News & reviews

There's a new Neapolitan pizza restaurant on the way to Exmouth Market. Panzo's main focus is on creating double-cooked lighter dough which raises for 26 hours. They're also aiming for smaller...

Here's an easy prediction. The new tie-up between fast food chain LEON and Gizzi Erskine will be a runaway success. Launching next week, the chef and food writer Gizzi will showcase the dish she...

So far this year we've had slider deciders and croquetas challenges and now it's the turn of the hot dog. And who better to host the Hot Dog Challenge than giurmet hot dog restaurant Bubbledogs...

A VERY promising new restaurant is on the way to Newington Green (that's about half-way between Stoke Newington and Dalston). Called Perilla, it's from chef Ben Marks (ex Claridges, The Square, and...

There's a new chocolate shop coming to town which sounds like it's worth beating a path towards. R Chocolate has been set up by Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, producer Jessica de Rothschild and...

If you haven't already been out to see the floating garden jetty Farmopolis out on the Greenwich Peninsula, the opening of a new cafe might be the thing to entice you. Farmopolis Cafe is going to be...

New Fitzrovian restaurant Foley's has a former Palomar chef in the kitchen and it shows

Updated 13/9/16 with opening date We've been big fans of Smoking Goat since it opened so hearing that founder Ben Chapman was launching a new restaurant made us sit up and pay attention.  The place is...

We're well into restaurant awards season at the moment and the latest to be revealed are those from the Harden's guide. Held at the Hippodrome Casino, The Araki topped the list as "Top Gastronomic...

Already hugely popular in Exmouth Market and King's Cross, Caravan are making the leap across the river and are coming to Bankside this Autumn (that's just down the road from Hixter).  UIt'll be an...

23/11/16 - Updated with soft launch details The surge of King’s Cross restaurant openings continues this November with Bar + Block, a steak restaurant set to open on York Way. It's taking over a...

We make a return trip to one of Jason Atherton's early restaurants - has Little Social stood the test of time?

He's only just opened the very well reviewed Blandford Comptoir, but Xavier Rousset already has another restaurant coming. He's teamed with another master sommelier Gearoid Devaney, for Cabotte.  This...

We’ve seen some truly excellent restaurants open in railway arches over the last few years so we’re really pleased to see that Deptford is the latest area to utilise the space below the tracks for a...

Updated 7/9/16 with opening date and launch offer If you've had a fried chicken craving while shopping in Westfield Stratford, then this could be just the thing for you. Bird are opening their...

Last night it was once again time for the reveal of the Evening Standard's 1000 most influential Londoners - their Progress 1000 list. So while you may well know that Sadiq Khan topped the list,...

London restaurant buffs –gird your loins for a HUGE weekend of eating, the London edition of Omnivore’s culinary world tour is coming to town. The culinary festival returns to London this October...

While the rest of London was searching for somewhere air-conditioned last night, Hot Dinners headed downstairs to the basement bar of Ember Yard for some hot and sweaty croquetas action. 14...

City carnivores should look out for a new restaurant launching this Autumn. Little Smoke is from the team behind Smokehouse, The Pig and Butcher, and The Princess of Shoreditch. And it's ALL about...

The first London Design Biennale opens today at Somerset House featuring over 30 countries from six continents presenting new works exploring the theme Utopia by Design. The good news is that some...