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  It's been closed for nine months after a fire last July but now Jun Tanaka's The Ninth is getting ready to make a comeback (cue Rocky music). While the look of the restaurant will apparently be...

They're already popping up in Fitzrovia and Camden you'll have seen them in Peckham before when they first started in Peckham Levels. But now 081 Pizzeria are returning to Peckham proper with their own...

If you're a fan of lists and you're a fan of going out for a good cocktail, then this morning's publication of the Top 50 Cocktail Bars List is for you. From the same company who brings us the...

If you’re craving some quality Chinese comfort food as ballast against the daily doom and gloom, then put Covent Garden on your itinerary: Charco Charco Hot Pot is open and waiting for you. It’s a...

Here's a hot ticket for any expat Hot Dinners reader who happens to be in New York. St John are heading across the pond for a one night only pop up that's pretty much guaranteed to be a sell-out. They're...

If the abbreviation ‘TBC’ evokes feelings of frustration or even work stress, then we have a much better word association for you: The Butter Club. Because that’s what TBC stands for when it comes...

Updated 4/2//23 with a look inside Asma Khan and her Darjeeling Express team have returned to Carnaby and Kingly Court, where they first opened five years ago. "We are returning to our spiritual...

It’s one of our favourite dates in the culinary year, a feverish time when scrutiny falls to the puff of pastry and mince of meat; that’s right, the Great Sausage Roll-Off finally returns after a...

In a somewhat tantalisingly short bombshell, department store Harrods has declared its next partnership will be with a renowned Japanese chef. Masayoshi Takayama (more commonly known as ‘Masa’) is a...

The Greggs vegan range always causes quite the commotion. Either when the original vegan sausage roll was launched and Piers Morgan goes on a weird tirade or when they more recently stopped serving the...

Tooting Broadway Market’s loss is Balham’s gain, with the news that Henny’s Wine Bar has upped sticks and set up shop in leafy Balham. If you’re a fan of ethical and sustainably sourced biodynamic...

If you’re in need of Mexican-style warmth, Shoreditch has the answer in the form of new restaurant and bar Zapote. Opening on the former site of critically acclaimed St Leonards restaurant), Zapote is...

  2/2/23 - updated with the opening date It was only recently we were telling you about Hot 4 U’s new residency in Haggerston and floated the idea of its very own restaurant in the works. Well, get...

A Hot Dinners exclusive There are all kinds of reasons that make folk want to have a go at the hospitality industry. But for Bukuria Bajrami and her husband Armando, the owners of upcoming bar and...

They've quietly been getting a strong following in Clerkenwell and now The Drunken Butler (now renamed Tehran-Berlin) are getting ready to open a wine bar opposite their restaurant.  Announced by...

30/1/23 - updated with cafe menu and images Francophiles and fans of fine caviar need not trouble themselves with Eurostar queues and delays any longer, Petrossian is opening their first London...

30/1/23 - Updated with the opening date and menu details Head chef Eran Tibi, from popular Southwark restaurant Bala Baya is launching a new dining destination called Kapara. On the ground floor of...

Studio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle is coming to Selfridges in food form as it takes over their Dolly’s Café for a month.  It's all part of Loewe's new capture collection inspired by the movie. It's actually...

26/1/22 - updated with the opening date He may be edging closer to that third Michelin star at his eponymous restaurant in South Kensington, but Claude Bosi is also about to try something new in...

Chef Akira Back is really taking on London in 2023. Not only is he opening various restaurants and bars at the upcoming Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, but he's also got a side hustle in the form of AB...