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London gets a bumper crop of new Michelin stars for 2025 with The Ritz and Humble Chicken the big winners

Information: 10 February 2025

The 2025 Michelin star reveal kicked off in fine fashion with a bit of bagpipes playing in the grand hall at Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum. It was a musical prelude to an evening that...

Nina takes over from Pachamama in Marylebone with pasta and cannoli

Information: 10 February 2025

A Hot Dinners exclusive The final pivot from the Pachamama group's central London restaurants is taking form in Marylebone following the closure of the original Pachamama in Marylebone. In its place...

Ottolenghi head to Richmond for their next restaurant and deli

Information: 10 February 2025

10/2/24 - updated with opening details After opening the last Ottolenghi in Hampstead, the group are going much further west with the next due to open in Richmond. However, unlike their other...

Câv bar and kitchen comes to Bethnal Green's Paradise Row

Information: 10 February 2025

Chris Tanner and Edwin Frost, the people behind Dram and Oranj respectively have teamed up for new east London bar Câv (taking over the space that was The Japanese Canteen). This is planned to be...

Din Tai Fung is coming to Canary Wharf

Information: 06 February 2025

6/2/24 - updated with the opening date They already have three restaurants in central London, but Din Tai Fung are heading east for their fourth opening, to Canary Wharf. The restaurant group best...

Michelin-starred SOLA chef to open Victor Garvey at The Midland Grand in King's Cross

Information: 06 February 2025

A few months ago, we brought you the news that Patrick Powell had left The Midland Grand Dining Room (and we now know what he's up to next). The St Pancras restaurant initially carried on with a...

Fastelavn's carnival of cream buns hits Ole & Steen

Information: 06 February 2025

If you've never tried a Fastelavn Festival Bun, or are an expat Dane wanting a hit of home, then this month Danish bakers Ole & Steen are the place to go.

In-N-Out popped up at Park Royal for just one day

Information: 05 February 2025

Updated 5/2/24 with revised date After a clever hoax last summer when London foodies were given to thinking that In-N-Out were going to be opening in Camden, we spotted that they were doing another of...

Gouqi chef jumps ship to 3 Gorges, a new luxury Cantonese restaurant on Goodge Street

Information: 05 February 2025

Fitzrovia's dining scene looks set for a shake-up with the arrival of 3 Gorges, a new Hubei and Cantonese restaurant that's promising a high-end experience. So it's good news for them that they've...

Osip gets the top gong for Best UK restaurant at the Good Food Guide Awards 2025

Information: 04 February 2025

The UK's restaurant awards season is in full swing. We've just had the Top 50 Gastropubs and Michelin is next week but in the meantime we have the Good Food Guide Awards for 2025 to consider. The...

Stormzy is the first person to do a UK McDonald's Famous Order

Information: 03 February 2025

A few days ago Stormzy posted a receipt from a McDonald's on his Instagram stories leading to a McFlurry of speculation (sorry) on what that meant. Well, it turns out that he's the first person in...

Violet Cakes has opened a secret cafe in the Alaïa store in central London

Information: 03 February 2025

London is no stranger to interesting cafes in high-end stores - check out our guide to some of the best here. But we'll admit we missed out on the news just before Christmas that another noteworthy spot had...

Blackwood is a huge new sports bar for Piccadilly Circus

Information: 03 February 2025

The team behind other bars like Greenwood in Victoria and Beechwood in Shoreditch is getting ready to open a new sports bar and it's in the most prominent site yet. If you've been around Piccadilly...

All-you-can-eat lasagna restaurant Senza Fondo is coming to Shoreditch

Information: 31 January 2025

Cementing London's current love affair with all things Italian American is new East London restaurant Senza Fondo, a self-styled 'premiumised lasagneria'. The concept is all about big plates and...

The Arding Rooms sees a private members club arrive at Clapham Junction

Information: 31 January 2025

Back at the end of November 2023, the ground floor of the redeveloped Arding & Hobbs building at Clapham Junction reopened as Botanica Hall. Now the upper part of the building is getting ready to...

UK's Top 50 Gastropubs announced - Unruly Pig at no 1, The Devonshire straight in at no 2

Information: 27 January 2025

The first big awards of the 2025 season are here as the Top 50 UK Gastropubs list has been revealed. For the second year in a row (and its third time in total), Suffolk pub The Unruly Pig has...

The Hill & Szrok restaurant is closing (but the butcher stays)

Information: 23 January 2025

It feels like there has been a flurry of closures in recent weeks and here comes another (but it's not all bad news). Hill & Szrok on Broadway Market have announced that they're finishing up as a...

Crunch and their brioche sandwiches are coming to Soho

Information: 23 January 2025

They've run pop-ups and a very popular stall at Spitalfields Market but now the Crunch team are getting ready to bring their brioche sandwiches to Soho. The folk behind it are Sacha Yonan, Michael...

Ling Ling’s heads to Tottenham's The Bluecoats for a full time residency

Information: 22 January 2025

The roaming supperclub turned residency Ling Ling's has found a new full-time home in the heart of Tottenham for its next residency. It's going to be running the food side of things at The...