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There's another popular winter favourite returning as Scottish pop-up Dram & Smoke return to town for a four week pre-Christmas stint at London Bridge.  As before, it's heavily whisky themed with...

Ever thought that your lunchtime snack was just lacking something a bit... Michelin starred cheffiness? Well if you are in the market for some high-end snacks, then the latest from Graze may well be...

Of late, it seems that Alan Yau is the most secretive restaurateur in London - he REALLY likes to keep his new openings to himself. So it's only now that there's news that his next, Park Chinois,...

A 15-year-old Guardian article saying that all the best Scottish seafood left Scotland headed for Spain, as there was no domestic market for the more esoteric or indeed expensive catches, stuck with...

There's a new Inamo on the way - famed for their special menus, their next restaurant will be appearing in Covent Garden. As with the previous Soho restaurant, this will have the same interactive...

There's a new cafe, bar and BBQ place on the way to Hackney - Mick's Garage - and this sees the food coming from Berber & Q founders Josh Katz and Mattia Bianchi - so it should be pretty special. It...

We love a feelgood story here at Hot Dinners and there's a veritable shedload of goodwill surrounding a new Tottenham venture. Chicken Town is a chicken shop with a difference. By day they aim to...

He's one of London's most well-known chefs thanks to Chiltern Firehouse, but most of us really mourn the loss of Nuno Mendes' main restaurant VIajante, which used to be at the Town Hall in Bethnal...

Opening its doors on Holloway Road today is new wine and cheese store Provisions. It's the brainchild of two ex-Borough Wine blokes - Hugo and Ben. "We want to put the producer at the fore and tell...

If today's release of the John Lewis Christmas ad made you a) cry and b) feel as if the countdown to Christmas proper had started, then you'll be wanting to head to Oxford Street. The department...

There's a new challenger for the Sunday lunch crown as chop specialists Blacklock throw their hat into the ring this weekend. So from 12 this Sunday you'll be able to pop in and get Longhorn beef...

We do love a Crosstown doughnut and this new collaboration with Caravan is right up our street. It's the first of a new range of doughnuts where they'll be teaming up with UK producers to add single...

Can't tell you how much we love the idea of this new festive addition to Selfridges. It's a Moët & Chandon champagne photobooth. You jump in the booth, snap a pic and then use that to create...

Popular Korean restaurant group On The Bab is about to open another place. Their fourth restaurant will be right by St Paul's, but this place will be essentially a takeaway site with a few tables...

There's a new café and cocktail bar coming to Herne Hill before the end of the year - it's called First Aid Box and it's from the people behind Brixton's Shrub and Shutter.  Inside their box, they're...

The chocolate houses of London's past may have been dens of debauchery and political intrigue, but a new one planned for Islington's Chapel Market will be an altogether more respectable place. Jaz &...

Whiler we wait to hear what the long-term plans are for the restaurant at The Zetter, there's planty going on in the meantime - starting with the latest residency by Le Bun, the French/US mash-up...

They're already big in Clapham and Hoxton and now Red Dog Saloon BBQ is coming to Soho too.  So that means all manner of smoked meats. They'll have pulled pork, brisket, St. Louis cut ribs  served with...

Restaurant Guide Harden's has just published its 25th edition of London restaurants. It's good news for Michel Roux Jr whose Le Gavroche topped the list, knocking off the Ledbury from the top slot...

So this really is big news. The Standard has landed one hell of a scoop, namely that Ruth Rogers, of River Cafe fame, is opening a new restaurant in Mayfair. In their piece today she tells the paper...