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Big news for the South Bank today as veteran restaurateur Terence Conran unveiled plans to open his second Albion restaurant there this summer. The rather brutally titled Albion NEO Bankside is so...

Two hugely popular American burger chains have come to the UK this week. We see how they stack out against each other.

So for those of you who haven't filtered out any talk of burgers on your Twitter timeline, it's been hard to ignore the opening of Five Guys. The US burger chain opened its first store in the UK in...

Luna Rossa in Notting Hill, the latest place from the Made in Italy restaurant group, is set to re-launch in mid-July, and it has a rather special feature to entice Londoners through its doors. The...

Since April this year, Shoryu Ramen - who already have a popular Ramen joint on Regent Street - have had a separate pop-up on Denman Street in Soho that's been paving the way for the opening of...

Britain's hospitality industry held its catering Oscars last night. The Cateys, run by trade magazine Caterer and Hotelkeeper took place at The Grosvenor House Hotel. Simon Rogan made it a double...

Marianne Lumb has worked as a personal chef for years - cooking for a host of celebrities, politicians and business tycoons. Now she's opening her first restaurant in West London this autumn, she...

With the switch for Summer well and truly in the 'on' position, Hot Dinners are putting outdoor eating and drinking options right at the top of our lists. We were thus delighted to hear that The...

There may be all manner of pop-up food shenanigans going on around London this summer, but one starting up this month definitely looks like being one you should put in your diary. CUTS sees the...

We've often envied those working near Kings Cross who can go to the Street Food Market KERB, as we've rarely managed to make it down during the day. However a new opportunity starts this weekend...

[Updated 27/6/13 with more menu details and prices] It had been rumoured for a while that Danny Meyer was bringing New York's most famous burger institution to London - that time is almost upon us...

Sunshine, beer and barbecue on a balmy evening – even on a Tuesday, Hot Dinners wouldn’t pass up an opportunity to get stuck into this most summery of combinations. Which was why we were down at...

A perfect storm of food meeting British politics broke this morning. The Sun published a story about George Osborne's 'fail' at a man-of-the-people tweetpic he'd posted showing him scoffing down a...

With no less than three new burger places opening in London next week, the onus is on existing burger joints to keep people excited about what they're offering. And Tom Byng, founder of Byron,...

Streetfood events have bloomed all of a sudden over the past few weeks. We've been inundated with news of exciting new events including Truckstop - Streetfeast's Summer residency in Canary Wharf,...

Brand new food festival Truck Stop will host over 20 street food vans in East London for six nights throughout the summer, starting on Thursday 4th July. Jonathan Downey, the man behind Gin Stock,...

Canada Day London are teaming up with Shuttlecock-Inc for one day only to create a Canadian-inspired restaurant as part of their 8th annual Taste of Canada campaign. Taking place on the north...

The lucky denizens of East Dulwich have a spanking new place to eat, drink (and take wine home from afterwards). Toasted (the ed refers to East Dulwich) opened a few days ago on Lordship Lane. Formerly...

As Shake Shack London gets ready to open, Hot Dinners sat down with Meyer and Shake Shack CEO Randy Garutti to shoot the breeze about burgers, new openings and why they love London so much.. 

The shortlist for this year's Restaurant and Bar Design Awards are in. We've been through the list to pick out the London restaurants and bars deemed easy on the eye.