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Bar Valette in Shoreditch is the next opening from The Clove Club's Isaac McHale

Information: 15 January 2025

Updated 15/1/25 with opening date Recently, Isaac McHale parted ways with the other founders of The Clove Club, Johnny Smith and Daniel Willis, with each side talking about the promise of new...

Kuro Bagels is taking over from Kuro Eatery in Notting Hill

Information: 15 January 2025

A few years back, the boutique group that is KURO in Notting Hill which has a coffee shop and bakery, opened its all-day diner called Kuro Eatery. It seemed a popular enough place, but clearly the...

Get monogrammed croissants at the Louis Vuitton x Murakami pop up in Soho

Information: 15 January 2025

Two years after they launched a pop-up with Japanese artist Kusama at Harrods with its own patisserie counter, Louis Vuitton are back at it again. They've just opened a pop-up in Soho to celebrate...

Pho has a free broth-dispending billboard at Victoria station this week

Information: 14 January 2025

You know we're suckers for a clever advertising campaign here at Hot Dinners and we rather like the sound of the interactive billboard that Pho have set up in central London for the next two days. The...

Test Driving Breadstall - pizza-by-the-slice arrives in Soho

Information: 14 January 2025

After several successful years in Battersea, Breadstall opens its first permanent (and indoor) location in Soho, serving up huge pizzas and slices. We went down to try it for ourselves.

Björn Frantzén parts ways with Harrods as The Grill on Fifth takes over

Information: 14 January 2025

Just over two years after the glitzy opening of Björn Frantzén's much-vaunted restaurant at Harrods, the Swedish chef has very quietly closed the doors on that partnership. The announcement was made on...

Dough Hands pizzas set up residency inside Nunhead's The Old Nun's Head

Information: 13 January 2025

You might have caught them as they've been popping up all over London before settling down for a residency in Hackney's Spurstowe Arms. Now Dough Hands is heading south for a second residency, this...

Rick Stein celebrates 50 years as a restaurateur with 1975 menu prices

Information: 13 January 2025

In today's febrile restaurant scene, most restaurateurs would be congratulating themselves for having successfully reached the end of one year. So it's properly impressive for anyone to reach the...

Marta pizzeria in Chelsea is all about thin Roman-style pizzas

Information: 13 January 2025

In the run-up to the end of last year, we were so focused on the recent openings of Alley Cats and Zia Lucia in Chelsea that we missed another very promising new Chelsea pizza opening, called Marta. It...

Sourdough Sophia is heading to Highgate for her next bakery

Information: 13 January 2025

Having started during lockdown in Crouch End and now with a fully fledged bakery there and in Islington, the North London baker Sophia Handschuh and her husband Jesse Sutton-jones are gearing up to...

De Beauvoir's hot new cafe is Leigh's

Information: 10 January 2025

Islington's run of interesting openings continues this year with the arrival of Leigh's in De Beauvoir. The duo behind it are Cordon Bleu-trained chefs Melanie Clarke and McKenzie Amaral who have...

The Great Indian is Archway's new Indian gastropub

Information: 10 January 2025

Londoners love their pubs and love a good Indian, so the growth of Indian-based pubs in the City isn't altogether surprising. Arriving off the back of the huge success of The Tamil Crown and Prince comes...

West African restaurant Shakara arrives in Marylebone

Information: 10 January 2025

New West African restaurant Shakara opened quietly just before Christmas, but it has some impressive names behind the scenes. In the kitchen is Victor Okunowo, previously from Talking Drum and a...

Roji chefs to launch new Japanese izakaya Himi in Carnaby

Information: 10 January 2025

10/1/24 - Updated with the opening date For the last two years, chefs Tamas Naszai and Tomoko Hasegawa have been running omakase restaurant Roji in Mayfair (which we thought was excellent). Now Roji...

Tamila's next destination is King's Cross

Information: 09 January 2025

8/1/25 - Updated with full opening details. The casual rotis and curries restaurant Tamila (from the people behind the Tamil Prince and Tamil Crown) first opened in Battersea late last year, but...

Test Driving Jupiter Burger - the Dom's Subs crew take on the burger world at Netil Market

Information: 09 January 2025

Jupiter Burger, from the Dom's Subs guys, is serving up excellent burgers from its new shack beside London Fields. We went down to check it out.

Alba restaurant aims to bring a taste of Amalfi to Knightsbridge

Information: 09 January 2025

Updated 9/1/25 with new opening date and photos Just in case you were thinking that London may have just reached Italian restaurant saturation, a new restaurant is banking on the fact that the...

Michelin adds a whopping 16 new London restaurants to its guide ahead of the star reveal

Information: 08 January 2025

Updated 9/1/25 with January's openings Every month the inspectors at Michelin hand-pick a few new restaurants to add to their UK and Ireland guide. That doesn't mean the same as getting a star, but...

Ivan Ramen is back in London with a residency at The Ned

Information: 08 January 2025

A year after his longish residency in Islington won him legions of London fans, top ramen chef Ivan Orkin is back in town with another residency. This time he's heading into the City with a...

Gura Gura team to open casual Indian Oorja on Shaftesbury Avenue

Information: 08 January 2025

Indian restaurateur Gobind Chona's first London restaurant Gura Gura must have been a hit because he's getting ready to open his second quite close by. Oorja is opening on Shaftesbury Avenue (next to...

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