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The Barbary is opening in Notting Hill

Information: 22 August 2024

22/8/24 - updated with the opening date When they last opened a new restaurant, The Barbary team just went next door, but for their third opening, they're heading across town to Notting Hill. Opening on...

Istanbul confectioner Hafiz Mustafa chooses Knightsbridge for its first London store

Information: 21 August 2024

For over 150 years, the Istanbul sweet and dessert giant Hafiz Mustafa has been a place of pilgrimage for sweet-toothed Turks (and tourists). Now the giant, which has stores all over Turkey and in...

Bleecker Burger arrive at London Bridge

Information: 21 August 2024

They're known by many (including us) for being one of London's best burgers (you can even smell them on the Circle line platform at Victoria) and this week there's another place to try them...

Goldies is the Blanchette team's new live fire restaurant in Carnaby

Information: 21 August 2024

We've known for a while that the folk behind popular Soho spot Blanchette were planning to open a place in Carnaby's Kingly Court. But they've moved faster than anticipated and Goldies is now open. Billed...

New York's 7th Street Burger is popping up in London

Information: 20 August 2024

Back in the spring you may recall that Hot Dinners paid a much overdue visit to New York. And one of the things we particularly enjoyed while we were there was a late-night visit to the very popular 7th...

Calum Franklin is coming back to London for a special menu at Cut at 45 Park Lane

Information: 20 August 2024

Since leaving the Holborn Dining Room, pie master Calum Franklin's main efforts have been at his new restaurant in Paris, Public House. Now he's bringing a taste of his Parisian adventures to London with...

Sunday in Brooklyn is opening its second London restaurant near Oxford Street

Information: 19 August 2024

19/8/24 - Updated with the opening date If you've been meaning to check out the signature hazelnut maple praline pancakes at Sunday in Brooklyn, but haven't made it out to the Notting Hill...

Crumb get set for Angel with their NYC style cookies

Information: 19 August 2024

Cookie lovers in Islington should keep an eye out for the opening of new space Crumb this autumn which is promising to bring NYC style thick, gooey cookies to the denizens of N1. They're opening in...

Lenny's Apizza is introducing New Haven-style pizza to Finsbury Park

Information: 19 August 2024

Islington is about to get a very interesting new pizzeria as Lenny's Apizza kicks off a long-term residency in The Bedford Tavern on Seven Sisters Road. Set up by Max Lewis, this will be all about...

Mignonette is a new affordable French bistro for Richmond

Information: 19 August 2024

Updated 20/8/24 with opening date Two decades after winning a Michelin star for his eponymous restaurant in Twickenham, chef John McClements has come out of retirement to launch a new French bistro in...

Kitty Hawk rooftop restaurant and bar will have great views over Trafalgar Square

Information: 19 August 2024

Updated 20/8/24 with opening date They already have two rooftop bars under their belt (Wagtail and Aviary) now the ETM restaurant group are about to take on a new venue overlooking Trafalgar Square. Kitty...

Sticks'n'Sushi head to Islington with their yaki and sushi

Information: 16 August 2024

Updated 16/8/24 with opening date Eagle-eyed Hot Dinners readers have spotted that there are signs of life in the currently empty restaurant site that used to be Neighbourhood on Islington Green...

Fatto a Mano's next pizzeria is in Bethnal Green

Information: 16 August 2024

Sager + Wilde has just closed in Bethnal Green, but we already know what will be taking its place. It's going to be the third London pizzeria for Fatto a Mano - you might have already seen them in...

Abuelo have opened a new Aussie coffee shop off Oxford Circus

Information: 16 August 2024

Six years after they opened, bringing a mix of Aussie and Latin American influences to London's cafe scene, Abuelo have expanded with a second cafe. Their latest opening is in Marylebone, just off...

Good Measure is Daddy Bao's new underground bar in Tooting

Information: 16 August 2024

Tooting folk looking for a new drinking hole are about to get one in the form of a Taiwanese subterranean bar. Good Measure is opening downstairs from popular spot Daddy Bao and will serve up...

You Call the Shots is a residency-fuelled bar in Hackney from the team behind The Plough

Information: 16 August 2024

A new bar is coming to Hackney, taking the space that was once Silver Lining (and very briefly House of Hades). You Call the Shots comes from the same team as The Prince Arthur in London Fields and The...

Hennessy and the NBA have opened a basketball themed bar at Selfridges

Information: 14 August 2024

Hands-up if you didn't know that Hennessy cognac and basketball were a thing. Well if you head to Selfridges on Oxford Street this month you'll find not only a mini basketball court where you can...

Endo at the Rotunda is reopening with three important changes

Information: 14 August 2024

It's one of the most highly-rated sushi restaurants in London. But when Endo at the Rotunda reopens next month following a five-month closure for refurbishment there are going to be some key changes you...

JKS are opening Ambassadors Clubhouse on Heddon Street

Information: 13 August 2024

13/8/24 - updated with more details about the launch. We reported earlier that JKS(the group behind Gymkhana, Hoppers, the nearby Sabor and lots, lots more) were taking over the building where Momo...

It's Bagels are opening in Notting Hill

Information: 13 August 2024

Updated 13/8/24 with the new opening date A few weeks back, super viral bagel bakery It's Bagels put a post up on Instagram looking for staff. "We are expanding," they said. Thanks to a Hot Dinners...

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