Daniel Boulud, Clare Smyth, and More Michelin-Starred Chefs Are Opening Restaurants in London — Good Luck Getting a Table

Breakfast pastries on a rooftop terrace with Buckingham Palace at the end of the view, or a seat at a sushi counter so small only 10 people get one each night: London’s newest restaurants offer both, and the chefs behind them are some of the biggest names in dining. Daniel Boulud is taking the roof of Waldorf Astoria London–Admiralty Arch with Café Boulud while Clare Smyth opens the seafood-led Coreus downstairs, Le Coucou’s Daniel Rose is bringing Le Perroquet to The St. Regis London in November, Andrew Wong is turning a 1792 Shoreditch pub into Kong, a Chinese public house, and Endo Kazutoshi has unveiled ENDO, his 10-seat omakase counter in Chelsea.

The real question isn’t where to eat. It’s how many of these you can fit into one trip.

Together, they make a compelling case for putting London right back at the top of the dining itinerary, and a delicious reminder of how much room there is for individuality among chefs with serious Michelin credentials. The experiences run from palace views and pastries to choreographed sushi and dumplings with a pint. What they share is the talent behind them, and very high expectations.

Photo Credit: Waldorf Astoria London Admiralty Arch

Coreus by Clare Smyth

Waldorf Astoria London–Admiralty Arch | Seafood-led British

There’s something perfect about Clare Smyth opening a seafood restaurant in the former residence of the First Sea Lord. At Admiralty Arch, that maritime history gives Coreus a story before the first course arrives.

Created specifically for the Waldorf Astoria, Coreus celebrates Britain’s seas, coastlines and farms, with sustainably sourced seafood, local oysters, seasonal vegetables and meat from family producers. Smyth has also hinted at bringing lesser-known seafood to the table, which is especially exciting: British coastal cooking offers far more than the usual luxury roll call of lobster, scallops and sole. She describes the restaurant as “relaxed, informal luxury,” a telling phrase from a chef famous for precision.

There will be another reason to linger: Whiskey & Seaweed, Smyth’s intimate bar, named for the cocktail inspired by her celebrated Potato and Roe dish and pouring British whiskies, cocktails and wine. Start there, or end there. Ideally both.

Haute Living take: Britain’s coastline, cooked by one of its greatest chefs. The opening to watch.

Café Boulud

Rooftop, Waldorf Astoria London–Admiralty Arch | All-day French

Upstairs, Daniel Boulud has landed a setting that could stop even the most jaded Londoner mid-sentence: a south-facing rooftop terrace looking straight down The Mall to Buckingham Palace. Few restaurant addresses say “London” more instantly.

His answer to that view is an all-day French café. Breakfast, signature pastries and afternoon tea lead into lunch and dinner, inspired by the café his family once ran near Lyon, a lovely personal touch at a very grand address. Business breakfast, unhurried lunch, afternoon tea above the capital or dinner as the light changes over The Mall: it’s built for every kind of occasion.

Together, Smyth and Boulud give Admiralty Arch two very different culinary identities, and Londoners as many reasons to visit as hotel guests.

Haute Living take: The best view of any table in London. Book sunset.

Photo Credit: St. Regis London

Le Perroquet by Daniel Rose

The St. Regis London, Conduit Street, Mayfair | Expected November 2026

New Yorkers, take note. The American chef behind Michelin-starred Le Coucou is opening his first UK restaurant, Le Perroquet, an all-day French brasserie at The St. Regis London on Conduit Street. He’s working alongside executive head chef Robert Aikens, a collaborator from his New York days.

Rose has built his reputation on understanding what makes classic French food endure: carefully built sauces, assured technique and dishes that reward attention without needing an explanation. Expect roasts, comforting desserts and service from breakfast through dinner, in a room designed to be as right for a Tuesday lunch as a big celebration.

Haute Living take: Le Coucou’s London cousin. Le Coucou devotees, mark November.

Kong by Andrew Wong

Norton Folgate, Shoreditch | Chinese public house

Andrew Wong, the chef behind two-Michelin-starred A. Wong, is teaming up with Dishoom co-founder Amar Radia on Kong, a Chinese public house in the former Water Poet, a pub site whose history stretches back to 1792.

The idea is irresistible: dumplings in the morning, noodles at lunch and grills with a cold pint by evening, across nearly 6,000 square feet including a courtyard, with interiors by Afroditi Krassa. It’s a looser, more spontaneous expression of Wong’s cooking, and a perfect marriage of East London pub culture and Chinese culinary history. With Radia’s track record building restaurants people make part of their lives, expect it to become a neighborhood fixture fast.

Haute Living take: Dumplings, a pint and a 1792 pub. The most fun opening of the year.

Photo Credit: NEIT

ENDO

Chelsea townhouse | 10-seat omakase, opened October 2026

At ENDO, exclusivity is simple arithmetic: there are only 10 seats. The new restaurant marks the next chapter for third-generation sushi master Endo Kazutoshi after the fire that closed Endo at the Rotunda, bringing his omakase into an intimate Chelsea townhouse counter, with Moga, a listening bar, upstairs.

At a counter this small, you watch every movement, every cut and every course up close, and that proximity is half the magic. Endo draws on the era when his grandfather ran a restaurant in Yokohama, pairing British seafood with Japanese staples. Demand is already fierce: November and December guests are directed to a waiting list, and Moga is expected to welcome non-dining guests from December.

Haute Living take: The hardest reservation in London. Join the waiting list today.

How to Plan Your London Food Trip

For the view: Café Boulud. For British seafood: Coreus, with a nightcap at Whiskey & Seaweed. For classic French comfort: Le Perroquet. For something fun and casual: Kong. For the ultimate splurge: ENDO. Between ENDO’s tightly held counter and Café Boulud’s royal outlook, London’s latest dining chapter covers serious ground. The real luxury may be securing enough time, and enough reservations, to experience it properly.

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