Marylebone
Coverage explores restaurant, café, and hospitality activity in this central London neighbourhood, including independent openings, chef-led ventures, premium casual formats, and local trade dynamics. Reporting provides insights into how operators position themselves in an affluent, mixed-use area known for balancing weekday business footfall with residential and destination dining appeal.
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Feb- 2022 -23 FebruaryNews
Itaku opens in London
Itaku has announced its opening in London’s Great Portland Street. Featuring a “unique” produce-driven menu of Italian cuisine created utilising Japanese flavours and techniques, the new destination is an addition to the Fitzrovia and Marylebone restaurant landscape. With interior design by Maria Morra, the white marbled flooring and skylight provides…
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23 FebruaryFeatures
A new venture: A restaurant opening from a Chef’s perspective
A restaurant opening always comes with some risk. Just as new venues open, another one shuts, with the secret behind success stories often allusive. One success story is Chotto Matte, a Japanese-Peruvian fusion restaurant, which opened in 2013 in Soho. It has since grown to span several continents, with venues…
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16 FebruaryRestaurants
Chotto Matte expands into Marylebone
Soho restaurant, Chotto Matte, has announced it is set to open its newest site in London at Marylebone Village. The news comes alongside the announcement that it is set to set up flagships in cities across the US such as San Francisco, Nashville, and Los Angeles. These will join its…
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Dec- 2021 -3 DecemberFood and Drink
Boundary London acquired by Harcourt Inns
Founder of Harcourt Inns James McCulloch has purchased “Shoreditch icon”, The Boundary. McCulloch founded Harcourt Inns in 2014, with the acquisition and refurbishment of The Harcourt in Marylebone. It revealed the venue is currently “celebrated” for its rooftop, 17 individually designed rooms, dramatic basement restaurant and events space and street-facing…
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Sep- 2021 -21 SeptemberNews
Nama to open a new site in Liverpool’s GPO food hall
Nama, the Japanese-inspired restaurant created by husband and wife duo Luke French and business director Stacey Sherwood-French, has announced it is set to open a new site in Liverpool’s GPO food hall. Nama offers a contemporary Izakaya-inspired dining and drinking concept, with the new site joining the couple’s “critically acclaimed”…
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7 SeptemberRestaurants
Chotto Matte reveals 2022 global expansion plans
Chotto Matte has announced it is set to open a new sister restaurant in Marylebone Village in 2022 as well as three new sites globally. Alongside the new London site, which will open in January, it will also open new restaurants in Doha, Riyadh and San Francisco. The plans will…
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Jul- 2021 -16 JulyRestaurants
Hexagon owner launches new dining concept
Paul Michaels, the owner of Hexagon, one of the “finest” classic car dealers in Europe, has announced the opening of a new restaurant concept, The Engine Rooms, in London. The venue will serve Mediterranean-inspired dishes, whilst also using the “best of seasonal British ingredients”. Some 80% of the menu will…
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Jun- 2021 -23 JuneCafes and Coffee Shops
New matcha cafe opens in Marylebone
A new matcha-based coffee shop and dessert bar will open in Marylebone, London on 28 June. Named How Matcha!, it aims to celebrate the “many health benefits of matcha”, whilst showcasing the “versatility” of the green superfood. Matcha is a finely ground powder of specially grown and processed green tea…
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May- 2021 -24 MayRestaurants
Riviera Restaurants and Luxury launches third London site
Riviera Restaurants and Luxury group has launched its third ‘Wine Workshop and Kitchen’ in London. 28°- 50° Wine Workshop and Kitchen Chelsea on King’s Road, London, will serve a European, brasserie-style menu alongside a diverse wine selection, offering both old and new world wines plus a small, unique range from…
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Apr- 2021 -28 AprilCafes and Coffee Shops
WatchHouse opens seventh and largest site
WatchHouse has announced that it has opened its seventh and largest site, located in central London at St Mary’s Axe. To celebrate the opening, WatchHouse will offer a complimentary coffee to customers of their choosing on Friday 30 April between 9am and 12pm. The rest of 2021 will see the…
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