QUEENSWAY

Queensway has spent years being overlooked. That's over.

A hundred year old department store has reopened as London's first Six Senses. An Amsterdam original has landed with a live fire open kitchen and a 360 degree bar. Jeremy King is back with Grand Cafe energy on the corner of Bayswater Road. And Watch House, one of London's most followed coffee chains, is about to move in next door to us.

This is our insider's look at the five openings rewriting what this stretch of Bayswater means, in the order they're worth knowing.

Nela

Nela doesn't do quiet openings, and this one is no exception.

The Amsterdam original's first UK site has landed right on Queensway: a live fire open kitchen, a 360 degree centrepiece bar, a private dining room and an outdoor terrace, across nearly 10,000 sq ft. Founded by chefs Hari Shetty and Ori Geller alongside entrepreneur Gilad Hayeem, the restaurant trades on scale and spectacle in equal measure, with flame cooked signatures reworked for London using local and international ingredients.

Positioned on one of Queensway's most visible corners, it's proof this stretch of Bayswater can carry the kind of high volume, high drama dining usually reserved for Mayfair.

Six Senses London

Some hotels chase attention. This one is built to help you switch off from it.

Set within the redeveloped Whiteley, Six Senses London is the brand's first UK property: 109 rooms and suites, many with private terraces, and 14 branded residences designed by AvroKO and EPR Architects. The wellness offer runs deep, with a 25,000 sq ft spa featuring London's first magnesium pool, a flotation pod, a cryotherapy chamber and a dedicated longevity clinic, plus Six Senses Place, the brand's first ever private members' club, membership by application only.

Moments from Hyde Park, it reads less like a hotel with a spa and more like a retreat that happens to sit in the middle of London.

WatchHouse

One of London's most followed coffee chains is moving in next door.

WatchHouse is opening inside Vabel Townhouse, bringing a cult following built on sourcing and consistency rather than spectacle: proper espresso, seasonal specials, the same clean design language across every site. The opening hasn't landed yet, but the address is confirmed, and it puts one of London's best regarded coffee brands at the centre of Queensway's next chapter.

Whiteley's Kitchen, Bar & Cafe

Vegetables rarely get top billing. Here, they're the whole point.

Sitting inside Six Senses London and named after the department store that once stood on the site, this is vegetable forward British cooking built around an in house fermentation lab: handmade gnocchi with cavolo nero and Stilton alongside charcoal grilled Suffolk pork. Following Nela's early success next door, it's further evidence that Queensway now has the appetite for serious, technical dining.

The Park

Jeremy King doesn't need to reinvent the wheel. He just needs to build a very good one.

Set on the corner of Queensway and Bayswater Road inside the new Park Modern building, The Park is King's first opening since Corbin & King: Grand Cafe energy with an American and Californian edge, from chicken Milanese to New England clam chowder. Despite being brand new, it has already settled into the neighbourhood with the ease that usually takes years to earn.