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Carnaby has an appealing new Spanish bar celebrating croquetas. We went to work our way through the list...

23/1/22 - updated with photos of the new bar If you've been to The Dorchester recently, then you'll have noticed that their regular ground-floor bar has been under wraps (and has even popped up to...

Kingly Court's always a busy old place but we predict that a new opening from the Pizza Pilgrims will make it just that bit harder to get a seat there. From next week they'll be running what they're...

Applebee's Fish, which first started as a stall in Borough Market, is trying something new. The brothers behind it, Jack, Harry and Matthew Applebee are opening Spanish tapas restaurant La Gamba in...

Last year, The Glasshouse closed in Kew after 23 years. If you're wondering what's going to be taking its place, we have the answer - Hawthorn. In the kitchen is chef Joshua Hunter, who's been at Kitchen...

If you're a fan of Black Bear Burger (and we are), then it's worth knowing they have something new up their sleeve. Next up after burgers, it's fried chicken with their new 20ft Chicken.  They'll be launching...

  Something that will be very handy for the people that work in the area (particularly the huge Penguin HQ), Sven Hanson Britt's Oxeye is branching out with a new sandwich hatch in Nine Elms. The Sandwich Shack...

Norman's Cafe popped up there last year and now it's the turn of Brixton smokehouse Ruben's Reubens to take on the residency in Shoreditch's Seed Library.  Ruben Dawnay will be in charge of the food...

You may have seen him on Netflix's Chef's Table, or tried his food at last year's collaboration with Bone Daddies. But now ramen hot shot Ivan Orkin of Ivan Ramen fame is coming to London for a...

Following up on their success in King's Cross, Hicce's Pip Lacey and Gordy McIntyre have come to Islington with something quite different in Hicce Hart. We popped down to see how they've adapted...

17 January 2023 - Updated with a look inside Big Mamma never do things by halves but they're taking things one step further as they head west to Kensington for their next restaurant Jacuzzi.  It's their...

They've been delivering and popping up across London as well as running a popular residency in Walthamstow's Crate, but now Baggio Burger are getting ready to open in their permanent Walthamstow...

Trying to keep on top of what Harrods is doing food-wise is a tricky task. They do have a tendency to just throw open the doors on a new project without telling anyone. So their latest pop-up was...

A Hot Dinners exclusive If you're looking for a positive thing you can say about the lockdowns, they do seem to have given a lot of people the push they needed to open their own business. One such...

This one took its time. We originally wrote about Caviar Kaspia returning to London all the way back in 2018 - but now it's finally (and quietly) opened. Back at the turn of the millennium, Caviar...

Hot Dinners exclusive Highbury Corner in Islington is doing rather well for wine bars right now. Not only does it have Yield and, a short 10-minute walk away, Provisions (both shops by day, wine...

Updated 13/1/23 with opening date When Filipino coffee house and bakery Kapihan closed their doors in Battersea back in October 2021 their departure was met with genuine sadness from the legions of...

13/1/22 - updated with opening details A new Shake Shack is coming to town and this time they'll be opening in Soho. right around the corner from Oxford Circus. The American burger chain is setting up...

  You may already know about Side Hustle - but the NoMad London in Covent Garden now has another pretty big new lounge bar in the basement. We paid it a visit.