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A Hot Dinners exclusive Ever since the various lockdowns, London's neighbourhood restaurant scene has been seeing some really interesting openings. Now we're hearing about a new place in Crystal...

If you're a fan of Wagamama but not such a fan of the queues you always find there, then learning that they've got a new delivery option may be of interest to you. Hoping to entice those working...

After success in Soho, restaurateur Kurt Zdesar is getting ready to open a second Chotto Matte in London - this time in Marylebone (taking over from where Fucina used to be). That makes it the...

Vegan restaurant Mao Chow has come to an end - but Facing Heaven is rising to take its place. Julian Denis, the man behind Mao Chow, has closed that restaurant in Hackney but is opening just around the...

Updated 18/2/22 with opening date London's next big food and drink development to watch is definitely Borough Yards. We already know that Barrafina, Butchies and Vinoteca will be opening new...

Huge on YouTube, The Sidemen (which is a team of KSI, Miniminter, Zerkaa, TBJZL, Behzinga, Vikkstar123 and W2S, all big individually on YouTube too) are also pretty big in the food delivery game...

For their next special burger, MEATliquor is teaming up with none other than the Foo Fighters, all as part of the band's new movie Studio 666. For the occasion, they've created the Studio 666 Burger...

After years of comically bad ceremonies, this year Michelin decided to go for an ultra pared back route to revealing its new stars for 2022. With literally no fanfare, they began announcing the new...

You may have tried their food in markets across town, but as of last month, The Indians Next Door now have a new Spitalfields samosa and bhaji house. The folks behind it track their culinary journey back...

New Soho restaurant Firebird is taking over the spot where Corazon used to be. It's from two restaurateurs who hail from St Petersburg, Madina Kazhimova and Anna Dolgushina where their Wong Kar Wine...

They're big in Camden and The City with their Cantonese roast meats and now Three Uncles are continuing their journey with their next opening, in Brixton Village, as reported by Eater.  Their Camden and City...

Sad news hits today about the imminent closure of what's become a London institution. Itamar Srulovich and Sarit Packer have announced that they'll be closing their much-loved restaurant Honey & Co...

The second stage of this year's Michelin stars reveal kicked off today (following last week's Bib Gourmands), when it was the turn of the special awards to be announced. First up for London was Isa...

East London cake fiends will soon have something new to get their teeth into when the Big London Bake East opens. This new space, which channels the Great British Bake Off, will feature a 12 station...

A pop-up food store is coming to Coal Drops Yard for one week and it'll have an extremely impressive array of goods from some of the UK's best restaurants.  Another Pantry is the brainchild of food...

Michelin kicked off their 2022 slow reveal today with the announcement of their Bib Gourmands. This year, Michelin are doing things a little differently, revealing the Bibs first, then the special...

11/2/22 - Updated with details of the restaurant The food at London's galleries is starting to get very interesting indeed. We've already had Jose Pizarro taking over at the RA and next up are South...

10/2/22 - Updated with the opening date Following their Covent Garden restaurant (which doubled in size after they opened it), Rob Hampton and Matt Lovell, aka The Oystermen, are getting ready to...

Back in November, we first reported on the second project by dream team JKS (Gymkhana, Hoppers), James Knappett (Kitchen Table) and publican Dominic Jacobs (The Running Horse) - a makeover of The...

Updated 10/2/22 with opening date As new food hub Borough Yards gets ready to open, details have been trickling in about what to expect from the various bars and restaurants opening there. Now we're...