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- Lagana brings Med flatbreads and skewers to Shoreditch, taking over from Pachamama East
The team behind Pachamama have spent the last year moving their restaurants' culinary inspiration point from Peru to the Mediterranean. It's been an extremely successful transformation, with both Bottarga on the King's Road and Nina in Marylebone being big hits. Now, the final restaurant, Pachamama East, gets the Med makeover, being reborn as Lagana.
This Greek-inspired
... - OTT Paris restaurant Il Bambini Club is coming to London's Hoxton hotel
Il Bambini Club is an Italian restaurant, known for its extravagant design, but originating in Paris and with a giant lemon meringue pie on the menu. While this might sound a bit like Big Mamma, it's definitely got more of a high-end reputation in Paris, and you'll be able to check it out for yourself soon, as they're gearing up to open in London.
The restaurant, which is run by chic Parisian restaurant group Paris
... - Hoxton’s art’otel will open 25th floor restaurant Solaya from Kenny Atkinson
7/8/25 - updated with the opening date
When the swanky art’otel chain opened its second London outpost in Hoxton in 2024, we told you about its ground-floor dining experience Brush East London Grand Café. Well, the hotel has just announced its latest restaurant, and
... - Test Driving Singburi 2.0, the cult Thai restaurant moves to Shoreditch
A standout London restaurant has made the move from the wilds of Leytonstone into buzzy Shoreditch. We went along to see if Singburi's spirit has survived the move into the centre of town.
- The Clove Club bar is back, serving up versions of its classic dishes for the summer
We were big fans of the bar at The Clove Club when it was open. It was a great opportunity to try the food and a few cocktails there without signing up for the pricey tasting menu (the dinner menu now starts at £180). Well now, for the rest of the summer, the Clove Club bar is coming
... - Test Driving Noisy Oyster, a handy place for martinis and seafood snacks in Shoreditch
Tucked away from the main drag in Shoreditch is where you'll find Noisy Oyster, which turns out to be a haven for well made martinis and seafood snacking. We went down to try it out.
- Burro e Salvia is closing up shop in Shoreditch
After 12 years of giving the people of East London amazing homemade pasta, the folks at Burro e Salvio are calling it quits. But in the run up to their closure they've decided to go out with a bang, culiminating in a few weeks of last-minute lunches, workshops and sales.
"We've been more than a pastificio," they said in a post on Instagram, "many of our team found their true calling here, and some customers discovered
... - Sabor's Nieves Barragán opens Legado in Shoreditch
18/7/25 - updated with the opening date
Seven years after opening the wildly successful (and Michelin-starred) Sabor on Heddon Street, Nieves Barragán is getting ready to open her next restaurant. She'll be opening Legado (which means "legacy") in Shoreditch.
Once again, it's a team-up with JKS restaurants (also behind Gymkhana), and this restaurant is focused around "Spain's
... - Shoreditch wine bar Oranj is on the move
One of East London's wine bars is on the move. Oranj, which originally opened back in 2022, was at the forefront of the new wave of wine bars that have opened across East London in the past couple of years. According to an Instagram post, they've been looking at making changes to their existing space, and to allow that to
... - It's all change as Pachamama East is closing with a new Greek-influenced restaurant taking its place
A Hot Dinners exclusive
Ever since the Pachamama group had an absolute belter of a success with the opening of Bottarga and then Nina, where Chicama and Pachamama used to be, the writing has been on the wall for Pachamama East. And now we hear that the restaurant will close next month, with plans already afoot for its replacement.
"This marks the end of a defining chapter for us," they told Hot Dinners,
... - Shoreditch institution Leila's Shop faces closure threat
For 23 years now Leila's has been at the foodie heart of Shoreditch. One of the first interesting food businesses, along with Rochelle Canteen to open in the area, back in 2002, it was the passion project of Leila McAlister. But the longstanding shop and restaurant is facing an existential crisis. It's all down to a massive 300% rent hike that's being demanded by her landlord. But the landlord isn't your common or garden
... - Test Driving Osteria Angelina, a restaurant with its finger firmly on London's pulse
Already an instant hit from the word go, we visited Osteria Angelina, the new restaurant from the Angelina Dalston team, to see what the secret of their success is.
- A Baileys iced coffee pop-up is coming to Shoreditch
These days, are you really a proper high street brand if you haven't launched a food and drink pop-up or two? This year, Bosch have already had us eating off the floor and there was a pop-up dedicated to
... - Singburi uproots itself from Leytonstone to Shoreditch for a reimagined Singburi 2.0
Updated 13/6/25 with opening date and booking info
The North East London restaurant and all-round institution, which closed late last year under the guise of taking a longer-than-usual sabbatical, has made a bombshell announcement that it's moving to Shoreditch. Look, we're very sorry for Leytonstone's loss. But, on the upside, the new incarnation of Singburi will be a lot handier for
... - Little Fires will serve up rare mezcals and Oaxacan small plates in Shoreditch
It's all change at East London bar Alfie's, which this summer is being transformed into a little slice of Oaxaca, Little Fires. And rather than just saying it's going to be Mexican-inspired, they've got all the talent to back it up.
The collective in charge, Christian Pecoraro, Florian Schulze, and Horacio Sainz, has brought in the team behind one of the world's best bars, Sabina Sabe in Oaxaca, to help create
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