadas and quesadillas – basically, classic Mexican dishes cooked really well. As well as £10 margaritas. What’s not to love?

Brummell’s tip: inspired by the now-famous, off-menu burger at Dove (Boxer’s other Notting Hill restaurant down the road), chef Eduardo has created a smashed taco “burger” at Taq using Dove’s secret blend of dry-aged beef.

141 Westbourne Grove, W11 2RS; taq.london

Before now, the only way to experience The Sloane Club was to be a member – or know one. But now, for the first time in the club’s 104-year history, it is opening its first-ever public space: Café 1922. By day, it’ll be a chic neighbourhood bakery slinging perfect pastries and light lunches, but by night, it will transition into a wine bar that focuses on low-intervention wines – both to drink in and take away.

Brummell’s tip: get there early. Every day, a limited number of the café’s signature Sloane pain au Suisse will be up for grabs – a savoury smoked ham and cheese pastry inspired by the club’s beloved croque monsieur.

52 Lower Sloane Street, SW1W 8BP; thesloaneclub.com