No one goes to a restaurant without the intention of eating but it’s often forgotten that restaurants are just as much about drinking as dining. This month sees a raft of newcomers where imbibing is as important as ingesting, whether the martinis at pub dining-room deluxe One Club Row in Shoreditch, one-sip shots at chef residency-cum-cocktail bar Câv in Bethnal Green, agave and tacos at Cinco in Dalston or low-intervention wines and Italian sharing plates at Templar in Stratford. Off the sauce? Try the tea ceremony at Luna Omakase.
Read on for these and 10 of March’s other most notable London restaurant openings and remember: drinking on an empty stomach is rarely a good idea.
