The Forge: Robert Siegler (Le Café du Jardin and Le Deuxième) is opening this Modern European restaurant and bar in Covent Garden (14 Garrick St., WC2; 020-7379 1531) at the end of the month. Overseen by chef Andy Barber (ex The Ivy), the menu offers a large selection of seafood dishes.
Ristorante Semplice: Giovanni Baldino, former front-of-house for Locanda Locatelli, and Marco Tore, formerly of TECA, are opening this modern Italian in Mayfair (9 Blenheim St., W1) this month.
Suka: New York's Zak Pelaccio (5 Ninth and Fatty Crab) is behind this Malaysian restaurant in the Sanderson (50 Berners St., W1 T), opening this month in the former Spoon space, which is being designed by Paris-based architect India Mahdavi.
While Alain Ducasse's Spoon restaurant in the Sanderson has closed (see Suka above), he plans to debut a new venture in Mayfair's Dorchester hotel (Park Ln.) in the autumn in the former Terrace banqueting space, which features views of Hyde Park.