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This home counties farm is offering festival feasts by top name chefs over the summer

Information: 29 April 2022

If you love the idea of the long table banquets that many summer festivals are holding but would prefer to sleep in your own bed at night, then Hertfordshire's At Home farm may have just the thing...

Boundary takes over from Albion as Boundary Shoreditch's new restaurant

Information: 28 April 2022

There's change afoot in Shoreditch. Boundary London, which includes the hotel, restaurant and rooftop was bought by Harcourt Inns late last year (they're the people behind The Coach in Clerkenwell, The...

Parrillan opens a new grill terrace at Borough Yards, and adds an indoor restaurant too

Information: 28 April 2022

They already have a mini-empire at Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross with Casa Pastor, Barrafina, Parrillan and The Drop and now The Harts Group are doing something similar at Borough. El Pastor is...

Bar Daskal is a Spanish wine bar in Borough Yards from the Barrafina team

Information: 27 April 2022

The openings at Borough Yards, the new development close to Borough Market are continuing apace - and that includes three new openings from the same people, the Harts Group. They're planning to open...

Vin-Yard is a mash-up wine and pizza bar by Top Cuvee and Yard Sale Pizza this May

Information: 27 April 2022

You could never accuse the folk at either Top Cuvee or Yard Sale on letting the grass grow under their feet. And now, the two hardest grafters in town are teaming up for what promises to be an epic...

The GQ Food & Drink Awards 2022 are announced - here are the winners

Information: 27 April 2022

There'll be a few sore heads in the hospitality world this morning, following last night's GQ Food and Drink Awards 2022. But some of those who attended the ceremony at Decimo at The Standard in...

Xier's Carlo Scotto is opening Amethyst in Mayfair

Information: 26 April 2022

26/4/22 - updated with new address Until fairly recently Carlo Scotto was chef-patron of Xier, a restaurant that closed during the pandemic. But Scotto isn't standing still - he's getting ready to...

Palazzo in Crystal Palace is an Italian bar and diner from the Made of Dough boys

Information: 26 April 2022

A Hot Dinners exclusive If you're a Crystal Palace resident wondering what's happening at the old Church Grill site on Church Road, well we have news for you. The space has been taken over by the...

Anime-themed restaurant Uzumaki is heading to Bloomsbury

Information: 22 April 2022

Last year you may have spotted the arrival of London's first anime-themed ramen restaurant, Uzumaki. It popped up on High Holborn serving a selection of ramen, sushi and bubble team in a...

Audrey's comes to Bankside from the people behind Flat Iron Square

Information: 22 April 2022

Updated 22/4/22 with opening date The people behind Good's Way and Flat Iron Square (a company that happens to be headed up by Ben Lovett from Mumford & Sons) are getting ready to launch something new...

Le Pont de la Tour Bistrot to open on the Thames, with "relaxed fine dining" in mind

Information: 21 April 2022

A Hot Dinners exclusive. It's had pride of place on the banks of the Thames, looking out onto Tower Bridge for over 30 years - and now Le Pont de la Tour is getting ready to launch something new. Taking...

The Modern Pantry is making a comeback

Information: 20 April 2022

First, it lost its founding chef Anna Hansen back in 2019 and then the Modern Pantry closed for good in December 2020 after their lease came to an end (it's now an estate agency, it seems). However, they...

Monica Galetti leaves MasterChef - The Professionals

Information: 20 April 2022

It's an impressive run for sure, but after 14 years, Monica Galetti is stepping down from Masterchef: The Professionals.

The Residency brings music and a veggie-friendly menu to Notting Hill

Information: 20 April 2022

Notting Hill is getting a new music-led restaurant and bar in the shape of The Residency. It's opening on Westbourne Grove (taking over from the Gourmet Burger Kitchen site) and is promising a...

Revolve restaurant brings top guest chefs to the City

Information: 20 April 2022

20/4/22 - Updated with the opening date We already have the new Carousel in Fitzrovia and Kerb Counter in Shoreditch - now there's another restaurant on the way that's a rotating showcase for chefs...

Ichiba opens a sake and oyster bar at Westfield London

Information: 14 April 2022

If your idea of a good shopping trip is one interspersed with multiple pitstops to eat and drink, then Ichiba's new addition at Westfield London is worthy of note. Japan Centre Ichiba recently...

Shoreditch is getting a hot new rooftop bar Laurel's on the Roof

Information: 13 April 2022

Back when it was The Curtain the rooftop bar at the Shoreditch hotel was strictly a members-only space. So we're delighted at the much more egalitarian approach by its successor, The Mondrian...

Bird and Tie brings Nashville hot chicken to Clapham

Information: 13 April 2022

Promising a dusting of spices that "are not for the faint hearted" new fried chicken joint Bird and Tie has just launched in Clapham. The folk behind it say they were inspired by trips to the Deep...

The World's 50 Best awards move to London

Information: 12 April 2022

This year, The World's 50 Best Restaurants awards were due to be held in Moscow, but after the invasion of Ukraine, those plans were quickly dropped. Instead, the ceremony is coming back to where it...

The Sunny Side Up cafe is a Veuve Clicquot breakfast cafe in Soho

Information: 11 April 2022

Veueve Clicquot is coming to Soho with The Sunny Side Cafe, a pop-up that's a little different from their standard fare. Yes, there's Champagne (of course) but this is also a pop-up that's their own...

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