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Back for the eighth year, the London Restaurant Festival returns this October with a line-up that includes Angela Hartnett, Michel Roux, Richard Corrigan, Theo Randall, Yotam Ottolenghi, James Lowe and...

Updated 27/7/16 with soft launch info The creator of School of Wok, Jeremy Pang, is pulling together the menu (as Executive Development Chef) for upcoming restaurant Cha Chaan Teng in Holborn...

Simon Rogan's Michelin-starred food - at bargain prices? No, the sunshine hasn't gone to our heads - this really is true. The acclaimed chef is now putting on a series of bar snacks at his...

After bringing a BBQ supper club to a garden in Clapham, pop-up champion Jimmy Garcia is staying in the area, but heading back to his usual haunt, The Lodge, to create a surf and turf feasting menu...

Just opened in Borough is POPdown Cuisson: a six-month pop-up set over two floors at 1 Cathedral Street. It'll feature an Asian style bar and full dinner menu in the restaurant, inspired by the...

They recently vacated their Soho spot to make way for Little Pitt and now Rockadollar is on the way to Shoreditch hotspot McQueen. If you're unfamiliar with Rockadollar - it's a pop-up serving up...

22/7/16 - updated wit more info and opening date There's more on the way to help make Old Street a real destination for food lovers. We've recently had a Bone Daddies and a Draft House opening, a...

Updated 2/8/16 with opening date and soft launch info It's officially a trend: Jewish style deli food is having a moment in the sun - and the latest new opening to hit London is Cure and Cut,...

If you've already been to Jason Atherton's most recent opening, Sosharu, in Clerkenwell you may have wondered what was behind the curtain in one corner of the room. If you're as nosy as us you'll...

London's love of sourdough pizza shows no signs of slowing down. After the success of their first restaurant in Crystal Palace, the team behind Four Hundred Rabbits are bringing their sourdough...

Another day, another London restaurant with a crazy, headline-seeking story. Hot on the heels of World Emoji Day - Notting Hill restaurant The Little Yellow Door has launched what they say is the...

On the eternal quest for London’s best gin and tonic? Try Bankside this summer. Boutique distillers Little Bird Gin are joining forces with The Distillery bar at the Hilton Bankside hotel to create The...

The people behind Soho's Mele e Pere have gone east to set up a waterfront trattoria in the old Olympic village, now called Here East. We head down there for a look. 

Just in time for summer – we hear that The Good Egg in Stoke Newington has thrown open the doors to its garden, seating up to 20 people. And there's a new summer menu to go with it, designed for...

If the thought of finding time to go a winery for tasting session this summer seems like a distant dream - there's another option much closer to town. Tesco are opening a wine bar pop-up that will...

We've long had wine pairing and then there was beer pairing - now London is seeing a new-ish trend for restaurants to pair food with cocktails. We recently tried the cocktail pairing menu at the...

Backed by Stevie Parle this new neighbourhood spot mixes Med charm with smoke and fire

Updated 14/7/16 with opening date Portland restaurant has proved to be VERY popular since it opened, even receiving the fabled top score from AA Gill - so any new opening of theirs is bound to be...

Hot Dinners exclusive We bring very good news for Shepherd's Bush folk - ex-streetfood trader Killer Tomato is opening a permanent taco and burrito joint on Goldhawk Road. They've been described by...

So, what does an outgoing Prime Minister do for his last night at Downing Street? Orders in a curry of course. That's the story regarding David Cameron's dinner as revealed by the London restaurant who...