News & reviews

We head to Fitzrovia to try out the new restaurant from Allan Pickett, who's cooking a very impressive menu of French cuisine using British ingredients.

The original Mangal Ocakbasi is a 25 year old charcoal grill hit in Dalston, often lauded by chefs and an early example of how Londoners are only too happy to queue for some great comfort food. And now...

Twitter was all abuzz with the news that popular seafood restaurant Rex and Mariano was closing. Hot Dinners caught up with Dave Strauss from Goodman restaurants, owners of Rex and Mariano, to find...

Just opened, very much on the QT in Mayfair is House of Crab, a short-term pop-up by James Chase of Chase distillery and Dominic Jacobs - the folk behind The Running Horse pub in Mayfair. This new...

Now that we're officially into Autumn, it's nice to have something to look forward to and the new series of Nordic dinners coming up at Selfridges sounds like just our cup of lingonberry tea. The...

Hungry City folk are about to get a new breakfast and lunchtime option in Leadenhall Court. Yum Som is from Ed Martin, who usually works with his brother Tom on places like the nearby (and VERY...

Newly Bib Gourmanded restaurant Shikumen is getting behind the upcoming State Visit of the Chinese President Xi Jinping next month with a little extra something in its dishes. They'll be adding a...

Long-time followers of Hot Dinners will probably know how much we love a good Martini so news that one of the World's 50 best bars was opening an outpost in London with a singular focus on a...

Updated 23/9/15 with soft launch and opening details. Think Lombardy and think Milan: one of the top foodie destinations in Italy - and now coming to Hackney with a new deli, wine bar and restaurant...

Darts has slowly become a very big thing indeed with obsessions growing over various championships. But it's not something that makes much of an appearance in modern bars - and now Flight Club is a...

We're big fans of the Smoking Goat, but not big fans of queuing, we have to admit. But they've just made it much easier to score a table, so it'll be time to make another visit. They've opened a new...

"This bacon has been intensively reared and sold in supermarkets". It didn't sound that tasty, and we weren't that keen to try it. On the other hand, organic eggs from hand-reared hens on a Suffolk farm...

Two of our favourite burger puyveyors are joining up to build the ultimate burger in honour of World Peace Day.  Inspired by McDonalds and Burger King's inability to make friends and join forces for...

Hot Dinners popped along to Oxford Street last night to one of a series of dinners being held at Selfridges for the store's Meet the Makers series. Last night was the first of a two night stint by...

We never thought we'd see the day, but it does seem that healthy eating has become a bit of a trend in London of late. The latest to emerge is the next from Detox Kitchen, who are launching The...

Meatball street van The Bowler is another roaming vendor that's settling down, this time opening a resataurant in Covent Garden with Polpo's Russell Norman.  It'll be an all day affair serving all...

Now this is interesting - Shake Shack have brought in Michelin-starred chef Sat Bains for a burger collaboration. It's the first since they teamed up with Massimo Bottura this time last year, so...

A Hot Dinners exclusive Super popular East London fried chicken shop BIRD is building on its success with two new openings planned for North London this Autumn. Their first will be in October in...

Last night Hot Dinners was invited over to Canary Wharf's swanky new Crossrail station for a party to celebrate the publication of the annual Evening Standard Progress 1000 list which details...

Woah. A day earlier than planned, the results for the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2016 are out. Apparently a bookstore started selling copies early and then the grand reveal was all over...