News & reviews

Savoy Grill and River Restaurant reopening date set for October

Information: 22 June 2010

Update: The news today (5 October 2010) is that while the Savoy itself will open on Sunday10 October - the restaurants' openings have now been set for 29 November 2010. After what seems like the...

Early August opening for new Locatelli restaurant in Pimlico

Information: 21 June 2010

Strolling through Regent’s Park at the weekend for Taste of London, Hot Dinners bumped into Giorgio Locatelli, taking a break from the slicing machine at Reffetorio. He was, it seems, pretty pleased...

Our pick of the 2010 Taste of London Festival dishes and stalls

Information: 19 June 2010

The Hot Dinners' team spent eight long hours in the field this week - Regent's Park to be exact - to bring you a guide to the best of this year's Taste of London Festival. Here's our pick of the...

Five minutes with: Guy Watson from Riverford Farm

Information: 18 June 2010

Hot Dinners finds out what makes a farmer from Devon decide on bringing his own take on the ethical restaurant to London

Pierre Koffmann talks about his new restaurant at The Berkeley

Information: 17 June 2010

It’s one of the most-anticipated openings this Summer and now Pierre Koffmann has been revealing details of his restaurant, Koffmann’s at the Berkeley Hotel in Knightsbridge to trade title Caterer...

Test driving Byron Burgers Islington

Information: 15 June 2010

There's been a lot of talk (too much, dare we say it) from food bloggers mainly, and critics, about the quest for the best burger in London. On blogs across the capital, great swatches of digital...

Mayor Boris applauds winner of Taste of London's ice-cream competition

Information: 14 June 2010

If the weather holds up for the Taste of London festival this week - there'll at least be a refreshing way to cool down. After asking the public to come up with suggestions for a special...

Staff at a Tower Bridge restaurant make secret Mellor recording

Information: 10 June 2010

There's a great story today in The Mirror - staff at a Tower Bridge restaurant apparently got so fed up with ranty abuse from former cabinet minister David Mellor, that they taped him. According to...

Stunning food in the East End with Viajante

Information: 09 June 2010

We have to admit to having been really excited in a geeky, far-too-interested-in-eating-than-can-be-healthy sort of way about our lunch at Viajante. We'd been following the exploits of chef Nuno...

Thompson Hotels plan new 80-seat restaurant for Belgravia

Information: 09 June 2010

Following hard on the heels of yesterday’s story about Manhattan restaurateurs heading our way, Hot Dinners now hears that hip hotel chain Thompson Hotels will be opening an 85-bedroom hotel in...

Ramsay, Boulud and Hartnett head up London Eye dining at London Restaurant Festival 2010

Information: 08 June 2010

Top New York chef Daniel Boulud will be joining 10 London chefs cooking up a storm at this year's London Restaurant Festival in one of the London Eye capsules. The full line-up of chefs taking part...

More New York restaurants look to open in London

Information: 07 June 2010

There are several New Yorkers who must have been watching the successful Spring launch of Daniel Boulud's Bar Boulud at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Knightsbridge particularly carefully. It seems...

Heston names his new Mandarin Oriental London restaurant

Information: 04 June 2010

Here at Hot Dinners, like many other foodies, we would easily rate our lunch at Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck as the best lunch we've ever had. So we're keeping a close eye on the Mandarin Oriental, where...

Hell's Kitchen USA winner will land Savoy Grill job

Information: 03 June 2010

'The contestants include an Italian who doesn't know how to make pasta. A woman who burned Ramsay's lips by laying on the hot sauce when a few drops would have worked. A Hannibal Lecter wanna-be (he...

Jermyn Street restaurant claims biggest rosé list in Europe

Information: 02 June 2010

As we write this, the rain is sluicing down on the Hot Dinners roof, but we're an optimistic bunch and apparently summer is on its way back this weekend. So what better reason do you need than the...

Joel Antunes returns to London at the Park Plaza

Information: 01 June 2010

Zut Alors! There's a French invasion of London happening. We've already had successful openings from Daniel Boulud and Bruno Loubet this year. Pierre Koffman is gearing up for launch in...

Restaurant critic Fay Maschler to open her first London restaurant

Information: 28 May 2010

Evening Standard restaurant critic Fay Maschler is passing over to the other side - she's just announced the opening of her first restaurant project. Maschler, in partnership with Simon Davis - who...

London Restaurant Festival 2010 reveals key events for this year

Information: 27 May 2010

If we haven't already whet your appetite for the London Restaurant Festival, then let us do better. This morning, the festival organisers revealed a few more key details for this year's festival...

Hibiscus chef Claude Bosi wants to open a new gastropub

Information: 27 May 2010

Home county foodies alert - Hibiscus chef Claude Bosi, whose restaurant recently entered the World's 50 Best Restaurant list, has new plans to open a gastropub somewhere around London. In an...