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The latest restaurant to fall foul of rising rates and redevelopment is Green's in St James, the restaurant and oyyster bar which has been in the area for over 30 years. But Green's fans don't...

The next Grand Union will actually be called Trade Union, and is coming to Wapping, is broadening what it does a little, specifically in the coffee and barbershop direction. It's a huge space (over 6000...

We're starting to see a few more restaurants that are big outside the capital setting up shop in the centre of town - and The Stable is the latest. It's got locations all over the country from Poole to...

Who wouldn't be pleased to learn about a lovely new French-style boulangerie opening in their neighbourhood? The lucky folks in questin are Fulhamites who'll have a new boulangerie and kitchen,...

Updated 18/2/16 with menu details If you were around, as ye olde Hot Dinners crew were, in London back in the 1990s you'll definitely remember Pharmacy. It was an ultra concept (or conceit)...

It opened on the quiet last year and closed the same way - but now Eggbreak in Notting Hill is returning with a bit more of a fanfare (and a mini refurb too). They're re-launching this month with a...

There's a new barbeque restaurant heading Chelsea way as Porky's gets ready to open their fifth restaurant there.  If you've been to one of their other restaurants, you'll have an idea of what to...

Seb Holmes picked up a lot of fans while head chef at the Smoking Goat and then with a series of Pestle pop-ups. Now he's nearly ready to settle down in Borough with his new restaurant Farang - but...

The terrace at the Bloomsbury hotel has undergone a considerable overhaul. The former lounge bar is now Dalloway Terrace restaurant. Best known for its huge, heated outdoor terrace (a perfect almost...

There's a new breakfast spot in town. Bernardi's in Marylebone has just launched their breakfast menu (and weekend brunch) and it does look rather enticing. The brunch menu, which launched this...

  Hot Dinners Exclusive If you were at our Elements 2016 party last week, you would have enjoyed some amazing desserts from Sarah Barber from Hotel Cafe Royal. And now there's a chance to try a whole...

South Woodford is a little further out of town than we usually cover, but news that a Pierre Koffmann protegee is about to open a restaurant there piqued our interest. The Woodford is the dream...

Its name may suggest that it's some sort of themed restaurant - but that doesn't appear to be the case with this upcoming Paddington restaurant that comes from the same people as Coin Laundry.  Instead,...

There's an interesting series of chefs hitting Sheekey's oyster bar in 2016 and they all have one thing in common, they're women. The all-female guest chef series will run at the bar throughout the...

Vietnamese barbecue restaurant in King's Cross is adding more to the menu as they open at lunch for the first time. This means that BBQ banh mis are now on the menu - in pork, chicken or vegetarian options...

Opening very soon in Fitzrovia is a new all-day cafe The Larder, from the same people behind Percy and Founders and the upcoming Lighterman in King's Cross. That means their ex-Murano Exec Chef is...

Clearly it's a 'cue kind of day. Hot on the heels of our news that Bukowski Grill were opening their third restaurant, this time in Soho - comes news that Bodean's are opening their seventh place,...

Every season, The Berkeley's Prêt-à-Portea celebrates the most fashionable labels in cake. But for Spring, they've gone in a different direction. To commemorate the Queen's 90th birthday they're...

It's been five years in the making, but in a few week's time, BBQ spot Bukowski Grill will open their biggest restaurant to date - this one in the heart of Soho. Their 70 seat D'arblay Street spot...

We're suckers for a good pop-up and the latest, interesting venture launching in London is taking over the Canvas Cafe just off Brick Lane for its opening night. The Potlatch has several interesting folk...