IF you’re looking for a new London hang-out spot, Olympia has it all from pretty bars to top-tier entertainment.
After a £1.3billion upgrade, the impressive project is opening its rooftop ‘Canopy’ today and its music venue later this week.
The enormous revamped building in West Kensington is opening its rooftop bars and restaurants that can only be found at Olympia today.
For anyone who fancies Mexican, check out Bar Arriba which serves up fresh cocktails and small bites from tacos to tostadas.
Lillie’s Wine Bar & Restaurant is the spot for the best of British food from Gressingham duck to Devon crab salad and you can even try a rhubarb and custard cocktail.
The outside area looks like an English country garden too with sculptures and beds of daffodils.
At Wolves of Tokyo dig into Japanese dishes from sushi to grilled skewers, gyozas and tartare.
Arbour is the food hall which has more of a casual vibe and inside are four different spots; Café Modo, Fry Baby, The Rambler and Whammy Burger.
All of these spots are up on the rooftop so they’re perfect for a sunny weekend.
But if the weather doesn’t play ball, there is a retractable roof to protect punters from the rain.
Another dining venue at Olympia called Pillar Hall opened in March, 2026.
It’s found in the Grade-II listed part of Olympia that was built in 1886 and is home to Idalia an all-day restaurant and Pepperbird, a speakeasy-style bar.
That’s not all that opens this week as tomorrow, the state-of-the-art music venue, British Airways ARC will open.
It’s been described as a ‘world-class venue’ which will host music, comedy and entertainment.
It will start with performances by Self Esteem and McFly before the likes of Van Morrison and Khalid take to the stage later in the year.
This will be followed by the 1,575-seat British Airways Theatre in 2027 which will be London’s largest new theatre in 50 years.
The Hyatt Regency hotel which will have 204 rooms will open to guests from July 6.
The other on-site hotel, CitizenM London Olympia will have 146 rooms and is expected to open this summer, although no official date has been announced.
Olympia London first opened in 1886 and has held performances by Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd and was used as an exhibition space by the likes of Vivienne Westwood.