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City restaurant Coq d'Argent is moving to a spectacular new riverside rooftop

Information: 08 July 2026

We've been hearing rumours for quite some time that one of the City's best-known restaurants, Coq d'Argent, wasn't going to be at its current rooftop perch for much longer. Now we have confirmation...

Top Islington seafood restaurant Prawn on the Lawn is closing after 13 years

Information: 08 July 2026

Sad news comes today of another restaurant that's local to us closing its doors. Recently we've said goodbye to Sambal Shiok and Black Axe Mangal, and now it turns out that Prawn on the Lawn in...

Former Harrods pastry chef Phil Khoury is back at the store with his chocolate pop-up

Information: 08 July 2026

Eighteen months after he stepped down as Head Pastry Chef at Harrods, Phil Khoury is back in the store with his own chocolates. Khoury, who headed up the Knightsbridge store's pastry endeavours for...

Turntable Bakery brings viennoiserie and hi-fi vinyl culture to Muswell Hill

Information: 08 July 2026

Listening bars are all the rage right now, but what about listening bakeries? Well, Muswell Hill now has a genre-defining new bakery bringing together top-notch viennoiserie and hi-fi vinyl culture...

The two-Michelin-starred A Wong is heading to Mayfair for six weeks only

Information: 07 July 2026

A Wong is getting a big brush-up for a few weeks over summer, and that means the team are going to have to close the restaurant in Pimlico. But it doesn't mean Andrew Wong's two-Michelin-starred...

Test Driving RH London, the Mayfair mansion that serves you dinner with a slice of lifestyle envy

Information: 07 July 2026

We went back to Mayfair's hottest opening, this time to put the restaurant through its paces.

Look out Deptford! Toad Bakery is coming your way.

Information: 06 July 2026

6/7/26 - updated with the opening date They're one of the most popular bakeries in London, beloved as much for their idiosyncratic take on croissants as for their innovative collab bakes. They even...

NAKIMUSHI sees the Dorian team bringing the Urchin and Robin's Ramen chefs under one roof

Information: 06 July 2026

They may have recently said goodbye to their head chef at Dorian, but the same team aren't slowing down. They're getting ready to open NAKIMUSHI, which is bringing together the chefs of two popular...

South London seafood folk Sea Garden are taking over the old Prince Regent boat in Paddington

Information: 06 July 2026

The husband and wife team behind popular south London seafood spots Sea Garden in Tooting's Broadway Market and Norbury are branching out. Natalie and Nuno Fecha's next venture will actually be on...

Cremer sees the team behind Space Talk reviving a corner of Hoxton as a cafe and canteen

Information: 06 July 2026

You may be familiar with the building on the corner of Geffrye and Cremer Street, just as you come out of Hoxton station. It's opened under a few guises in the past years, most recently Molly's...

New restaurants and bars opening in London this week

Information: 06 July 2026

This week, there's a new lobster/burger spot in Covent Garden, a residency kitchen arrives in Hackney and there's a new party flat in Shoreditch.

Mardy's sees the man behind Lita opening a sandwich shop in Mayfair

Information: 06 July 2026

6/7/26 - updated with menu details The man behind the very successful Lita in Marylebone, Daniel Koukarskikh, has quietly unveiled his next London opening, but this one is a little different...

Trying out the Sunday roast (and more) inside Silicon Roundabout's new gastropub, Old Street Tavern

Information: 04 July 2026

It's one of Old Street's newest pubs, which is turning out great roasts and pizzas in an absolutely massive space. We went down to try Old Street Tavern.

London's next Asian hype bakery is Rise & Fold in Bloomsbury with its Japanese salt bread

Information: 03 July 2026

As Londoners in the know understand, if you want to try some of the really interesting new Asian food in town, you need to head over to London's emerging Chinatown in Bloomsbury. Which makes it the...

Trying out the midday theatre menu deal at 64 Old Compton Street

Information: 02 July 2026

In the heart of Soho, a much-loved Italian restaurant has an excellent midday deal on - we went in to try it out.

Checking into Adare Manor in Ireland for next level luxury and a visit to their brand new sushi restaurant Ōku

Information: 02 July 2026

It's the next-level luxury hotel in Ireland that not many Londoners may have heard of, but Adare Manor should be on every London foodie's radar.

Keeping track of the restaurants and bars that have closed in London

Information: 02 July 2026

Here at Hot Dinners we mainly focus on the hottest restaurants in town, as well as new openings. But the London restaurant scene is ever-changing and that means some restaurants fall to the wayside. With...

NYC hotspot Coqodaq has arrived in London - we tried the nuggets

Information: 01 July 2026

Having appeared in Gordon Ramsay's Knife's Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars show for Netflix, New York restaurant Coqodaq's next move was to come to London. And for the two weeks of Wimbledon, they're...

Bill Poon of iconic Chinese restaurant Poon's has died

Information: 01 July 2026

Back in the eighties, were you really an A-lister if you hadn't dined at Poon's? The Covent Garden restaurant which Bill and Cecilia Poon opened in 1973 was one of those restaurants which defined...

Spey Shack is popping up with Scottish lobster rolls in Covent Garden for the summer

Information: 01 July 2026

Scotland's Craigellachie Hotel has a summer alfresco pop-up called Spey Shack and until now, you've only been able to try it by heading up to Speyside when the weather's decent. But now, the same...

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