The area around Covent Garden's covered market used to be a culinary desert, all gray steaks, chain restaurants and tired old tourist traps.
Renowned Swedish open-fire chef Niklas Ekstad opens his first UK restaurant at the Great Scotland Yard Hotel in Whitehall.
Ikoi has built a solid reputation for itself in the St James's Market. Ikoi's large space expands on their existing earthy copper and butter yellow decor.