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See the Vogue 100 exhibition and enjoy a bargain lunch at Le Caprice

Information: 23 February 2016

It only opened a week or so ago, but the Vogue exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery - Vogue 100: a century of style - is already drawing huge crowds. The good news is there's an altogether...

The Sportsman's Stephen Harris kicks off new events at Noble Rot

Information: 23 February 2016

There are a couple of rather interesting events taking place at Noble Rot's wine bar over the coming months and you're the first to know about it. Given their dinners can sell out in hours, this is A...

Green's Restaurant is closing down (but will return soon)

Information: 22 February 2016

The latest restaurant to fall foul of rising rates and redevelopment is Green's in St James, the restaurant and oyyster bar which has been in the area for over 30 years. But Green's fans don't...

Cider and pizza from The Stable in Whitechapel

Information: 22 February 2016

We're starting to see a few more restaurants that are big outside the capital setting up shop in the centre of town - and The Stable is the latest. It's got locations all over the country from Poole to...

Trade Union Wapping combines coffee, cocktails, restaurant and barber

Information: 22 February 2016

The next Grand Union will actually be called Trade Union, and is coming to Wapping, is broadening what it does a little, specifically in the coffee and barbershop direction. It's a huge space (over 6000...

Oree French boulangerie to bring artisan breads and pastries to the Fulham Road

Information: 18 February 2016

Who wouldn't be pleased to learn about a lovely new French-style boulangerie opening in their neighbourhood? The lucky folks in questin are Fulhamites who'll have a new boulangerie and kitchen,...

Damien Hirst to open Pharmacy 2 at his Newport Street Gallery in Vauxhall

Information: 18 February 2016

Updated 18/2/16 with menu details If you were around, as ye olde Hot Dinners crew were, in London back in the 1990s you'll definitely remember Pharmacy. It was an ultra concept (or conceit)...

Notting Hill's Eggbreak re-launches with new dishes

Information: 18 February 2016

It opened on the quiet last year and closed the same way - but now Eggbreak in Notting Hill is returning with a bit more of a fanfare (and a mini refurb too). They're re-launching this month with a...

Porky's BBQ comes to Chelsea's Fulham Road

Information: 18 February 2016

There's a new barbeque restaurant heading Chelsea way as Porky's gets ready to open their fifth restaurant there. If you've been to one of their other restaurants, you'll have an idea of what to...

Seb Holmes to open Farang in Borough's Flat Iron Square

Information: 17 February 2016

Seb Holmes picked up a lot of fans while head chef at the Smoking Goat and then with a series of Pestle pop-ups. Now he's nearly ready to settle down in Borough with his new restaurant Farang - but...

Dalloway Terrace is opening in Bloomsbury

Information: 17 February 2016

The terrace at the Bloomsbury hotel has undergone a considerable overhaul. The former lounge bar is now Dalloway Terrace restaurant. Best known for its huge, heated outdoor terrace (a perfect almost...

Bernardi's launch a weekend brunch with weekday breakfasts planned

Information: 17 February 2016

There's a new breakfast spot in town. Bernardi's in Marylebone has just launched their breakfast menu (and weekend brunch) and it does look rather enticing. The brunch menu, which launched this...

Test Driving Lucky Chip Burgers and Wine - wine-matched burgers in Dalston

Information: 16 February 2016

We take a trip to the long-awaited permanent home of Lucky Chip, to see how they've mixed burgers and wine.

Sarah Barber launching dessert restaurant at the Cafe Royal

Information: 16 February 2016

Hot Dinners Exclusive If you were at our Elements 2016 party last week, you would have enjoyed some amazing desserts from Sarah Barber from Hotel Cafe Royal. And now there's a chance to try a whole...

Pierre Koffmann protegee to open The Woodford in South Woodford

Information: 15 February 2016

South Woodford is a little further out of town than we usually cover, but news that a Pierre Koffmann protegee is about to open a restaurant there piqued our interest. The Woodford is the dream...

Heist Bank pizza restaurant and bar comes to Paddington

Information: 15 February 2016

Its name may suggest that it's some sort of themed restaurant - but that doesn't appear to be the case with this upcoming Paddington restaurant that comes from the same people as Coin Laundry. Instead,...

Sheekey's Oyster Bar to host all-female guest chef series

Information: 15 February 2016

There's an interesting series of chefs hitting Sheekey's oyster bar in 2016 and they all have one thing in common, they're women. The all-female guest chef series will run at the bar throughout the...

Coba in King's Cross launch a new lunch menu and banh mis

Information: 15 February 2016

Vietnamese barbecue restaurant in King's Cross is adding more to the menu as they open at lunch for the first time. This means that BBQ banh mis are now on the menu - in pork, chicken or vegetarian options...

New cafe and shop The Larder coming to Fitzrovia

Information: 12 February 2016

Opening very soon in Fitzrovia is a new all-day cafe The Larder, from the same people behind Percy and Founders and the upcoming Lighterman in King's Cross. That means their ex-Murano Exec Chef is...

Bodean's take over from Mishkin's on Catherine Street

Information: 11 February 2016

Clearly it's a 'cue kind of day. Hot on the heels of our news that Bukowski Grill were opening their third restaurant, this time in Soho - comes news that Bodean's are opening their seventh place,...

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