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Sutton and Sons fish and chips comes to Islington

Information: 02 October 2015

Fish and chips aren't just for Fridays. Stoke Newington based chippy Sutton & Sons is proving such a success (also opening in Boxpark in Shoreditch) they're opening a new site in Islington's Essex...

Night Tales turns permanent with cocktail bar and restaurant NT's

Information: 02 October 2015

From pop-up, to permanant site: after two years on the street food and festival scene, Night Tales has found a new home in the heart of London Fields, just down the road from Broadway Market. In the...

Fornetto pizza al tranchio is now open on Charing Cross Road

Information: 02 October 2015

Looks like there's a pizza war hotting up on Charing Cross Road. At one end of the road you have newly-opened NY Fold from American pizza champion Bruno DiFabio, and now there's Fornetto setting out...

Dishoom heads for Soho/Carnaby for its next restaurant

Information: 01 October 2015

Updated 1/1015 with soft launch details. A few more details are creeping out about the ever-popular Dishoom, which is returning to central London for its next opening. It's a big site, being over...

FOLD brings Vietnamese rolls to Brick Lane

Information: 01 October 2015

First there were banh-mi. Then there were bao. Now there are folds - the latest south east Asian street food trend to hit the streets of London. A new Vietnamese restaurant - aptly titled FOLD -...

Arbutus launches new bar - Les Couilles du Chien

Information: 30 September 2015

This place is quite literally the dogs' bollocks. A Michelin starred restaurant with a sense of humour is opening a new bar - cheekily titled Les Couilles du Chien. Arbutus in Soho is already known for...

Five things to do in the 2015 London Restaurant Festival

Information: 30 September 2015

Now in its seventh year, the London Restaurant Festival has 350 restaurants taking part across London in partnership with American Express, offering a host of special events and festival menus...

The Savoy launches its Temptation Wheel evening menu at the Thames Foyer

Information: 30 September 2015

So this is a bit of fun. The Savoy has introduced a Temptation Wheel - a roulette game where the wheel decides what chocolates, desserts or cocktail you go for. It's to showcase the new evening menu at...

The Barrafina burger comes to MEATliquor

Information: 29 September 2015

Haven't managed to make it into Barrafina yet? You can get a taste of it at all the MEATliquors, MEATmarket and MEATmission with the Barrafina Burger. The burger mixes unpasteurised Ermesenda cheese...

Mangal Ocakbasi comes to Shoreditch with Mangal 1.1 at the Comedy Cafe Theatre

Information: 28 September 2015

The original Mangal Ocakbasi is a 25 year old charcoal grill hit in Dalston, often lauded by chefs and an early example of how Londoners are only too happy to queue for some great comfort food. And now...

Zelman Meats replaces Rex & Mariano on St Anne's Court

Information: 28 September 2015

Twitter was all abuzz with the news that popular seafood restaurant Rex and Mariano was closing. Hot Dinners caught up with Dave Strauss from Goodman restaurants, owners of Rex and Mariano, to find...

House of Crab pops-up on Mayfair's Grosvenor Street

Information: 28 September 2015

Just opened, very much on the QT in Mayfair is House of Crab, a short-term pop-up by James Chase of Chase distillery and Dominic Jacobs - the folk behind The Running Horse pub in Mayfair. This new...

Selfridges gets an impressive line-up for its Nordic Dinners

Information: 25 September 2015

Now that we're officially into Autumn, it's nice to have something to look forward to and the new series of Nordic dinners coming up at Selfridges sounds like just our cup of lingonberry tea. The...

Yum Som fresh fast Asian food comes to the City

Information: 25 September 2015

Hungry City folk are about to get a new breakfast and lunchtime option in Leadenhall Court. Yum Som is from Ed Martin, who usually works with his brother Tom on places like the nearby (and VERY...

Shikumen puts on a special dumpling for Chinese State Visit

Information: 24 September 2015

Newly Bib Gourmanded restaurant Shikumen is getting behind the upcoming State Visit of the Chinese President Xi Jinping next month with a little extra something in its dishes. They'll be adding a...

Barcelona's Dry Martini Bar is opening an outpost in London

Information: 24 September 2015

Long-time followers of Hot Dinners will probably know how much we love a good Martini so news that one of the World's 50 best bars was opening an outpost in London with a singular focus on a...

Lombardy restaurant Il Cudega to open in Hackney

Information: 23 September 2015

Updated 23/9/15 with soft launch and opening details. Think Lombardy and think Milan: one of the top foodie destinations in Italy - and now coming to Hackney with a new deli, wine bar and restaurant...

Raymond Blanc launches SRA's new Food Made Good campaign in restaurants

Information: 23 September 2015

"This bacon has been intensively reared and sold in supermarkets". It didn't sound that tasty, and we weren't that keen to try it. On the other hand, organic eggs from hand-reared hens on a Suffolk farm...

Darts themed bar Flight Club comes to Finsbury Square

Information: 23 September 2015

Darts has slowly become a very big thing indeed with obsessions growing over various championships. But it's not something that makes much of an appearance in modern bars - and now Flight Club is a...

A new look, menu and bookings for The Smoking Goat

Information: 23 September 2015

We're big fans of the Smoking Goat, but not big fans of queuing, we have to admit. But they've just made it much easier to score a table, so it'll be time to make another visit. They've opened a new...

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