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Canal in Westbourne Park is the new waterside restaurant from the Crispin and Bistro Freddie team

Information: 21 May 2025

21/5/25 - updated with menu details and an opening date As you might expect from a restaurant named Canal, this next opening from Ham Restaurants is all about its location on the canal. The team,...

Stylish restaurant Chez Lui in Notting Hill is the start of a new French-inspired restaurant group

Information: 20 May 2025

You may know Bagatelle Group from their eponymous Bagatelle restaurant in Mayfair (and many others around the world), but they're about to try something new for their next opening. They're launching...

Archway cafe Norman's is closing

Information: 19 May 2025

We've seen a fair few closure announcements of late, but this one has caught us somewhat by surprise. After five years, Norman's Cafe is getting ready to close. The cafe in Archway had become hugely...

Market Place St Paul's reveals its launch food traders for the City

Information: 19 May 2025

The City of London is about to get its second food hall in as many months as Market Place prepares to open opposite St Paul's Cathedral. The company, which already has halls in Peckham and Vauxhall (with...

74 Duke is a Parisian-style brasserie in Mayfair from the people behind Supernova

Information: 18 May 2025

18/5/25 - updated with the opening date The team behind Supernova, Creme and North Audley Canteen know how to make a big splash with their openings. The original Supernova was a massive hit and it...

Lina Stores pick Canary Wharf for their tenth restaurant

Information: 18 May 2025

18/5/25 - updated with the opening date After decades spent as a standalone store in Soho selling fresh pasta and Parma ham to Londoners, it's fair to say that Lina Stores is now a fully-fledged...

Crosta Mollica is bringing its pizza bases to Shoreditch for pop-up pizzeria, Il Leopardo

Information: 16 May 2025

Promoted content Crosta Mollica already have quite the reputation for their excellent ready-made pizza bases. If you haven't already cottoned on to them as a great home pizza option, now you can...

Soleil by Claude is Bosi's new Mediterranean summer pop-up at Brooklands

Information: 16 May 2025

One of the biggest draws of Claude Bosi's two-Michelin-starred Brooklands is the fantastic terrace, one of the best rooftop dining spaces in London. However, the stunning terrace perhaps isn't the...

Alta will be a taste of Northern Spain in Carnaby when it opens at Kingly Court

Information: 16 May 2025

It's been a while since we reported on chef Rob Roy Cameron. Back in 2017 and 2018, he worked on two projects with mixologist Tony Conigliaro, Untitled in Dalston and Gazelle in Mayfair. And the...

Top New York bar Dante is popping up in Claridge's for a month

Information: 14 May 2025

Caffe Dante has had quite a history in New York, having originally been established back in 1915. However, its current iteration launched as Dante back in 2015, and the restaurant and bar have since...

The Good Egg arrives at Eat 17 in Walthamstow

Information: 14 May 2025

Any London closures are a bad thing, so we're delighted to bring you news this morning of a reopening in Walthamstow. It's been a few months since Eat 17 in Walthamstow closed their restaurant. But the...

Test Driving Duchy, taking the Leroy space in a great new French/Italian direction

Information: 13 May 2025

Two people who used to work at Leroy have taken over their former workplace and relaunched it as a new restaurant, inspired by the French/Italian Duchy of Savoy. We went down to see just how much...

KFC's latest crazy idea is gravy-flavoured gelato (and yes, you can buy a tub)

Information: 13 May 2025

Every now and again, we can trust the marketing bods at KFC to have the absolute barmiest idea, and we thank them for that. Last Christmas, it was all about lickable wrapping paper, and now it's...

Noreen channels Middle Eastern flavours with Mr Lyan cocktails on St Christopher's Place

Information: 13 May 2025

As far as we're concerned, there's always room for more places to sit and recover from a massive shopping expedition when you're on Oxford Street. So the arrival of Noreen to St Christopher's Place this...

Test Driving Mr Porter, the steakhouse meets cocktail lounge on Park Lane

Information: 13 May 2025

Taking over the old Trader Vic's spot downstairs at the Hilton on Park Lane is a shiny new steakhouse Mr Porter. We descended the spiral staircase to check it out.

Dumplings' Legend are opening Love Dumplings Legend on Chancery Lane

Information: 12 May 2025

Holborn office folk working from home on Friday may have missed the news in the Standard that a new spin-off restaurant of Dumplings' Legend was coming their way. But they'll need to get up to speed...

Kudu comes to central London, opening in Marylebone

Information: 12 May 2025

In a blow for Peckham and Nunhead foodies, the pair behind all the Kudu restaurants and bars in the area - Kudu, Kudu Grill and Curious Kudu are moving the business to Marylebone. Amy Corbin and...

Bar Kroketa pick Liverpool Street for their biggest opening yet

Information: 11 May 2025

11/5/25 - updated with the opening date A week ago the Brindisa spin-off Bar Kroketa started teasing its followers on Insta with the promise of a third restaurant. Now they've revealed that they're...

French Society brings a slice of Paris to West Hampstead from the Patron team

Information: 09 May 2025

We were sad to see Patron leave our own local neighbourhood of Finsbury Park last year (which was out of their hands) so now we're very jealous of those living in West Hampstead as they're about to...

Popular Angel sushi spot SASA is on the move

Information: 09 May 2025

An eagle-eyed Hot Dinners reader got in touch this week, pointing out that changes seemed to be afoot on St John Street. On closer inspection, it looked as though someone was moving into the old The...

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