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Test Driving Oh Gee - award-winning Korean fried chicken in Shoreditch

Information: 01 October 2024

Taking over the Hoxton Grill space at the Hoxton in Shoreditch until the end of the year is Korean fried chicken pop-up Oh Gee. We went to try out their award-winning KFC.

Islington is getting a new must-try pub dining room at the William IV

Information: 01 October 2024

We know that times are tough for pubs, but on the flipside it's never been a better time to get a great meal at a London pub. Earlier this year we devoted a new guide to the city's pubs with great...

The London Shell Co are closing both their boats

Information: 30 September 2024

Well this is a sad story to be sharing with you on a Monday morning. It wasn't that long ago that we enjoyed a fabulous day cruising down the Regent's Canal on the canal boat restaurant The Prince...

Award-winning Korean fried chicken Oh Gee is popping up at the Hoxton Shoreditch

Information: 29 September 2024

Updated 29/9/24 with extension to dates With all the time we've wasted watching absolute bilge on Netflix we don't understand how we missed out on the eminently watchable K-Chicken War. As the name...

Bottarga takes over from Chicama, shifting to the Mediterranean

Information: 26 September 2024

Recently Chicama, from the people behind Pachamama, closed in Chelsea. However, they've hung on to the space and are opening a new restaurant there pretty sharpish, called Bottarga. This new opening...

Checking into METT Marbella - a luxury new beachfront hangout on the Costa del Sol

Information: 26 September 2024

Right on the beach between Marbella and Estepona, you'll find the METT Marbella - a five-star hotel where everyone is having fun in the sun. We checked in to see if the food and hospitality lived up...

Quill wine bar to open in Borough Yards from the Plume and Finch team

Information: 25 September 2024

Borough Market and the London Bridge area has had a lot of interesting openings this year, from Oma to Cafe Francois and there's even more to come. Next to join Borough Yards is new wine bar Quill, from...

Kol's Santiago Lastra to open Mexican restaurant Fonda in Mayfair

Information: 25 September 2024

25/9/24 - updated with opening date. With the Michelin-starred Kol getting praise from all quarters (not to mention a place on the World's 50 Best list), it was only a matter of time before chef...

Test Driving Sesta - Pidgin's replacement is an extremely accomplished neighbourhood affair

Information: 24 September 2024

A former Pidgin chef and GM have teamed up to take the old Pidgin space in a new direction. We went down to see what Sesta is all about.

Gordon Ramsay's Restaurant 1890 at The Savoy gets 4 AA rosettes at the AA Hospitality Awards 2024

Information: 24 September 2024

They must be pouring out the Champagne with breakfast this morning at The Savoy, celebrating the news that the hotel's high-end restaurant Restaurant 1890 by Gordon Ramsay was the only London...

Don't Tell Dad is a new combo bakery/restaurant in Queen's Park

Information: 24 September 2024

16/12/24 - Updated with bakery launch details One of the founders of Coco di Mama, Daniel Land, is opening a combo bakery/restaurant Don't Tell Dad in Queen's Park. Coming to Lonsdale Road, the...

Astrid Bakery prepares for expansion in Muswell Hill

Information: 24 September 2024

A Hot Dinners exclusive If you're a resident of Muswell Hill you can't have failed to notice the perma queues outside Astrid Bakery. Six months after the bakery opened it continued to sell out every...

The Red Lion & Sun is selling Pol Roger in tankards, just like Churchill used to drink it

Information: 24 September 2024

Champagne flutes and saucers are so yesterday. As of this week, one of North London's loveliest pubs is serving a very special Champagne in tankards instead. As The Red Lion and Sun's publican Heath...

Bar crawl: rainwater martinis and glorious London views at The Emory rooftop bar

Information: 20 September 2024

One of the world's best bars is popping up for a month at The Emory in Knightsbridge. We went to check out Tato Giovannoni's cocktails and bar food at their rooftop bar.

Pario pops up in the old Pharmacy 2 restaurant space at Damien Hirst's Vauxhall gallery

Information: 20 September 2024

A Hot Dinners exclusive It's been almost three years since the Mark Hix restaurant, Pharmacy 2, closed its doors at Damien Hirst's Newport Street Gallery in Vauxhall. But now we bring you news of...

Eastern-Med-inspired Claro comes to London

Information: 20 September 2024

A new Eastern Med restaurant is coming to London, this one having originally started in Tel Aviv. The London version of Claro is landing in St James, opening in the building that once held...

Japan House is putting on Looks Delicious! a food replica exhibition

Information: 20 September 2024

If you've ever been to Japan and seen the superb food replica dishes they have in front of restaurants there, you'll know just how amazingly realistic they can be. Now Londoners are going to get a...

Fantomas sees ex-Fiend chef Chris Denney join the Wild team in Chelsea

Information: 19 September 2024

19/9/24 - Updated with lots more detail about what to expect Restaurant duo George Bukhov-Weinstein and Ilya Demichev appear to be vying for the title of busiest restaurateurs in London. Having only...

AngloThai to open their first restaurant in Marylebone

Information: 19 September 2024

Updated 19/9/24 with full opening details After years of popping up at various places across London, the first AngloThai restaurant from John and Desiree Chantarasak is very nearly here. They...

Test Driving Sol's - a cool new wine bar for Bayswater

Information: 19 September 2024

The arrival of Sol's in Bayswater is the latest interesting opening for the area. We went down to see what this deli by day, wine bar by night had to offer.

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