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21/3/23 - updated with the opening date

Marylebone continues to be one of London's epicentres for restaurant openings, with Nakanojo’s plans to launch a new site there. It’s a little over a year since Nakanojo opened on Chelsea’s King’s Road, becoming the first ‘Peruvian Izakaya’ in the capital, and fans of its Nikkei-inspired dishes will be thrilled that they may not just be stopping at two

Battersea's restaurant scene continues to get busier and busier. We've only recently had the launch of Joia and now another big restaurant is getting ready to open there. 

This time it's the turn of Boudica, a new all-day restaurant that's serving up an international and British-influenced food and drink menu. In charge of the kitchen is Head Chef Luigi Vairo, previously at Corrigan’s

With all the news of closures, it's particularly good to hear about a restaurant that was thought to be closed forever actually returning. Wander, one of Stoke Newington's most well-renowned restaurants originally announced its closure when owner Alexis Noble said she was returning to Australia. But now she's back and reopening the restaurant. 

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20/3/23 - updated with the opening date

We've talked before about how more restaurants that have made their name outside of town are opening in the capital - Six by Nico and Mowgli among others. Now here comes another, Doner Shack. They've opened in Leeds, Leicester, Glasgow and Edinburgh and next, it's the turn of Baker Street. 

They seem to share some similarities

Eagle-eyed N5 residents will have noticed work going on over the past few months at former arts space Light Eye Mind on Blackstock Road. This week it unveiled itself as an Italian-accented wine bar, Giacco's.

The bar's owners are Leonardo and his partner Danilo. Leonardo is the one with the background in hospitality - he used to run the Farewell Cafe which used to play host to popups from the likes of Ling Ling

The powerhouse duo behind Fink's are at it again. This week they've opened their fourth spot, in Clissold Park. Their latest place is literally down the road from the OG Fink's on Mountgrove Road and sees them taking over the historic pump house in the Stoke Newington park.

"Fink's Pumphouse is our newest baby," Mat and Jess announced on Instagram, adding that it will be "filled with our usual favorite suppliers,

15/3/22 - updated with the opening date

As thoughts increasingly turn to comfort food, take heart in the knowledge there’s a new bakery, deli and pastificio on its way, and it’s all thanks to Ombra head chef and owner Mitshel Ibrahim. Ombra, which opened more than 11 years ago in Hackney, steadily gained an obsessive following for the quality of its Italian food and especially its innovative pivots during

Craving Saint-Tropez, Cannes, Nice and Antibes? If you feel the need for some Côte d'Azur dining, a new restaurant called Riviera is opening in St James’s Street. It's aiming for luxurious South-of-France vibes alongside high-end dining, something that is somewhat similar in concept to the recently opened Socca.

It’s on the former site of Sake no Hana, the fine-dining

Hot Dinners exclusive - updated 15/3/23 with opening date

They already have two barges, one roaming and one moored, but now London Shell Co are moving onto terra firma. They're getting ready to open their first land-based site, a fishmonger and seafood bar near Parliament Hill.

The move is rooted in something they did to survive the lockdowns, a period

The team behind Birch in Hertfordshire is gearing up for a second launch, and this time they've brought in top chef Lee Westcott to take charge of the food. Selsdon, the group's new hotel and club in South Croydon is another grand old house that's getting Birch's laid-back boho hotel treatment.

It feels like it’s only been a minute since Roketsu launched its Japanese kaiseki restaurant in London and now there’s news that it’s opening a downstairs dining option in the same space. Called Bo-sen, it’s a very intimate affair, seating just eight, and will be quite different in approach to Roketsu, which

Updated 11/3/23 with bar opening details

Keeping their business strictly local, the team behind one of London's best wine bars have quietly opened a new place. Sager + Wilde have been a huge influence on London's wine scene since they first opened their Hackney wine bar almost a decade ago (followed up by a restaurant on Paradise Row and Fare on Old Street). Now, they've taken on a new

10/3/23 - updated with the opening date

It's all happening in Battersea right now. Alongside upcoming wine bar Archway, we also have news of a new neighbourhood restaurant and wine bar Ploussard on the way. 

Ploussard comes

There has been much written about the cosy art of Danish ‘hygge’ but at the time of writing, London’s weather is still doing its best frosty Scandi impersonation, so a new Danish steakhouse called KöD in Devonshire Square is worth investigating.

First opening in Denmark’s second-largest city Århus in 2014, Restaurant KöD hopes to bring some Danish vibes via way of juicy steaks to the City (‘köd’ means ‘meat’

It's been a fair old while since popular cocktail bar Silver Lining had its last service in Hackney. So we're happy to be bringing you the news that another cocktail bar is getting ready to open in its place.

Atlas Grinds have been serving up coffee by day and cocktails by night over in Stoke Newington since the summer of 2021. Now they're expanding to Hackney, but the queer-owned cafe owners have something a