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Yard Sale Pizza's Veganuary pizza is The Romesh Spesh with Romesh Ranganathan

Information: 04 January 2023

Not only is Romesh Ranganathan all across your TV right now, he's even managed to spare time to slide into the restaurant world this month with a collab with Yard Sale Pizza. The vegan comic has...

Humo sees the team behind Endo and Sumi opening a wood fired restaurant in Mayfair

Information: 04 January 2023

4/1/22 - updated with the opening date When your other restaurants are the Michelin-starred Endo at the Rotunda and popular sushi spot Sumi in Notting Hill, it's clear that people are going to be...

The City gets a new Portuguese wine and tapas bar in Bar 1790

Information: 03 January 2023

If you're not doing Dry January, you might be interested to learn about a new Portuguese wine bar that opened up just before Londoners broke for the Christmas holidays. Bar 1790 might be a brand new...

Dumpling Shack and Sichuan Fry are doubling up in London Fields

Information: 03 January 2023

3/1/23 - Updated with the new opening date Fans of John & Yee Li’s Dumpling Shack rejoice - they're coming to London Fields in a two-for-one deal that gets you both a Dumpling Shack and the new...

Test Driving Eline - sustainable, stylish and affordable. A Hackney three in one.

Information: 02 January 2023

Eline sees an ex-Pophams duo taking on their own venture in Hackney, featuring a stellar combination of seasonal cooking (with French roots) and a very accessible natural wine list. We headed down...

The most-read stories on Hot Dinners in 2022

Information: 29 December 2022

As the year winds down, here are the stories that were the most popular reads on Hot Dinners in 2022...

Lino are reopening, this time in Queen's Park

Information: 29 December 2022

Last year popular Smithfield haunt Lino made the announcement that they were closing their doors permanently. The pandemic, successive lockdowns and an unsupportive landlord did for them, despite...

Test Driving Maresco - a hot date between Scotland and Spain in Soho

Information: 20 December 2022

This new Soho tapas spot brings in the freshest Scottish seafood and uses them in Spanish tapas classics.

Readers' vote winner - your favourite new restaurant of 2022

Information: 19 December 2022

We've added up the votes and the results are in! Out of a shortlist of nearly 50 new restaurants (itself taken from almost 250 restaurants that we tracked as opening in 2022) here's your favourite...

Mayfair restaurant Mnky Hse set ablaze in Christmas decorations fire

Information: 19 December 2022

Festive celebrations took a bad turn at Mayfair restaurant Mnky Hse on Friday night when a fire broke out forcing hundreds of customers and restaurant workers to flee the premises. In dramatic...

Pochawa Grill Korean BBQ hits up Chinatown

Information: 19 December 2022

Updated 19/12/22 with imagery You might have your favourite restaurant in London’s Chinatown, or are even happily attempting to work your way through them all, but we have a new one for your list...

Willows in Clapham mixes brunch boards with cheese and charcuterie

Information: 16 December 2022

As the year winds down, we're hearing about the odd restaurant that didn't appear on our radar before and one of them is Willows in Clapham. The restaurant opened in late November and is something...

Garum is top Roman chef Arcangelo Dandini's first London restaurant

Information: 16 December 2022

Five years after popping up in London as part of food writer Daniel Young's Young & Foodish's Spaghetti Wednesday, top Roman chef Arcangelo Dandini is back, this time with a permanent restaurant. Garum...

Test Driving Bouchon Racine - Henry Harris's triumphant return to the kitchen

Information: 15 December 2022

Henry Harris has returned to the stoves with his revival of Racine as a bouchon in Farringdon. We went to see if the magic was still there.

Nessa is a new British bistro from Tom Cenci in Soho

Information: 14 December 2022

14/12/22 - updated with a full look at the menu Tom Cenci first came to fame as the chef of Duck & Waffle, before then launching Loyal Tavern, a restaurant we were impressed with but which ended up...

Test Driving Notto - Phil Howard does pasta on Piccadilly

Information: 13 December 2022

Top chef Phil Howard has entered the fresh pasta game with Notto. We went down to Piccadilly to see how it shapes up against London's already pretty great fresh pasta restaurants.

Vori is hoping to transport Notting Hill residents with its Greek island cooking

Information: 13 December 2022

Updated 6/1/23 with new opening date Who among us doesn't fancy a change of scenery every now and then? Trader turned restaurateur Markos Tsimikali was feeling the same way. Having closed his...

Swedish bakery and cafe Soderberg arrives in East Dulwich

Information: 12 December 2022

A Hot Dinners exclusive Swedish bakery Soderberg has its main home in Edinburgh - but after opening a cafe in Soho in 2019, they're starting to grow in London too. Coming next for the group is a new...

Quo Vadis is getting a big refurb and doubling its capacity

Information: 09 December 2022

Some years ago, when Barrafina moved to Dean Street, it came at the cost of dramatically reducing the space available for Jeremy Lee's Quo Vadis. Now we're happy to report that Quo Vadis itself is...

Lulu's is the next-door wine bar and shop to Herne Hill's Llewelyn’s

Information: 09 December 2022

Herne Hill's Llewellyn's is opening a new wine bar and shop - right next door to the restaurant. Lulu's will be a shop during the day (also selling salads and sandwiches) and change into a wine bar...

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