Given London’s sheer wealth of new openings – with new eateries and bars constantly popping up in the city – it can be easy to lose sight of other impressive new restaurants that open up in the country. And if there’s one restaurant that Londoners definitely won’t want to ignore, it’s Shwen Shwen. The charming new Sierra Leonean restaurant in Kent has garnered a number of accolades since opening its doors. Found just outside of London, in the commuter town of Sevenoaks, the restaurant was recently included in Condé Nast Traveller’s list of “The best new restaurants in the world: 2026 Hot List“.