News & reviews

8/8/16 - Updated with extended dates. Hello Kitty is always HUGELY popular, so news of the Hello Kitty Cafe making its first London (and indeed Europe) appearance will be going down very well with the...

We've got to say, we like the way street parties are going. They're no longer the kind of thing where the best you could expect food and drink-wise would be some curling sarnies, pasta salad of...

Before they get ready to open their new Soho restaurant, Kricket in Brixton are unveiling a new menu to celebrate the long Indian summers. They've added some new seasonal dishes that arrive next...

They launched it for the first time last year and now Galvin at Windows are bringing back their "pay what you like" menu this month. As before, it's a five-course menu and you pay what you feel the...

The Dover Street Wine Bar may have gone, but there's news about what will be rising in its place. It'll be a Latin American restaurant and bar called MNKY HSE. Not sure where they've mislaid their...

The number two restaurant on the World's 50 Best list has come to the UK for a short pop-up at Cafe Royal. We managed to snag a space at a table to see what they had on offer...

It's what they're calling "extreme aged beef". M Restaurants are challenging just how long you really should age beef for by putting 175-day aged USDA Prime Rib Eye on the menu. And they say that...

Vodka and seafood - who could ask for more? That's what's being promised at The Great Chase - a pop up bar coming to Kensington Place this week. The restaurant has teamed up with Chase Distillery,...

We love a good cause here at Hot Dinners and no cause is closer to our hearts than Action Against Hunger. So we're right behind an initiative from CAU Restaurants which is supporting the charity...

We take a look at Clipstone, the latest restaurant from the people behind Portland, and discover some pretty amazing flatbreads...

A shop cafe with a difference is coming to West London, as the brand new London Boutique 1 (previously in Dubai and Abu Dhabi) will be adding a restaurant by Pablo Flack and David Waddington of...

We're big fans of Zelman meats, so it's very good news indeed that this week sees a second Zelman opening. This time, they've gone west, setting up shop on the Fifth Floor of Harvey Nichols (taking over...

They've already had it in their Bristol restaurant - but now the MEATliquor brunch is making it to London - and it looks well worth the wait. It's starting with Islington and soon following up with the...

Next up at the King and Co - the Clapham pub with a very interesting line of residencies - is a up-and-coming Thai pop-up Tem Ban. Their head chef Craig Broadhurst as worked at The Begging Bowl in...

If you're in Wanstead and stocking up for the weekend, then you'll be wanting to head down to the brand new Ginger Pig that's just opened today. It's their eighth butcher shop and as you reach it,...

When they say a picture's worth a thousand words this one really is. I mean soft serve ice-cream on top of a cloud of candy floss, what more is there to say? This new ice-cream spot in Covent Garden is...

We've had rainbow cakes, bagels and, more recently, rainbow cheese toaties. Now make way for the newest take on the multi-hued trend, rainbow Xiao Long Bao. These rather beautiful (and SO...

Yes there are new dishes, and there's still a queue (but not if you plan accordingly)- we give Bao's new Fitzrovia restaurant a go.

We've already been really impressed with the quality of the restaurants that'll be in London's St James's Market development. Now, joining the likes of Anzu (from Tonkotsu), Veneta (from the Salt...

As if there wasn't enough of a reason to head to New York, a new collaboration between Virgin Airways and Dandelyan – the critically acclaimed bar at Mondrian makes the whole trip a must-do. Awarded Worlds...