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New opening
- Alfonsina is a South American fusion restaurant coming to Smithfield
2/1/25 - updated with the opening date
If a restaurant takes as its influence the places a chef has lived and worked in, then in the case of chef Ricardo Younis Moreno you can expect a lively mix of Argentine, Mexican, and Peruvian flavors. Born in Argentina, with Italian and Lebanese heritage the chef has now landed in London where he's now working on bringing his restaurant Alfonsina to
... - Get a taste of Brazilian influences at Mayfair's Maroto restaurant
If the cold London winter is getting you down, then a trip to Brazil courtesy of new Mayfair restaurant Maroto could be just the antidote.
- Happy Sky Bakery arrive in the West End with a new bakery off Oxford Street
Arriving with impeccable timing to cater to the crush that is going to be Oxford Street over the coming weeks, Japanese baking folk Happy Sky Bakery unveiled their brand new bakery over the weekend. This, their second place, is on Hanway Street which is, as they handily explain "a quiet little street tucked just behind the big Primark near Tottenham Court Road station."
"I can’t promise everything will be
... - The Newman hotel to open in Fitzrovia, with Brasserie Adeline and atmospheric Gambit Bar
We get a lot of information about new openings here at Hot Dinners, so it takes a lot to impress us. So when we say that an announcement about a new central London hotel made us sit up and take notice, that's a big thing. The illustrations about the restaurant and bar opening at The Newman, just north of Oxford Street, really caught our eye. This Fitzrovian boutique hotel will have two places to eat and drink and they both
... - Oybar open their second oysters and wine bar, in Wimbledon
They opened their first place in Balham earlier this year and now the team behind Oybar have just opened a second bar, in Wimbledon.
It's taken over what was once an O Neill's pub, which seems like a significant upgrade for Wimbledon. As with the original opening, the name gives
... - Goodbye Horses are opening their ice cream shop, The Dreamery
12/12/24 - updated with new images
December might not seem like the most obvious time to launch an ice cream shop, but that's exactly what the team behind Goodbye Horses are doing. We knew at the time they originally opened the restaurant back in July that
... - The next Santa Maria restaurant is going to be in Kew
It's been a while since we've had a new Santa Maria pizzeria (the last was in Islington) but they're gearing up for their next - this time in Kew. The restaurant is taking over what recently used to be Hawthorn, but is probably best known for being the site of Glasshouse, which was in this space for over 20 years.
Few details have been released, but you can imagine it's going to be a pretty
... - Honest joins the smash burger trend with Smash + Grab in the City
They've dabbled in the whole smash burger scene before with a special burger on their main menu, but now Honest Burgers are making a bigger move in that direction. From today, their Liverpool Street restaurant has become the first Honest Smash + Grab.
That means, for the first time in a while, an Honest Burgers location will have a completely new menu. While full details
... - Undercroft is now opening with Aldo Zilli in the kitchen
10/12/24 - updated with menu details
Earlier this year, there was the surprising news that Birmingham-based chef Brad Carter had decided to pull out of the launch of the much-hyped Undercroft restaurant that was to be housed in the St George's Church crypt in Mayfair. After
... - Kricket comes to Shoreditch (where they'll be serving breakfast)
Kricket are on the expansion trail again, following up their recent Canary Wharf opening by coming to Shoreditch.
Taking over the space that was most recently Apothecary East, their latest opening will have the same Indian-inspired food as the
... - Noisy Oyster is all about seafood and martinis in Shoreditch
If you've been following Hot Dinners for a while you'll know that there's nothing we enjoy more than a well made martini, so the arrival of a seafood bistro in Shoreditch that puts the martini at the centre of its drinks offering certainly piqued our interest.
The place in question is Noisy Oyster which is going to be opening in the Norton Folgate development beside Shoreditch train station (where
... - Brasserie Constance is the new Fulham Pier restaurant, with Trinity's Adam Byatt in charge
We've already written about the impressive-sounding new development that's opening beside Fulham Football ground called Fulham Pier. But now we have some very interesting news about the restaurant that's opening there - Brasserie Constance by Adam
... - Dave's Hot Chicken turn up the spice level for their arrival in London
If you're the kind of person who opts for lemon & herb when they go to Nando's then keep scrolling because you're not going to want anything to do with Dave's Hot Chicken. The cult US chicken chain, which originated in Nashville, arrives in London this week and - as that name suggests - they turn up the heat when it comes to their burgers and tenders.
The chain was set up by three friends in an East Hollywood car
... - Dalston Yard is now Yardlife, a three-month preview of the real thing
Last summer there were bug plans for a new food, drinks and events space in Dalston. Called Dalston Yard, it was the brainchild of Dominic Cools-Lartigue, the man who opened The Tramshed Project and before that Street Feast.
However, things all went very quiet as opening plans were put on hold. But now it's somewhat unexpectedly back, albeit in a temporary new
... - The Prince Arthur disrupts the London pub scene with its own caviar and a Basque restaurant
A Hot Dinners exclusive
If there's one thing that 2024 has taught us, it's that the London pub scene is very much still alive and kicking. We started the year strong with crowds thronging the newly opened Devonshire and since then we've had a slew of places serving up interesting offerings in the city's old boozers from new Irish pubs to more wine-led offerings. Now as one year ends and another looms, we have
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