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19/9/24 - Updated with lots more detail about what to expect Restaurant duo George Bukhov-Weinstein and Ilya Demichev appear to be vying for the title of busiest restaurateurs in London. Having only...

Updated 19/9/24 with full opening details After years of popping up at various places across London, the first AngloThai restaurant from John and Desiree Chantarasak is very nearly here. They...

You'll probably be aware of them as a pasta delivery service. But fresh pasta company Pasta Evangelists are also getting into the London restaurant game. First, they teamed up with Michelin-starred chef Giancarlo...

Right now London appears to be having a moment when it comes to luxury hotels. Over the past year or so we've had a slew of high end establishments opening their doors to guests including the...

I think we can safely say that anyone opening a Basque cheesecake shop in London right now is on to a good thing. Certainly, that was the experience of La Maritxu which went down a storm with its...

A Mexican salsa business, founded on a grandmother's amazing recipes, is gearing up for its first big London opening. Conchita's Mexican Kitchen has been popping up in food halls and residencies...

We'd been hearing talk behind the scenes for a few days that not all was well with the opening of Undercroft. It was due to be top Birmingham chef Brad Carter's London debut but now he's announced that...

If you've been wandering around Soho over the past week or so, you may have wondered what's been drawing crowds down Old Compton Street. Well, we're here to tell you about London's new white hot...

London's top hotels do like getting a named chef to run their restaurants, from Jean-Georges at The Connaught and The Emory to Tom Kerridge at Corinthia London's Kerridge's Grill. Now, the Corinthia London...

Now this is a clever idea. If your restaurant is more of a dinner place but you want to make the space pay for itself during the day, then why not team up with a cafe/bakery? That's what Empire...

A Hot Dinners exclusive It may not seem like the most likely place to open up a honky tonk bar, but Chiswick folk will need to slap on a stetson and find their cowboy boots when Lil' Nashville...

This one's a little far away as it's not due to open until mid 2025, but it's a big change for Fulham.  Fulham Pier is planned as a big new riverside add-on behind the brand new Riverside stand of...

You may have come across the expression "four hands" dinner before. Essentially it's a rather cheffy way of talking about a team-up between two chefs. That's exactly what Phil Howard is planning at...

11/9/24 - updated with more information and the opening date We've already seen Marceline open on the top floor of the huge floating building next to Hawksmoor in Canary Wharf, now comes the loser...

Islington has recently got a "new" pub on the high street, in the shape of The Peacock. It's opened up in a space that was once Wetherspoon pub The Angel, itself followed up by an independent pub...

Almost two decades after it first opened its doors inside the Dorchester, the celebrity magnet China Tang has branched out. It's just opened a dim sum counter over at Harrods and if you're after...

A Hot Dinners exclusive Islington-based The Tamil Prince has made life a whole lot more tasty for North Londoners, and now it’s South London’s turn. That's right, we're bringing you the exclusive...

Dubbed the viral bag of the season, the Nik Bentel x Lidl Croissant bag took just two minutes to sell out when it launched a few weeks ago. The American designer, whose previous kooky food bags...

If you're a homesick Irish expat, London's food offerings have of late been very much in your favour. If you've been hankering for a chicken fillet roll, for example, you can now head to Homeboy in...

Little Baobab has been serving up authentic Senegalese cuisine from its Peckham Levels hatch and other pop-ups across town (as well as quite a few music festivals) for a while. Now they're launching...