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- What to expect from the new Park Hyatt London River Thames in Nine Elms
Anyone who's been to, works at or lives near Vauxhall or Nine Elms will have been aware of the progress of the looming pair of towers, aka One Nine Elms, that are now complete. The Park Hyatt London River Thames has taken over 18 floors of one of the towers (the River Tower) while the rest are mainly very expensive apartments.
Of course, a new hotel
... - Krokodilos restaurant in Kensington promises to serve up amazing Greek food
Do you know what's more stressful than opening a new restaurant in London just before Christmas? Opening two restaurants. But that's the delightful pickle that restaurateurs George Bukhov-Weinstein, Ilya Demichev and their business partner Elmira Amdiya find themselves in. One day after they throw open the doors to
- Fat Phill's are hoping that Battersea folk will love their Dutch smash burgers
29/11/24 - Updated with opening details
A Dutch burger group is hoping that the London love affair with smash burgers is very much still in the ascendancy. Fat Phill's started life in Amsterdam five years ago and they already have loads of branches in the Netherlands. Here in London, they've picked Clapham Junction as their first UK restaurant.
Looking at what they're serving up in Amsterdam Londoners
... - The big new London restaurants opening in December 2024
December is when things finally start to slow down on the new opening front, but there are still some places to look forward to. From the latest opening by James Cochran to a great-looking rotisserie in Mayfair, here's what's opening in the run-up to Christmas.
- Pinna will serve up Sardinian specials beside Mayfair's Shepherd Market
If there were an annual prize for the most industrious restaurateurs in London, then 2024's trophy would probably be a dead heat between Jason Atherton and the dynamic duo of George Bukhov-Weinstein and Ilya Demichev. The latter, having only recently unveiled their latest restaurant Fantomas on the King's Road, are about to open two new London restaurants in just one week.
The first one you need to know
... - The best London restaurants for Thanksgiving 2024
Whether you're after a taste of Americana or an ex-pat looking for a slice of home (and pumpkin pie), here's our pick of the Thanksgiving events happening in London...
- The Yellow Bittern has the last laugh against its detractors
Proof indeed that there is no such thing as bad publicity, the deluge of negative reactions to the arrival of the Yellow Bittern appears to have had only a positive effect on the restaurant's bookings.
You can hardly have escaped the media attention given to the tiny Caledonian Road restaurant (which we were
- Flat Iron is opening opposite Victoria Station
Flat Iron continues to be a huge success across town (as you'll know if you ever tried to book one at even close to a peak time). Earlier this year, they opened in Hammersmith, but their latest is much more central, opening right across the road from Victoria Station in the revamped Terminus Place.
They've taken over a space that originally held shops (which, having worked in the area,
... - Pick Your Own are all about sustainable salads in the City
If you're in the City and permanently thinking about what to have for lunch, the arrival of brand new salad spot Pick Your Own (aka PYO) should be of interest.
As the name somewhat gives away, it's a choose-your-own salad place. You'll be creating a salad of four key parts. The base could be seasonal shredded veg, chopped lettuce or some fava beans. Then another layer gets added for "texture" like
... - Cod & Brew is a modern fish and chip shop in Stokey
Eagle-eyed Stokey residents will have spotted the imminent arrival of a new fish and chip shop on their doorsteps. Cod & Brew has taken over the corner site on Stoke Newington Church Street, where Truffle Burger was before, and is already on soft launch.
Having grown up in Stokey owners Inan and Kas have won best regional takeaway food in the past for their previous chippy, but this will be their first opening
... - Homeslice have brought their pizzas to Harvey Nichols Fifth Floor
It's been a while since we've seen a new Homeslice opening (the last was in 2018) and for their latest, Mark and Alan Wogan have gone right up to the Fifth Floor at Harvey Nichols in Knightsbridge.
There, you'll find their signature huge 20" pizzas made with 36-hour aged dough, with pizzas on the menu including the traditional margherita as well as alternative takes like
... - Lebanese rotisserie restaurant Toum and its basement listening bar are coming to Mayfair
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Lebanese restaurant Aline was originally opened by Tarek Farah and his wife Monika back in 2016 and over eight years, it built a loyal clientele for its traditional Lebanese dishes. Now, three doors down from Aline, the pair are about to kick things up a notch with a more contemporary offering - the new Lebanese rotisserie Toum.
Toum, they told Hot Dinners, "is more of a modern
... - Top Milanese sandwich shop De Santis hits London
The Milanese don't mess around when it comes to food, so when you hear that the best sandwich shop in Milan is coming to London it's time to get excited. De Santis has been serving up its legendary toasted paninis to the folks of Milan since the Sixties - the original restaurant is lined with the photos of famous Italians who've dined there.
In London, their flagship base is going to be in the church crypt of
... - Boulangerie Pierre Alix is opening a second bakery, this time on Holloway Road
If you've been up to Muswell Hill recently you might have spotted the queues outside artisan bakery Boulangerie Pierre Alix. We joined the patisserie-loving hordes one weekend and were blown away by how good their cakes (and bread) were. So it's good news all round for North London carb addicts as the baker is about to open his second place.
The doors to the next bakery are about to be flung open on
... - Mahali bakery sees two top bakers opening in Battersea
Mahali and Co have been winning a lot of fans over the past few years as both a bakery delivery and catering company, but now they've landed their own place in Battersea.
The duo behind it are Ru-Yan Foong and Miguel Jocson, both pastry chefs who trained in Sydney, who set up Mahali and Co back in 2019. Ru-Yan's CV includes working for Ottolenghi and The Fat Duck while Miguel was head pastry chef at The
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