The Standard hotel has linked up with cult Parisian café PaperBoy for a spring residency at Double Standard. Head over for New York-style sandwiches, wagyu burgers and light bites, plus iced drinks like ginger lemonade and tea. If you want to earn the burger, New Balance’s Sunday run club is operating out of here on select weekends.

Double Standard, The Standard, 10 Argyle Street, WC1H 8EG

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Shoreditch’s latest opening brings a slice of Tokyo energy to east London. Mitsu channels the spirit of electric izakayas with robata grilling at its core, filling the space with smoke, heat and late-night buzz. Expect smoky skewers, refined small plates and a drinks offering built around Japanese highballs and sake, plus DJs on weekends.

10-50 Willow Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 4BH

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Sloane Square gets a seasonal reset courtesy of Longchamp. A Parisian-style pop-up designed for warmer days, La Plage Longchamp brings a relaxed mix of drinks, ice cream, light bites and open-air energy, alongside workshops, games and DJ sets across the bank holiday period.

Sloane Square, Chelsea, SW1; until 12th May

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Nest evolves into Tavern, shifting from tasting-menu fine dining into something looser and more grounded. The new concept leans into generous, nostalgic British cooking with live-fire dishes, big sharing plates and beer on tap. It’s still ambitious, just less formal – the kind of place built for longer, messier dinners rather than set-course precision.

28 Wilton Way, London Fields, E8 3ED

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A new sister to Highbury Fields’ Lupa, Ornella is a Milanese restaurant from Naz Hassan, Ed Templeton and Theo James. The menu focuses on northern Italian classics done properly – risotto alla Milanese, vitello tonnato, cotoletta and simple pasta plates. The 48-cover space is warm, light-filled and centred around an open kitchen, designed to feel more neighbourhood Milan than East London dining room.

51 Wilton Way, London Fields, E8 1BG

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On 6th May, Mayfair gets a new Japanese-led dining room. MA/NA promises high-end cooking and cocktails, with chef Leonard Tanyag drawing on his experience from Los Mochis and London’s omakase scene to shape a menu that spans refined Japanese dishes and modern plates designed for the neighbourhood crowd. Expect precision, polish and a strong bar programme built for late-night bookings.

30 Upper Grosvenor Street, Mayfair, W1K 7PH

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