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London restaurant openings are continuing to occur despite the effects of the economic downtown according to a survey that was announced today.  Over the last year period ending in August there were 140 restaurant launches, which was almost two times more than the amount of closures.

According to the Hayden’s London Restaurants guide, this is the largest amount of restaurant launches seen since 2007 and the third largest amount of openings ever.

Many large names welcomed diners into their area including the Galvin bothers’ Glavin La Chapelle in Spitalfields, Daniel Boulud’s Bar Boulud in Knightsbridge at the Mandarin Oriental, and Russel Norman’s Polpo in Soho.

Over the past few weeks other large openings have been the five million pound Shaka Zulu and the Pierre Koffmann bistro titled Koffmann’s.

Outside of restaurant openings, the survey also revealed that the overall cost of eating out has stayed the same due to the fact that restaurant owners are still launching special menus and deals in order to keep their tables full.

The average bill for the year on year period ending in August was £41.75 which is only a .3% increase from the year before.

Co-author of the guide, Peter Harden, stated that London restaurants are currently in ‘rude health’ given the fact that when they first started the guide everything seemed to be closing since no one could afford to eat out.  He added that now it seems different with more people turning to eating out as an affordable option.

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