Latest news

Apricity will be Chantelle Nicholson's sustainable Mayfair restaurant

Information: 11 March 2022

11/3/21 - updated with opening details She closed Tredwells, but now Chantelle Nicholson is gearing up for her next opening - Apricity. That name stands for "regeneration, warmth, generosity and light"...

St Martin’s House takes over the old Tredwells site in Covent Garden

Information: 10 March 2022

If you were wondering what the plan was for the former Tredwells site in Seven Dials, near Covent Garden, then wonder no more. Having been closed since September 2021, it will re-open as St Martin’s House: a...

The Lanesborough is having a Bridgerton-themed afternoon tea

Information: 10 March 2022

It seems ever so preposterous that it hasn’t happened yet, but a Bridgerton-themed afternoon tea is finally coming to London. If you’ve not heard of the addictive Netflix series, we’re not sure...

The Korean Englishman's Korean Toast pop-up is back in King's Cross

Information: 10 March 2022

Updated 10/3/22 with residency closing date: If you missed it late last year (as we did), then you'll definitely want to catch one of the hottest pop-ups in town right now. Korean Toast comes from...

Subway are popping up with a pop-up restaurant on a yacht in Canary Wharf

Information: 09 March 2022

Fancy impressing your boss or work colleague with a business lunch with a difference this week? Well, if you move fast, there are still tickets available at Subway's swanky pop-up restaurant at West...

Umbrella Workshop is a tiny new Shoreditch bar from the Discount Suit Company team

Information: 09 March 2022

If you like to be the one in your group who always knows where the hot new bar is, then you should have Umbrella Workshop, which has just opened its doors in Shoreditch, on your radar. The tiny bar -...

Sketch's Gallery restaurant gets a design overhaul from Yinka Shonibare and and India Mahdavi

Information: 09 March 2022

It's been almost eight years since Sketch got its David Shrigley redesign and now the restaurant has had another complete overhaul. Shrigley and the pink decor have gone, and British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare and...

VQ, the 24-hour restaurant is coming to Islington

Information: 09 March 2022

24-hour restaurant specialists VQ (which stands for "Vingt Quatre") have a brand new site lined up - they're coming to Islington. Taking over the space that used to be Comedor, they'll be right on...

Hot Dinners celebrates The Murphia List 2022 with a party at The Guinea

Information: 08 March 2022

After a year's hiatus due the pandemic, the Hot Dinners Murphia List party was back with a bang last night. To celebrate the publication of our eighth annual list we threw a bash at The Guinea in...

Drop on the Common is a new Clapham Common wine bar by the Ten Cases team

Information: 07 March 2022

Drop Wine, by the team behind The Ten Cases and Parsons, were one of the first to kick off wine delivery on demand (something which proved very useful indeed during the lockdowns). On top of that,...

Mano Mayfair sees Luciana Berry bringing Nikkei cuisine to Heddon Street

Information: 06 March 2022

Updated 7/3/22 with soft launch info There's a lot of change around Heddon Street at the moment. We've had the launch of Sarap, there's a David Bowie pop-up shop and we're waiting to see what's...

The Connaught Grill reopens after two years closure

Information: 04 March 2022

The Connaught Grill may have originally opened two years ago, but few Londoners will have had a chance to dine there given that lockdown began just weeks after the newest restaurant at The Connaught had...

Social Pantry to open Design Restaurant at Chelsea Harbour's Design Centre

Information: 02 March 2022

They have a couple of cafes across London - at Lavender Hill and Crane's Kitchen in Peckham - and now Social Pantry are coming to Chelsea Harbour for their first full-blown restaurant. They're teaming up...

The Westbury is becoming The St Regis London, adding a new restaurant

Information: 28 February 2022

London's run of fancy new hotels is continuing apace. Alongside One Hundred Shoreditch, there are also big plans for Admiralty Arch, The Old War Office and more. Now a new-ish Mayfair hotel is...

Provisions is bringing cheese and wine to Hackney with their second shop

Information: 28 February 2022

28/2/22 - Updated with more info and the opening date Here at Hot Dinners, we've long been fans of the Holloway Road cheese and wine shop Provisions, which kept us well supplied in pâté and Dusty...

Tattu Chinese restaurant comes to London in a revamped Denmark Street

Information: 28 February 2022

2/3/22 - updated with more opening details We've already had Six by Nico and the upcoming Mowgli, now another out-of-town restaurant group is looking to make a stamp on London. This time it's Tattu,...

The Princess Royal in Notting Hill is a new pub for Cubitt House and Ben Tish

Information: 28 February 2022

28/2/22 - Updated with the opening date and menu details Recently Ben Tish left his Fitzrovia restaurant Norma and joined up with pub group Cubitt House to completely revamp their food offering (in a...

Tinie Tempah brings RAPS fried chicken to the John Lewis rooftop

Information: 25 February 2022

The latest celeb to get into the food game is rapper Tinie Tempah. While you may immediately think "it's going to be something to do with tempeh, isn't it?" it is, in fact, a new fried chicken...

Flesh & Buns head to Kensington for their latest restaurant

Information: 25 February 2022

25/2/22 - updated with launch details Flesh & Buns are heading west for their third restaurant, opening up their latest just off High Street Kensington. Taking over what was previously Sticky...

Lisboeta is Nuno Mendes' new Lisbon-inspired Charlotte Street restaurant

Information: 25 February 2022

25/2/22 - updated with the opening date There have been rumblings for some time that top chef Nuno Mendes was fully returning to the London restaurant scene. Since leaving his previous Shoreditch...

Latest news

Also see...