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The best restaurants near Hyde Park

Information: 20 June 2024

Visiting Hyde Park but looking for decent places to eat close to the park? Here's our pick of the best restaurants that are just a street away from the edges of this royal park.

The dishes you need to try at Taste of London this week

Information: 13 June 2024

Heading to this year's Taste of London and wondering what you need to try? As judges of Best in Taste we had an early preview of this year's top festival dishes. Here's our pick.

World's 50 Best Restaurants 2024 - the complete guide

Information: 06 June 2024

Here's a closer look at the 2024 World's 50 Best Restaurants List, including what's so great about the top 10 (and how much they cost).

Seaside towns near London and where to eat when you get there

Information: 03 June 2024

You know the drill, you've checked the weather app on your phone and the forecast is good which means one thing... day trip! We've gathered together details on some of the best seaside spots near London, how to get there and - crucially - where to eat.

The big new London restaurants opening in June 2024

Information: 02 June 2024

This month, another high-end hotel arrives in Mayfair with a big-name chef in charge, the Four Legs team open a new restaurant and there's a new Jeremy King restaurant on the way.

The best things we ate and drank in May

Information: 29 May 2024

April saw us at hot new opening Oma (and Agora) with their lobster borek, across the Irish Sea for tempura short rib at The Morrison Room, at home with Connaught Patisserie pastries and an awful lot more...

Fancy dining for fussy people in London's restaurants

Information: 21 May 2024

Here's our run-down of notably glam restaurants in London where the fussiest of eaters can find something they'll like, and you'll have a great meal too.

Where to eat out in London when you want a really decent glass of wine

Information: 16 May 2024

Wine merchant Tom Gilbey went viral for completing the London Marathon while blind-tasting wines along the way. The stone-cold legend agreed to share his favourite London restaurants with great wine lists with Hot Dinners.

The best breakfasts in London

Information: 14 May 2024

The most important meal of the day deserves to be more than a supermarket pastry or cereal bar. If you're looking to start the day right, whether that's catching up with friends or having a business meeting, here's our pick of where to breakfast well in London.

8 things to look forward to at Taste of London 2024

Information: 06 May 2024

Taste of London's five-day festival of food and drink is coming to Regent's Park this summer for its 20th anniversary. Here's why you need to make sure you're going.

Seaside hotels near London where the food is great

Information: 02 May 2024

Planning a trip to the coast, now that the British summer is finally here? Here’s our shortlist of places to stay by the seaside where the food is as good as the sea views.

The best meat delivered to London (and beyond) from great butchers

Information: 01 May 2024

If you care where your meat comes from and to what standards it's been produced, we’ve rounded up some of the best meat to get delivered to your door.

The big new London restaurants opening in May 2024

Information: 30 April 2024

This month sees the return of Michel Roux, a new high-end rooftop restaurant just in time for warmer weather and a very different take on carbonara that's not for the purists.

The best things we ate and drank in April

Information: 25 April 2024

April saw us enjoying dishes at a couple of extremely strong new openings in Lita and Roe, ordering top notch cocktails at The Connaught, and making a return to a revamped restaurant at 20 Berkeley.

DIY dishes - London's restaurants where you're the chef

Information: 23 April 2024

Control freaks (and we mean that in the best possible way) are well served by a range of London restaurants and bars putting you in the chef or bartender’s role. Whether you’re flipping steak on your own tabletop grill or pouring your own cocktail, here’s where to enjoy the DIY experience in London.

London’s best karaoke rooms with good food

Information: 19 April 2024

Here’s our guide to the best places to book for karaoke in London, where the food’s as good as the song list.

London's most expensive restaurants

Information: 17 April 2024

We all know London isn’t a cheap city to live in. But while there are plenty of cheap-ish eats to enjoy, there are also plenty of places that’ll stretch even the most flexible of budgets. Here’s our pick of London restaurants where you might need a shot of something strong before you look at the...

London's restaurants, bakeries and cafés with perma-queues - the hype is real

Information: 16 April 2024

Are you the kind of Londoner who spends their weekends and evenings queueing for the must-have cake or burger? We take a look at the places that have permanent queues outside.