News & reviews

Updated 26/10 with soft launch details.  Since leaving Kopapa, Selin Kiazim has become a bigger and bigger name with a series of very successful supperclubs while searching for a place of her own...

Earlier this year, Perilla launched a very successful successful (but short) series of supperclubs - Polpo's Russell Norman called it "the best pop-up I have ever been to". And now they're coming...

We've news on a new restaurant opening in the City, serving "home-style" Indian dishes. It's called Gunpowder and is just around the corner from Spitalfields Market. It's run by Harneet Baweja, an...

If Druid St Market isn't firmly on your radar (and if it isn't, what manner of foodie ARE you?) then reason to put it top of your list comes with the news of a series of pop chef spots hitting the...

  On a recent brisk Tuesday evening we had the pleasure of test driving Joyeux Bordel cocktail bar. Joyeux Bordel translates in French to ‘happy mess’ and not ‘happy brothel’ as you may perhaps prefer to...

Following a very successful stint last Autumn and Winter, Hawker House is back, bringing Street Feast insite for the winter, along with some of its top street food traders - and some new faces too.  This...

There's another addition on the way to the host of new restaurants that have been arriving in Kingly Court. This time, it's the turn of the kebab as Le Bab is aiming for a "kebab renaissance"...

Given how innovative Club Gascon's chef Pascal Aussignac's dishes always are for Taste of London - it wasn't a hard decision to accept an invite to a special dinner he was putting on last week. The...

Twenty two Scotch Eggs. That's an awful lot of Scotch Eggs. This was the daunting, yet glorious prospect at this year's Scotch Egg Challenge, involving chefs from some of the country's best...

With all the spurious National Weeks we have flying around it's not surprising that a London pub chain has taken it upon itself to launch its own such week. This is how National Pheasant Week came...

With somsaa now firmly on their way to opening their first permanent restaurant, Climpsons Arch has announced Portuguese chef Leandro Carreira as their next resident. The chef, who comes via the...

It's often rated as one of the top Italian restaurants in London (and good value too) so it's a huge surprise to hear that Zucca in Bermondsey is closing just before Christmas. Hopefully it won't be...

Ingredients you'll never have heard of and a dining room that makes you want to linger - we Test Drive the new Modern Pantry in Moorgate

We head to Kentish Town to try the new high street steak and beer joint

Already a popular venue in its own right, Camden Town Brewery is expanding. They're getting ready to open a new sister venue called Camden's Daughter. It's all about the kebabs. They say they'll be...

The restaurant on the roof has easily been one of Selfridges most successful endeavours in the last few years with Vintage Salt, Le Chalet and Q Grill all being big hits. Now they're changing things...

Updated 01/12/15 - We now have confirmation of a 50 day residency by Albert Adria. As you might imagine, we hear our fair share of rumours and gossip here at Hot Dinners. Some of it pans out, some of...

It's that time of the year again, as the food awards season comes to a close with one of our favourite (and often one of the starriest) ceremonies, the Observer Food Monthly Awards. This year, some...

If you're in the King's Cross area and in need of a quiet drink, there's a new place that's just opened. It's the massive new Waitrose near Granary Square and it has a wine bar tucked away at the...

Updated 15/10/15 with new image and opening date There's a new restaurant from Fortnum & Mason on the way, and it's taking the place of the Fountain brasserie that's been open for 60 years - so it's...