Covent Garden
This covers all our reporting from Covent Garden, a central London destination where hospitality, retail, and tourism intersect. We spotlight restaurant and bar openings, chef residencies, brand activations, and operational strategies from both independents and high-profile groups. With footfall-driven trading dynamics and premium positioning, Covent Garden serves as a strategic reference point for restaurateurs, bar managers, and F&B executives analysing consumer behaviour, site performance, and experiential dining in flagship urban settings.
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Dec- 2018 -11 DecemberRestaurants
Japan’s Curry House Cocoichibanya to open in London
Japan’s largest curry chain, Curry House Cocoichibaya is to open in London’s Covent Garden on Wednesday 12 December. The chain has over 1,000 Japanese restaurants and had been looking to open in London for two years before acquiring the site on Great Newport Street. The chain has become known for…
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Nov- 2018 -23 NovemberRestaurants
First Meatliquor site to close
Meatliquor’s first site in Marylebone is to close in order to make way for a luxury hotel, the site was only originally intended to be in place for two years, however it is now being removed after seven. The restaurant is set to close at the end of February after…
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Oct- 2018 -11 OctoberFood and Drink
Vegan restaurant By Chloe releases cannabis-infused dessert menu
Plant-based restaurant chain By Chloe has announced it will be launching its CBD-infused “FEELZ” menu on 15 October. FEELZ is a limited edition product range which includes brownies, cupcakes, cookies and more. In an attempt to be dog-friendly, the restaurant will also offer CDB peanut butter bone for dogs. By…
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8 OctoberRestaurants
Taiwan dumpling chain Din Tai Fung to open London restaurant
Taiwanese dumpling chain Din Tai Fung has announced it is to open a London restaurant based on Covent Garden’s Henrietta Street. The 250-cover restaurant will become the chan’s first outside of Asia, with plans for a second London restaurant on Tottenham Court Road already in motion. The chain, which described…
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Sep- 2018 -26 SeptemberAwards & Events
New award created in memory of tragic Masterchef semi-finalist
The Craft Guild of Chefs has introduced a new award created in memory of MasterChef: The Professionals semi-finalist, Matt Campbell, who died running the London Marathon in April. Next week the Craft Guild of Chefs will reveal the winner of The National Chef of the Year award and when judging…
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20 SeptemberPeople
McDonalds, TGI and Wetherspoons staff to go on ‘historic strike’ for better pay
Hospitality staff from McDonalds, TGI Fridays and Wetherspoons will be coming together to collectively strike for better pay and union recognition. In what has been described as a “historic move” by the organisers, hospitality workers in the McStrike, TGI Fridays Strike and SpoonStrike [JD Wetherspoon] will stage coordinated walkouts to…
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Aug- 2018 -30 AugustBusiness
Zela restaurant backed by Cristiano Ronaldo and Rafa Nadal to open in London
Zela, an Ibiza-based high-end restaurant chain backed by Cristiano Ronaldo, Rafa Nadal and Enrique Iglesias is set to open its first UK restaurant in Covent Garden. The 100-cover restaurant will serve the unique Japanese and Mediterranean fusion cuisine it has become famous for, served by a team led by Michelin…
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20 AugustBusiness
Fergus Henderson’s St John to open permanent bakery in Covent Garden
St John founded by Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver is to open its first permanent bakery at Neal’s Yard in London’s Covent Garden. The new bakery follows two successful pop-up bakeries on Old Street and Bermondsey Street. St John has applied for a licence to serve wine off-sales alongside a…
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20 AugustBusiness
Salt Yard Group sells Opera Tavern restaurant
Salt Yard Group has announced it has sold the Opera Tavern Spanish tapas restaurant in Covent Garden to Urban Pubs and Bars. The Covent Garden restaurant opened in 2011 and was one of four owned by Salt Yard. The group said it will now be “focusing fully” on its Soho…
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9 AugustPubs and Bars
Meatliquor to open new Battersea restaurant
Meatliquor has announced it will be opening a new restaurant on Northcote Road in Battersea. Battersea residents have previously been able to order the chain’s food through a Deliveroo Editions ‘dark kitchen’ in the area. Meatliquor said it saw good sales on its well-known menu items such as the Dead…
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