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Mexican-born chef Adriana Cavita is taking inspiration from her family and childhood in Mexico with her first solo venture in London, complete with basement mezcaleria

Hugely popular with central London’s shopping masses when it opened in July 2019, its welcome return is in a slightly new guise, thanks to JKS Restaurants (Gymkhana, Hoppers) who are masterminding...

11/3/21 - updated with opening details She closed Tredwells, but now Chantelle Nicholson is gearing up for her next opening - Apricity.  That name stands for "regeneration, warmth, generosity and light"...

If you were wondering what the plan was for the former Tredwells site in Seven Dials, near Covent Garden, then wonder no more. Having been closed since September 2021, it will re-open as St Martin’s House: a...

  It seems ever so preposterous that it hasn’t happened yet, but a Bridgerton-themed afternoon tea is finally coming to London. If you’ve not heard of the addictive Netflix series, we’re not sure...

Updated 10/3/22 with residency closing date: If you missed it late last year (as we did), then you'll definitely want to catch one of the hottest pop-ups in town right now.  Korean Toast comes from...

  The reopening of Richoux sees a 100-year old restaurant on Piccadilly get a big revival in new hands, plus one of London's best value menus to boot. We head down for a look.  

Fancy impressing your boss or work colleague with a business lunch with a difference this week? Well, if you move fast, there are still tickets available at Subway's swanky pop-up restaurant at West...

If you like to be the one in your group who always knows where the hot new bar is, then you should have Umbrella Workshop, which has just opened its doors in Shoreditch, on your radar. The tiny bar -...

It's been almost eight years since Sketch got its David Shrigley redesign and now the restaurant has had another complete overhaul. Shrigley and the pink decor have gone, and British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare and...

24-hour restaurant specialists VQ (which stands for "Vingt Quatre") have a brand new site lined up - they're coming to Islington.  Taking over the space that used to be Comedor, they'll be right on...

After a year's hiatus due the pandemic, the Hot Dinners Murphia List party was back with a bang last night. To celebrate the publication of our eighth annual list we threw a bash at The Guinea in...

Popular Burmese restaurant Lahpet has already won fans in Shoreditch. Now the team behind it have opened an even bigger restaurant, in Covent Garden, to introduce Londoners to the myriad delights of...

  Drop Wine, by the team behind The Ten Cases and Parsons, were one of the first to kick off wine delivery on demand (something which proved very useful indeed during the lockdowns). On top of that,...

Updated 7/3/22 with soft launch info There's a lot of change around Heddon Street at the moment. We've had the launch of Sarap, there's a David Bowie pop-up shop and we're waiting to see what's...

The Connaught Grill may have originally opened two years ago, but few Londoners will have had a chance to dine there given that lockdown began just weeks after the newest restaurant at The Connaught had...

  They have a couple of cafes across London - at Lavender Hill and Crane's Kitchen in Peckham - and now Social Pantry are coming to Chelsea Harbour for their first full-blown restaurant.  They're teaming up...

London's run of fancy new hotels is continuing apace. Alongside One Hundred Shoreditch, there are also big plans for Admiralty Arch, The Old War Office and more. Now a new-ish Mayfair hotel is...

28/2/22 - Updated with more info and the opening date Here at Hot Dinners, we've long been fans of the Holloway Road cheese and wine shop Provisions, which kept us well supplied in pâté and Dusty...

  2/3/22 - updated with more opening details We've already had Six by Nico and the upcoming Mowgli, now another out-of-town restaurant group is looking to make a stamp on London.  This time it's Tattu,...