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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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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Jul- 2018 -24 JulyBusiness
London’s Chinatown holds protest against immigration raids
Business owners and restaurant staff will be shutting Chinatown down for five hours to protest an immigration raid which happened on 5 July and resulted in a deaf and mute woman being taken to hospital. The walk-out has been organised the London Chinatown Chinese Association (LCCA) which said that immigration…
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