News & reviews

One of Paris's hottest restaurants has landed in London. We check in to see how they're faring this side of the Channel.  

There's a new café opening today in Fulham (following a soft launch), by Lila Sarhang Zadeh, who has previously classically trained as a pastry chef in France.  They'll be making traditional bread...

Another fairly quiet opening almost snuck in under the radar today as Dip and Flip (already very popular in Clapham) has just opened in Wimbledon. If you're unaware of them, they specialise in the...

Talk about sneaky! Smack Lobster has just opened its second restaurant and this one's in Soho on Dean Street. We haven't been down to the original for a few months, but a look at the menu tweeted by...

There was really only one event in town you had to be at last night and that was the annual Auction Against Hunger. Earlier on, our online auction for them had raised a massive £14,858.85 (and once...

22/5 - updated with soft launch details While burgers have reigned supreme, hot dogs haven't had as great a time of it in London with a couple of notable exceptions (mainly Bubbledogs). However, now...

Popping up at Stoney Street, one along from Wright Bros, is the company's newest (but most transitory) opening, Shuck. All they're serving up are oysters - "naked, dressed or blown" with naked...

Brixton is really booming: buoyed by the success of new ventures like Three Eight Four and Naughty Piglets, its restaurant and bar scene has never been more vibrant. Now as part of Pop Brixton, the...

21/5 - Updated with menu details and pics. Now this is an announcement that we're VERY pleased about. Last month Oisin Rogers, the very well connected landlord of The Ship (you'll often see him...

After years of running things from their airstream, Street Kitchen (founded by Mark Jankel and chef Jun Tanaka) is settling down. But they're not moving far from where that airsteam has been parked,...

The resurgence in wine bars continues with a new Old Street pop-up that's being launched to coincide with London Wine Week next month - popping up at Attendant coffee shop in Shoreditch It's been...

Just in time for the tennis, Eric Guignard, owner of the popular French Table in Surbiton, has opened a new restaurant in Wimbledon Village’s thriving dining strip. Occupying a site previously home to...

Yesterday we had the news that Barrafina is opening a third restaurant on Drury Lane, which went some way to sweetening the pill that was a closure elsewhere in the Hart Group, of Fino in Fitzrovia. The...

An article which appeared on the Daily Mail website, today caused ructions - after top London restaurant group Hawksmoor recognised a photograph of their prime beef steak illustrating a piece about a...

A Hot Dinners exclusive If you're a fan of Barrafina (and what food-loving Londoner isn't) then we bring you tidings of glad, glad joy. Come this summer, a third Barrafina will open in Covent...

It's another huge success for the Spanish chef's first foray north of the river. 

Stevie Parle (of Dock Kitchen and Rotorino) has opened in prime position just outside the O2 with Craft London. We went east to check it out. 

Having been to both evening parties and general admission days there, there's something particularly lovely about heading to Chelsea Flower Show on press day that no amount of driving rain cancels...

Last week, we popped by to see how things were going at the recently re-launched Blackfoot Bar and Backroom Dining. As you would’ve read here, the restaurant has been given a bit of a reshuffle- with...

Popular Acton halal burger and chicken joint Amigos Peri Peri are opening their second West London venture in Shepherd’s Bush. The founders claim they’re ‘just two dudes in search of the perfect set...