November's big London openings: Smithfield, Pimlico Road and a Milanese City debut

November is the last big month for new London openings this year, and according to Hot Dinners it is a crowded one. Here is what is landing, and where.

Smithfield gets a new centre of gravity

The headline launch is the new London Museum, which is taking over half of Smithfield Market. It comes with a slate of bars and restaurants run by Green & Fortune, including restaurants and cafes from Robin Gill and bars from Mr Lyan (Ryan Chetiyawardana), one of them non-alcoholic. There is also The Poet, a new pub from the team behind Sune.

Hot Dinners notes that PAM, which opened in October, is part of the same shift, and says the area's food and drink scene is undergoing a "massive sea change".

Nearby, at 57 W Smithfield, the team behind Borough Market's Camille is opening a separate restaurant. It leaves the Frenchness of Camille behind for British and Irish cooking inspired by Victorian dishes, with a focus on offal and lesser-known cuts. There is also a standalone tea and biscuits course, served with antique teapots and cups.

Big names, big rooms

Tom Booton, formerly of Grill at The Dorchester, opens his first solo restaurant on Pimlico Road in Chelsea. Expect modern takes on British classics, such as crispy cod cheeks scampi and, on Sundays, a leg of lamb-stuffed Shepherd's Pie Yorkshire pudding. Pritesh Mody, a Channel 4 Sunday Brunch regular, runs the cocktails, including a freezer-cold Beetroot Martini.

In the City, Big Mamma (the people behind Gloria and Circolo Popolare) opens Edmondo on Lombard Street. Hot Dinners says it is promised as "1930s Milanese glamour", with Ferrari references throughout and a maximalist Italian menu that includes an XL focaccia and huge steaks. The soft launch starts at the very end of October.

In Belgravia, Han & Han is the first restaurant of Jeff Tan, who originally launched Hakkasan Mayfair. It takes over the old Roussillon site and does modern Chinese cooking informed by classic techniques. The menu includes a 36-hour dry-aged Peking duck with homemade black truffle pancakes.

In Mayfair, Misha Zelman, one of the founders of Goodman, is reviving the vaulted crypt at The Vestry on Mill Street as an Eastern European-inspired chophouse. Caviar and dumplings lead into big cuts of meat and fish from the grill.

Returns, anniversaries and second sites

Kudu's team is bringing back its old Nunhead space as Braai Bird, built around wood-fired rotisserie chicken with South African sauces and a South African wine list. Hot Dinners calls it a more simplified menu than before.

Bar Douro opens its third site at 10 Greek Street in Soho, on the tenth anniversary of its first opening. It will be the first restaurant in the country to import and serve Carnes Irmãos Unidos Maronesa beef, which appears as a vaca velha ribeye.

The Three Sheets team marks its own tenth anniversary with a new bar a couple of doors from the original on Kingsland Road in Dalston. It specialises in martinis, oysters and wine, and it is standing only.

Florence Knight's Lunette, at the top of the St Clement hotel in Temple, has been taking bookings from invited guests only. From November it opens fully to the public. Hot Dinners praises its pared-back food and a martini served in two ice-cold parts.

In Covent Garden, Manchester's Schofield's opens its second location in the former Chick N Sours space, focusing on its own takes on classic cocktails, with cheese and charcuterie as snacks.

Also opening in November

• Acme Taco (Dalston, 1 November): Andrew Clarke's second taco restaurant, next to Acme Fire Cult.
• Tattu (Canary Wharf, 12 November): Japanese and Chinese fusion in the floating restaurant that was Marceline.
• Reemie's Cakes (Notting Hill, late November): Reem Abu's second bakery, with the signature banana bundt cake.
• Los Primos (Borough Yards): the former Parrillan becomes a Spanish-style neighbourhood bar.
• Five Feet Pizzeria (Bermondsey): delayed from October, with pizzas halfway between thin and deep-pan.
• Dusty Knuckle (Finsbury Park): a new cafe with its potato sourdough.
• Willows (Chelsea): the Clapham cafe's build-your-own meal boards.
• Hero's Return (Battersea): a big riverside pub beside Battersea Power Station with a "Best of British, Best of London" menu.
• Aba-Ra (Soho): the Georgian restaurant from Brick Lane, with a new menu.
• Grosvenor Arms (Earlsfield): relaunching with an ex-Fallow chef for its first residency.
• Heard (Covent Garden): burgers from a once Michelin-starred chef, now with a "speakeasy-style" dessert bar.

Know before you go

• Braai Bird: 57 Nunhead Lane, SE15 3TR
• Edmondo: 6 Lombard Street, EC3V 9LJ (soft launch from the very end of October)
• The Vestry: 2A Mill Street, W1S 1FX
• Smithfield restaurant from the Camille team: 57 W Smithfield, EC1A 9DS
• Bar Douro: 10 Greek Street, W1D 4DH
• Tom Booton's restaurant: 87 Pimlico Road, SW1W 8PH
• New Three Sheets bar: 508 Kingsland Road, E8 4AE
• Han & Han: 16 St Barnabas Street, SW1W 8PE
• Lunette: Level 11, 180 The Thames, WC2R 3DA
• Schofield's: 1A Earlham Street, WC2H 9LL

Sources: Hot Dinners