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Test Driving Scully in St James - a new tasting menu brings us back

Information: 28 September 2022

Ramael Scully's eponymous restaurant on St James's Market has switched up its evening offering to an all tasting menu affair. We went to try it out.

Club Mexicana goes big with vegan tacos and frozen pina coladas in Spitalfields

Information: 28 September 2022

If the thought of California-style street food gets your motor running, or if you were already making pilgrimages to Club Mexicana at their Kingly Court or Seven Dials locations, then news of an...

St John pick Marylebone for their third London restaurant

Information: 28 September 2022

Updated 28/9/22 with opening date It's always a red letter day when we hear that a new St John Restaurant is on the way. The new opening in Marylebone will make it the third restaurant in town after...

A Wong and Uncle Roger win big at The Golden Chopsticks Awards

Information: 28 September 2022

We're clearly entering awards season. On the same night as the AA announced its 2022 Hospitality Awards, the UK's East and South East Asian restaurants were being celebrated across town at The...

The Barletta team are opening Sète wine bar and restaurant in Margate

Information: 28 September 2022

A Hot Dinners exclusive. Updated 28/9/22 with opening date Down in Margate, the food scene seems unstoppable with loads of interesting places opening up to look after locals and entice Londoners...

The Ritz's John Williams wins Lifetime Achievement Award at the AA Hospitality Awards 2022

Information: 27 September 2022

Not having had an actual real-life ceremony for three years, we're imagining that last night's AA Hospitality Awards were a doozy of a party. Hosted by TV's Gabby Logan, the awards handed out gongs to...

Chef Alyn Williams to join London’s Park Row as Executive Chef

Information: 26 September 2022

Information we’ve just received via the Bat-Signal is that DC Comics-inspired restaurant Park Row has recruited a new Executive Chef: Alyn Williams. Having trained under chefs Marcus Wareing and...

Test Driving Barrafina Borough Yards - same brilliant tapas but this one's good for groups too

Information: 26 September 2022

Just around the corner from Borough Market, you'll find the latest Barrafina, and this one is particularly good if you're dining as a group. We took a stool up at the marble counter to give their...

Notting Hill’s Kuro Coffee to open a new "Eatery", bakery and wine bar

Information: 26 September 2022

Updated 18/10/22 with opening date The Japanese-minimalist vibe of Notting Hill’s Kuro Coffee is capitalising on its popularity in the neighbourhood with the launch of a new Kuro Eatery restaurant and a...

Cedric Grolet launches his take on afternoon tea - Goutea

Information: 26 September 2022

Cedric Grolet hugely impressed us when he opened on these shores with his patisserie and cafe early this year in The Berkeley. Now the renowned French pastry chef is moving onto the most obvious...

Din Tai Fung bring their dumplings to Centre Point

Information: 26 September 2022

Ever since the first UK Din Tai Fung opened back in late 2018, there was always talk of a second restaurant that would be coming to Centre Point. But years passed with no further developments (as...

Celebrity hangout Scott's is opening in Richmond

Information: 25 September 2022

Updated 26/9/22 with photos He's already had a lot of success with expanding his Ivy restaurant group across the country. Now Richard Caring is getting ready to do the same with Mayfair classic...

Casa do Frango bring piri piri to Mayfair

Information: 23 September 2022

23/9/22 - updated with the opening date Next up for popular Portuguese piri-piri restaurant Casa do Frango - they're coming to Mayfair. Taking over what used to be Ice Bar on Heddon Street, the...

Test Driving Alex Dilling at Hotel Café Royal - the hotel gets a real destination restaurant

Information: 23 September 2022

Alex Dilling at the Hotel Café Royal promises to deliver an elevated Frech dining experience from a lauded chef. We went along to see if the hotel has finally landed a full-on destination restaurant.

King's House in Chelsea sees MasterChef winner Dhruv Baker serve up Basque steaks and more

Information: 22 September 2022

Back in the day, The Jam Tree was quite the King's Road institution. Now its former owner, Ashley Letchford, is back in charge along with Riding House Cafe's Clive Watson. They're relaunching it as...

Sumi sushi restaurant in Notting Hill doubles in size with a big refurb

Information: 22 September 2022

Japanese restaurant Sumi in Notting Hill was already one of the best in the area - but now the restaurant has just had a huge overhaul, making it bigger than ever. Not only has it had a full...

The new Bunsik in Camden will add bubble teas to its Korean corndog menu

Information: 22 September 2022

Having already torn up the scene in Chinatown and Charing Cross, the stupidly popular Korean corndog vendors Bunsik are heading to North London. For their third opening they've found a space on the...

Patron Next Door in Kentish Town will feature a speakeasy lounge and secret garden

Information: 22 September 2022

26/9/22 - Updated with photos Kentish Town's popular French restaurant Patron has found an easy way around the problem of too many customers and not enough room - knock through into the shop next...

Covent Garden’s Royal Opera House opens its Piazza restaurant to all

Information: 22 September 2022

22/9/22 - Updated with photos of the restaurant If you’re looking for a restaurant rooftop view that your mates aren’t talking about yet, then plan a little cultural jaunt to Covent Garden’s Royal...

Test Driving Sunda Kitchen - Covent Garden's new Southeast Asian winner

Information: 21 September 2022

Out of almost nowhere, an interesting new South East Asian restaurant has appeared in Covent Garden. Sunda Kitchen has some very impressive names behind it - and they've managed to create something...

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