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Test Driving The Barley Mow - a Mayfair pub reborn

Information: 18 October 2022

The latest addition to Mayfair's pub dining scene has arrived with a very clubby dining room and plenty of theatrical flourishes.

Viajante87 brings Mexican-Japanese cocktails and wagyu sandos to Notting Hill

Information: 17 October 2022

Agave cocktail fans will have a new reason to get excited about Notting Hill, with the news of Viajante87’s opening. It’s a cocktail bar from the founders of Los Mochis, who have not been shy with...

Here's where to eat and drink at the newly-opened Battersea Power Station

Information: 17 October 2022

So the final piece of the redevelopment at Battersea is now in place - Battersea Power Station itself has now reopened. And that means there are LOTS of new places to eat in the area. Here's what's...

Longboys hit up Coal Drops Yard for their flagship doughnut store

Information: 17 October 2022

You may have spotted their stall at the occasional market in Coal Drops Yard. Now doughnut folk Longboys are getting ready to open their biggest store and cafe there. Former Hakkasan pastry chef...

The OFM Awards 2022 recognise today's food heroes

Information: 14 October 2022

After three barren years, the great and good of the food world returned to the Freemasons Hall in central London for the return of the Observer Food Monthly Awards for the first time since the...

Supa Ya Ramen bring their "inauthentic" ramen to Peckham

Information: 14 October 2022

They moved from pop-up to permanent restaurant in Dalston and now Supa Ya Ramen are getting ready to open their second place, this time in Peckham. Luke Findlay’s ramen bar specialises in what he...

Regents Canal gets floating bar Bruno's from the people behind Caravel

Information: 14 October 2022

What’s just as good as a restaurant on a barge? A cocktail bar on a barge next to it. That’s right, the people who brought you this summer’s floating restaurant hit Caravel are putting the bar into...

Islington's Compton Arms gets a reprieve

Information: 13 October 2022

Mid-August, there was something of an uproar when we heard that one of Islington's best pubs, The Compton Arms was under threat due to a licensing review. Well, the review took place last night and...

Paradise Green will be Daisy Green's huge new restaurant at 100 Bishopsgate

Information: 13 October 2022

It's been a busy few weeks for Aussie-inspired cafe group Daisy Green. Hard on the heels of their opening in St John's Wood comes news that they're about to unveil their largest restaurant to date...

Test Driving the Sunday roast at Kudu Grill - perfection in Peckham

Information: 13 October 2022

It turns out that Sunday roasts are just one more thing this Peckham restaurant does brilliantly.

Jamie Oliver returns to restaurants with pasta pop-up, Pasta Dreams

Information: 12 October 2022

For the first time since closing down his Jamie's Italian business in 2019, Jamie Oliver is back with a new restaurant - although this one is for collection and delivery only. He's just launched...

Stars is the new Soho restaurant coming to @sohoplace theatre

Information: 11 October 2022

A Hot Dinners exclusive The Crossrail/Elizabeth line work in London has led to some big changes in London - and some of the biggest can be seen in Soho, close to Tottenham Court Road station. We've...

The Audley and Mount St Restaurant see Artfarm opening in Mayfair

Information: 11 October 2022

Artfarm, the hospitality arm of the modern art gallery group Hauser & Wirth, have already opened the 5-star boutique hotel The Fife Arms in Braemar and Somerset’s Roth Bar & Grill. Now they have some...

Daisy Green's latest is Johnny Green in St John's Wood

Information: 10 October 2022

Coming off the back of the very successful Peggy Jean riverside barge opening in Richmond, the Daisy Green group aren't slowing down. They've just opened the next in the series of...

Cocktail maestro Salvatore Calabrese is opening Velvet bar at Corinthia London

Information: 10 October 2022

There's no safer way to ensure the successful launch of your bar in London than to secure the services of Salvatore Calabrese. Also known as The Maestro, Salvatore came to fame with his legendary...

Sichuan restaurant ZhangLiang Malatang hits London

Information: 09 October 2022

A Hot Dinners exclusive It's all go in Chinatown with the latest new opening being one of China's big chain restaurants (there are over 5000 of them), ZhangLiang Malatang. It's a serve yourself...

Humble Grape wine bar is coming to Crouch End

Information: 07 October 2022

When you’re onto a good thing, open another one, seems to be hospitality philosophy, with the news that Humble Grape is about to cut the ribbon on its sixth wine bar. Having launched its first site in...

Test Driving Milk Beach - an Australian oasis in Soho

Information: 06 October 2022

Milk Beach has been a success in Queen's Park, and now it's brought its Australian cuisine to a prime new Soho space. We went down for a look.

The 50 Best bars list sees Tayer & Elementary in at number two, Barcelona's Paradiso in the top place

Information: 05 October 2022

The World's 50 Best Bars were announced last night and while The Connaught has reigned for two years, it's time for someone else to take the top spot. It's the turn of Bar Paradiso in Barcelona,...

The Searcys Champagne bar at St Pancras is getting a big overhaul

Information: 05 October 2022

5/10/22 - updated with new photos It's been a prime fixture of St Pancras for an age and now the Searcys Champagne Bar at King's Cross has gotten a fancy new makeover. It's been redesigned with a...

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