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Creme Egg burger goes on the menu in Shepherd's Bush

Information: 18 March 2015

A sign that the burger craze in London has well and truly jumped the shark or an ingenious Easter-inspired dessert? One thing's for certain, views are going to be polarised by the Creme Egg burger...

Percy & Founders brings all day dining to Fitzroy Place development

Information: 17 March 2015

Updated 16/3/15 with menu and soft launch details We were wondering where Diego Cardoso, the former Head Chef of Murano, was going to appear next and it turns out it's Fitzrovia. He's going to be...

On The Bab is bringing Korean chicken and more to Covent Garden

Information: 17 March 2015

17/3/15 - Updated with soft launch details. Only a few months into 2015 and it really does seem that it's the year Korean food really takes off. The latest to hit central London is On the Bab, who...

Bruno Loubet transforms the Zetter restaurant into Grain Store unleashed

Information: 16 March 2015

Recently celebrating its 10th birthday, it's all go at The Zetter in Clerkenwell right now and there's another big change on the way. Although Bistrot Bruno Loubet's been going strong at The Zetter for...

Blixen opens its new cocktail bar

Information: 13 March 2015

On the must-visit list this weekend is a trip to the new bar at Blixen in Spitalfields. Opening this evening, the basement cocktail bar adds a new dimension to Clive Watson's new East London all day...

Smokehouse goes west - Neil Rankin brings BBQ to Chiswick

Information: 13 March 2015

Only a few steps from this writer's flat, the original Smokehouse has been a huge hit and part of a group of restaurants that has been bringing quality back to the Islington food scene. Now, after...

Joe's Southern Kitchen & Bar to open in Kentish Town with Jailbird basement bar

Information: 12 March 2015

Updated 12/3/15 with opening date and soft launch details Kentish Town readers of Hot Dinners may have spotted that the Kentish Canteen is no more and that work is underway transforming it into...

Queenswood comes to Battersea from the people behind Damson & Co

Information: 12 March 2015

Updated 12/3/15 with revised soft launch details: A new all-day neighbourhood restaurant and bar is coming soon to Battersea Square, as the people behind Soho's Damson & Co get ready to open...

Selfridges kicks off 10 week celebration of Mexico

Information: 12 March 2015

We don't need much of an excuse to go to Selfridges Food Hall (the St John doughnuts often do the trick) and their Mexican takeover, which has just kicked off a 10 week run, is just another good...

West End shoppers get a new pitstop with The Woodstock Kushiyaki Bar

Information: 11 March 2015

11/03/15 - updated with soft launch details. We're always ready for another London izakaya (translation: boozy Japanese gaff) and the opening of The Woodstock Kushiyaki Bar is going to be a serious...

Burger delivery service Homeburger comes to North London

Information: 10 March 2015

(Update 10/3 - Homeburger is now open with limited delivery slots). If you're in North London (like us) and really fancy a burger, but just don't fancy heading outside "in this weather" then new...

Berber & Q Middle Eastern and North African grill house to open in Haggerston

Information: 10 March 2015

Updated 10/3/15 with opening date We can tell you right now that there's going to be a lot of buzz around Berber & Q when it opens in Haggerston in Spring. Billed as a Middle Eastern and North...

Jar Kitchen British restaurant to open in Covent Garden

Information: 09 March 2015

Covent Garden's food rennaisance continues as another promising restaurant is getting ready to open (officially) there. It's coming from two friends, Lucy Brown and Jenny Quintero, who left their...

Forzawin kicks of Spring with a new chicken dinner

Information: 09 March 2015

Now firmly ensconced in their permanent Peckham home (and old cash & carry that now houses their 30ft communal dining tables and a wood fired grill), Forzawin are about to kick off their next...

Dirty Bones put a Bloody Dirty Hangover special on for Sundays

Information: 07 March 2015

Feeling slightly fragile after Saturday night shenanigans? You'll be wanting this Bloody Dirty Hangover from Dirty Bones. This Sunday-only special will sort you out with a Mac Daddy, dirty fries and...

Kobe beef cocktails come to Sushisamba as part of their culinary cocktails

Information: 06 March 2015

Sushisamba have taken the next step after becoming one of the few London restaurants currently serving high-grade Japanese Kobe beef - they've created a cocktail with a "wash of Kobe fat". It's all...

Milroy's of Soho gets a makeover and a new cocktail bar

Information: 06 March 2015

London’s oldest whisky shop, Milroy's has relaunched with its own basement cocktail bar. The shop, which has focused on whisky since the 1960s has been taken over by Martyn 'Simo' Simpson who was...

Caffe Rei Italian restaurant opens in Mayfair

Information: 06 March 2015

A new Italian is coming to Mayfair from Andrea Reitano (who was also behind bringing Rome's Assunta Madre to London). Details are a little thin on the ground for the imminent opening, but we do know...

Angela Hartnett and Thomasina Miers on the inaugural Good Food Great Game Changers list

Information: 06 March 2015

To celebrate its 25th anniversary BBC Good Food has announced its first list of ‘Good Food Great Game Changers’ who they say "have revolutionised the way we shop, cook and eat". As you might expect,...

Gascon's Pascal Aussignac launches Duck n' Roll

Information: 05 March 2015

Pascal Aussignac has always been a big feature of Taste of London, always managing to win one of the prizes up for grabs for the food from the Club Gascon stand. Now we won't have to wait for thate...

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