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King’s Cross station’s Great Northern Hotel relaunches its restaurant and bar, now called RAILS

Information: 19 October 2022

If you’ve been looking for somewhere new to dine while waiting for a delayed train at King’s Cross, then the answer is here: RAILS. It’s the relaunch of former Plum + Spilt Milk, the restaurant...

Sam Harrison brings deli and cafe Sam's Larder to Chiswick

Information: 19 October 2022

Updated 20/10/22 with opening date Before he launched Sam's Riverside in Hammersmith, Sam Harrison ran Sam's Brasserie in Chiswick for 10 years. Well, now he's back in Chiswick - albeit in a...

Eline restaurant and Kimchi’s Wine Shop opens in Hackney

Information: 19 October 2022

Skulking around Hackney and feeling a bit peckish? Then let us nudge you in the direction of Eline, a new restaurant not far from Hoxton Overground Station. Named after the grandmother of co-founder and...

The Libertine bar and restaurant to open in London’s Royal Exchange

Information: 19 October 2022

19/10/22 - updated with the opening date One reason to go underground this year is the news that the vaults of London’s historical Royal Exchange will be transformed into The Libertine, a drinking and...

The Good Food Guide picks Birmingham over London for most exciting food destination of 2022

Information: 18 October 2022

Things aren't looking so great for London diners, according to the Good Food Guide. As the first guide to be published in two years was launched in a party last night (in London) it transpired that not...

US restaurant Sparrow Italia launches in Mayfair

Information: 18 October 2022

19/9/22 - updated with images and menus If Mayfair wasn’t already buzzing with forthcoming new restaurant openings, here is news of another. This time it’s by way of Los Angeles as well as the...

Mayfair is about to get its first Armenian restaurant, with the arrival of Lusin

Information: 18 October 2022

A Hot Dinners exclusive If you’ve not travelled to Armenia lately (quite frankly, that’s probably a lot of us) then your palate will soon be able to take a trip there, thanks to Lusin restaurant,...

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...

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