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Brazilian restaurant Maroto to open in Mayfair

Information: 06 September 2024

We bring news of a Brazilian restaurant all-change in Mayfair, with Maroto taking over the site formerly occupied by another Brazilian restaurant Bossa (which closed in February). But the plot...

A Cantina Malibu vs Breddos Tacos collaboration is coming to The Ned

Information: 05 September 2024

For the month of September only, there’s a tacos takeover coming to Cantina Malibu in The Ned London. Breddos Tacos will be bringing their Mexican-flavoured joy every Friday. If you’ve not sampled the...

LIMA to open a third restaurant in London, inside Shoreditch’s Sun Street Hotel

Information: 05 September 2024

5/9/24 - updated with a new opening date. Hang onto your ceviche, London’s favourite Peruvian restaurant is about to open a third site. LIMA Shoreditch will take wings inside the Sun Street Hotel,...

Test Driving Kolamba East - the Sri Lanka restaurant comes to the City

Information: 05 September 2024

Five years after opening in Soho, Kolamba have gone east for their second restaurant, bringing Sri Lankan food to the City. We went down to try Kolamba East.

London’s first ever ride-through bakery is coming, thanks to Lime

Information: 04 September 2024

Hang onto your handlebars, there’s a cycle-through bakery coming to Shoreditch this weekend only. And it’s free! Whether you’re a bicycle owner or nay, this pastry-focused pop-up is coming to you...

Dang’s Thai chicken restaurant and cocktail bar to open below Spitalfields’ Slurp Noodles

Information: 04 September 2024

Looking for somewhere new to get your spicy fried chicken fix? With cocktails too? Then head East London way, as Dang’s is taking up a prime position in a basement bar below Slurp Noodles in...

BAO City is coming, with bonus karaoke

Information: 04 September 2024

It’s a good day for fans of steamed milk buns, with the news that BAO London is opening its new BAO City outlet. This will be the seventh restaurant from the Taiwanese group that has an...

Home Kitchen taking over from Odette's in Primrose Hill will be a restaurant staffed by the homeless

Information: 03 September 2024

3/9/24 - updated with the opening date and menu Things move fast in the London restaurant world. Just over a week after we learned that chef Bryn Williams was closing his much-loved Primrose Hill...

Panadera are opening a second bakery, next to Selfridges

Information: 03 September 2024

3/9/24 - updated with the opening date They're one of the best bakeries in London, so news that Filipino bakery Panadera was expanding was always going to be of interest. Now we know where they're...

Provisions Holloway Road to launch new San Sebastián-style pintxo bar Topa

Information: 03 September 2024

If a trip to San Sebastián seems too far out of reach, we have the next best thing, with the exclusive news that a Basque-themed pintxo bar called Topa is opening in North London. Located in...

Test Driving Stem + Stem - a triple threat in the City of wine bar, restaurant and florist

Information: 03 September 2024

With an experienced team behind it, this florist, wine bar and restaurant in the heart of the City is offering something fresh and new to Londoners. We went to check out Stem + Stem by Mansion House.

Chef Akira Back will run the restaurants and bars at the new Mandarin Oriental Mayfair

Information: 02 September 2024

Updated 19/9/24 with Dosa photograph and opening date We've known for a while that Michelin-starred chef Akira Back was heading to London to open at the upcoming Mandarin Oriental Mayfair. Now the...

Brother Marcus are taking their Eastern Med plates to Covent Garden

Information: 01 September 2024

1/9/24 - updated with the opening date Brother Marcus, which has already opened in Islington, Spitalfields, Borough and Kensington, are getting ready to open their fifth restaurant. This time, it's in...

Stoke Newington is getting an empanaderia and vinyl wine room courtesy of De Nadas

Information: 30 August 2024

Stokey locals who fancy grabbing an empanada will soon have somewhere on their doorsteps to do just that. De Nadas who already have two empanaderias in London are opening on Stoke Newington Church...

Wildflowers comes to Pimlico from ex-Elystan Street chef

Information: 29 August 2024

5/6/24 - updated with the opening date A new development has arrived in Pimlico, Newson's Yard, that is bringing with it a very promising new restaurant. Wildflowers is the development's food and...

Mimosa at The Langham has already closed its doors

Information: 29 August 2024

A Hot Dinners exclusive They had a star-studded party to launch it, but just five months after it opened Mimosa at The Langham has already closed its doors. All mention of the restaurant has been...

Jeremy Clarkson is opening The Farmer's Dog pub in Burford in the Cotswolds

Information: 29 August 2024

Updated 21/8/24 with opening date and pub name Having had his plans to run a restaurant at his farm scuppered by local planning restrictions, presenter Jeremy Clarkson has responded by buying a pub...

Bar crawl: mezcal martinis and top-tier tostadas at No.23, the new bar at Carousel

Information: 29 August 2024

Bringing a taste of Mexico to Fitzrovia the new permanent bar at Carousel, No.23, feels like a sure-fire hit.

Monmouth Street Wines is the new wine bar pop up from The Oystermen duo

Information: 28 August 2024

We'll confess we had no idea that Matt Lovell and Rob Hampton - the duo better known as The Oystermen - had opened a wine bar called Bedford Street Wines in Covent Garden a few years back. But you...

Tofu Vegan is bringing vegan Chinese food to Fitzrovia

Information: 27 August 2024

27/8/24 - updated with the opening date It quickly became a local hit when opening in Islington in 2021 and now a new Tofu Vegan is opening, this time in Fitzrovia. Since the Islington launch, the...

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