News & reviews

Mayfair's Lucky Club is coming to Camden with a roof terrace cocktail and taco bar

Information: 03 May 2022

3/5/22 - updated with photos and opening date Having made a name for themselves in the West End serving up cocktails and bao, the team behind The Lucky Club Mayfair are heading north. They've taken on...

Test Driving The Lanesborough Grill - modern British in a glamorous setting

Information: 03 May 2022

The arrival of chef Shay Cooper means that this splendid hotel dining room now has a menu that lives up to the opulent surroundings.

Anna Haugh takes over from Monica Galetti on MasterChef: The Professionals

Information: 29 April 2022

A week after Monica Galetti stepped back from MasterChef: The Professionals to concentrate on her family and restaurant, the BBC have found her replacement.

Bubblewrap bring their waffles to Spitalfields Market

Information: 29 April 2022

They're hugely popular in Chinatown and Covent Garden and now a third Bubblewrap has landed in Spitalfields Market. If you're somehow yet to encounter these dessert guys (they do pop up rather a lot...

Dalston restaurant Madam Pigg has closed

Information: 29 April 2022

Its Sunday roasts were legendary and fans were legion, but after a tumultous couple of years, Dalston restaurant Madame Pigg has finally given up the fight. In a post on Instagram yesterday chef and...

This home counties farm is offering festival feasts by top name chefs over the summer

Information: 29 April 2022

If you love the idea of the long table banquets that many summer festivals are holding but would prefer to sleep in your own bed at night, then Hertfordshire's At Home farm may have just the thing...

Boundary takes over from Albion as Boundary Shoreditch's new restaurant

Information: 28 April 2022

There's change afoot in Shoreditch. Boundary London, which includes the hotel, restaurant and rooftop was bought by Harcourt Inns late last year (they're the people behind The Coach in Clerkenwell, The...

Parrillan opens a new grill terrace at Borough Yards, and adds an indoor restaurant too

Information: 28 April 2022

They already have a mini-empire at Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross with Casa Pastor, Barrafina, Parrillan and The Drop and now The Harts Group are doing something similar at Borough. El Pastor is...

Bar Daskal is a Spanish wine bar in Borough Yards from the Barrafina team

Information: 27 April 2022

The openings at Borough Yards, the new development close to Borough Market are continuing apace - and that includes three new openings from the same people, the Harts Group. They're planning to open...

Vin-Yard is a mash-up wine and pizza bar by Top Cuvee and Yard Sale Pizza this May

Information: 27 April 2022

You could never accuse the folk at either Top Cuvee or Yard Sale on letting the grass grow under their feet. And now, the two hardest grafters in town are teaming up for what promises to be an epic...

The GQ Food & Drink Awards 2022 are announced - here are the winners

Information: 27 April 2022

There'll be a few sore heads in the hospitality world this morning, following last night's GQ Food and Drink Awards 2022. But some of those who attended the ceremony at Decimo at The Standard in...

Xier's Carlo Scotto is opening Amethyst in Mayfair

Information: 26 April 2022

26/4/22 - updated with new address Until fairly recently Carlo Scotto was chef-patron of Xier, a restaurant that closed during the pandemic. But Scotto isn't standing still - he's getting ready to...

Test Driving Apricity - Chantelle Nicholson finds a home in Mayfair

Information: 26 April 2022

After Tredwells and All's Well, Chantelle Nicholson has opened a restaurant in Mayfair which brings together a veg-forward menu and a no-waste ethos to impressive levels. We went down for a look.

Palazzo in Crystal Palace is an Italian bar and diner from the Made of Dough boys

Information: 26 April 2022

A Hot Dinners exclusive If you're a Crystal Palace resident wondering what's happening at the old Church Grill site on Church Road, well we have news for you. The space has been taken over by the...

Anime-themed restaurant Uzumaki is heading to Bloomsbury

Information: 22 April 2022

Last year you may have spotted the arrival of London's first anime-themed ramen restaurant, Uzumaki. It popped up on High Holborn serving a selection of ramen, sushi and bubble team in a...

Audrey's comes to Bankside from the people behind Flat Iron Square

Information: 22 April 2022

Updated 22/4/22 with opening date The people behind Good's Way and Flat Iron Square (a company that happens to be headed up by Ben Lovett from Mumford & Sons) are getting ready to launch something new...

Le Pont de la Tour Bistrot to open on the Thames, with "relaxed fine dining" in mind

Information: 21 April 2022

A Hot Dinners exclusive. It's had pride of place on the banks of the Thames, looking out onto Tower Bridge for over 30 years - and now Le Pont de la Tour is getting ready to launch something new. Taking...

Test Driving Restaurant 1890 by Gordon Ramsay at The Savoy - a little gem of a hotel restaurant

Information: 21 April 2022

Gordon Ramsay's third restaurant at The Savoy has room for just 26 diners. Here's what it's like to eat there.

The Modern Pantry is making a comeback

Information: 20 April 2022

First, it lost its founding chef Anna Hansen back in 2019 and then the Modern Pantry closed for good in December 2020 after their lease came to an end (it's now an estate agency, it seems). However, they...