With Xmas coming up this new venue will want to be shaken down and seaworthy as soon as possible, so as not to miss out on the potential revenue. After Xmas there could be a big reckoning in the restaurant business, but we reckon if anyone can sail through it will be the Bros Galvin

A feature of Kanaloa is the Treetops, a rainforest styled retreat with giant palm trees, tropical leaf patterned walls, and rustic wooden planking. Guests can hide away in the branches at the top or sit in the shade of the palms underneath. We are not making this up by the way.

Since ZUMA’s launch in 2002, the London born ZUMA and ROKA restaurants have been expanding to international locations – Hong Kong, Istanbul, Dubai, Arizona and now, the latest ROKA is opening back home in London’s Canary Wharf late October 2009.

Doukan, located in the villagey area of Wandsworth is a neighbourhood restaurant by day with its interesting, well priced offering from breakfast to weekend brunch, a deli selection and an express lunch menu, perfect for the local business comunity and the Wandsworth ‘yummy mummy” set. with its contemporary design, dining room, bar and evening a la carte menu, the restaurant is transformed by night.

Tony Kitous, founder of Comptoir Libanais, opens the doors of his latest branch in Paddington and finds commuters departing from their usual fast food choices in favour of healthier options, at affordable prices.

The Crowne Plaza London -The City, has announced the completion of its brand new Lobby Café. Replacing a lounge area, the lobby has undergone a complete facelift to provide a handy cafe for the local community with a menu playing strongly on its close proximity to Smithfield Market, offering a fine selection of traditional meat dishes

Bellevue Rendezvous is a new French restaurant on the site of local favourite Mini Mundus, at 218 Trinity Road, Wandsworth Common, SW17 (near the junction with Bellevue Road). The restaurant, owned and run by Pablo Gallego (in the kitchen) and his partner Stephanie Gandon (running front of house),

Situated on the fringes of Notting Hill and just moments from Portobello Road, the Clarendon is positioned on a quiet residential street, providing a welcome oasis of calm. With a cocktail lounge, ground floor restaurant and large roof terrace it is a spot to relax with a cocktail, re-energise with a brunch, sunbathe on the terrace or have a party with friends.

Located in the former Reuters building in Fleet Street, Lutyens is the latest project from Prescott and Conran Limited, the company behind the recently opened Boundary and Albion in Shoreditch. Lutyens includes a large bar on Fleet Street with a charcuterie counter, 130 seat restaurant, crustacea and sushi bar, members club and 4 private dining and meeting rooms.

Conceived by Harbour & Jones, this unique 48-cover dining room, with its own dedicated entrance, can be found alongside a new café in St Paul’s Cathedral’s crypt. Open for lunch and afternoon tea, the menus romp through the British Isles providing up-to-date food created from carefully considered ingredients courtesy of head chef Candice Webber.