If you’re a firm believer that bigger is better, then we’ve caught wind of just the opening – or openings – for you. A brand new Italian restaurant, Juno, is set to launch in West London later this year, but this ain’t your usual new opening. They’re promising that it will be Britain’s largest Italian restaurant.
How big is it, exactly? The all-day eatery will encompass 11,000 square feet and will have room for up to 252 diners at a time. Not too shabby, indeed!
Details are thin on the ground, for now, so we don’t know much about Juno’s menu. But we’re fairly certain it will have many of the classic big-hitters of London’s Italian venues – no doubt with some individual twists. The food is described as “traditional flavours with a fresh, modern flair” – so we’re guessing there will be a cheese wheel or two scattered around the venue.
The new restaurant will open in the Grade II-listed Olympia National Hall. And while we don’t have an exact opening date to hand yet, we suspect it will be one of the first of the building’s new venues to open. If that’s the case, you can expect a late October 2025 opening date. But, of course, we’ll keep you posted as we learn more.
Not just Britain’s largest Italian restaurant
They’re not stopping with opening one enormous restaurant. Joining Juno at Olympia National Hall will be three more impressive venues. These include:
- Arbour – a huge social hub with street food kitchens and a rooftop bar. The site will span 15,000 square feet across two floors with space for 540 covers and a standing capacity of 1,100 visitors.
- Wolves of Tokyo – “a noir-inspired Japanese restaurant and cocktail bar”. Oh, and naturally, it has a rooftop too.
- Lillie’s – a(nother) rooftop that will serve up British small plates and panoramic views. They’ll also have a curated menu of British sparkling wines and champagne.
Altogether, the four venues will occupy a whopping 40,000 square feet of space. To give you some context, that’s enough space to park almost 150 London buses!
As if that wasn’t enough, the four venues are just a portion of the plans for the Olympia setting. The Grade II listed building is undergoing a £1.3 billion cultural regeneration project to “create a new destination for culture, entertainment and innovation, building on Olympia’s 140-year legacy”.
As part of the redevelopment, a number of cultural venues are also opening. These include “a new 4,000-capacity music venue, the largest new theatre in London in 50 years, historical event spaces, hotels and cutting-edge workspaces.”
The new venues at Olympia will open in phases from October 2025 through to June 2026.