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We'll admit to being a little thrown by the idea of Archway opening in Battersea with the two locations seemingly on opposite sides of town - but it turns out that this Archway is actually a new...

Having opened just in time for the upcoming Lunar New Year celebrations, Mama Chen's is a new dumpling-based popup at The Gantry in Stratford. It began life as a delivery service during lockdown - the...

Suitable for ramen slurping lunches or sushi suppers this new Liverpool Street Japanese spot hits the mark.

A Hot Dinners exclusive Regular visitors to The Bridge Theatre in London will know that, in addition to the fine shows being put on there, one of the big lures of the theatre is the fact that their...

5/1/23 - Updated with a new opening date In Bethlehem, chef and hotelier Fadi Kattan's place of business is in a building that's more than 1000 years old. Here in London, the place he's chosen for...

One way to blow any plans to calorie control over January would be to take a visit to London's newest doughnut store. Donutelier, which opened its doors on Charing Cross Road just before Christmas, is packed...

Not only is Romesh Ranganathan all across your TV right now, he's even managed to spare time to slide into the restaurant world this month with a collab with Yard Sale Pizza. The vegan comic has...

4/1/22 - updated with the opening date When your other restaurants are the Michelin-starred Endo at the Rotunda and popular sushi spot Sumi in Notting Hill, it's clear that people are going to be...

If you're not doing Dry January, you might be interested to learn about a new Portuguese wine bar that opened up just before Londoners broke for the Christmas holidays. Bar 1790 might be a brand new...

3/1/23 - Updated with the new opening date Fans of John & Yee Li’s Dumpling Shack rejoice - they're coming to London Fields in a two-for-one deal that gets you both a Dumpling Shack and the new...

Eline sees an ex-Pophams duo taking on their own venture in Hackney, featuring a stellar combination of seasonal cooking (with French roots) and a very accessible natural wine list. We headed down...

As the year winds down, here are the stories that were the most popular reads on Hot Dinners in 2022...   

Last year popular Smithfield haunt Lino made the announcement that they were closing their doors permanently. The pandemic, successive lockdowns and an unsupportive landlord did for them, despite...

This new Soho tapas spot brings in the freshest Scottish seafood and uses them in Spanish tapas classics.

Festive celebrations took a bad turn at Mayfair restaurant Mnky Hse on Friday night when a fire broke out forcing hundreds of customers and restaurant workers to flee the premises. In dramatic...

  Updated 19/12/22 with imagery You might have your favourite restaurant in London’s Chinatown, or are even happily attempting to work your way through them all, but we have a new one for your list...

  As the year winds down, we're hearing about the odd restaurant that didn't appear on our radar before and one of them is Willows in Clapham. The restaurant opened in late November and is something...

Five years after popping up in London as part of food writer Daniel Young's Young & Foodish's Spaghetti Wednesday, top Roman chef Arcangelo Dandini is back, this time with a permanent restaurant. Garum...

Henry Harris has returned to the stoves with his revival of Racine as a bouchon in Farringdon. We went to see if the magic was still there.