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It's all change for Applebee’s in Borough Market with an ex-Jason Atherton chef on board

Information: 09 December 2024

One of Borough Market's oldest restaurants has decided to celebrate its 25th birthday with a major shake-up. Applebee's has been in the market since it first started selling seafood back in 1998...

Kricket comes to Shoreditch (where they'll be serving breakfast)

Information: 09 December 2024

Kricket are on the expansion trail again, following up their recent Canary Wharf opening by coming to Shoreditch. Taking over the space that was most recently Apothecary East, their latest opening...

Noisy Oyster is all about seafood and martinis in Shoreditch

Information: 06 December 2024

If you've been following Hot Dinners for a while you'll know that there's nothing we enjoy more than a well made martini, so the arrival of a seafood bistro in Shoreditch that puts the martini at...

Test Driving William IV - a perfect example of a good pub dining room

Information: 05 December 2024

We should all be so lucky to have a pub Dining Room like the William IV in our neighbourhood.

Top St Albans pizzeria Gracey's is popping up in Battersea

Information: 04 December 2024

London's pizza game has improved immeasurably in recent years, but there's also a pizzeria just north of the M25 that everyone's been talking about. Gracey's in St Albans has been getting rave...

Dave's Hot Chicken turn up the spice level for their arrival in London

Information: 04 December 2024

If you're the kind of person who opts for lemon & herb when they go to Nando's then keep scrolling because you're not going to want anything to do with Dave's Hot Chicken. The cult US chicken chain,...

Dalston Yard is now Yardlife, a three-month preview of the real thing

Information: 04 December 2024

Last summer there were bug plans for a new food, drinks and events space in Dalston. Called Dalston Yard, it was the brainchild of Dominic Cools-Lartigue, the man who opened The Tramshed Project and...

The Prince Arthur disrupts the London pub scene with its own caviar and a Basque restaurant

Information: 03 December 2024

A Hot Dinners exclusive If there's one thing that 2024 has taught us, it's that the London pub scene is very much still alive and kicking. We started the year strong with crowds thronging the newly...

Test Driving Delamina Townhouse - a cornucopia of good things in Covent Garden

Information: 03 December 2024

Tourists and theatregoers in Covent Garden now have a really good restaurant on their doorstep to try, with the latest restaurant from the Delamina Group.

The Groucho closed after police suspend licence over rape allegation

Information: 02 December 2024

Updated 2/12/24 with more information It's survived numerous scandals and been one of the cornerstones of Soho's louche late-night scene since it first opened in the eighties, but now The Groucho is...

The viral sensation Spud Bros is popping up in London

Information: 02 December 2024

They have become a massive viral hit on TikTok, with enormous queues developing around their Preston truck and now Spud Bros have arrived in London. Their original Preston baked potato truck,...

What to expect from the new Park Hyatt London River Thames in Nine Elms

Information: 02 December 2024

Anyone who's been to, works at or lives near Vauxhall or Nine Elms will have been aware of the progress of the looming pair of towers, aka One Nine Elms, that are now complete. The Park Hyatt London...

Krokodilos restaurant in Kensington promises to serve up amazing Greek food

Information: 30 November 2024

Do you know what's more stressful than opening a new restaurant in London just before Christmas? Opening two restaurants. But that's the delightful pickle that restaurateurs George Bukhov-Weinstein, Ilya Demichev...

Rake is the next residency to take over at The Compton Arms

Information: 29 November 2024

So far, the hit rate at Islington pub The Compton Arms for picking extremely interesting chef residencies is out of the park. They started with Schmaltz by Chris D'Sylva who went on to open Dorian. Then...

Fat Phill's are hoping that Battersea folk will love their Dutch smash burgers

Information: 29 November 2024

29/11/24 - Updated with opening details A Dutch burger group is hoping that the London love affair with smash burgers is very much still in the ascendancy. Fat Phill's started life in Amsterdam five...

Test Driving Amélie - an easy-to-like offering of luxe Provencal cooking in Belgravia

Information: 28 November 2024

There's been quite a shake up over at the Pantechnicon building in Belgravia with the newest arrival being the French restaurant Amélie. We went to check it out.

Pinna will serve up Sardinian specials beside Mayfair's Shepherd Market

Information: 28 November 2024

If there were an annual prize for the most industrious restaurateurs in London, then 2024's trophy would probably be a dead heat between Jason Atherton and the dynamic duo of George Bukhov-Weinstein and Ilya...

The Yellow Bittern has the last laugh against its detractors

Information: 27 November 2024

Proof indeed that there is no such thing as bad publicity, the deluge of negative reactions to the arrival of the Yellow Bittern appears to have had only a positive effect on the restaurant's...

Flat Iron is opening opposite Victoria Station

Information: 27 November 2024

Flat Iron continues to be a huge success across town (as you'll know if you ever tried to book one at even close to a peak time). Earlier this year, they opened in Hammersmith, but their latest is...

Pick Your Own are all about sustainable salads in the City

Information: 27 November 2024

If you're in the City and permanently thinking about what to have for lunch, the arrival of brand new salad spot Pick Your Own (aka PYO) should be of interest. As the name somewhat gives away, it's a...

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