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The Lanesborough Grill sees chef Shay Cooper bring trolley theatre to Hyde Park Corner

Information: 05 April 2022

A Hot Dinners exclusive Chef Shay Cooper is no stranger to turning old-school hotel dining rooms into places where you feel truly cosseted. Having already done so with a similar role at The Goring, where...

Pophams Bakery opens a new site in Victoria Park Village

Information: 05 April 2022

Updated 5/4/22 with opening date After expanding to a Hackney restaurant in 2019 that served handmade pasta in the evenings, the exciting news is that a third Pophams site is on the way, this time in...

LALALAND is taking over the Dinerama space in Shoreditch

Information: 04 April 2022

Dinerama in Shoreditch is no more, but coming soon to take its place will be LALALAND. Details of this new outside space are a little thin on the ground, but we do know that it will all be centred around...

Corbin & King lose control of their restaurant business

Information: 01 April 2022

You may have been aware that Jeremy King and Chris Corbin - the restaurateurs behind some of London's best-known restaurants, like the Wolseley and Brasserie Zedel - had been in a battle with their...

Notting Hill’s Walmer Castle to reopen as a Scottish restaurant and whisky bar

Information: 31 March 2022

While there was a lot of buzz about David Beckham and Guy Ritchie buying Notting Hill’s Walmer Castle pub in 2018, it was quietly taken over by entrepreneur and hotelier Piers Adam in February 2022...

Flat Earth Pizza are opening a permanent meat-free restaurant in Bethnal Green

Information: 30 March 2022

You may have caught them in pop-ups and residencies over the past couple of years. but now Flat Earth pizza are getting ready to unveil their first restaurant (which just happens to be where they...

Ronaldo is opening another London restaurant, this time with CZN Burak

Information: 29 March 2022

His first London restaurant, Zela, lasted barely two years, closing its doors for good during the pandemic. But Ronaldo's not going to let that experience dim his enthusiasm for the London scene. So...

The next big Market Hall is coming to Canary Wharf

Information: 29 March 2022

Updated 29/3/22 with full traders list and opening date Originally announced in May 2019 (before Market Hall West End even opened), Market Hall Canary Wharf is finally going to happen. It's been a...

The Standard in King's Cross gets a new rooftop taco truck

Information: 29 March 2022

London's rooftop bars are reopening for spring and one place that's adding something new to their roof is The Standard at King's Cross. In charge of the food up there is Peter Sanchez-Iglesias of Decimo, the...

Max's Sandwich Shop teams up with Burger & Lobster for two very special rolls

Information: 28 March 2022

Well here's a collab we can 100% endorse - Max Halley of the legendary Max's Sandwich Shop is teaming up with Burger & Lobster for two lobster roll specials that are hitting the group's nine...

Bake for Ukraine charity cake sale brings in the big bakers

Information: 28 March 2022

We're always happy when doing good tastes good, and next weekend's bake sale in aid of Ukraine definitely sounds as though it'll achieve both those aims. The event, dreamt up by Toklas Bakery and...

Brix sees Brixton restaurateurs join up with DJ Troyboi to bring Brooklyn vibes to Bankside

Information: 28 March 2022

The team who launched the much-loved (and missed) Brixton Village Grill and also Chip Shop are headed towards the river for their next opening. Restaurateurs Michael Lythgoe and Cidalia Rodrigues...

Hellmann's are bringing out gravy mayonnaise

Information: 24 March 2022

Every now and then, we're sent info about something that we immediately want to try but that could go either way - terrible or amazing. The new Hellmann's gravy mayonnaise certainly fits that bill. They...

The Dorchester Bar moves to the rooftop for a spring pop-up

Information: 23 March 2022

The Dorchester Rooftop proved to be a pretty big hit when it opened last year (although Jay Rayner wasn't a fan). The space was previously a (very expensive) apartment/suite and saw the hotel...

H Division is a bar in a Victorian police station where you'll be hunting the Ripper

Information: 23 March 2022

They've already created immersive bars like ABQ (the bar with a Breaking Bad theme) and Bletchley (1940s based, a bit of codebreaking involved) and now the same people behind those are heading to...

Patty & Bun head to Northcote Road and Canary Wharf

Information: 23 March 2022

18/8/22 - the Canary Wharf branch has now opened. South of the river fans of the Smokey Robinson or Ari Gold have a spring bonus as Patty & Bun are taking on a site on Northcote Road. This new...

Soho House is opening a Little House club in Balham

Information: 23 March 2022

Soho House isn't slowing down. Now that 180 House on the Strand is done, they're looking at their next opening. This time it's in Balham (taking over what used to be the Foxlow site) and it's the...

Darjeeling Express is closing in Covent Garden as Asma Khan looks for a new home

Information: 22 March 2022

On Saturday Kitchen this weekend, Asma Khan (who is busy promoting her new book Ammu) dropped a rather large bombshell in that she was looking for a new location for Darjeeling Express. Now she has...

Acme Fire Cult brings permanent cooking on fire to 40FT Brewery in Dalston

Information: 21 March 2022

Hot Dinners Exclusive Acme Fire Cult are getting ready to launch their first permanent restaurant at the 40FT Brewery in Dalston. Acme comes from chefs Andrew Clarke (Brunswick House and St...

Uncle Zorro is part café, part 70s bar in Covent Garden from the people behind Abuelo

Information: 21 March 2022

The people behind popular cafe Abuelo in Covent Garden are expanding. They'll be launching another cafe, Uncle Zorro, just around the corner and this one also features a basement bar. The ground floor...

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