The long awaited Kyashii restaurant and lounge opened last month in Covent Garden and hiding behind the net curtains is a very cool looking and very yellow sushi bar. The blue fish tanks also look nice and the black chopsticks on white table effect works well. A bento box style set lunch is available for £13.50 and the keenly priced main menu includes a Scottish Salmon Fillet with Teriyaki Sauce for £9.50.

Kyashii, 4a Upper St Martin’s Lane, WC2H

Durius River Café is a Spanish chain of Café-Wine Shops run by the two-Michelin starred chef Sergi Arola and their first opening in the UK has sensibly been located by the the Thames between High Timber and Northbank, although the river is not really visible from inside due to an inconvenient sea wall.
Prices are more restaurant than cafe with mains starting at £12 and going up to £20 for a plate of Acorn-fed Iberian ham and artisan breads which is probably fabulous but an Acorn-fed Iberian ham sandwich for £7-£8 would be even more fab and help fill the place up.

Durius River Café, Broken Wharf, EC4V

Ceena is a 'sizzling Korean barbecue' that will be opening just off Fleet Street where K10 used to have a Japanese takeaway. They didn't manage to meet their August launch date but the sound of drills can be heard from inside so it shouldn't be too long before they're ready to go and a Korean barbecue will be quite a radical new option for the area.

Ceena, 13 St. Bride Street, EC4A

Like much of Farringdon, the old Alford's delicatessen had to close because of work on the new Crossrail station and with Alford's of Cannon Street long gone, it looked like their name was going to disappear but this week they've reopened a little further down Farringdon Street next to Vivat Bacchus. The much bigger space has been decorated in a bright country kitchen style and a full cafe menu is available with breakfasts, sandwiches, savouries and daily specials. The official opening is on Tuesday.
Alford's Deli, 49 Farringdon Street, EC4A