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January's always such a miserable month, so we applaud anyone who tries to make the best of it. Our gold star for effort today goes to Shoreditch restaurant Boundary who are holding a special...

It's musical chairs over at Mayfair restaurant The Greenhouse with the news today that their chef of six years, Antonin Bonnet, is leaving in early 2012. In his place, Arnaud Bignon has been...

It was one of the defining stories of this year's London riots - kitchen staff at the World's Best Restaurant ™ The Ledbury fighting off rioters who'd stormed the restaurant to mug diners as they...

L'Etranger restaurant in Kensington is to expand next door with a new lounge bar and dining room, called Meursault. The new place, which takes its name from a Burgundy wine (and also the lead...

'Tis the season for parties, and we loved the idea behind the one last night to publicise the imminent release of Christmas at Downton on DVD. The PR folks got Hus Vedat, Executive Chef at...

To add to our growing list of Christmas markets around London with a decided food bent, we've just heard about Circus 11 which launched yesterday in Shoreditch and will run until 18 December. It's...

There’s stealth openings and then there’s uber-stealth openings. This week a massive new development opens just off Piccadilly with almost no advance word. Dstrkt is a £25 million restaurant, bar...

Oh now this is interesting. The Secret Cinema has been around for a while in London, popping up in different venues, with the film (and venue) you're about to see only being revealed on the night...

This weekend looks to be the perfect one for street food lovers. Not only is Friday the last day of Dalston's insanely successful The Long Table, but over in Kings Cross Eat St are planning a rather...

28/1/12 - Updated with menu info. Rumours of a new Mark Hix restaurant have been in the mix for a while (and been on our Coming Soon page for a couple of months) but today official word has come...

If you're looking for a mince pie with a difference this Christmas - and no, we don't mean Heston's pine-tree scented ones - then head on over to The Mince Pie project right now. This brilliant...

Turner Prize winning artist Martin Creed will be joining forces with Mayfair's Sketch to take over the Gallery restaurant in an artwork that blurs the boundaries between art and food. Creed's Work...

Update - Léon de Bruxelles is having a soft launch from 17-20 Jan with 50% off food. Belgian restaurant chain Chez Léon have just announced they'll be opening a Léon De Bruxelles moules frites joint on...

Bar Boulud at the Mandarin Oriental has one of the most engaging wine lists, and experienced sommeliers, within any London hotel. With hotel restaurant wine lists so often a source of painful...

Fans of the humble ramen soup throughout London, get ready to rejoice. This criminally underepresented comfort food is about to gain a new foothold as sushi mini-chain Tsuru introduces a dedicated...

UPDATE - Quo Vadis re-opens to the public on January 10. Interesting news reached Hot Dinners with the announcement that Jeremy Lee of Blueprint Cafe (aka the friendliest chef Hot Dinners has had...

It's definitely the season to be jolly and the idea of the Christmas market at Stevie Parle's The Dock Kitchen sounds particularly full of comfort and joy (no, we can't help ourselves). Launching on...

It's been a long time coming (the original opening date was set for October) but José Pizarro's second Bermondsey Street restaurant is about to open its doors. Hot Dinners got a sneak preview of...

We've been spotting the odd tweet over the last few days indicating that Delaunay, the new restaurant from Wolseley creators Jeremy King and Chris Corbin has quietly started serving up to family and...

A 1500 strong crowd, including London's mayor Boris Johnson, turned up in Battersea Park last night to crown this year's British Curry Awards champions. Three South East curry restaurants picked up...