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Eagle-eyed London Fields residents may have spotted the arrival of a new restaurant, Chakana, on Broadway Market. Turns out this is the new London outpost for chef Robert Ortiz who opened the first...

There’s news afoot in Breakfast Club land again. We recently told you about the famous yellow ‘caff’ and its first venture into the travel-sphere, with the new outlet at Gatwick’s North Terminal. Now,...

Updated with details of the launch and the opening date The original Le Deli Robuchon had been pretty popular for a while, but that went into the stratosphere when they launched the (undeniably great)...

Updated 10/10/23 with the opening date It's been a while since coffee roasters and brunch purveyors Caravan opened a new place, but now they're about to hit up Covent Garden. They're one of the...

10/10/23 - updated with the opening date Eagle-eyed Highbury residents may have noticed some construction work going on up at Highbury Barn over the past couple of months. Turns out that's going to...

A Hot Dinners exclusive It's been a while since someone stealthily opened an interesting new burger place in London. Back when Hot Dinners first started up we had the likes of MEATliquor popping up...

9/10/23 - Updated with the opening date The man behind Fitzrovia's Akoko, Aji Akokomi, is getting ready to open his next West African restaurant - Akara in Borough Yards.  An akara is a crispy...

Somewhat out of nowhere, a new restaurant by Kitty Fisher's is opening - and it's right in the middle of Soho.  It's all part of the new makeover of the Boulevard Theatre in Soho which is becoming...

He's had a lot of success with Cornerstone and now Tom Brown is getting his second restaurant ready, the seafood-led Pearly Queen in Spitalfields (taking over from The Space on Commercial Street).  Billed...

Up until now, YouTubers turned fast food giants The Sidemen have kept their food offering to food halls. But now they're about to step into fully fledged restaurants with the opening of their first...

London is getting its own version of an Italian street food snack shop designed to be the perfect drinking food. Crescentina are a dish from the Emilia Romagna region of Italy - they're fried dough...

Fans of Bethnal Green's Coupette, get ready - they're coming to Soho. The new bar will be called Atelier Coupette and, as the name suggests, it'll be a bit different from their original bar...

Updated 6/10/23 with opening date The pub that was once The KPH in Notting Hill is going through another big revamp and is set to emerge as The Knight of Notting Hill.  It'll be the second free house...

One of London's best restaurants is going into business with US burger folk Shake Shack for a one-day-only special. Two Michelin-starred restaurant Ikoyi (also No 35 on the World's 50 Best...

A Hot Dinners exclusive Earlier this year, The Bear in Camberwell finally reopened after being shut for six years. It was brought back to life by the team of Joe Sharratt and Teddy Roberts and now...

Three years after the closure of La Brasserie on Brompton Road, a new owner is intending to breathe life into what was once a super-popular neighbourhood restaurant. Andrea and Alberto Fraquelli,...

Whether you're a royalist or a fervent republican, you can't fail to have been impressed by the glamour of the dinner President Macron threw for the King and Queen at Versailles the other week. Now, for...