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- Written by Catherine Hanly
As we highlighted in the first part of the 2020 Hot Dinners Awards, restaurants pivoting to delivery has been a big thing in the past year. Now, with the advent of Tier 3 we have yet another new entry to the scene.
Welcome, then to Veeraswamy - the UK's oldest surviving Indian restaurant - which has just started offering delivery for the first time. The Michelin-starred restaurant has put togethe…
Read more: Michelin-starred Veeraswamy is the latest London restaurant to switch to delivery
- Written by Gavin Hanly
News reaches us of another prominent restaurant closure (via The Caterer). This time it's Simon Rogan's Roganic - which make it the second time this restaurant has closed in London. Roganic first opened in 2011 as a long-term pop-up, after which Simon Rogan launched Fera in Claridge's (in 2014).
The next incarnation of Roganic opened in early 2018 in Marylebone, with Grace Dent saying at th…
Read more: Simon Rogan's Roganic closes in London - possible relocation on the cards
- Written by Gavin Hanly
Here at Hot Dinners we mainly focus on the hottest restaurants in town, as well as new openings. But the London restaurant scene is ever-changing and that means some restaurants fall to the wayside. With that in mind, we're keeping track of the notable restaurants that London has lost over the past year.…
Read more: Keeping track of the restaurants that are closing in London
- Written by Gavin Hanly
As has been threatened for a number of days now, London is confirmed as being raised to Tier 3 restrictions from midnight on Wednesday morning on 16 December.
Put simply, it means that all restaurants, bars and pubs have to shut - and are back to only deliveries and takeaways. Essentially it's the same as Lockdown 2.0.
Obviously, this is a terrible blow for the hospitality industry in London, par…
Read more: London is heading into Tier 3 from Wednesday - restaurants must close again
- Written by Catherine Hanly
Model Mandy Lieu is behind the transformation of this Westbourne Grove spot into an all-day restaurant and deli aiming to connect Londoners with where their food comes from.…
- Written by Gavin Hanly
Isn't that the way? You wait ages for a Greggs and then two come along at once...
Yes, if you've been hankering for a Steak Bake around King's Cross or St Pancras of late - there are two new Greggs in the station! The first opened on Saturday in the lower ground The Circle in St Pancras, while the second opens today on the first-floor concourse.
They'll have all the Greggs delights you want…
- Written by Gavin Hanly
New to Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross (and takeaway only) is Hiden Curry Lab, a very dayglo yellow shop selling Japanese curry. It's taken over the space that used to be Bodega Rita's and is apparently an homage to Japan's many 'hole-in-the-wall' speciality restaurants.
The menu is the simplest possible. There are two forms of Japanese curry and rice (and pickles), either beef or vegan, created…
Read more: Hiden Curry lab is the latest addition to King's Cross' Coal Drops Yard
- Written by Gavin Hanly
His pop-ups have been a huge success and now, with the final stop of a crowdfunding campaign, Imad Alarnab is bringing his Syrian food to Soho.…
Read more: Imad's Syrian Kitchen settles down in Kingly Court
- Written by Catherine Hanly
Throughout December there's now an additional reason to head out to Hackney Wick. Perenially popular restaurant Moro has just started a pop up in Autumn Yard. The yard itself is right on the river Lea opposite the London stadium and is a joint venture between Sam Clark of Moro and Morito and Nina Tolstrup of Studio Mama.
The winter popup at Moro's unit places piri piri chicken and squid at the he…
- Written by Gavin Hanly
This is the second Crazy Pizza to hit London, coming from ex-Formula One boss, Flavio Briatore. Expect similar pizzas to the original, just around the corner from Harrods.…
Read more: Crazy Pizza has Knightsbridge as its second London restaurant
- Written by Catherine Hanly
A Hot Dinners exclusive
We're all about hositality folk doing their best in these tough times, so we have to applaud Mayfair's Guinea Grill which today expands across the road for a festive popup.
The pub has taken over the old Pizza Express site opposite them on Bruton Place as the Guinea Express popup in the run up to Christmas. The idea is the extra space will allow them to have 60 more diners…
Read more: Guinea Grill launches the Guinea Express - a Tier 2 pop-up in Mayfair
- Written by Gavin Hanly
This new neighbourhood pub and restaurant is taking over a Grade II listed building in Camden and will have both a big focus on natural wine as well as a very handy heated courtyard. They'll even be serving Sunday roasts that you can carve at your own table. …
- Written by Gavin Hanly
After almost 48 years in the role, Fay Maschler is ending her tenure as the Evening Standard's chief restaurant critic and Jimi Famurewa is taking over the job. The position is seen as being one of the most influential on Londoners' dining habits and as Maschler has been in the job for just shy of half a century this is a big deal.
Famurewa has been reviewing for the paper for a…
Read more: Jimi Famurewa takes over from Fay Maschler as the Evening Standard's restaurant critic
- Written by Catherine Hanly
London is overrun with fantastic burgers these days, so it's pretty rare that a new one comes along with a genuinely interesting story behind it. But a new venture called Ground, from The Ethical Butcher’s Farshad Kazemian and Lily Bovey (of street food stall Stakehaus) certainly sounds like it will be worth trying. In a nutshell, the pair have teamed up to create a burger that is ‘climate-positi…
Read more: The Ethical Butcher launches climate-positive burger brand Ground
- Written by Catherine Hanly
The ULI team take their brand of Southeast Asian food to Chelsea…
Read more: HUŎ in Chelsea is a new restaurant from the ULI Notting Hill team
