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Bancone picks Borough Yards for its third pasta restaurant

Information: 09 June 2023

On the cusp of celebrating their fifth birthday, the folks at Bancone are also getting ready to open their third restaurant. They're the latest to join the procession of restaurants opening in...

World's 50 Best Restaurants announce the 2023 51-100 list and three London restaurants make the cut

Information: 08 June 2023

While we wait for the main event on 20 June, the World's 50 Best Restaurants started ramping up the excitement by releasing the 51-100 section of the list. It's always an interesting reveal, not least...

Manzi's is a huge seafood restaurant in Soho from The Wolseley Group

Information: 08 June 2023

Updated 8/6/23 with opening date As the first new restaurant to be opened by The Wolseley Hospitality Group since it was formed following the departure of Jeremy King and Chris Corbin, all eyes are...

Salt Yard bring home the trophy in the 2023 Croquetas Challenge

Information: 07 June 2023

Last night saw eight London restaurants battling it out for this year's Croquetas Challenge. It's the sixth year that the competition has been run by the Salt Yard Group and the sixth year we've...

RH England at Aynho Park opens five new restaurants at once in the Cotswolds

Information: 07 June 2023

The huge new gallery opening RH England at Aynho Park in Oxfordshire has, in one fell swoop, brought five new restaurants to the Cotswolds. Set over a 73-acre estate, it's really quite the...

Lavo Ristorante heads to London from LA with its giant wagyu meatballs

Information: 07 June 2023

Is there room for another glitzy Italian restaurant in London? We ask because news reaches us of an American import, LAVO Ristorante, which is coming our way from America. It's part of the TAO...

High Yaki is bringing staircase BBQs to Chinatown

Information: 06 June 2023

6/6/23 - updated with the opening date London's Chinatown has a lot of hot pot and DIY barbecue restaurants, but the owners of incoming restaurant High Yaki are hoping that they're bringing...

Test Driving the new Fallow breakfast - starting the day like royalty

Information: 06 June 2023

From viral pastries to sustainable takes on avo on toast, the new Fallow breakfast is worth seeking out.

Café Pier takes over the old cabmen's shelter on Chelsea Embankment

Information: 06 June 2023

Dotted around the city, cabmen's shelters are a living piece of London's history, dating back to the late Victorian era when cabbies needed somewhere warm to sit and grab a bacon sarnie and a cup of...

A Wes Anderson diner is coming to 180 Strand

Information: 05 June 2023

If you're maybe getting a little weary of the Wes Anderson TikToks that have been proliferating of late, it's not about to stop any time soon. The director has another film coming out this month,...

Fazenda is bringing its rodizio grill restaurant to London

Information: 05 June 2023

5/6/23 - Updated with the opening date Following restaurants like Six by Nico and Mowgli, another restaurant group that's made it big elsewhere in the country is heading to London for their next...

Alexis Gauthier is opening Studio Gauthier and 123V Bakery in Fitzrovia

Information: 05 June 2023

5/6/23 - updated with the opening dates Chef Alexis Gauthier is bringing not one, but two new restaurants to Fitzrovia. Much like his existing places, Gauthier Soho and 123V (inside Fenwick's), each...

Hong Kong's 'most chocolatey' chocolate cake creators 404 Bakery have arrived in London

Information: 02 June 2023

We do enjoy a bit of culinary grandstanding here at Hot Dinners and when someone arrives in this city promising to serve up the best chocolate cake we've ever had in our lives then we sit up and...

Islington restaurant Bellanger gets a major makeover

Information: 02 June 2023

Updated 1/6/23 with new images For the past month, Bellanger has been closed for what turns out to be a major overhaul. If you know the restaurant either from its Bellanger days or, before that,...

Walkers takes over Max's Sandwich Shop for a week

Information: 02 June 2023

There are few greater culinary delights out there than the simple pleasures of a good crisp sandwich. You've probably got strong feelings about the bread (sliced white, surely?) and the crisps...

Yannick Alléno is opening Pavyllon London at the Four Seasons on Park Lane

Information: 02 June 2023

Updated 2/6/23 with the opening date After a while, all roads lead to London. Chefs across the globe may open their multi-Michelin-starred restaurants wherever they choose, but it does appear that to...

Lina Stores are bringing their pasta to Clapham

Information: 02 June 2023

2/6/23 - updated with the opening date If you've been wondering what was going to take the place of the old site of St Clair in Clapham, wonder no more - it's going to be the latest opening by Lina...

Test Driving Lilienblum - Eyal Shani's first London follow-up to Miznon

Information: 01 June 2023

Miznon chef Eyal Shani has opened the latest restaurant in his burgeoning London empire. This is more about sharing plates that filled pitas - we went down to check it out.

El Pollote are bringing their Latino fried chicken to Carnaby

Information: 31 May 2023

You'll probably know them from various Kerb markets, including Seven Dials, but now the Venezuelan team behind El Pollote are getting ready to open their first standalone restaurant. They'll be...

Sushi and champagne - Nobu's summer terrace is open for business

Information: 31 May 2023

London's summer terrace game is firmly underway and one that's an easy recommendation is the one at Nobu Hotel London Portman Square. This will be the second year they've teamed up with Champagne...

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