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We're gearing up for the launch of The OWO and Raffles London at The OWO which, as you'll have read here, is packed full of new bars and restaurants. The latest we're hearing about is The Guards Bar...

If there's anything positive that could be said to have come from Covid and lockdown it's the number of small businesses that took the challenge presented by those dark months and turned it into...

Over the weekend the latest addition to the hotter-than-hot Notting Hill dining scene opened its doors. Ria's is a new all-day spot that kicks off with home-baked cookies in the morning, moving to...

Updated 13/9/23 with opening date Two years after opening their wine shop and tasting room in Islington, Must & Lees are expanding. Their second place will open this autumn on Warren Street, taking...

A Hot Dinners exclusive They've been running pop-ups and supperclubs throughout the year (including one at Carousel), but now Hainan House are getting ready to settle down in Islington. They've...

He was the chef who famously decreed that no diner in his restaurant would be allowed to order a second G&T, ask for the salt or slump in their chairs. In the three decades that he worked in the...

The folk behind SushiHeads in Tottenham have now got a new venture to pour their energies into. Having closed their Tottenham restaurant just weeks ago they're now open as Okonomiheads in...

Just months after chef James Cochran closed his own sports bar Valderrama's in Islington, another hospitality group are clearly hoping for a better outcome for their new sports bar opening at Angel...

Updated 11/9/23 with opening date and soft launch info In excellent news for pre and post-show dining, Covent Garden’s Lyceum Theatre is getting a restaurant that is an ode to all things Calcutta. Called...

Updated 10/9/23 with soft launch info It feels like only yesterday we were telling you about Mayfair’s Bocconcino opening a new restaurant on The Strand, but we’ve just heard it has been rescheduled until...

Fresh from toasting their triumph in this year's final of Bake Off: The Professionals, the pastry team from The Landmark London hotel in Marylebone are getting ready to showcase their winning bakes to...

Updated 8/9/23 with opening date If the name Hakim Ziyech makes you sit up, then you are probably a football fan (or at least a Chelsea supporter). We’re here to tell you that he’s launching a taco...

8/9/23 - updated with more details about the London launch Following a bakery that's come to London via Hong Kong, now here's another which has come via Dubai, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi.  Kayu Bakehouse...

Springing to life over the lockdown, Spasia Dinkovski's Mystic Burek (once Mystic Börek but now using the Balkan spelling), quickly became a massive hit. Spasia served up North Macedonian-style böreks -...

A very different kind of British/Irish restaurant has just opened its door in Chelsea that's aiming straight for the luxury end of the London dining scene. BÓHA London has taken over the old Chelsea Lodge...

Updated 4/9/23 with opening date The people behind Crispin (Spitalfields) and Bar Crispin (Soho) have their third opening lined up - Bistro Freddie. It's taking over the space that used to be Oklava...

It may currently be shorts and t-shirts weather here in London but there are plenty of businesses who are already making plans for the festive period. Cue immersive entertainment group Swamp Motel...