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Carrubo and In Horto, Mediterranean bar and rustic restaurant, are coming to Borough

Information: 05 July 2022

The team behind Flat Iron Square and Goods Way are just about to open what looks to be an interesting combo of bar and restaurant Carrubo and In Horto just around the corner from Borough Market. The...

World's 50 Best reveals the 2022 51-100 list, with Kol as the highest new entry

Information: 05 July 2022

It's nearly time for the 2022 World's 50 Best Restaurants awards (the event takes place on 18 July). So to get us all in the mood, we've just had numbers 51-100 revealed. This often gives us...

Test Driving The Tamil Prince - a South Indian pub in the heart of Islington

Information: 05 July 2022

The Tamil Prince brings South Indian cooking to a new pub in a leafy part of Islington. We popped over to check it out.

Robin and Sarah Gill are opening Bottle & Rye - a Parisian-style wine bar in Brixton

Information: 05 July 2022

Updated 5/7/22 with opening date and soft launch info Irish chef Robin Gill is keeping himself nicely busy this summer. In an announcement today, one day before the opening of his new Kensington...

Zephyr is coming to Notting Hill from the Pachamama Group

Information: 05 July 2022

5/7/22 - updated with opening details With two big (and popular) Peruvian restaurants to their name, the people behind Pachamama are trying something new. This time they're going Greek. Their new Notting...

Terrace Tested - the Laurent-Perrier at Nobu Terrace in Marylebone

Information: 05 July 2022

Nobu's best known dishes paired with Laurent-Perrier's best Champagnes? Sounds like a match made in heaven.

Michel Roux Jr shares the floorplan for his Wimbledon restaurant - and it's massive

Information: 04 July 2022

Never mind the actual tennis players at Wimbledon, the real folk getting all the action are the waiters at Michel Roux Jnr's restaurant there. Posting a photo of the complicated (and huge) table...

Pan Asian restaurant Gura Gura opening in The Yards

Information: 04 July 2022

Adding to its wide range of dining options, Covent Garden’s The Yards is soon to introduce a new Pan Asian restaurant Gura Gura from restaurateur Gobind Chona. Chona is no stranger to introducing...

Jumbi opens in Peckham with rum cocktails and St Lucian bakes

Information: 04 July 2022

This weekend saw the soft launch of a new venue in Peckham, Jumbi, described as "a hang out centred around music, food and drink." The project founders, Bradley Zero & Nathanael Williams, are aiming...

Barrafina brings their Spanish tapas to Borough Yards

Information: 04 July 2022

They've already launched Bar Daskal and Parrillan at Borough Yards now the Harts Group are onto their final launch there, a new Barrafina.

The Quarter Kitchen is a new kiosk in Hackney serving up top Mexican gorditas

Information: 01 July 2022

Sharp eyed East Londoners who might have spotted activity at the little kiosk in the garden of St John at Hackney recently should know they now have an interesting new Mexican cafe on their...

Portobello is getting a new Argentinian empanaderia, De Nadas

Information: 01 July 2022

We've had Jamaican patties in Covent Garden and Cornish pasties in Paddington, now Portobello is getting in on the love for pastry snackage with a new empanaderia. De Nadas will specialise in...

Ottolenghi launches a Hummus at Home kit

Information: 01 July 2022

It's been a while since we've had a good new at-home kit, but this latest one from Ottolenghi looks very interesting. if you've been a fan of the hummus at Ottolenghi, then you may be very...

Test Driving Caravel - barge excellence in Islington

Information: 30 June 2022

Caravel sees two brothers deliver a restaurant on a barge on the Regent's Canal. We'd been hearing good things so popped down to check it out for ourselves.

MXO, a new Mexican-inspired restaurant and agave bar, opens in Euston Square

Information: 30 June 2022

We have a hot new spot to cool your heels if you’re waiting for a train at Euston Station, and if you’re a fan of agave-based cocktails and Mexican food you might want to put MXO on your itinerary. Open...

Hampstead is getting a new all day spot Oak & Poppy - handy for the Heath

Information: 29 June 2022

It's always a real shame to see a lovely old pub all boarded up. But having been shut for a few years now, the old Rossyln Arms in Hampstead is getting a new lease of life. The place is being turned...

Yard Sale teams up with Chicken Shop Date's Amelia Dimoldenberg for a Women's Euros pizza

Information: 29 June 2022

Inspired by her hugely popular YouTube series Chicken Shop Date, celebrity interviewer Amelia Dimoldenberg is teaming up with Yard Sale Pizza for a very special limited edition pizza. Obviously, the...

Bollywood's Karan Johar turned away from Notting Hill restaurant

Information: 29 June 2022

Having 12.5 million followers on Instagram isn't enough to get you a table for dinner in London unless you've reserved somewhere. That's what Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar discovered this week...

Salt Bae has launched his London restaurant roof terrace

Information: 29 June 2022

If, like us, you're still following Salt Bae on Insta from the time he opened his London restaurant you'll probably have noticed that the Bae was back in town this past week. And, while he was here, of...

Nourished Communities have opened a farm shop with a mushroom farm and beehive on Blackstock Road

Information: 29 June 2022

Here at Hot Dinners we've long been fans of Nourished Communities, whose neighbourhood store in Canonbury really felt like a game-changer when it came to showcasing local and sustainable food when...

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