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HOKKABAZ registers as a food business at 74 Lee High Road

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The Blackheath Times newsroom
24 October 2026

A restaurant or cafe called HOKKABAZ has registered with Lewisham Council at 74 Lee High Road, Lee, and is awaiting its first hygiene inspection.

BP filling station on Lee High Road, Lewisham, where HOKKABAZ has registered as a food business at number 74.
BP filling station on Lee High Road, Lewisham, where HOKKABAZ has registered as a food business at number 74. Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0

A food business called HOKKABAZ has registered as a restaurant, cafe or canteen at 74 Lee High Road, in Lee, and is listed as awaiting its first hygiene inspection.

That status points to a new registration rather than a re-rating of an old business. There is no opening date, menu or word on what kind of food it will serve, and we have not seen a statement from the operator.

It follows the Korean barbecue restaurant at numbers 47-49, which we reported as a registration on 6 October. Two new places to eat on one stretch of Lee High Road in under three weeks is a small but welcome sign of appetite for the road. The question now is when the doors open and what HOKKABAZ turns out to be.

The facts
  • HOKKABAZ is registered as a Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen at 74 Lee High Road, London, SE13 5PT.
  • Its hygiene status is awaiting inspection, marked as a new registration, under Lewisham.
  • The Korean barbecue restaurant at 47-49 Lee High Road was reported as a registration on 6 October 2026.
Sources and evidence

Every factual claim in this story is linked to the evidence behind it. Where the newsroom has added judgement or framing, it is listed separately. Sources accessed 24 October 2026.

  1. ratings.food.gov.uk/business/2006491 (FSA food hygiene register)
  2. /stories/korean-barbecue-restaurant-registers-at-47-49-lee-high-road (source)
Claim by claim (3 facts, 1 editorial judgements)
  • HOKKABAZ is registered as a Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen at 74 Lee High Road, London, SE13 5PT. — FSA food hygiene register
    “Name: HOKKABAZ, Type: Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen, Address: 74 Lee High Road, London, SE13 5PT”
  • Its hygiene status is awaiting inspection, marked as a new registration, under Lewisham. — FSA food hygiene register
    “Hygiene rating: Awaiting inspection (new registration)”
  • The Korean barbecue restaurant at 47-49 Lee High Road was reported as a registration on 6 October 2026. — source, 2026-10-06
    “Korean barbecue restaurant registers at 47-49 Lee High Road (2026-10-06)”
  • Judgement: A road that has been in the news for other reasons can do with more places to sit down and eat.

Photograph: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source · licence