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The most-read stories on Hot Dinners in 2025

Information: 29 December 2025

Looking back on the year that was, here are the stories that really grabbed your interest over the past 12 months.

Is Rowans in Finsbury Park under threat? It could be...

Information: 18 December 2025

If you're a North Londoner, or even if you're just someone who loves a good night out, then at some point in your life, an evening has probably involved the immortal words 'let's go to Rowans'. The...

Doctor's Orders is Dr. Martens' new in-store cafe in Soho, serving Dusty Knuckle toasties and Luminary Bakery cakes

Information: 18 December 2025

London's in-store dining has had quite a boost over the past few weeks. First, we had the all-star opening of the new Kith store on Regent Street with its restaurant and soft serve bar. Now we have...

Covent Garden is getting a New York-inspired cocktail bar called Cato

Information: 16 December 2025

Covent Garden is getting a New York-inspired cocktail bar that sounds like it could be very useful for brightening up January. Called Cato, the bar is inspired by Cato Alexander, a New York...

Secret Sandwich Shop has opened at Harvey Nichols with a new matcha menu and Japanese cocktails

Information: 15 December 2025

Four years after opening their popular sandwich shop in Notting Hill the not-so-secret Secret Sandwich Shop now has a new secret to reveal: it's got a second store. They've just opened a place...

Frites Atelier have brought their cult loaded fries to Soho

Information: 15 December 2025

They're big in the Netherlands and Belgium, where they hoover up the tourist crowds looking for particularly extra punnets of chips, and now Frites Atelier have come to London, landing in Soho...

Waterloo commuters now have a proper Grind coffee shop at the station

Information: 15 December 2025

Spare a thought for London's commuters, wearily trekking into and out of London every day. Now, at least the ones coming via Waterloo will have some decent coffee waiting for them when they get...

Kith's new flagship store in London features a standalone restaurant Ronnie's and a Kith Treats bar

Information: 12 December 2025

Updated 12/12/25 with booking info For a while now clothing brand Kith and its treat store have been one of the best places to get soft serve in London. But the imminent opening of their flagship...

Test Driving Automat, the speakeasy restaurant hidden at the back of a Mayfair shop

Information: 12 December 2025

London's run of stealth openings continues with Automat. The American brasserie returns with a new team and a hidden-away location in Mayfair.

Cheese toasties on the menu for City workers with the arrival of Melt at Boxhall City

Information: 11 December 2025

Lunch options for folks in the City just got a boost in the run up to Christmas with the arrival of cheese toastie folk MELT at the Boxhall City food hall. Melt have been trading at Old Spitalfields...

The Newman hotel to open in Fitzrovia, with Brasserie Angelica and atmospheric Gambit Bar

Information: 10 December 2025

Updated 10/12/25 with opening date We get a lot of information about new openings here at Hot Dinners, so it takes a lot to impress us. So when we say that an announcement about a new central London hotel...

Osteria Vibrato sees the Laughing Heart's Charlie Mellor open an Italian in Soho

Information: 10 December 2025

Three years after closing The Laughing Heart in Hackney, Charlie Mellor is back with his latest venture, an Italian trattoria with fellow sommelier Cameron Dewar, formerly of Luca and Burnt Ends. Osteria...

Claridge's Bakery sees world class baker Richard Hart doing British bakes in London

Information: 09 December 2025

9/12/25 - updated with more details and an opening date London bakery nerd alert - one of the world's best bakers is coming to town. Richard Hart hails from London but made his name far from home,...

Test Driving Hawksmoor St Pancras - the steakhouse feels right at home in one of London's most beautiful dining rooms

Information: 09 December 2025

Hawksmoor's latest restaurant in King's Cross might be their grandest dining room yet, as well as a destination bar. We went down to check it out.

Jamie's Italian is coming back from the dead

Information: 08 December 2025

When Jamie's Italian went under back in 2019, it was one of the most public closures possible, with coverage all over the press. But, the brand has managed to keep going overseas and, much to pretty...

Phil Howard's Notto is promising City folk fresh pasta for lunch

Information: 08 December 2025

8/12/25 - updated with the opening date His main home may be Elystan Street, but Phil Howard's other business looks like it's doing pretty well. Fresh pasta bar Notto is already on Piccadilly and in...

Paris's Loulou Groupe heads to London with a brasserie and club planned for Mayfair

Information: 08 December 2025

Updated 8/12/25 with more details In France they're responsible for a roster of hotter-than-hot restaurants, and back in 2021 we were the first to let you know that the Loulou Groupe were heading to...

Dave's Hot Chicken arrives on Croydon's Chicken Mile

Information: 05 December 2025

A recent slider giveaway proved so popular that police had to be called in to its restaurants on Shaftesbury Avenue and in Westfield to manage the crowds. So yes, we're pretty confident that the...

A new wave Mexican seafood restaurant Cometa is taking over Carousel's wine bar on Charlotte Street

Information: 04 December 2025

A quick look back at all the chef collabs that have taken place at Carousel over the past few years would reveal a distinct trend - they really love working with Mexican chefs. And at some point...

Test Driving Martino's, the hot new Italian that's dramatically raising the bar in Chelsea

Information: 04 December 2025

As the follow-up to The Dover, expectations were high for Martino's (or would have been but for the stealth opening). Luckily, Martin Kuczmarski has used this to prove he's not a one-hit wonder.

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