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After being moved on from Portobello (only after he'd made a dormant site successful again), Stevie Parle has brought back Joy, this time to Marylebone in a new guise.  Joy is now going to be both a...

As long time readers of Hot Dinners will be aware, there's nothing we like more than an expertly prepared martini. Over the boring days of lockdown, we kept our spirits up with the promise of...

Much-lauded Spanish chef Dani Garcia has picked Shoreditch as the site of his first London restaurant. We went along to see if the Bibo concept has survived the journey. 

  Londoners have put up with a lack of loo roll and a paucity of pasta in the shops on and off over the past year or so, but will the closing of Nando's be the thing that really brings home the...

They've popped up at the pub before in the guise of Ground Burger, and now The Ethical Butcher is back for a full residency at The Spurstowe Arms in Hackney.  The Ethical Butcher, as the name gives...

Things must be starting to get back to normal if we're talking about food halls opening in London. While some, like Arcade and Market Hall West End were initially victims of the lockdowns (returning in new...

Chef Sven Hanson Britt (recently seen at Homestead) is bringing his restaurant Oxeye to life, which has previously run as a residency at Carousel.  It's coming to Embassy Gardens in Nine Elms (where...

Park Row is a huge, immersive Batman-themed restaurant in London. But what's it like? We popped along to find out. 

   For the second year in the row Mark Birchall's Moor Hall has come in at number one on the National Restaurant Awards top 100 UK restaurants list. The list, which took  a break last year due to the...

Gordon Ramsay is continuing with his relentless march across London, opening as many restaurants on the way as he can. Not content with opening lots of Gordon Ramsay Burgers or Gordon Ramsay's...

If you've ever really, REALLY fancied a bao for breakfast and have had to wait until BAO opened the doors on one of their restaurants at midday, then we have glad tidings for you. From the August...

We may be some way away from Oktoberfest, but Pergola Paddington will be starting off the festivities a little earlier. From mid-September, they're transforming into Wunderbar - an alfresco...

Normally, you'd have to head to Mayfair to enjoy the signature F*ck Off honey cakes from designer Natasha Zinko from her flagship store. But right now, there's another way to try the delights of her...

  Following their two restaurants (Spitalfields and Tower Bridge) and a strong lockdown/delivery game with Empire Biryani and more, Gunpowder are getting ready to open their next Indian restaurant - this...

Carousel, the space from brothers Ed and Ollie Templeton that holds rotating chef residencies, is on the move. They're moving on from Marylebone to Fitzrovia, taking on a bigger space in Fitzrovia -...

Looking for somewhere new and fun to go in town? We think we've found the place for you. If you love corn dogs, so much the better.

Yesterday we brought you news of a vegan bacon cloud, and today we're bringing you news of a KFC-themed hotel suite in Shoreditch. We are in strange times indeed.  The suite is open for 11 nights -...

They've already opened their rotisserie chicken restaurants in Notting Hill, Shoreditch, Parsons Green and Queen's Park and now the next Cocotte will be in South Kensington (where Squirrel used to...

When it's not being stormed by geographically-challenged anti-vaxxers, the White City Television Centre development is usually packed with West Londoners enjoying all the restaurants and bars in the...

  11/8/21 - Updated with photos It's been closed ever since the first lockdown, but now The Beaumont hotel in Mayfair is finally reopening - and there are a fair few changes as it re-emerges.  The...