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Brixton is first to get a new high-tech mini PizzaExpress, with Finsbury Park incoming

Information: 06 May 2026

Over the bank holiday weekend, Brixton became the first place in the UK to get a brand new PizzaExpress that looks more like a fast food joint than a pizzeria. Putting the express into PizzaExpress...

Adam Byatt's next is the Italian-inspired Rosina in Wandsworth

Information: 06 May 2026

His last opening was a big affair on the river beside Fulham's stadium with Brasserie Constance, but for his next, Adam Byatt is returning to South London. He'll be opening Rosina in Wandsworth. Rosina, named...

Chopped chicken Caesar wraps are coming to London, courtesy of CZER. This is not a drill.

Information: 05 May 2026

If you're as terminally online as we are, you might have recalled a TikTok earlier this year in which an American expat was bemoaning the lack of good chopped chicken Caesar wraps in London. That...

The Grogu Cafe, with lots of Star Wars-themed matcha and doughnuts, is popping up in Shoreditch

Information: 05 May 2026

It might have somehow escaped your notice to date that there's a new Star Wars film coming out. But in the next few weeks, that movie is going to be hard to miss. And where there's a big new film,...

There's a Korean pop-up in London Fields this weekend that's promising no five hour queues

Information: 05 May 2026

If you've been online at all over the bank holiday weekend, you can't have failed to see stories and posts of the epic queues for people wanting to visit the Korean food market in King's Cross. Such...

First look - here's what to expect from Gordon Ramsay's high-rise Bread Street Kitchen at 22 Bishopsgate

Information: 05 May 2026

4/5/26 - updated with full details and a look at the new restaurant If you watched the Being Gordon Ramsay documentary on Netflix, you'll know that one of the key storylines has revolved around the...

New restaurants and bars opening in London this week

Information: 05 May 2026

Here are all the new restaurants to look forward to in the coming week. Even though this is only a four-day week, thanks to the bank holiday, it's the busiest week for new openings yet, with TEN new...

Mykonos restaurant Nammos sets sail for London for a more urban take

Information: 03 May 2026

3/5/26 - updated with the opening date A few years back, we reported on the impending arrival of Mykonos restaurant Nammos, which was supposed to be heading to Knightsbridge. Now it turns out that...

Carmy's sees the Carmela's team opening a slice shop in Covent Garden

Information: 02 May 2026

It took a bit longer than we expected, particularly as they were such a big deal in NYC, but London really is getting into the slice shop trend right now. And the latest to get in on the action is...

High-end modern Indian restaurant Trèsind reveals its London opening plans

Information: 01 May 2026

1/5/26 - Updated with full details about the opening. A modern Indian restaurant that started life in Dubai (before opening in Mumbai too) is coming to London. Trèsind describes itself as a...

Fancy an afternoon tea that's all cheese?

Information: 01 May 2026

We've always been big fans of afternoon tea here at Hot Dinners, and we particularly love it when there's a new spin on the idea. And that's certainly the case with Afternoon Cheese at Brasserie Max...

Restaurant and food writers among those honoured at the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards 2026

Information: 01 May 2026

It's always a glittering party for those writing in the food and drink world, and last night's Fortnum's awards held at The Royal Exchange, and hosted by Andi Oliver and Angela Hartnett, proved no...

There's a Peroni artwork pouring free beer in Covent Garden this week

Information: 30 April 2026

If you're wandering through Covent Garden over the next couple of days and spy a gaggle of people beside what looks to be a huge Italian Renaissance-inspired fresco, then you should head on over...

Covent Garden is Noodle Inn's next stop for their hand-pulled noodles

Information: 29 April 2026

We're still waiting for the upcoming Battersea Noodle Inn to throw open its doors, but while we wait, they've just announced another opening. This time it's back close to where they started in Soho...

Monica Galetti joins the reworked social enterprise restaurant 130 Primrose in Primrose Hill

Information: 29 April 2026

It's all change over in Primrose Hill, where the social enterprise restaurant Home Kitchen, run by Adam Simmonds, has changed both names and chefs. It'll now be known as 130 Primrose and it's...

The Victory takes over from longstanding East Dulwich restaurant Franklin's

Information: 29 April 2026

29/4/26 - Updated with full details about the opening When one door closes, another opens, and that's very much the case with the closure of an East Dulwich institution, Franklin's. After 26 years...

Doghouse Distillery is opening a bar in Clapham with London’s largest Old Fashioned menu

Information: 29 April 2026

The Doghouse Distillery is in Battersea but now they're also opening a brand new bar, just a mile away, that's just off Clapham Common. They actually popped up there for a short while back in...

You'll soon be able to get those viral Basque cheesecakes from La Maritxu in King's Cross

Information: 29 April 2026

We love a single-item shop as much as the next food-obsessed person in London, so the news that the bakery specialising only in Basque cheesecakes is opening in our neck of the woods (ish) is a...

A tiramisu trolley with four different takes is being wheeled over to Barbarella in Canary Wharf

Information: 29 April 2026

If all the talk of tiramisu over the last weekend from the successful record-breaking attempt has got you fancying some of the dessert, Big Mamma may have the thing for you. They've always been...

Theo James and his restaurant crew are opening a second restaurant, Ornella, in Hackney

Information: 29 April 2026

Updated 30/4/26 with booking info Having enjoyed a barnstorming success with their first restaurant, LUPA, in Highbury, the team behind that are gearing up for a second opening. Actor Theo James,...

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