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The Arding Rooms sees a private members club arrive at Clapham Junction

Information: 31 January 2025

Back at the end of November 2023, the ground floor of the redeveloped Arding & Hobbs building at Clapham Junction reopened as Botanica Hall. Now the upper part of the building is getting ready to...

Is Big Mamma coming to the City?

Information: 29 January 2025

News reaches us that the Big Mamma Group has designs on the City of London. While we wait to hear what they're doing over in Canary Wharf, we hear that they're also looking at opening a new...

UK's Top 50 Gastropubs announced - Unruly Pig at no 1, The Devonshire straight in at no 2

Information: 27 January 2025

The first big awards of the 2025 season are here as the Top 50 UK Gastropubs list has been revealed. For the second year in a row (and its third time in total), Suffolk pub The Unruly Pig has...

Restoration Hardware are coming to Mayfair with RH London

Information: 27 January 2025

It's been many years in the works, but it looks as though the plans for the American 'is it a gallery or a shop' RH (also known as Restoration Hardware) to open in the heart of London are properly...

The Hill & Szrok restaurant is closing (but the butcher stays)

Information: 23 January 2025

It feels like there has been a flurry of closures in recent weeks and here comes another (but it's not all bad news). Hill & Szrok on Broadway Market have announced that they're finishing up as a...

Crunch and their brioche sandwiches are coming to Soho

Information: 23 January 2025

They've run pop-ups and a very popular stall at Spitalfields Market but now the Crunch team are getting ready to bring their brioche sandwiches to Soho. The folk behind it are Sacha Yonan, Michael...

Ling Ling’s heads to Tottenham's The Bluecoats for a full time residency

Information: 22 January 2025

The roaming supperclub turned residency Ling Ling's has found a new full-time home in the heart of Tottenham for its next residency. It's going to be running the food side of things at The...

Michelin-starred Benares has relaunched with a new look

Information: 21 January 2025

The Michelin-starred Benares is celebrating the New Year in Mayfair with a brand new look. Find out just how much has changed.

Krept & Konan are opening Saveways supermarket in Croydon

Information: 21 January 2025

Rap duo Krept and Konan are diversifying their brand, getting into the supermarket business for the first time. More specifically they're opening a huge store in Croydon called Saveways which they...

Panadera is closing its Kentish Town bakery

Information: 20 January 2025

It's one of Kentish Town's best bakeries but even the allure of their amazing ube tarts and pandesal buns hasn't been enough to save Filipino bakery and cafe Panadera from the threat of closure...

The Science Museum launches its own science experimental afternoon tea

Information: 17 January 2025

There are a lot of places offering afternoon tea in London - just take a look at our guide for some of the best. All of which makes it hard for a restaurant or cafe to make theirs stand out. But we...

The Knave of Clubs brings in chef Patrick Powell for this Shoreditch pub revival

Information: 16 January 2025

We hinted in our 2025 preview feature that former Midland Grand and Allegra chef Patrick Powell had some interesting projects on the horizon for this year. Now we're in a position to be able to tell...

Bar Valette in Shoreditch is the next opening from The Clove Club's Isaac McHale

Information: 15 January 2025

Updated 15/1/25 with opening date Recently, Isaac McHale parted ways with the other founders of The Clove Club, Johnny Smith and Daniel Willis, with each side talking about the promise of new...

Kuro Bagels is taking over from Kuro Eatery in Notting Hill

Information: 15 January 2025

A few years back, the boutique group that is KURO in Notting Hill which has a coffee shop and bakery, opened its all-day diner called Kuro Eatery. It seemed a popular enough place, but clearly the...

Get monogrammed croissants at the Louis Vuitton x Murakami pop up in Soho

Information: 15 January 2025

Two years after they launched a pop-up with Japanese artist Kusama at Harrods with its own patisserie counter, Louis Vuitton are back at it again. They've just opened a pop-up in Soho to celebrate...

Pho has a free broth-dispending billboard at Victoria station this week

Information: 14 January 2025

You know we're suckers for a clever advertising campaign here at Hot Dinners and we rather like the sound of the interactive billboard that Pho have set up in central London for the next two days. The...

Björn Frantzén parts ways with Harrods as The Grill on Fifth takes over

Information: 14 January 2025

Just over two years after the glitzy opening of Björn Frantzén's much-vaunted restaurant at Harrods, the Swedish chef has very quietly closed the doors on that partnership. The announcement was made on...

Dough Hands pizzas set up residency inside Nunhead's The Old Nun's Head

Information: 13 January 2025

You might have caught them as they've been popping up all over London before settling down for a residency in Hackney's Spurstowe Arms. Now Dough Hands is heading south for a second residency, this...

Rick Stein celebrates 50 years as a restaurateur with 1975 menu prices

Information: 13 January 2025

In today's febrile restaurant scene, most restaurateurs would be congratulating themselves for having successfully reached the end of one year. So it's properly impressive for anyone to reach the...

Marta pizzeria in Chelsea is all about thin Roman-style pizzas

Information: 13 January 2025

In the run-up to the end of last year, we were so focused on the recent openings of Alley Cats and Zia Lucia in Chelsea that we missed another very promising new Chelsea pizza opening, called Marta. It...

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