Chinatown
Coverage of foodservice and hospitality activity across London’s Chinatown, centred around Gerrard Street and the surrounding Soho area. This section explores restaurant openings, heritage-led operators, modern Asian concepts, and F&B trends shaped by tourism, local culture, and late-night trade. Built for chefs, operators, and hospitality professionals, it offers insight into running venues in one of the capital’s busiest and most iconic culinary districts.
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Jan- 2024 -17 JanuaryNews
Pan-Asian restaurant Yiqi launches in London’s Chinatown
Pan-Asian restaurant concept YiQi has officially launched its debut location on Chinatown London’s 14 Lisle Street. Celebrating a range of cuisines from across the ESEA region, YiQi’s menu includes South East Asian dishes, regional Chinese favourites, Korean classics, and Japanese dishes, with recipes and techniques created by chef Lum Wah…
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Jul- 2023 -5 JulyRestaurants
Bunsik to open new site in Manchester
London-based Korean street food and corn dog specialist Bunsik has announced the launch of its fourth site in Manchester on 7 July 2023. With three branches in London – Chinatown, Embankment and Camden, the new site is its first non-London restaurant. Occupying a 2,000 square foot site on Manchester’s Piccadilly…
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May- 2023 -11 MayFood and Drink
Bunsik to open first branch in Manchester
The grab-and-go Korean food chain Bunsik is expanding its portfolio with a new branch in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, which is set to open later on this summer. The Manchester restaurant will be the brand’s biggest branch to date, as it will occupy 2,000 sq ft in the city centre. Bunsik’s…
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Jun- 2022 -16 JuneBusiness
West End landlords Shaftesbury and Capco agree £5bn merger
Capital and Counties Properties PLC (Capco) and Shaftesbury have announced they have reached an agreement for an all-share merger, valuing the combined group’s portfolio at £5bn with annualised gross income of approximately £165.5m. Under the terms of the agreement, the Capco Group will own 100% of the issued and to…
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May- 2022 -31 MayFood and Drink
Chinatown London welcomes two UK debut concepts
Shaftesbury has announced that two UK debut concepts will be joining Chinatown London’s Shaftesbury Avenue this summer – Hong Kong-style tea restaurant, The Eight, and ‘serve yourself’ Sichuan eatery, Zhang Liang Malatang. The Eight will be a 1,500 square feet restaurant and café with an 80 cover at Chinatown London’s…
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Apr- 2022 -7 AprilRestaurants
Shaftesbury to debut noodle concept in Chinatown
Shaftesbury has announced it is set to debut Kung Fu Noodle, the first live hand-pulled noodle concept in Chinatown, in London later this spring. Kung Fu Noodle will take up residence on a two-floor, 1,800 sq ft unit on the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Wardour Street. The restaurant will…
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Dec- 2021 -7 DecemberRestaurants
Chinatown welcomes two landmark restaurants
Shaftesbury has announced that the Malaysian-Singaporean restaurant, Rasa Sayang, has relaunched at Chinatown in London, and Japanese robatayaki grill restaurant and bar, Yatay, has opened its debut London restaurant at 22 Wardour Street. Rasa Sayang has launched a newly refurbished 1,790 square feet site at 5 Macclesfield Street, and the…
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May- 2021 -18 MayGovernment
Sadiq Khan launches London Eats campaign
Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, has launched the London Eats campaign to celebrate the capital’s best culinary offerings. The inaugural stage of the mayor’s year-long Let’s Do London campaign, London Eats features street food and fine dining, food markets and drinks festivals, exclusive interviews, food trails, tube announcements, and…
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Nov- 2020 -10 NovemberCoronavirus
The Coronavirus Diaries: Richard Hills, owner of Tokyo Diner
At Tokyo Diner, being located in the heart of London’s Chinatown, we (alongside most other restaurants in the area) started to feel the impact of COVID-19 on the hospitality industry as early as January when people began avoiding the area. Regardless of what the Government was announcing, customers were voting…
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Oct- 2020 -26 OctoberComment
Pivoting during a Pandemic
You could have once argued that London’s Chinatown was one of the best spots to open a restaurant (prior to Covid of course), placed strategically just minutes away from the city’s theatre district, vendors could attract hungry musical goers and tourists right after they emerged from the latest West-End show. …
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