Monday Bulletin: Nick Jones | Restaurant Month | Tokkia

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ST CLEMENTS HOTEL

It turns out that Corner Shop 180, the chic retail concept Nick Jones launched in June, was just a taste of what’s to come. The hospitality visionary is set to open the 90-room St Clements Hotel above the bakery, deli, and wine bar at 180 Thames in London in 2026. Marking Jones’s first independent hotel since stepping down as CEO of Soho House Group in 2022, St Clements will feature a rooftop restaurant, gym, and 15 long-stay apartments, all operated under his new company, Jones & Co (Hotels, Restaurants and Residences). While details remain under wraps, bath products by English perfumer Lyn Harris hint at a focus on refined British luxury. The hotel forms part of the wider 180 Quarter development, which also includes 180 Strand, home to Ikoyi and Toklas.

RAMEN JUNKIE

Ivan Orkin (AKA @ramenjunkie) as seen on Netflix’s Chef’s Table is opening a restaurant in Farringdon on 19 November. He’ll serve his tonkotsu, spicy miso, and chicken paitan ramen and a new creation especially for London: a salt beef bao.

TOWER HOUSE

The team behind Gold in Notting Hill are opening a new Mediterranean restaurant by the river in Richmond. Tower House, opening early November, will occupy a 19th Century clock tower with garden terrace and glasshouse dining room.

RESTAURANT MONTH

The Good Food Guide has announced its first ever Restaurant Month, taking place from 13 January–13 February 2026. The campaign aims to get diners eating out during quieter weeks by promoting great-value set menus at the UK’s best restaurants. Here’s how to get involved.

• Downstairs at Marmo in Bristol welcomes its first ever chef-in-residence: Rita Paradis (The Palmerston, Koya) will be cooking there on Fridays and Saturdays from 31 October.
  
  
• Kelly’s Cause is hosting a breakfast event ‘Breaking Barriers for Men’s Mental Health in Hospitality’ at Wild by Tart in London on 17 November (International Men’s Day). Tickets are free, donations optional.
  
  
• Sooji Im, founder of much missed Clerkenwell Korean tea house be-oom is opening Europe’s first Korean matcha house, Tokkia, in Covent Garden this autumn.
  
  
• Sticks ‘n’ Sushi is opening its 17th UK restaurant, in Spinningfields, Manchester, next spring.
  
  
• Trésind, the modernist Indian dining experience from Dubai, is heading for London. It will open in Mayfair in early 2026. Trésind Studio, its sibling, has three Michelin stars.
  
  
• Don Julio Tequila is behind the Mexico City takeover of Toklas Bakery from 31 October to 2 November. Expect pan de muerto from Panadería Rosetta by day; cocktails from Handshake Speakeasy by night.
  
  
• Lifelong Aston Villa fan Brad Carter of Island has secured a dream gig: cooking at Villa Park’s 150 Club every home game.
  
  

WHAT WE’RE READING

Dina Begum’s guide to where to eat around Brick Lane: The Good Food Guide

Where the CODE team ate: Edinburgh Special

Want pizza? Don’t go to New York or Naples – try London: Business Traveller

What chefs are looking for in their next role: Home Truths

How much dirtier can the Dirty Martini get?: New York Times

THE DUMBWAITER

Out and about in London town this week: Andrew Lloyd Webber at Delamina Townhouse in Covent Garden; Zawe Ashton at Aram at Somerset House; Joan Collins at Selfridges’ cheese counter; and Peggy Gou at Koya and Carbone.

The Dumbwaiter is not one to repeat a rumour except when it comes from Off The Fence and involves everybody’s favourite Irish provocateur possibly taking over the stoves at artist Peter Doig’s King’s Cross pub McGlynn’s.

Finally, wishing otanjoubi omedetou gozaimasu to sushi master Jiro Ono (Jiro Dreams of Sushi) who turns 100 on 27 October.