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So you've blown all your money on Christmas and the January pay packet is WEEKS away. The good news is that London restaurants feel your pain and are putting on some pretty decent offers to entice...

As if the residents of Knightsbridge didn't have a sufficiently large portion of good fortune, they can now enjoy deli food from LIMA when they next pop into Harrods for groceries. From the...

We'd been hearing some VERY good things about City Italian Canto Corvino - so we popped along to see if it lives up to the hype...

Today's been a good day for Chelsea restaurant The Five Fields which has been given four rosettes by the AA. The diminutive 40-seater restaurant run by Chef-patron Taylor Bonnyman and head chef...

  How have seven whole days in 2016 passed without us doing a burger story? Well let us rectify that right now with news of a new Lucky Chip burger hitting Islington this month. The Mark Wahlberg, so named...

It's been four years since Ruby's cocktail bar came to Dalston and now they're about to open a second place next door - Ruby's Bar and Lounge. This time it's as much about the food as the drink (but...

Here's another new opening that went under the radar just before Christmas (thanks to Stephanie Colburn for the heads up). It's called Salut, billed as a "Modern European Restaurant in Islington"...

There's more barbecue on the way, this time to an area of London - between Victoria and Westminster - which can be something of a wasteland for decent restaurants. It's called Low, Slow and Juke and...

Detoxing for January? No, neither are we and we've just discovered the ideal opportunity to buy lots of chocolate and help a very worthy cause at the same time. Chocs4Chance is launching a charity...

Here's another place that opened quietly before Christmas. It's taken over from La Bouchon Fourchette on Mare Street, and it's now serving Spanish tapas and cocktails, coming from the people behind Three...

There's a new udon restaurant getting ready to open on New Oxford Street (which seems to be finally getting some decent places to eat).   Ichiryu is from the people behind Japan Centre and Shoryu -...

Red Dog Saloon have just opened their latest place - this time heading a little outside of London with an offshoot of their Hoxton sandwich restaurant - they've opened Red Dog Sandwich at Lakeside. So if...

Ever fancied dinner at River Cottage but haven't made it down to Devon? Well now they're coming to London for the very first time for a residency at the Imperial. It'll be headed up by their smoking an...

Rarely has news of a new restaurant let to such immediate disappointment. On hearing the words "Rollercoaster Restaurant" (after confirming that we hadn't time travelled to April 1st) we instantly...

Around this time of year there's a huge rush to identify what will be the food trends for the year ahead. Rather than join the crowd just yet (plus we have something special planned, more of which...

A Hot Dinners exclusive. Their Butcher and Cook Shop on Broadway Market has garnered many rave notices since it opened, but if that's ever seemed a little too far away for you, then news that Hill and...

Tastes of Japan has just started over at Selfridges and for their part, Tonkotsu (in the Food Hall) is creating a special limited edition ramen - linking in with another dish the Food Hall is well...

Very early days on this one, as the notice has only just gone up, but it looks like there's ANOTHER North London Chicken Shop on the way. This time they're landing on Holloway Road, taking over the...

As the year draws to a close and after the Hot Dinners Awards, it's time for you to have your say. We've counted up the votes and now's the time to find out who won the readers' vote for Best New...

From high rise hopes to dashed French dreams - here are the most-read stories about new restaurant openings on Hot Dinners in 2016.