Keeping track of the restaurants that have closed in London

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29 November 2024
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...

Rake is the next residency to take over at The Compton Arms

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29 November 2024
So far, the hit rate at Islington pub The Compton Arms for picking extremely interesting chef residencies is out of the park. They started with Schmaltz by Chris D'Sylva who went on to open Dorian. Then...

Fat Phill's are hoping that Battersea folk will love their Dutch smash burgers

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29 November 2024
29/11/24 - Updated with opening details A Dutch burger group is hoping that the London love affair with smash burgers is very much still in the ascendancy. Fat Phill's started life in Amsterdam five...

Chantelle Nicholson is opening The Cordia Collective in a Grade II West Sussex estate

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28 November 2024
Two years ago Chantelle Nicholson opened Apricity in Mayfair, a restaurant that perfectly showcased her strong commitment to sustainability and vegetable-forward approach to cooking. The restaurant later won...

Pinna will serve up Sardinian specials beside Mayfair's Shepherd Market

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28 November 2024
If there were an annual prize for the most industrious restaurateurs in London, then 2024's trophy would probably be a dead heat between Jason Atherton and the dynamic duo of George Bukhov-Weinstein and Ilya...

The Yellow Bittern has the last laugh against its detractors

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27 November 2024
Proof indeed that there is no such thing as bad publicity, the deluge of negative reactions to the arrival of the Yellow Bittern appears to have had only a positive effect on the restaurant's...

Noodle & Beer pick Chinatown for their second spicy Sichuan noodle joint

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27 November 2024
Noodle Inn may be the place everyone's currently queueing for, but it might soon have some competition coming its way. Noodle & Beer first opened in Spitalfields back in 2020 but it's been such a...

Flat Iron is opening opposite Victoria Station

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27 November 2024
Flat Iron continues to be a huge success across town (as you'll know if you ever tried to book one at even close to a peak time). Earlier this year, they opened in Hammersmith, but their latest is...

Pick Your Own are all about sustainable salads in the City

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27 November 2024
If you're in the City and permanently thinking about what to have for lunch, the arrival of brand new salad spot Pick Your Own (aka PYO) should be of interest. As the name somewhat gives away, it's a...

Where to eat and drink at Hyde Park Winter Wonderland

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26 November 2024
You may be the kind of person for whom the very idea of Hyde Park Winter Wonderland is worse than spending the holidays with your in-laws, in which case there's nothing to see here. If, however,...

Cod & Brew is a modern fish and chip shop in Stokey

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25 November 2024
Eagle-eyed Stokey residents will have spotted the imminent arrival of a new fish and chip shop on their doorsteps. Cod & Brew has taken over the corner site on Stoke Newington Church Street, where...

Homeslice have brought their pizzas to Harvey Nichols Fifth Floor

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22 November 2024
It's been a while since we've seen a new Homeslice opening (the last was in 2018) and for their latest, Mark and Alan Wogan have gone right up to the Fifth Floor at Harvey Nichols in Knightsbridge.  There, you'll...

Sablé are serving up squidgy NYC-style cookies in Fulham

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22 November 2024
It's been quite the week for new bakeries opening around town and another interesting one that just caught our eye is Sablé. This is one of those businesses that originally started life as a...

Lebanese rotisserie restaurant Toum and its basement listening bar are coming to Mayfair

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22 November 2024
A Hot Dinners exclusive Lebanese restaurant Aline was originally opened by Tarek Farah and his wife Monika back in 2016 and over eight years, it built a loyal clientele for its traditional Lebanese...

Jay Rayner moves from the Observer to the FT (and Marina O'Loughlin's coming too)

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21 November 2024
There's a bit of surprise news in the world of restaurant critics today. After 25 years of being the restaurant critic at the Observer, Jay Rayner is moving on. But he's not going far, as he's about to...

Top Milanese sandwich shop De Santis hits London

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21 November 2024
The Milanese don't mess around when it comes to food, so when you hear that the best sandwich shop in Milan is coming to London it's time to get excited. De Santis has been serving up its legendary toasted...

Boulangerie Pierre Alix is opening a second bakery, this time on Holloway Road

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20 November 2024
If you've been up to Muswell Hill recently you might have spotted the queues outside artisan bakery Boulangerie Pierre Alix. We joined the patisserie-loving hordes one weekend and were blown away by...

Mahali bakery sees two top bakers opening in Battersea

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20 November 2024
Mahali and Co have been winning a lot of fans over the past few years as both a bakery delivery and catering company, but now they've landed their own place in Battersea. The duo behind it are...

KFC have brought out lickable wrapping paper for Christmas

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20 November 2024
We'll admit we had to double check this story but apparently, this is an actual thing - KFC have come up with a Willy Wonka-style lickable wrapping paper for the festive season. The paper, which was...

Luna wine bar sees the Legare team expanding their empire in Shad Thames

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20 November 2024
Sipping a glass of rosé on a sun-soaked terrace with glorious views over Tower Bridge may feel like a pipe dream when London's temperature is currently in single figures but that's the goal when new...
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