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Taking over The Print House site in Stratford is urban gin distillery Jim and Tonic who have a lot planned for the space on Sugar House Island. The gin company has not only opened a coffee shop, bar...

26/8/22 - Updates with opening details If you’re out and about in Canary Wharf or looking for reasons to head that way, M Restaurant is opening what they call another of their ‘gastro-playgrounds’ there, following...

New omakase restaurants are quite the trend in London at the moment. Recently, we've seen the openings of Roketsu and Roji and now comes Mayha, an omakase restaurant that first opened in The Middle...

Bring two wine importers, a charcuterie genius and a chef trained up at London's hottest restaurants together and you have the team behind this hit wine bar on Newington Green.

Crikey, Notting Hill really is becoming an interesting foodie destination. Hard on the heels of the openings of The Pelican and Caia comes news of an upcoming bistro, Dorian, with a stellar crew...

A Hot Dinners exclusive Wahlburgers was in Covent Garden for a fleeting moment, and ever since its closure we've been wondering who would be taking over that prime Covent Garden space. Now we have the...

24/8/22 - updated with the opening date Temper, the steak and barbecue restaurant that has places in The City, Soho and Covent Garden is getting ready to open its fourth restaurant - this time in...

Robin and Sarah Gill, who are the people behind Darby's The Dairy and more, have transformed a corner of Brixton into a small Parisian-style wine bar. We went down for a look. 

The Cross was HUGE back in the day. The nightclub, which was in the space that is now Coal Drops Yard, was one of London's most renowned back in the 90s - a really big deal. But with all the...

If you've been wondering what was going to go in the place of the old Cargo nightclub space on Rivington Street since it closed last year then, as of this week, we have the answer. It's now reopened -...

This is going to be the hottest of hot tickets. Asma Khan's Darjeeling Express is moving to a new location having closed in Covent Garden last month. But, while we wait for that, she's just...

Often viewed as a space where chefs get ready for their next big thing in an environment where they can only use two induction hobs, P Franco in Clapton has a new resident chef lined up. Recently...

Top Japanese restaurant Chisou has opened a tiny (but beautiful) omakase restaurant called Roji next door. We went down to try out the experience.  

A Hot Dinners exclusive Having recently opened Maddox Tavern in Mayfair, the same team is opening Block Soho (it's in the space where Zelman Meats used to be).  The big focus of the restaurant will be meat...

There's a new restaurant coming to Soho that, looking at the folk involved, certainly sounds worth a visit. Bantof describes itself as a restaurant, cocktail bar and art space. But it's the team...

Crate to Plate are at the forefront of urban farming in London - and they're supplying some of the city's best restaurants. We went down to find out what they're about.

We've already had a Veuve Clicquot breakfast cafe in Soho and now the same space is about to be taken over by another brand - this time it's going to be a Nutella breakfast cafe.  Called Happy...

West Londoners who love Japanese food have something to cheer about this autumn. Two Japanese restaurant groups, Shoryu Ramen and Sticks'n'Sushi, are opening new branches in Kensington and Westfield London...

When we are hearing about more restaurants closing than ever before, it's a nice change to hear of one that's moving and growing - and that's what's happening to Cottons.  The Caribbean restaurant is...

17/8/22 - updated with the opening date They've become big in Queen's Park and now Australian restaurant Milk Beach is heading into town for a second restaurant in Soho.  They'll be opening in the...