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Updated 15/11/13 with new burger details Burger lovers in Primrose Hill won't have to go too far for their fix when Tommi's opens a residency at the Princess of Wales next month. The ongoing monthly...

Updated 15/11/13 with soft launch details It's all happening over in Fitzrovia as we get the exclusive on another place opening on Windmill Street this Autumn. Just down the road from Drakes...

We're already fans of their steak restaurants and their popular Burger & Lobster chain, now Goodman are planning to launch another new concept. Their next restaurant on Duke Street in Mayfair will...

You might associate street food more with East London but a new restaurant on Park Lane, Lanes of London, is aiming to bring it to a more moneyed audience. . Few details have been revealed about the...

Updated 14/11/13 with opening date and more menu details City workers will get an early Christmas bonus as Mark Hix has just announced plans to open Hixter, a huge new chicken and steak restaurant...

November may traditionally be the month you think of easing back on the booze in preparation for the Christmas party season, but we've got one wine-fuelled date you should definitely put in your...

Updated 13/11/13 with opening date We've known for a while that Martin Morales – the man behind popular Peruvian restaurant Ceviche – was to open his second venue in Shoreditch. Originally expected...

Truffle season is upon us, and Hot Dinners decided to celebrate that in blowout fashion by heading to Daphne's in South Kensington. Head Chef Mike Brown always puts on a traditional truffle menu...

One of the many things we love about the restaurant world is the generosity of the people working in it and the rapid reaction of people to the humanitarian crisis that's unfolding in The...

In one hell of a coup for Heathrow Airport comes the announcement today that Heston Blumenthal will be opening a new restaurant at Terminal 2:The Queen’s Terminal in June 2014. The new restaurant -...

Opening this week is a new restaurant in Shoreditch, The Jones Family Project, taking up a prime position on Great Eastern Road, opposite the Hoxton Hotel. The "family" in question is made up of a...

Fortnum and Mason's first new UK store for 307 years officially opened its doors today at St Pancras and Hot Dinners popped by for a quick look at what they're serving up. In addition to stocking...

Farringdon and Smithfield continues its foodie resurgence, with news of another opening, this time from the people behind the Evans & Peel Detective Agency. Kench and Bibesy is opening on Long Lane,...

Launched somewhat under the radar yesterday, the next restaurant from Tarun Mahrotri and Arjun Waney (Roka, Zuma) has opened its doors at the spot formerly taken by Aurelia. This time they're...

Updated 7/1//13 with soft opening details Arkady Novikov's been a busy fellow since first opening the original Novikov in Berkeley Street late in 2011. That restaurant always seems heaving when we...

One of the biggest street food successes in London has been Street Feast night market in Dalston. Now that the nights are getting a tad chilly, the night market is making a move indoors with its...

When so much of what we cover is burgers and BBQ, it's a refreshing change to be able to talk to you all about salad. On the same day that Harvey Nichols opened the most recent branch of Burger and...

Another food pop-up is finding a semi-permanent home as The Mussel Men land in Dalston at 428 Kingsland Road (formally Dead Dolls Club). The main event on the menu will, of course, be mussels –...

We're big fans of Paul A Young's chocolates (particularly the original shop in Angel) and never miss a pre-Christmas opportunity to stock up. So we pricked up our ears on hearing that his latest...

Hours after the news broke that Simon Rogan would be the new chef to open a restaurant at Claridge's, Hot Dinners grabbed time with him to find out more about the biggest opening of 2014.