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Wiltons of St James' reopens with new oyster bar menu

Information: 30 January 2014

You've got to sit up and take notice when a press release breezily describes a restaurant as 'older than America'. The establishment in question is Wiltons in St James' - a place that began life...

Karam Sethi's Trishna reopens after a revamp

Information: 30 January 2014

Karam Sethi's had a good time of it recently, with universal acclaim for Gymkhana from both the critics and Hot Dinners readers. For his next task, he's about to reopen his original restaurant,...

Ben's Canteen comes top in the 2014 Sausage Roll off

Information: 29 January 2014

Congrats to Battersea's Ben's Canteen which walked away from last night's Sausage Roll Off at the Red Lion in Barnes with the top prize. Chef Chris Bumby won with his all day breakfast roll served...

The Wolseley prepares to reopen after a major revamp

Information: 27 January 2014

One of London's institutions closed down for a huge revamp earlier this month. The Wolseley took January off to give itself a considerable spruce up for its tenth anniversary. Now we've found out a...

Rome's Assunta Madre seafood restaurant comes to London

Information: 24 January 2014

It's been a very successful seafood restaurant in Rome, but rather than expanding locally, London has been chosen as the location for the second Assunta Madre. The original in the Campo de Fiori...

Sunday lunch on Haymarket - we try out Chop Shop's Rib Chop Sundays

Information: 24 January 2014

Push your way through the throng of tourists down in Piccadilly on a Sunday lunchtime and while the rest of the hordes pop into an Angus steakhouse, congratulate yourself for having booked lunch at...

Hill & Szrok Master Butcher & Cookshop opening on Broadway Market

Information: 24 January 2014

Coming to East London's Broadway Market in March is a new 2 in 1 establishment - butchers by day and restaurant - or "cookshop" - by night. The man behind it is Luca Mathiszig-Lee (from The Eagle...

Strand Dining Rooms British restaurant to open on Trafalgar Square

Information: 23 January 2014

Central London looks set to get a swanky new restaurant in early summer. You may have spotted that the huge building on Trafalgar Square (the rather marvellously named 1-3 Grand Buildings) as you...

Islington's Naamyaa Cafe to become Busaba

Information: 23 January 2014

Confirmed by the group today, Alan Yau's Naamyaa cafe is no more. The Thai restaurant opened in Islington last year and was expected to be Alan Yau's next big rollout after Busaba. Despite good to...

MasterChef winner Ash Mair to open Bilbao Berria in London

Information: 23 January 2014

23/1/14 - Updated with a preview of the menu. Australian chef Ash Mair, winner of 2011's MasterChef - the Professionals, has confirmed that he's opening an outpost of Spain's Bilbao Berria in London in...

Boopshi's serve up takeaway schnitzel bun to lunchtime crowd

Information: 22 January 2014

Fitzrovian schnitzel and spritz joint Boopshi's has hit upon the perfect way to bring their signature schnitzel to the office crowd - they're bunging it in a bun. From this week they'll be serving...

Second annual Sausage Roll Off at the Red Lion in Barnes

Information: 21 January 2014

We've had the Scotch Egg Challenge, now another London pub is following that with their own food competition - the Sausage Roll Off. Held at the Red Lion in Barnes, the event is in its second year...

Gordon Ramsay opening London House in Battersea Square

Information: 21 January 2014

Update 22/1/14. Reservation lines are now open and Gordon's still a popular man as we hear that there were 1300 covers (seats) booked in the first five hours. Valentine's was apparently completely...

Chefs gather at The Connaught for Helene Darroze's Galette des Rois party

Information: 21 January 2014

The Connaught hotel last night played host to pretty much the greatest gathering of foodies in one place since the OFM Awards. The bar was crammed with chefs and restaurateurs all there to celebrate...

Kimchinary pops up at Catch bar on Kingsland Road

Information: 20 January 2014

Having conquered the likes of KERB, Feast and Street Feast, street food trader Hanna Soderlund of Kimchinary has shelved the wind and rain and headed inside to Catch on Kingsland Road for a three...

Ginger Pig launches new limited edition Bacon scotch egg

Information: 20 January 2014

Like most London foodies we're partial to the odd scotch egg or 10 (see our report from last year's Scotch Egg challenge), so news that Ginger Pig were coming out with a new one certainly merited...

New and upcoming London restaurants update - week ending 17th Jan

Information: 17 January 2014

As all our Hot Dinners readers know, our Coming Soon page and the accompanying New Restaurants page are all you'll ever need to keep up to date with the latest openings in town. Things are changing...

New dishes in London's restaurants for January

Information: 17 January 2014

A gorgeous gallery of pictures showing what London's chefs have just added to their menus

Bones rotisserie restaurant opens on Kingsland Road

Information: 17 January 2014

We were all buzzing earlier this week about new Kensington opening Dirty Bones. However another skeletally-monikered restaurant has also flung open its doors this week. Opening VERY under the radar...

Bob's Lobster goes indoors for winter with Bob's & Co

Information: 15 January 2014

Their van has already been a huge success, but now that the days are a wee bit colder, Bob's Lobster have come indoors for the winter, setting up a residency at the Rising Sun pub in St Paul's...

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