Fitzrovia

Coverage explores hospitality and foodservice activity in this central London neighbourhood, including restaurant and bar openings, chef-led concepts, independent operator movements, and local investment trends. Reporting offers valuable insight into how Fitzrovia’s mix of office, residential, and destination dining trade shapes strategy for operators navigating premium, all-day, and weekday-driven footfall.

Sep- 2020 -

21 September

Coronavirus

Chef Sabbir Karim reopens two London restaurants

Chef Sabbir Karim has reopened two of his London venues after a period of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. The restaurants, Namaaste Kitchen in Camden and Salaam Namaste in Fitzrovia, both offer a wide array of modern Indian cuisine. Karim said: “It’s been a tough time for the hospitality…
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Aug- 2020 -

4 August

Coronavirus

Fitzrovia‘s Oklava Bakery + Wine closes for ‘foreseeable future’

Chef Selin Kiazim has announced the recently reopened Oklava Bakery and Wine in London’s Fitzrovia has closed for the “foreseeable future”. In an Instagram post, Kiazim said: “It is with great sadness that we share the news that Oklava Bakery + Wine has now closed for the foreseeable future. “Oklava…
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Apr- 2020 -

21 April

Comment

Helping small hospitality businesses in the age of coronavirus

A few weeks ago we started LocalSmallBusinesses.co.uk, a platform to generate cash flow for independent London businesses by offering services for future use. Allowing loyal customers to support their favourite places so that when this nightmare is over London remains the exciting and diverse city we all love. Many small…
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Feb- 2020 -

21 February

Restaurants

Buy & Bite to open third UK restaurant

Buy and Bite will open its third eatery in London after securing a new site in Fitzrovia. Buy and Bite only recently opened its second site on Cowcross Street, Farringdon after originally launching on Paul Street in Shoreditch in 2018. The healthy food concept serves Omurice, fried rice wrapped in…
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Jan- 2020 -

31 January

Restaurants

Bonnie Gull shutters Soho site

Soho-based seafood restaurant Bonnie Gull has announced its closure today (31 January), after three years of trading. Announcing the closure on Instagram, the restaurant said: “Sometimes great things too must end. This week we say goodbye to our beloved Bonnie Gull Soho after 3 glorious years of oysters, grilled fish…
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Dec- 2019 -

6 December

Restaurants

Oklava Bakery and Wine launches crowdfund for restaurant rebrand

Selin Kiazim has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds in order to transform its Kayseri restaurant into a bakery and wine bar. Kiazim and business partner Laura Christie, plan to close their Fitzrovia restaurant later this month and hope to open their new business Oklava Bakery and Wine early…
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5 December

Restaurants

Ampéli set to open Fitzrovia restaurant in January

Greek restaurant Ampéli has announced its opening on Charlotte Street in London’s Fitzrovia on 15 January. Ampéli, the Greek word for vineyard, will feature dishes from former Nopi chef, Oren Goldfeld and will offer dishes inspired by Eastern Mediterranean and Greek cuisines, which include pan-fried Welsh lamb sweetbreads with Jerusalem…
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Jun- 2019 -

28 June

Restaurants

New Venezuelan restaurant to launch in Westfield White City

Restaurateurs Gabriel and Jose-Luis Gonzalez have announced their new restaurant Caracas is to open in Westfield White City in October. The restaurant is inspired by traditional bars across Venezuela, and the menu will focus on arepa, a flat dish shaped cornbread stuffed with a variety of fillings. The menu will…
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11 June

Restaurants

Quique Dacosta’s first international restaurant opens in London

Spanish chef Quique Dacosta has opened his first restaurant outside of Spain, Arros QD in Fitzrovia, London. Arros QD has been designed by Barcelonian studio, Lázaro Rosa-Violán, showcasing an open kitchen that awards diners with views of the eight-metre flame grill upon which their rice is cooked. A “sophisticated yet…
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May- 2019 -

14 May

People

Quique Dacosta’s first international restaurant to open in London

Three Michelin starred Valencian chef, Quique Dacosta, will open the doors of his first restaurant outside of Spain this June, with rice at the heart of the offering. He is set to open Arros QD on Fitzrovia’s 64 Eastcastle Street on 7 June 2019. His first restaurant in London and…
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