Eat, height, eaten : 8 addresses to eat London

Hoko: cha chaan teng becomes a bakery brand

After a first coffee inspired by cha chaan teng, these popular establishments in Hong Kong where both noodles and butter toasts are served, Nicole Ma and Ryan Leung opened their own bakery in Bethnal Green in August 2026. Bakery Hoko takes the codes of Hong Kong neighborhood bakeries with bolo buns (soft brioches) topped with cold butter that can be melted or not, egg tarts, filled brioches and pastries with cream from Ovomaltine, the Asian Nesquick. You can also drink the famous Hong Kong milk tea, very powerful.

Bakery Hoko, 152-154 Bethnal Green Road, London, UK // Hoko Hong Kong Café, 224 Brick Lane, London, UK

Bara: Wales invites itself into coffee shops

Why should all coffee shops offer the same cookies, banana breads and pastrami sandwiches? In Peckham, Cecily Dalladay, who worked at MasterChef: The Professionals, and Zoë Heimann, former head of Pique Café, opened an address in February 2026 that puts Wales in the spotlight. You can find a cheesesteak with smoked beef at eight o'clock, Caerphilly cheese and leek sauce, a Welsh rarebit with cheese and beer or a Swansea breakfast combining cockles, smoked bacon, leeks, egg and laverbread (traditional seaweed-based preparation). All accompanied by Welsh coffees and bara brith, a cake with dried fruits infused in tea.

Bara, 44-46 Choumert Road, Peckham, London, UK

Pophams: when the bakery becomes a lifestyle brand

Founded in 2017, Pophams first built its reputation on creative pastries, including its famous bacon and maple syrup rolls or cheese, scallion and Marmite. The brand has since expanded its territory with Pophams Home, a shop dedicated to everyday objects, installed next to its bakery in London Fields. Artisanal ceramics, glassware, table linens, cookbooks or candles make up a selection that reflects the aesthetics of the brand’s establishments. What if French bakeries also became lifestyle brands?

Pophams Home, 195 Richmond Road, London Fields, London, UK

Simpson’s in the Strand: the return of the great English classic

Innovation sometimes requires a radical return to tradition. After several years of closure, the restorer Jeremy King has revived Simpson’s in the Strand, a London institution founded in 1828 and installed on the Strand since 1904. In the Grand Divan’s Edwardian room, roast beef pieces are always cut out in front of customers from spectacular silver carts. Yorkshire pudding, parsley sauce, shrimp cocktail, mutton curry and English desserts make up a menu that fully embraces its classicism.

Simpson's in the Strand, 100 Strand, London, UK

East West: Neapolitan pizza marries Indian cuisine

Located since 2020 in Tufnell Park, East West opened a second address in Shoreditch in April 2026. Its founder, Devinder Singh, advocates a meeting between two popular cuisines: Italian pizza and Indian specialties. On a Neapolitan dough fermented at least 48 hours, the Masala Margherita combines spicy tomato sauce, mozzarella, paneer and coriander. Chilli Paneer adds tikka, red onions and green peppers, while CTM takes on the flavors of chicken tikka masala. The menu pushes the mixture to small plates and desserts, with arancini with butter chicken and chai tiramisu.

East West, 42-44 Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, London, UK

Bangers: the English breakfast goes fast-food

Would the English breakfast be the next fast food territory? In Shoreditch, Bangers imagined a concept entirely built around this meal, to eat on the spot or take away. The traditional full English breakfast is transformed into a sandwich with mashed pork sausage, fried egg, cheddar cheese and homemade sauce, served on a loaf of bread or an English muffin. Other versions combine bacon, egg and cheese, or crispy hash-brown with melted cheddar. Grated and fried potatoes can also be ordered by themselves, dipped in homemade sauces, while baked beans are prepared on site.

Bangers, 5 Leonard Circus, Shoreditch, London, UK

CZER: the Caesar salad sandwich style

In London, Mairi Livsey and Marius Baltaitis transformed one of the most highly-ordered dishes in the world into a fast food concept. Inspired by the New York Caesar Wraps, CZER offers two versions of the Caesar salad wrapped in a tortilla: the Classic and the Picante. Roasted chicken, finely chopped lettuce, parmesan cheese, croutons and homemade Caesar sauce make a generous and easy-to-eat sandwich on the street. After a first counter installed at the bottom of a convenience store in Mayfair, the two partners opened a second address in Soho in August 2026, with a communication strategy on social networks that has caused impressive queues (we now queue virtually).

CZER, 87 Brewer Street, Soho, London, UK

Manna: the smash burger in a California setting

The smash burger's not dead. After several years in the Arcade food halls, Feroz Gajia, also founder of Bake Street, opened the first independent London restaurant in Manna at the beginning of September 2026. In Marylebone, the sign finds the spirit of American diners from the 1980s and 1990s, with a particularly worked retrofuturistic decor where framed photos of large cars are displayed everywhere, including in the toilets. À la carte, burgers with steaks crushed on the griddle, fried waffles or Nashville-style fried chicken, deliberately spicy.

Manna, 54 James Street, Marylebone, London, UK