Gastroblog
We hear that Jason Atherton has been lined up to tun all the food side of things at this new London hotel - right opposite his old boss Gordon Ramsay's new restaurant
Read more: Jason Atherton is opening The Betterment at The Biltmore hotel in Mayfair
They've been street food legends for five years and now Sub Cult are getting a much-deserved permanent place in the City. With brand new subs along with the classics, this looks like your new City lunch spot. …
Read more: Sub Cult's award-winning sandwiches get a permanent City spot
The National Restaurant of the Year was announced tonight for the annual Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards 2019 and the academy of voters (200 chefs, restaurateurs, food writers and critics) deemed Lancashire's Moor Hall to be the bee's knees.
Chef Mark Birchall (ex-L’Enclume) has only been open two years but has already picked up no fewer than two Michelin stars and 5 AA Rosettes al…
Read more: Moor Hall tops the 2019 National Restaurant Awards, while London dominates the top 100
The people behind The Dairy have opened their new restaurant and bar, Darby's in Vauxhall. We head along to take a look at their fancy new space.…
Read more: Test Driving Darby's - the Dairy gets fancy in Vauxhall
From this month, there's a new way to showcase your wealth and influence in London. Scott's Restaurant in Mayfair is throwing open the doors to a private dining room designed to put most of the others into the shade. The Platinum Arowana Room has had £6m lavished on its interiors. So if you (and up to seven of your best mates) would like to dine surrounded by paintings by Renoir, Miró, Chagall, P…
Read more: Scott's new private dining room has paintings by Renoir and Chagall on the walls
The latest restaurant to come to London Bridge, after its huge facelift, is the newest Honest Burgers in town. They've just opened off Tooley Street, bringing all their famed burgers with them. All the usual burgers will be there, paired with their rosemary salted chips. And as with the other branches, there's a monthly special (they've teamed up with Brindisa at the time of writing for a Bravas…
Read more: Honest Burgers come to London Bridge's Tooley Street
There's have been changes afoot at Paddington Central recently (that's the space by the canal near the Hammersmith and City line). We've had the recent opening of The Grand Duchess, and now we've just learned of a brand new Vagabond wine bar that's opened in the area, immediately becoming the areas first wine bar.
If you're unfamiliar with Vagabond, let us enlighten you. The…
He was chef and eventually CEO of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants and now Stuart Gillies is opening his own place. It's a wine bar that's taking over a Victorian building (that used to be a bank) on Chislehurst High Street.…
One of London's top Indian restaurants, Gymkhana in Mayfair, was the centre of attention yesterday for all the wrong reasons when a huge fire broke out mid afternoon. It took firefighters more than two hours to get the blaze under control, which appears to have been caused by a ventilation fire in the restaurant's kitchen.
Gymkhana Indian Resturant on fire in Albemarle Street Mayfair pic.twitte…
Serving up ramen, Japanese small plates and more, this Bermondsey spot aims to be part NYC speakeasy, part Japanese dive bar.…
Read more: Bermondsey has a new Japanese restaurant in HAKATA Ramen + Bar
Stroud Green Road, just north of Finsbury Park station, is a lovely hotchpotch of indie bars, coffee shops and restaurants, so we're glad to see the trend continuing with the arrival of new wine bar and shop Bacchus N4.
Owner Tolga used to run The Harvest deli in Crouch End and has been busy over the first two weeks of opening, honing the list here.
"This is my third shortlist," he told Hot Dinne…
Read more: Bacchus N4 serves up wine and snacks on Stroud Green Road
It had to happen someday - lobster rolls are so hugely popular in London that it was only a matter of time before Pret launched their own version. And now it's finally here - served up in their traditional baguette, not in the brioche roll that you might have expected.
We're told the roll will be "high-quality Maine Lobster, dressed with lemon chilli mayo, crispy cos lettuce and…
Canary Wharf is getting a next-level wine bar, open all day with space for meetings and a lovely waterside terrace.…
Read more: Humble Grape wine bar and shop is opening in Canary Wharf
Sweet-toothed fans of afternoon tea will want to make a beeline for Harrods this summer. The Knightsbridge department store has enticed four of the best French pâtisserie chefs – Pierre Hermé, Angelo Musa, Cédric Grolet and Yann Couvreur - to put on residencies in their tea rooms.
The series, which runs from July through to September, will see four entirely different menus served up for afternoon…
Read more: Harrods brings in top French pastry chefs for a summer afternoon tea residency series
