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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...

Test Driving Forza Wine - an instant smash hit overlooking the Thames

Information: 21 September 2023

Forza Wine have made an impressive jump from Peckham to the South Bank. We head out to their terrace to see how they've settled into the National Theatre.

Cinnamon Kitchen, Kricket, Cavita and Rambutan join forces for Spice in the City

Information: 21 September 2023

Promoted content To celebrate Cinnamon Kitchen City’s 15-year anniversary, Executive Chef of The Cinnamon Collection, Vivek Singh and Cinnamon Kitchen City Head Chef, Raju Ramachandran, is being...

Alhaji Suya get ready to open in Brixton

Information: 20 September 2023

Brixton residents who love their suya, and those who haven't had the pleasure yet, should look out for a new West African takeaway business opening their way very soon. Alhaji Suya is getting ready to...

Chayote brings a mix of Mexican, Spanish and Peruvian food to St Katharine Docks

Information: 20 September 2023

London's ongoing love affair with Mexican, Spanish and Peruvian food continues with a new restaurant that's bringing all three of them together to St Katharine Docks. Called Chayote, it comes from...

Solis sees the TATA Eatery team bring a chicken and steak grill to Arcade Battersea

Information: 19 September 2023

Just coming off a recent residency at The Sea, The Sea, TATA Eatery's Ana Gonçalves and Zijun Meng are planning their next big thing, Solis, which is opening in the new Arcade food hall in...

Test Driving Goodman City - a steakhouse at the top of its game

Information: 19 September 2023

This New York inspired steakhouse is knocking it out of the park - we booked in to see how they've kept the City crowd happy for more than a decade.

Black Bear Burger are starting steak nights in Brixton

Information: 18 September 2023

They're already going carving a name for themselves in the hugely competitive London burger scene but Black Bear Burger aren't sitting on their laurels. This week they're gearing up to launch a new...

The 411 brings some stateside sass to Angel

Information: 15 September 2023

Opening its doors in Islington is The 411, a new bar from the Incipio Group who are also behind such behemoths as The Prince in Earl's Court and Pergola in Paddington. Fittingly they've found an...

Treats Club are popping up with a Carnaby dessert bar

Information: 15 September 2023

Lungi Mhlanga's Treats Club, known for their freshly made filled doughnuts, is coming into Central London for a six-month doughnut-laden dessert bar pop-up in Carnaby. The filled doughnuts on offer...

F Cooke are coming back to Broadway Market with a pie pop for one day only

Information: 14 September 2023

Three years after F Cooke closed its doors on Broadway Market after 120 years of trading, citing a lack of Eastenders, the iconic pie and mash shop is returning to its former home - for one day...

Marcus Wareing is closing his restaurant at The Berkeley

Information: 14 September 2023

Following the news that Le Gavroche is closing later this year, we have news of another big closure, Marcus Wareing's restaurant at The Berkeley. The restaurant will be shutting just after...

Magenta, the modern Italian restaurant in King's Cross that you need to know about

Information: 14 September 2023

Magenta in King's Cross is turning out a menu of excellent modern Italian cuisine - we went down to try it for ourselves.

The Guards Bar and Lounge brings Singapore Slings and high-end cognac to Raffles London at the OWO

Information: 13 September 2023

We're gearing up for the launch of The OWO and Raffles London at The OWO which, as you'll have read here, is packed full of new bars and restaurants. The latest we're hearing about is The Guards Bar...

Maya's Bakehouse sees local baker serving up sourdough and Basque cheesecake to Tulse Hill

Information: 13 September 2023

If there's anything positive that could be said to have come from Covid and lockdown it's the number of small businesses that took the challenge presented by those dark months and turned it into...

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