Test Drives

We try out Corbin and King's affordable French brasserie right in the heart of Piccadilly.

We check out the new ramen bar from the people behind Tsuru Sushi.

We try out Rebecca Mascarenhas and Philip Howard's revamped restaurant in Barnes.

There's been a lot written about where to get the best martini in London and to be perfectly honest, we're not such connoisseurs of the drink that we'd dare to proclaim one bar's efforts the best in town. That said, we had such a brilliant time drinking them the other week at the Artesian bar at the Langham Hotel, we'd quite happily recommend...

We try out the Russian restaurant deep in the heart of Knightsbridge.

On Friday night, having barely recovered from Taste Of London, the Hot Dinners team headed back out to Soho to see one of New York's most famous chefs in action.  David Chang, of momofuku fame, was over for a two-night-only stint at Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver's St John Hotel just off Leicester Square. At £100 for food only it was...

Marylebone's Seymour Place turns into a fully-fledged gastro-destination with the opening of new tapas restaurant Donostia. 

We pop along to a pub right in the middle of King's Cross that's taken over a Grade 1 building.

We head along to the South Bank to try a 1kg steak at Gillray's. the revamped bar and restaurant at the Marriott County Hall.

It's one of only four three Michelin starred restaurants in the UK - we went to see what makes it rank so highly.

We check out the latest pub from the Martin Brothers and tell you what to order, where to sit and more.

Renowned as an award winning Indian culinary institution for 35 years, Bukhara is recognised as one of the world’s best Indian restaurants and is set to take London by storm at an exclusive two week pop-up at the Sheraton Park Tower hotel in Knightsbridge beginning today. We popped along for the launch last week to see what delights Executive...

We try out the Stevie Parle's canalside restaurant The Dock Kitchen.

We try out the new sushi and yakitori, originally a hit in Copenhagen, now opened in Wimbledon.

We've already been once to try out Helene Darroze's weekend brunch at the Connaught, but when the chef herself issued a personal invitation to pop back and try the new American dishes she'd added to the menu it seemed churlish to refuse. So we headed back to Mayfair on a hideously damp and drizzly Sunday morning, happy to throw ourselves on the...

We try out the new contemporary tapas bar between Clapham and Brixton.

  We welcome the Covent Garden meat emporium from the people behind MEATliquor.

With all the hoo-ha surrounding Skye Gyngell's departure from Petersham Nurseries Cafe which she raised - however unintentionally - to Michelin-star status, it was always going to be hard finding someone to fill her shoes. Hot Dinners was invited this week to pop down to Petersham to meet the man they think can do that and more - Australian chef...

The arrival of new Hix-trained chef Marcus Verberne gives Borough's Roast a new lease of life.

Cinnamon Soho sees chef Vivek Singh bring his brand to Kingly Street in Soho. We popped along to try it out.