News & reviews

Just in time for Christmas, the Langham's Palm Court has had a pretty extensive going-over with a brand new look. Above you'll see the fancy new room and below just how it looked before. It DOES...

So while we were excited to bring you news of the opening of Escocesa on Stoke Newington Church Street a week or so ago, seems we'd completely missed another new opening from recent weeks, Rubedo...

There's still plenty of love for wine bars (which makes us happy) and there's another on the way to Haggerston for a four week stint starting this Friday. It's coming from wine importer Red Squirrel and...

You may have enjoyed the wares of one of this year's YBF Street Food nominees Decatur at Kerb and Druid Street, but now the business is moving indoors to look after the kitchen at Pamela - the new...

18/11 - updated with re-opening date Once billed as a long-term pop-up, Soho's Shackfuyu (by Bone Daddies) is about to get a lot more long-term as it prepares to become a permanent fixture in Soho...

We often mention where we think the best seats are in our Test Drives, but sometimes just seeing the room makes that decision easier when booking a table at a restaurant. Which is why we quite love...

This rather fine looking shellfish dish is the crab burger from Claw. And if just gazing at that photo makes you fancy it half as much as we do right now, you'll be wanting to know that the...

The latest from the people behind Goodman and Burger and Lobster sees them returning to their roots.

The weekend's terrible events in Paris have spurred an influential group of London's restaurant folk to head across the channel. The movement #SupportParis, has already signed up numerous chefs,...

Nightjar cocktail bar in Old Street is high up on many best-of lists, including making it to the top three of the World's 50 Best Bars list. So any new opening from them is enough to make us sit up...

The expansion of the Ivy Group continues apace. Adding to this year's openings of the Ivy Cafe in Marylebone and The Ivy Chelsea Garden is the new The Ivy Kensington Brasserie. You'll find it where...

Airport food is certainly getting more sophisticated - it's come a long way from the days when a soggy panini and a flabby croissant were the best you could expect. Now - after Gordon Ramsey's Plane...

The founders of upcoming Shoreditch restaurant Strut & Cluck couldn't have picked a better time to talk about their new place. In the run up to both Thanksgiving and Christmas, anywhere focusing on turkey...

12/11 Updated with opening date More info has come through - we now know... It'll seat 48 and open on 20 November There will be the option to drop in for single plates or a five course tasting menu...

Hot Dinners Exclusive It's always a good day when we get to talk about Bleecker St Burger bringing their amazing burgers to a new part of town. Today that joyous news is that they've just crained...

There's always room in Hot Dinners' lives for some crazy pop-up shenanigans in the run up to Christmas and B.I.B sounds right up our street. This Dalston spot will be taking over Brunswick East...

There's another popular winter favourite returning as Scottish pop-up Dram & Smoke return to town for a four week pre-Christmas stint at London Bridge.  As before, it's heavily whisky themed with...

Here at Hot Dinners we like a good cocktail. We also like chocolate. But mixing these two lovely things together tends to conjure up images of the sickly sweet, syrup-laden glasses that we haven’t...

Ever thought that your lunchtime snack was just lacking something a bit... Michelin starred cheffiness? Well if you are in the market for some high-end snacks, then the latest from Graze may well be...

Of late, it seems that Alan Yau is the most secretive restaurateur in London - he REALLY likes to keep his new openings to himself. So it's only now that there's news that his next, Park Chinois,...