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Fire your buns - trying out the Flambé Burger at Haché

Information: 13 February 2014

We rather love the idea of the Flambé Burger which is briefly back on offer at Haché, Shoreditch. Available for a limited time only at Haché’s Shoreditch restaurant, this smoking hot delight...

SHORYU go will offer takeout ramen on Air Street

Information: 12 February 2014

Hoping to take advantage of London's seemingly bottomless desire for ramen, the growth of the Shoryu chain continues. Having opened their second location in Denman St last summer, they're now...

Tommi's returns to the Princess of Wales with a triple burger

Information: 10 February 2014

Their new London burger joint is due to open very,very soon but, in the meantime, Tommi's are gearing up for their next visit to The Princess of Wales in Primrose Hill which will feature a mammoth...

Polpetto to reopen on Berwick Street in Soho

Information: 10 February 2014

Update 10/2/14 - Polpetto has opened its doors today. Number added below. We're so pleased to be able to report the news that Polpetto is reopening. The ever-popular restaurant with Florence Knight...

New and upcoming London restaurants update - week ending 7th Feb

Information: 07 February 2014

A lot's been happening over the past few weeks, so it's time to get you all up to speed with the latest on London's upcoming restaurants. And there are a lot of newcomers. As all our Hot Dinners...

Hide & Seed bar and restaurant to open at The Lodge Hotel in Putney

Information: 07 February 2014

It's all go in Putney. Yesterday we reported on Bibo - a new Italian restaurant opening on Upper Richmond Road. And today we have news of another restaurant opening on the same road. Hide & Seed...

Bibo Italian restaurant launching in Putney from Chris Beverley and Rebecca Mascarenhas

Information: 06 February 2014

A new Italian restaurant, Bibo, is heading to Putney, coming from chef Chris Beverley (previously at Theo Randall at the InterContinental and Chez Bruce) and Rebecca Mascarenhas (who's behind...

The Ape and Bird launches curry nights with a line-up of special guests

Information: 06 February 2014

As Russell Norman helps to open a pub in the Cotswolds on TV, it's worth remembering that he had a pretty successful pub launch himself late in 2013, with the launch of The Ape & Bird on Shaftesbury...

Brindisa comes to Brixton with the Brindisa Food Rooms

Information: 06 February 2014

Updated with revised launch details. Brindisa continues to expand all over London. Having recently gone east with Tramontana Brindisa in Shoreditch, they're now heading south to Brixton for a new...

Islington's Prawn on the Lawn gets bigger

Information: 06 February 2014

When it launched late last year, Islington fishmonger and wine bar Prawn on the Lawn was an instant hit with the locals. The space for drinking and eating was a little restricted upstairs, however,...

How today's tube strike is a good thing for getting a restaurant reservation

Information: 05 February 2014

Whether you gave up trying to get to work this morning, or made it into the office but left your sanity somewhere at the back of the queue to get on to the London Overgound, you might be forgiven...

Lobster House and champagne bar opening by Wandsworth Park

Information: 04 February 2014

South Londoners are about to get a new seafood fix when new restaurant Lobster House opens next week. Opening as part of the Point Pleasant development to the east of Wandsworth Park and right by...

Ritz Paris Bar Hemingway to spend week-long residency at The Connaught Bar

Information: 04 February 2014

We may now be linked to France with a tunnel, but there's no reason to head to Paris when it can come to London. Which is exactly what's happening this Spring when the Ritz Paris’s Bar Hemingway...

Dinner by Heston gets hit by the Norovirus

Information: 02 February 2014

After the huge amount of press that a breakout of the norovirus at Heston Blumenthal's The Fat Duck in 2009 got - it's particularly bad news for Heston that today sees his London restaurant Dinner...

Celebrate National Pisco Sour Day in London's bars and restaurants

Information: 01 February 2014

Perfectly timed for the first day after dry January National Pisco Sour Day is, if nothing else, a great reason to go and enjoy one of our favourite drinks around London today. Places doing...

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...

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