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Swirl is Leyton's new must-try wine bar

Information: 02 January 2025

Amid all the festive craziness pre-Christmas, a new wine bar opened its doors for the first time in E10. Swirl is a new bar that sees three local entrepreneurs joining forces. Arch Deli owner...

Zima head to Notting Hill with their caviar and dumplings

Information: 02 January 2025

Almost a decade after launching their Russian street food restaurant in Soho, the team behind Zima have now opened a second restaurant, this time in Notting Hill. In December, they took over the old...

The Dark Horse in Camden sees Le Bab running a pub

Information: 02 January 2025

The Farrier in Camden closed late last year, but it hasn't taken long for another new pub to spring up in its place. The Dark Horse takes over the site in the old Camden stable area and also happens to...

St Pancras Brasserie is launching Kitchen Bar, a new chef's counter space

Information: 02 January 2025

The St Pancras Brasserie, and its in-station Champagne terrace, has been a mainstay of St Pancras (in a few different forms) for nearly as long as we can remember. It's had a few renovations along...

Breadstall takes its pizzas inside with a restaurant in Soho

Information: 02 January 2025

2/1/25 - updated with the opening date For years, Sebastian Vince's Breadstall has been one of the most popular pizza places in Battersea and he's spent all that time operating out of a (very big)...

Alfonsina is a South American fusion restaurant coming to Smithfield

Information: 02 January 2025

2/1/25 - updated with the opening date If a restaurant takes as its influence the places a chef has lived and worked in, then in the case of chef Ricardo Younis Moreno you can expect a lively mix of...

When are the Michelin 2025 stars being announced for London, the UK and Ireland?

Information: 01 January 2025

It's nearly time for the main restaurant awards of the season to be announced. Find out when the 2025 Michelin stars for London and the UK are being announced - and what to expect.

Our most read news stories of 2024

Information: 31 December 2024

As the year comes to a close, we've gone back and crunched the numbers to find out precisely which were the news stories that you all wanted to read on Hot Dinners in 2024.

Bar crawl: high rise martinis, fried chicken and Champagne at Oblix at The Shard

Information: 19 December 2024

We finish off the year trying a brand new happy hour meal with one of those jaw dropping views over London that still packs a thrill.

Gail's expands to London train stations - at St Pancras and London Bridge

Information: 18 December 2024

They're as sure a sign of an area's gentrification as the arrival of a Waitrose or M&S Food store and now the bakery behemoths that are Gail's are expanding to the city's train stations. Last week...

Test Driving The Dreamery by Goodbye Horses, a spectacular looking ice-cream/wine bar in Islington

Information: 17 December 2024

Goodbye Horses has opened a combo wine and ice cream bar just across the road, and it looks spectacular. We went down to have a scoop of ice cream and behold The Dreamery.

Happy Sky Bakery arrive in the West End with a new bakery off Oxford Street

Information: 16 December 2024

Arriving with impeccable timing to cater to the crush that is going to be Oxford Street over the coming weeks, Japanese baking folk Happy Sky Bakery unveiled their brand new bakery over the weekend. This,...

Oybar open their second oysters and wine bar, in Wimbledon

Information: 16 December 2024

They opened their first place in Balham earlier this year and now the team behind Oybar have just opened a second bar, in Wimbledon. It's taken over what was once an O Neill's pub, which seems like a...

Goodbye Horses are opening their ice cream shop, The Dreamery

Information: 12 December 2024

12/12/24 - updated with new images December might not seem like the most obvious time to launch an ice cream shop, but that's exactly what the team behind Goodbye Horses are doing. We knew at the...

Ditch your lame lunchtime sarnies for a free piping hot quesadilla courtesy of Tortilla today

Information: 12 December 2024

A new survey has revealed that the UK is tired of cold, limp sandwiches. This is where Mexican restaurant group Tortilla comes in. They're taking to the streets of London to give city workers a...

Vote for your favourite new restaurant of 2024 and win afternoon tea at Harrods

Information: 12 December 2024

We want to hear your thoughts on eating out in London this year.

The next Santa Maria restaurant is going to be in Kew

Information: 11 December 2024

It's been a while since we've had a new Santa Maria pizzeria (the last was in Islington) but they're gearing up for their next - this time in Kew. The restaurant is taking over what recently used to...

Honest joins the smash burger trend with Smash + Grab in the City

Information: 11 December 2024

They've dabbled in the whole smash burger scene before with a special burger on their main menu, but now Honest Burgers are making a bigger move in that direction. From today, their Liverpool Street...

Jackson Boxer replaces Orasay with Dove

Information: 10 December 2024

There was quite the kerfuffle on Instagram when Jackson Boxer took to social to announce that his much-loved Notting Hill restaurant Orasay was going to close at the end of 2024. "There are a...

Undercroft is now opening with Aldo Zilli in the kitchen

Information: 10 December 2024

10/12/24 - updated with menu details Earlier this year, there was the surprising news that Birmingham-based chef Brad Carter had decided to pull out of the launch of the much-hyped Undercroft...

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