3 must-visit restaurants

Our pick of October’s top dining spots

Just opened:

Sargasso, Margate

The owner of east London’s neighbourhood restaurant, Brawn, has opened a seaside sister restaurant at Margate’s iconic pier destination, Harbour Arm. Enjoy lobster spaghetti and Catalan salt cod salad with a quintessential view back over the harbour to the Old Town. Ingredients are sourced locally, many grown on musician and restaurant partner Matthew Herbert’s farm 10 miles from the town, with wines from Europe’s boutique vineyards. sargasso.bar

Revisiting:

House of JÖRO, Sheffield

Extend a dinner at Luke and Stacey French’s contemporary NordicJapanese fusion restaurant JÖRO with a stay in one of four new boutique hotel rooms. Sip champagne from the roll-top bath before padding over to the restaurant for unique dishes such as BBQ katsu pork belly. Or book the chef’s table with a group of friends. Breakfast hampers delivered to the room are loaded with treats including Yorkshire cured meats and locally made pastries. jororestaurant.co.uk

Coming soon:

Koya Ko, London

London’s udon specialist, Koya, is heading east to Broadway Market mid-September. This new casual spot will follow suit from noodle bars found in Japan’s train stations, with a tachigui (standing-while-dining) element alongside seats for customers to slurp bowls of springy udon and tuck into donburi rice bowls. New additions to the menu will include slow-braised beef short rib on hot noodles, and a cold hiyashi udon salad with pickled aubergine. koya.co.uk