Test Drives

With summer finally here, the soaring temperatures and hazy nights are all the excuse we need for an impromptu drinking session. The St Pancras Renaissance hotel is just the place to head with the launch of their new own-label beer, a selection of other craft beers and some bites to pair with them. For the month of August, the hotel is offering...

We go to Pimlico to chek out family-run Italian restaurant Tinello.

We head west to Shepherd's Bush to check out strong cocktails and cracking food at this ‘true neighbourhood restaurant’.

Mark Sargeant returns to London to take on the menu for Plum and Spilt Milk at King's Cross. We pop down to try it out.

Just a few minutes walk from the madness of Oxford Street is the Hyatt Churchill which you may or may not know also happens to be the location for one of London's top Italian restaurants Locanda Locatelli. Well, the hotel also has a rather nice bar with a terrace and when they invited Hot Dinners down to try their summer pop up crustacean bar, it...

This small neighbourhood restaurant has been creating waves on Twitter. We headed to Hackney's Wilton Way to see just what the fuss was all about.

We head to the Miller Pub, home to Street Kitchen's latest residency and their first foray into hot dogs.

It's back up the Shard for us as we try out the next restaurant from the Aqua Group, Aqua Shard, which is their first take on seasonal British Cuisine.

We head up to the 33rd floor of the Shard to check out Aqua's new restaurant, Hutong.

We pop along to north of Oxford Street to try out the new raw menu at Michelin-star restaurant Texture.

We head along to North London's new local chippy to see what ex-Caprice Holdings Des McDonald has created with his upmarket Fish & Chip restaurant on Upper Street Islington.

Once the St John Hotel, we head along to see what's now at One Leicester Street.

We try out the new restaurant at the Reebok Club at Canary Wharf that's aiming more for dirty food than fine dining.

It's the first restaurant to open for business in one of London's most recognisable buildings. We head halfway up the Shard to take in Rainer Becker's Oblix.

The first solo venture from former Ivy Chef Alan Bird has the West End glitterati flocking to Smithfield for his five-storey restaurant. Hot Dinners joined them to see what the fuss was about.

It's the first restaurant to open for business in one of London's most recognisable buildings. We head halfway up the Shard to take in Rainer Becker's Oblix.

Christopher's restaurant in Covent Garden has just had a major makoever. We popped along to check out the revamped Covent Garden fave.

Fifteen, Jamie Oliver's flagship restaurant in the City, has just had a complete overhaul, changing both the look and menu. We popped along to see whether we liked the new look.

Jason Atherton has set up shop in Soho with his latest venture. His former Pollen Street Social head chef takes the reins at Social Eating House. We check it out.

It's one of the hottest openings of 2013, but is Story a bestseller? We find out...