Canary Wharf Is London’s Newest Restaurant Destination. Here Are Five to Watch
The East London district is getting later and louder, with new floating dining rooms and music venues to bring in crowds.
A spread at the modern Indian restaurant Kricket, part of Canary Wharf’s burgeoning dining scene.
Source: KricketIf there’s a London neighborhood that personifies the UK’s roller-coaster commercial real estate market, it’s Canary Wharf. The district’s growing pains have been well documented, since it was first envisioned as an alternative financial center to the City in the early 1980s. The year after its tallest building, One Canada Square, was completed in 1991, Canary Wharf’s developers filed for bankruptcy.
Three decades on, the challenges continue. Canary Wharf’s highest-profile casualty is the giant HSBC Holdings headquarters, the 45-story building at 8 Canada Square, that’s due to be vacated before the building’s lease expires in early 2027.