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LULA sees chef Paul Delrez giving Med vibes in Queen's Park

Information: 29 September 2023

Over the summer, Queen's Park residents have had an early look at a brand new restaurant on Lonsdale Road. LULA has been running residencies and private events for the past month or so, gearing up...

Here are all the restaurants and bars opening at The OWO

Information: 29 September 2023

Many of London's well-known historic buildings have been turned into hotels (work is also apace on Admiralty Arch and the old American Embassy). This time it's the turn of the Old War Office in...

The Som Saa duo are opening Kolae Thai bar and grill in Borough Market

Information: 28 September 2023

28/9/23 - updated with the opening date and menu details We knew way back in 2019 that the people behind Som Saa, Mark Dobbie and Andy Oliver, had a successful crowdfunder for a new restaurant. But with the...

Phil Howard's Notto pasta bar is coming to Covent Garden

Information: 28 September 2023

28/9/23 - updated with the opening date Last year, top chef Phil Howard (of Michelin-starred Elystan Street) got into London's ever-growing fresh pasta scene with Notto, just off Piccadilly Circus. In...

Breddos Tacos are coming to Stoke Newington

Information: 28 September 2023

We've seen a sudden influx of new taco restaurants of late. Two have been from footballers and another incoming taco joint is from a Hollywood star. So it's actually something of a change to see one...

Test Driving Brunswick House - a restaurant where the food and vibe are pitch perfect

Information: 28 September 2023

Jackson Boxer's Vauxhall restaurant not only looks like a beautiful film set, but the food is Oscar-worthy too.

Bambi takes over the Bright site in London Fields

Information: 27 September 2023

27/9/23 - updated with the opening date If you've been wondering what's going to take over the old Bright space in Netil House then we have the story for you. It's been bought by James Dye - the co-owner of...

The Trailer Happiness team are opening Portobello 177 in Notting Hill

Information: 27 September 2023

It's a good year for the team behind Trailer Happiness. Not only is their OG bar in Notting Hill celebrating its 20th birthday this year, but they're also on the verge of opening a new restaurant...

SideChick mixes cocktails and American soul food in an old Brixton pie and mash shop

Information: 27 September 2023

A new cocktail bar is coming to Brixton that looks like it will be well worth your attention. It all comes from April Jackson, owner of Wood and Water and who you might have seen on The Apprentice and...

London sake brewery Kanpai are moving their taproom and kitchen to Bermondsey

Information: 27 September 2023

27/9/23 - updated with details of the launch Seven years after they opened their taproom and kitchen in Peckham, London sake brewery Kanpai are on the move. Over the past few years, the self-taught brewers...

Honey & Co Daily in Bloomsbury is the latest restaurant from Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich

Information: 27 September 2023

Updated 27/9/23 with imagery and menu details A new Honey and Co is on the way from Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich. It's their second time in Bloomsbury as they get ready to open Honey & Co...

Colonel Saab's second Indian restaurant is off Trafalgar Square

Information: 26 September 2023

They must be doing very well in Holborn, because the team behind Colonel Saab are about to unveil a second restaurant. Opening about two years after they launched the first place, they've taken over the...

Richoux to leave Piccadilly home for Soho

Information: 25 September 2023

When a London restaurant's been around for over 110 years we always take interest in any changes. And over the weekend the team behind Richoux in Piccadilly announced a big one - that they're...

A Toblerone shop disguised as a jewellery vault is coming to Piccadilly

Information: 25 September 2023

As we move into the Christmas season, all manner of crazy pop-ups start arriving in town. One of the first is the Toblerone Diamond Truffle Vault, coming to Piccadilly this week. It's all a bit of...

Il Gattopardo is a new high-end Italian for Mayfair by the group behind Zuma and Amazonico

Information: 25 September 2023

Updated 25/9/23 with opening date and menu details A new high-end Italian restaurant is heading to Mayfair. This time, it's the turn of Il Gattopardo, a restaurant that they say is inspired by 1960s...

Bébé Bob is Bob Bob Ricard's spin-off Soho restaurant

Information: 23 September 2023

23/9/23 - Updated with the opening date It's been almost 15 years since Bob Bob Ricard first opened their restaurant in Soho, with its infamous "press for Champagne" buttons. Since then, the glitzy...

Café Lapérouse is coming to London, opening at the OWO in Whitehall

Information: 23 September 2023

23/9/23 - Updated with the opening date It's all hotting up at the OWO. The massive revamp of the Old War Office, adds a new Raffles hotel to London not to mention upcoming restaurants from...

Fowl sees the Fallow team launching a pop up chicken shop

Information: 22 September 2023

We've heard murmurings of something new coming from Fallow but while we wait to hear about that, they've a new offshoot that's almost next door to their St James restaurant. Inside St James's...

The Good Egg comes to Camden

Information: 22 September 2023

The Good Egg is getting bigger - they're opening their third restaurant in Camden. If you're unfamiliar with their current restaurants, either in Carnaby or Margate, their menus are mainly inspired by a...

Baudry Greene is the 10 Cases team's new European cafe in Covent Garden

Information: 22 September 2023

Here at Hot Dinners we are partial to a good cocktail and bar snack offering. So when we heard that the folk behind the 10 Cases and Parsons in Covent Garden were opening a new bar and cafe with...

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