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Belvedere in Holland Park sees the Goodman and Wild Tavern team take on an iconic restaurant

Information: 05 May 2022

Updated 1/11/22 with opening date and booking info Back at the turn of the millennium, The Belvedere was quite the West London hotspot. It was a beautiful Holland Park restaurant with a new makeover by...

Napoli Gang are opening their first pizza shop, in Ladbroke Grove

Information: 04 May 2022

4/5/22 - Updated with the opening date While we wait for more details of what the Big Mamma Group (the people behind Ave Mario and Circolo Popolare) have planned for their next big restaurant in...

Wagtail bar and restaurant will be a City rooftop bar with one hell of a view

Information: 04 May 2022

The City is getting a new rooftop bar and restaurant from the team behind Aviary at Finsbury Square. Wagtail will take over the rooftop space of the old House of Fraser building on King William...

Mr Fogg's Apothecary comes to Mayfair

Information: 04 May 2022

Mr Fogg's have opened bars across town, and now they're ready for their eighth - this time right in the heart of Mayfair, just down the road from Claridge's. Mr Fogg's Apothecary takes the familiar...

Chop Chop by Four Seasons is opening underneath The Hippodrome at Leicester Square

Information: 04 May 2022

They already have three restaurants in Chinatown but Four Seasons are adding a fourth, just around the corner, when they open a new contemporary Chinese restaurant underneath The Hippodrome casino. The...

Upstairs at 23 launches at The Guinea in Mayfair

Information: 03 May 2022

A Hot Dinners exclusive Back during the days of social distancing, The Guinea in Mayfair made the clever decision to take over an old Pizza Express site across the road from the pub, to expand their...

Black Bear Burger are coming to Exmouth Market

Information: 03 May 2022

They started as street food before opening up their own restaurant in Brixton, have a space in Boxpark Shoreditch and now Black Bear Burger are growing again. This time they're opening a restaurant in...

Mayfair's Lucky Club is coming to Camden with a roof terrace cocktail and taco bar

Information: 03 May 2022

3/5/22 - updated with photos and opening date Having made a name for themselves in the West End serving up cocktails and bao, the team behind The Lucky Club Mayfair are heading north. They've taken on...

Anna Haugh takes over from Monica Galetti on MasterChef: The Professionals

Information: 29 April 2022

A week after Monica Galetti stepped back from MasterChef: The Professionals to concentrate on her family and restaurant, the BBC have found her replacement.

Bubblewrap bring their waffles to Spitalfields Market

Information: 29 April 2022

They're hugely popular in Chinatown and Covent Garden and now a third Bubblewrap has landed in Spitalfields Market. If you're somehow yet to encounter these dessert guys (they do pop up rather a lot...

Dalston restaurant Madam Pigg has closed

Information: 29 April 2022

Its Sunday roasts were legendary and fans were legion, but after a tumultous couple of years, Dalston restaurant Madame Pigg has finally given up the fight. In a post on Instagram yesterday chef and...

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...

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