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Never mind the actual tennis players at Wimbledon, the real folk getting all the action are the waiters at Michel Roux Jnr's restaurant there. Posting a photo of the complicated (and huge) table...

Adding to its wide range of dining options, Covent Garden’s The Yards is soon to introduce a new Pan Asian restaurant Gura Gura from restaurateur Gobind Chona. Chona is no stranger to introducing...

This weekend saw the soft launch of a new venue in Peckham, Jumbi, described as "a hang out centred around music, food and drink." The project founders, Bradley Zero & Nathanael Williams, are aiming...

They've already launched Bar Daskal and Parrillan at Borough Yards now the Harts Group are onto their final launch there, a new Barrafina.

Sharp eyed East Londoners who might have spotted activity at the little kiosk in the garden of St John at Hackney recently should know they now have an interesting new Mexican cafe on their...

We've had Jamaican patties in Covent Garden and Cornish pasties in Paddington, now Portobello is getting in on the love for pastry snackage with a new empanaderia. De Nadas will specialise in...

  It's been a while since we've had a good new at-home kit, but this latest one from Ottolenghi looks very interesting.  if you've been a fan of the hummus at Ottolenghi, then you may be very...

Caravel sees two brothers deliver a restaurant on a barge on the Regent's Canal. We'd been hearing good things so popped down to check it out for ourselves.  

We have a hot new spot to cool your heels if you’re waiting for a train at Euston Station, and if you’re a fan of agave-based cocktails and Mexican food you might want to put MXO on your itinerary. Open...

It's always a real shame to see a lovely old pub all boarded up. But having been shut for a few years now, the old Rossyln Arms in Hampstead is getting a new lease of life. The place is being turned...

Inspired by her hugely popular YouTube series Chicken Shop Date, celebrity interviewer Amelia Dimoldenberg is teaming up with Yard Sale Pizza for a very special limited edition pizza. Obviously, the...

Having 12.5 million followers on Instagram isn't enough to get you a table for dinner in London unless you've reserved somewhere. That's what Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar discovered this week...

If, like us, you're still following Salt Bae on Insta from the time he opened his London restaurant you'll probably have noticed that the Bae was back in town this past week. And, while he was here, of...

Here at Hot Dinners we've long been fans of Nourished Communities, whose neighbourhood store in Canonbury really felt like a game-changer when it came to showcasing local and sustainable food when...

29/6/22 - updated with the opening date They have pita restaurants around the world and now Miznon finally has its sights set on London. The international pita merchant, set up by Israeli celebrity...

29/6/22 - updated with the opening date A look at a chef or manager's CV while it doesn't tell you everything about them, does give you a fairly good indication of what to expect. So when we heard that...

After almost three decades of serving up some of London's best-loved dim sum dishes, Chinatown restaurant Joy King Lau is closing its doors. Announcing the news in an Instagram post this week, the...

He's absolutely massive on Instagram and TikTok and now chef Thomas Straker, who's opening his own restaurant in London this summer, is teaming up with Patty & Bun. The chef, who's previously worked at Heston...

After ten years on Warren Street, Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich have moved their popular Middle Eastern restaurant Honey & Co to Bloomsbury. We went to pay them a visit in their new home. 

Updated 28/6/22 with opening date and menu info Harrods is on a bit of a roll at the moment. There's a new high-end patisserie on the way. And we still have the big launch of Frantzen due later in the year,...