Latest openings: Lahpet, The Butcher, Marsha and more

A look at the newest restaurants, hotels, pubs and bars across the UK

 

Lahpet West End

 

Burmese restaurant Lahpet is opening its second London site in Covent Garden, serving dishes inspired by the street food of the cities of Myanmar.

 

Lahpet was founded by friends Dan Anton and Zaw Mahesh, who are both of Burmese heritage, and started out as a stall at London’s Maltby Street Market before launching a permanent site in Shoreditch in 2018.

 

The West End site will be the pair’s biggest opening yet, seating 100 covers across two floors with a 50-cover heated terrace on the first floor and a small front courtyard area seating 20 guests. In the kitchen a robata grill will be used to serve a variety of grilled dishes, as well as meat and vegetable skewers and street food-inspired staples.

 

Dishes will include roasted pork belly and bamboo shoots; a spicy and sour Rakhine fish noodle soup; and Shan fish and rice, a popular Shan state street food dish containing jasmine rice, sea bream, potato, tomato, fried garlic, shallots, peanuts and chives.

 

Opening 21 February

 

Design Natalie Weavers Interiors

 

Address 21 Slingsby Place, St Martins Courtyard, London WC2E 9AB

 

Website www.lahpet.co.uk

 

The Butcher

 

Gourmet burger brand the Butcher is now bringing its ‘haute couture fast food’ to the UK. It has taken a site at the Urban Playground entertainment venue at Manchester’s Arndale Centre.

 

Opening 10 February

 

Typical dishes The Butcher burger with Aberdeen Angus beef, lettuce, tomato, grilled onion, gherkin and house sauce

 

Address Manchester Arndale, M4 3AQ

 

Website www.the-butcher.com

 

Marsha

 

This minimal-waste chicken restaurant in London will aim to use as much of the bird as possible across the menu of small plates, roast chicken and burgers. Several cocktails make use of surplus kitchen ingredients, including cauliflower, pickle juice and chicken skin.

 

Opening 14 February

 

Address Kingly Court, Carnaby Street, London W1B 5PW

 

Website www.marshalondon.co.uk

 

Emilia’s Crafted Pasta

 

The pasta restaurant group’s flagship site in Canary Wharf will feature its first bar area, compete with four-metre bocce table. It will seat 70 guests inside and 30 outside, with pasta to click and collect or on Deliveroo.

 

Opening 28 February

 

Typical dishes Homemade Parmesan crisps; Genovese pesto with casarecce

 

Address 12 George Street, Wood Wharf, London E14 9QG

 

Website www.emiliaspasta.com

 

Em Sherif

 

Beirut restaurant group Em Sherif has opened its first European restaurant at Harrods in London. Founder Mireille Hayek and her daughter Yasmina have designed the à la carte menu for the 80-cover dining room.

 

Opened 1 February

 

Typical dishes Fattoush salad with pomegranate molasses; wagyu hummus and Em Ali; vanilla-infused milk, nuts and puff pastry

 

Address 87-135 Brompton Road, London SW1X 7XL

 

Website www.harrods.com

 

The Cinnamon Club bar

 

Vivek Singh’s Cinnamon Club restaurant in London has relaunched its bar with a design inspired by British and Indian architecture. Cocktails mixed with spices are served alongside a menu of snacks and small plates.

 

Opened 25 January

 

Typical dishes Chicken tikka and cheese naan; tempura shrimp with curry leaf; moutabal

 

Address The Old Westminster Library, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BU

 

Website www.cinnamonclub.com

 

Bread Street Kitchen & Bar Liverpool

 

Gordon Ramsay’s latest spin-off restaurant has opened at the Liverpool ONE development. The huge site seats 163 indoor covers over two floors, with Gareth Jones overseeing the food.

 

Opening 11 February

 

Typical dishes Beef Wellington; fish and chips; prawn cocktail; sticky toffee pudding

 

Address 45 Paradise Street, Liverpool L1 3EU

 

Website www.gordonramsayrestaurants.com