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  • Botanica Hall is coming to Clapham Junction - a restaurant, bar and vodka distillery too

    Botanica Hall is coming to Clapham Junction - a restaurant, bar and vodka distillery too

    4/11/23 - updated with the Botanica Hall opening date

    If you’ve been wondering what’s in store for Arding & Hobbs, the beautiful Grade-II-listed department store in the heart of Clapham Junction that’s been somewhat quiet since the collapse of Debenhams, we have some promising food (and drink) news. Botanica Hall is on the way: an all-day

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  • Dishoom comes to Battersea

    Dishoom comes to Battersea

    This time last year, Dishoom went east to open a restaurant in Canary Wharf and now they're heading south of the river for the first time, to Battersea. 

    The Battersea Dishoom will be opening right next to the power station, and there's a little of that influence in the design, which is described as "fusing Bombay nostalgia and futurism". For the first time at any of the Dishooms, in a nod to the nearby dogs'

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  • Oisin Rogers and Charlie Carroll are opening The Devonshire in Soho

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    Oisin Rogers and Charlie Carroll have been hard at work on The Devonshire, their first joint pub, which is tucked away behind Piccadilly Circus. Here's what you can expect from what will be a must-visit pub in Soho. 

  • Faber seafood restaurant lands in Hammersmith with a daily catch

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    Having made a name for themselves and their seafood-focused pub The Victoria in Mile End, Matt Ward and Anthony Pender are branching out with the first of what could be a series of seafood restaurants.

    Faber, which opened in Hammersmith this month, is a continuation of the duo's obsession with fresh fish. At Faber they'll be working with day boat fishermen, "this means that everything on our menu is

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  • Will it be third time lucky for Julie's in Holland Park?

    Will it be third time lucky for Julie's in Holland Park

    Holland Park restaurant Julie's, despite once being one of the hottest restaurants in town, has had a troubled time of late.

    The restaurant, which once featured a parade of A-list stars coming through its doors, first closed in 2015 for a redesign. That planned revamp took much longer than expected, with the restaurant only reopening in late 2019, just before you-know-what happened. It finally

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  • The big new London restaurants opening in November 2023

    The big new London restaurants opening in November 2023

    Some big hitters are coming our way during November including a must-visit Soho pub, Jamie Oliver's return to restaurants, a new Wolseley and a lot more. Here's our guide to the new openings to watch.

  • Camino in King's Cross is opening an aperitivo bar on Pentonville

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    King's Cross residents and workers have long loved the hidden spot Camino, tucked away in Vanisher's Yard off the main drag. But the Spanish spot will soon be a lot less of a hidden gem once it opens its new Pentonville Road-facing bar. As part of a big development, Camino has taken over the old luggage shop on Pentonville and turned it into an aperitivo bar that'll also be a new entrance for the restaurant

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  • Wine bar Finch heads to Brixton Village, specialising in English Wines

    New wine bar Finch heads to Brixton Village, specialising in English Wines,

    Updated 27/10/23 with opening date and launch offer

    The people of Brixton Village have a new reason to celebrate, they’re about to get a brand-new wine bar, and one that champions English wines, no less.

    It’s called Finch and while it will feature a curated selection of world wines, they’ll be focusing on small and experimental winemakers, whether you fancy a

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  • From Spain via the Ukraine, Boca a Boca will serve up tapas on Charlotte Street

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    War may be ravaging their country, but Ukrainians are still getting up every day and going to work and that includes opening new restaurants. And one that opened its doors in Kyiv last year is getting ready to expand to London. Boca a Boca was set up by Ukrainian entrepreneur, Andrii Nikonov, who wanted to open somewhere in Kyiv to share his love of Spanish food.

    Now he's bringing Boca a Boca to London where

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  • Louie Louie is gone but Saint Louie has risen in Walworth

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    It's been a while since the dark days of Covid, but the pandemic's effect on London's hospitality trade is still being felt. Popular South East London cafe Louie Louie was the most recent victim, having to close its restaurant on Walworth Road "mainly due to our landlord's intransigence by insisting on 100% of the rent throughout lockdown."

    But when one door closes another opens, and for the Louie Louie

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  • Bar Levan wine bar takes over from Larry's in Peckham

    Bar Levan wine bar takes over from Larry's in Peckham

    Larry's may be gone, along with chef Nicholas Balfe who is concentrating on his restaurant Holm in Somerset, but Bar Levan is rising in its place. That's coming from Levan co-founders Mark Gurney and Matt Bushnell and will be their new Peckham wine bar. 

    Taking over the old Larry's spot, right next to Levan, they say they're inspired by Parisian bars like Aux Deux Amis and Septime La

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  • Dalla will serve up homestyle Italian dishes in Hackney

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    25/10/23 - updated with the opening date

    Last week we brought you news on what was going to be taking over the old Bright site in London Fields. Now we've got the scoop on what's going in the group's other defunct restaurant site, Peg, on Morning Lane. Dalla sees three

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  • Ixchel Mexican restaurant and tequila bar comes to the King's Road

    Ixchel Mexican restaurant and tequila bar comes to the King's Road

    25/10/23 - updated with the opening date

    London's Mexican dining scene continues to get ever better with the upcoming restaurant Ixchel in Chelsea. 

    Headed up by chef Ximena Gayosso Gonzalez, previously at Brat, Ella Canta and Dulce Patria in Mexico City, it features ceviches, tacos and tostadas among other dishes like:

    • Sauteed prawn
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  • The Mamasons team are opening Donia at Kingly Court in Carnaby

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    Two years after opening their hugely popular Filipino bakery Panadera in Kentish Town, the powerhouse duo behind that and Mamasons, Bintang and Guanabana are heading to Carnaby for their next restaurant.

    Donia is taking over the space in Kingly Court left vacant by Imad's Syrian Kitchen's departure. Hot Dinners tracked down co-founder Florence Mae Maglanoc, who's in charge of this particular project, to

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  • The Wolseley City prepares to open in the heart of the City of London

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    Updated 24/10/23 with opening date

    Twenty years after Messrs Corbin & King turned a former car showroom into one of London's best-known restaurants, the Wolseley is getting ready to welcome a sibling restaurant to the fold. The Wolseley City will be the second new opening from The Wolseley Hospitality Group (created after Corbin and King's departure), after Manzi's opens in

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