News & reviews

We've long been fans of Fink's Salt & Sweet in Highbury - it's our neighbourhood coffee shop, deli and purveyor of top tier sandwiches, bottled cocktails and more. Back in 2020 they expanded by...

  Adam Smith has taken his restaurant in Ascot's Coworth Park to a whole new level. We take a look at the plush surroundings before checking out the brand-new Woven. 

It's all change at high rise City restaurant Fenchurch at Sky Garden, with the arrival of Kerth Gumbs as Head Chef. Gumbs, you may recognise from his stints as a finalist on the Great British Menu...

23/11/22 - updated with lots more info News previously reached us of a new restaurant coming to Mayfair that seems to be going after the Cipriani and LPM crowd, called Mister Nice. Things were a...

The Berkeley has launched a new wintry pop-up - and this one is based on a classic pub. We went along for beer, scotch eggs and to see how they've managed to evoke a proper British pub in the heart of...

Walthamstow's beer community grows ever larger with a new opening on what they call the "Blackhorse Beer Mile". This time it's the turn of Pretty Decent Beer Co, who are opening a brewery and...

There's a good chance you've seen Daniel Craig dancing around in the new Belvedere commercial and clearly that's just part of a bigger campaign - part of which has arrived in Selfridges.  The bar will be...

Updated 21/11/22 with launch offer and opening date As the nights draw in and thoughts turn to steaming bowls of hearty pasta, it’s like Officina 00 is reading our minds. They’re opening a second...

It’s the weather for their outrageously oozy cheese toasties, so here’s a particularly good reason to head to Kensal Rise: Morty & Bob’s are opening an all-day restaurant, café and bar in the...

We don’t often get to say Paris’ loss is London’s gain, but with the news that Taku Mayfair has opened, we can. Chef Takuya Watanabe, the man behind Jin, the first sushi Omakase restaurant in Paris to...

La Rampa brings a Cuban flavour to Oxford Circus with their unique take on Cuban food classics and cocktails - plus lots of rum... 

This new bar at this Whitehall hotel showcases the many talents of top mixologist Salvatore Calabrese. We popped in for a tipple or two.

Given the current cost of living crisis we're all for a new wine bar that's bringing down the cost of drinking good wine.

In the same month we lost one of London's oldest restaurants (fingers crossed that's only temporary) it's good to hear that another of London's eighteenth century hostelries is being resurrected. The...

Updated 16/11/22 with soft launch info Back in summer, we had the pleasure of trying out Robin Gill's new restaurant Maria G's in Kensington. There, the restaurant's Exec Chef Aaron Potter was...

Depressing news from Margate. When we visited there this summer, a highlight of our trip was dinner at Barletta right on the seafront. Today it transpires that the owners, Natalia Ribbe and Jackson Berg...

A Hot Dinners exclusive A duo of hospitality folk are behind a new bar opening in London that's been inspired by the backstreet bars in Spain and Italy. Billed as a London aperitivo bar, Deep Cuts is...

Kensington locals' pub options just got more interesting with the arrival of The Holland. We went to check it out. 

15/11/22 - Hicce Hart is now open Good news for North London, with a second outlet of Hicce due to open. Called Hicce Hart, it will take up the site most recently occupied by the Day & Night pub in...

Grab your handbags, Harrods is bringing the best of fashion and food together, with a gingerbread-themed Café Dior opening on its ground floor for a limited time. Yes, the department store that...