New Openings Roundup 6th June

Competitive socialising and bar brand Electric Shuffle, developed by the team behind Flight Club, opened its latest new site by Coal Drops Yard in London’s King’s Cross this week. It is the third Electric Shuffle in London, the fifth in the UK and the ninth globally. 

Wagamama is to launch shortly at Preston Animate, a major new leisure development in Preston. The 4,100 square feet restaurant will be Wagamama’s 167th location in the UK. 

The Hall & Woodhouse brewery and pub group is about to launch a new experience-led venue called The Quay in Poole. It will have games including shuffleboard, digital darts and table football.

Buffet group Panda Mami has just opened at the Warwick Arts Centre, part of the University of Warwick near Coventry. It is a sixth location after Chester, Manchester, Nottingham, Wakefield and York. 

Smoke & Pepper, a burger brand with two sites in east London and one in Manchester, will soon open at Midsummer Place in Milton Keynes. It has also lined up several more openings in London, plus a site in Birmingham. 

Four restaurants have been an announced for openings at the redeveloped Kensington Olympia venue in London. They have been developed by the Incipio Group and include a 15,000 square feet bar called Arbour, a Japanese restaurant and bar called Wolves of Tokyo, Lillie’s on the rooftop and all-day Italian restaurant Juno. 

All-day neighbourhood restaurant group Megan’s is opening in the Windsor Royal shopping area in Windsor, local media report. Megan’s currently has 21 sites, with another opening lined up for Beaconsfield.

Street food collective Kerb opened a new London market this week, at White City Place. It will operate every Wednesday with a rotating line-up of operators. 

The Shiko Group has launched a new pub called the Stables Tavern, in the Spinningfields area of Manchester. It is its ninth location, seven of them in Manchester. 

JD Wetherspoon is completing plans to open a new pub on the high street in Wetherby. It is scheduled to be open by Christmas. 

Nine independent operators have opened as the Victoria Street Collective (VSC) at a new food and bar court in the Metquarter development in Liverpool. They include Asian, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, burger and pizza concepts. 

The Bohem brewery in London has just launched a third pub—the Queen’s Arms in Battersea. 

Burger brand The Beefy Boys is to launch at the Oxford Westgate centre in September. It will be a fifth location for the brand, after Bath, Cheltenham, Hereford and Shrewsbury. 

Popeyes launched at the W12 centre in Shepherd’s Bush this week—its 20th new opening of 2025. 

St James Quarter has announced the arrival of two on-the-go brands: Black Sheep Coffee and Pret A Manger. Itsu has meanwhile relaunched there, having switched from a franchised to company-owned site. 

Healthy eating brand Atis is about to open its 11th site in London, on Nine Elms Lane in Battersea. 

Slim Chickens has announced the opening of two new restaurants in Chichester and Staines. 

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To read the previous new openings round-up, click here.