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Test Driving Bob Bob Ricard City - new look, new menu and Champagne at the press of a button

Information: 13 November 2021

Bob Bob Cité has transformed into Bob Bob Ricard City. We head down to see just what's changed and to press that Champagne button...

Daniel Humm is leaving Claridge's restaurant Davies and Brook

Information: 12 November 2021

Updated with confirmation of Daniel Humm's departure There's big (and surprising) news from the Claridge's camp this week. All was not well, it seems, in the land of Davies and Brook. The problem...

Another Wing is DJ Khaled's fried chicken business and it's now in London

Information: 12 November 2021

Londoners love their chicken wings and when the next big opening has a huge name behind it, it's a good bet that Another Wing ought to do well. The music man in question is DJ Khaled who yesterday...

Flowerhouse opens in Marylebone from the people behind The Light Bar

Information: 12 November 2021

The people who opened The Light Bar in Shoreditch earlier this year have quietly opened their second place - a new pub across town in Marylebone. Flowerhouse looks quite different from your standard...

Where's Fred's is a City café/wine bar from the District team

Information: 11 November 2021

A new cafe by day/wine bar by night is heading to The City. Where's Fred comes from Chelsea Finch, who's also behind the District cafés in Parsons Green, Mayfair and Nine Elms. The food menu is...

Test Driving Bisushima - sushi with stellar high rise views over London

Information: 11 November 2021

Boasting impressive views over Trafalgar Square, this high rise sushi restaurant mixes Japanese techniques with British produce. We took the lift up to the top floor to check it out.

Borough Yards will have a new Barrafina, Butchies, Vinoteca and much more

Information: 10 November 2021

Updated 10/11/21 with more info on the Vinoteca opening We've only just had the opening of the big Hawley Wharf development in Camden and now another new retail and restaurant scheme is getting...

Louie Louie pop up with Little Louie at Elephant Park

Information: 09 November 2021

We're all supposed to be multitaskers in the new economy, so we applaud new venture Elephant Stores at Elephant Park in Elephant & Castle which is a multi-use space with three pop up businesses in...

Test Driving The Barbary Next Door - this mini off-shoot is Covent Garden's must-visit bar

Information: 09 November 2021

The Barbary has expanded next door with a mini version of itself (and a brand new menu). We head down to Covent Garden to try it out.

Ngopi Indonesian cafe opens in Dalston with noodle toasties and banana lattes

Information: 08 November 2021

A Hot Dinners exclusive Dalston has a new coffee shop that genuinely sounds like it's adding something new to the area. Its owners are Jakarta-born folk who back in 2018 opened Birmingham's "first and...

Sabrina Ghayour's supperclubs are back on, starting with Shoreditch

Information: 04 November 2021

If there's a hotter ticket than the prospect of a Sabrina Ghayour supperclub, then we've yet to discover it. The bestselling cookbook author and regular Saturday Kitchen guest has always been well...

Wood & Water takes over from Three Little Birds in Brixton

Information: 03 November 2021

It's long been a popular spot in Brixton for Jamaican tapas and boozy brunches, but now Three Little Birds is heading in a new direction. Owner April Jackson is turning her Coldharbour Lane bar into a...

Popeye's chicken comes to London, at Westfield Stratford (and they're adding a vegan burger)

Information: 03 November 2021

3/11 - Updated with the opening date and details about the menu Given Five Guys' fairly massive rollout across the UK. it was only a matter of time before more US chains started heading this way. We...

Carmel comes to Queen's Park from the Berber & Q team

Information: 03 November 2021

3/11/21 - updated with the opening date The team behind Berber & Q, Brothers Josh and Paul Katz and Mattia Bianchi, are getting ready to open a new restaurant in Queen's Park. Carmel will be both a bit...

Test Driving The Avocado Show - the Amsterdam hit arrives in London

Information: 02 November 2021

Amsterdam's The Avocado Show has arrived in London and it really is ALL about avocado. We popped in for a look.

Noci is a new pasta Islington restaurant from ex-Bancone chef Louis Korovilas

Information: 02 November 2021

A Hot Dinners exclusive He had a big hit with his dishes at Bancone, before moving onto Tavolino, and now Louis Korovilas is opening an Italian pasta restaurant in Islington (taking over from the...

Zahter sees top Turkish chef Esra Muslu opening her first solo restaurant in Soho

Information: 02 November 2021

She's worked with Soho House's Nick Jones and Yotam Ottolenghi, now Turkish chef Esra Muslu is getting ready to open her first solo London venture. Zahter is being described as a 'love letter' to...

StreetSmart launch their winter campaign to help London's homeless with Brutto, St John, Alain Ducasse and more

Information: 29 October 2021

Every year the laudable charity StreetSmart helps raise funds for our city's homeless in the run-up to Christmas. It's really a no-brainer. Instead of feeling guilty about splurging on your festive fun,...

JKS are popping up with VIỆTPopulaire on the old XU site

Information: 29 October 2021

We've been wondering what JKS Restaurants were going to do with the site where XU used to be, ever since it was confirmed that the Taiwanese restaurant was not going to reopen. Now, they've answered that...

The Pig's Head is a new Clapham "pro-planet" pub

Information: 29 October 2021

Taking over what used to be The Rectory, the people behind Smokehouse, The Pig & Butcher and The Princess of Shoreditch are opening their fourth pub - The Pig's Head. This will be taking a different...

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