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South London's plant-based group En Root is heading to Brixton. The brainchild of South Londoners Nish Modasia and his cousin Harshil Modasia, who also have places in Peckham and Clapham, the new...

Dalston is getting a brand new bakery as Francesca Strange's The Proof has found a permanent home there for a bakery, coffee shop and dessert bar.  A self-taught baker, The Proof has been delivering...

We're very big fans of pate en croute here at Hot Dinners, so news of the return of Maison Francois' Croute Off has cheered us immensely. Just as you'd expect, it has some of London's best...

11/11/22 - Updated with the opening date With the opening of London’s first art’otel comes details of what one of the restaurants will be in the hotel's Battersea Power Station site, and it’s good...

  They've launched clothing and hotel rooms and next up for KFC is a pub.  As part of the World Cup, they're launching The Colonel's Arms in Hammersmith a pub that yes, will be serving KFC - sort of...

This new Smithfield restaurant wants to give London diners a real experience for their money. We went to see how that plays out in reality.

The Crudo group are heading to Hackney for their largest opening yet. They started out in Fitzrovia with a grab-and-go spot back in 2019 before expanding to Old Street. Now they're hitting up Mare...

They've been in Peckham for a while, but now neighbourhood restaurant Pedler has found a brand new neighbourhood in Canary Wharf.  They've moved from Peckham, and have taken over the space that used...

The openings at Battersea Power Station are coming thick and fast. On the heels of the main opening last month, we're now hearing about a new Italian coming to the area. TOZI has long been one of...

Updated 8/11/22 with images If you've been wondering what form the alfresco space at The Berkeley would take on for winter, let us enlighten you. This year they've moved away from Alpine influences and gone...

Celeb haunt Scott's has arrived in Richmond and hasn't spared any expense, from the look of it. We head down for a riverside lunch to see how the locals have taken to it.  

Ever since it opened its doors this summer, Notting Hill pub The Pelican has been packing them in, whether it's locals wanting a piece of that lobster pie or celebrities after a quiet-ish drink. Now the...

Updated 7/11/22 with opening date It was only a matter of time: Shoreditch is getting its first natural wine bar. Starting out in 2020 as a next-day-UK-wide-wine-delivery service during lockdown,...

When Soho restaurant Sucre launched, they also opened their cocktail bar Abajo. However, after a somewhat chilly reception, they've had a rethink and the bar is getting an overhaul and reopening as...

Dancing on tables could be behaviour from your past (or present, we’re not judging) but it’s the vibe that the new Hotel Amano are looking to bring to their restaurant Penelope’s when it opens. The...

It must be nearly Christmas as StreetSmart’s annual campaign has just kicked off across the UK, bringing nearly 550 restaurants together to raise money for people suffering homelessness, with a...

3/11/22 - updated with soft launch details In news guaranteed to make a lot of folk in the financial district very happy, Dishoom have announced that Canary Wharf will be the site of their next...

2/11/22 - updated with the opening date The Tottenham Court Road end of Oxford Street's days as the shabbier part of the shopping thoroughfare appears to be drawing to a close. Hard on the heels of...

There were huge queues when Popeyes opened its first restaurant in Stratford, and that was just a concession in Westfield. Other than popping up for delivery-only dark kitchens across town, they...

One of London's oldest restaurants is fighting for survival after a face-off with its landlords. Yesterday Simpson's Tavern in the City issued an appeal and began a crowfunding campaign to help it...