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Updated 23/8/24 with opening date and address They've been big in Mayfair and now Maison Francois are the latest to head over to the growing food mecca that is Borough Market, opening Café Francois in...

There's already a lot of buzz around what Gordon Ramsay has planned for his upcoming clutch of openings at City skyscraper 22 Bishopsgate. But the chef and restaurateur is ramping things up with the...

Updated 23/8/24 Following a hearing, Royal China has now lost its licence. This means that while the restaurant can remain open and serve food, it can no longer serve alcohol or open beyond 11pm...

9/9/24 - updated with a first look inside Pidgin has now closed its doors for good, but something new is rapidly taking its place.  Sesta sees the former Pidgin head chef Drew Snaith teaming up with...

There are so many things right with what we're about to tell you, that our one proviso is that when rushing to book you make sure to leave a table free for us. We loved Bébé Bob when we first...

22/8/24 - updated with the opening date When they last opened a new restaurant, The Barbary team just went next door, but for their third opening, they're heading across town to Notting Hill.  Opening on...

For over 150 years, the Istanbul sweet and dessert giant Hafiz Mustafa has been a place of pilgrimage for sweet-toothed Turks (and tourists). Now the giant, which has stores all over Turkey and in...

They're known by many (including us) for being one of London's best burgers (you can even smell them on the Circle line platform at Victoria) and this week there's another place to try them...

We've known for a while that the folk behind popular Soho spot Blanchette were planning to open a place in Carnaby's Kingly Court. But they've moved faster than anticipated and Goldies is now open. Billed...

Back in the spring you may recall that Hot Dinners paid a much overdue visit to New York. And one of the things we particularly enjoyed while we were there was a late-night visit to the very popular 7th...

Since leaving the Holborn Dining Room, pie master Calum Franklin's main efforts have been at his new restaurant in Paris, Public House. Now he's bringing a taste of his Parisian adventures to London with...

19/8/24 - Updated with the opening date If you've been meaning to check out the signature hazelnut maple praline pancakes at Sunday in Brooklyn, but haven't made it out to the Notting Hill...

Cookie lovers in Islington should keep an eye out for the opening of new space Crumb this autumn which is promising to bring NYC style thick, gooey cookies to the denizens of N1. They're opening in...

Islington is about to get a very interesting new pizzeria as Lenny's Apizza kicks off a long-term residency in The Bedford Tavern on Seven Sisters Road.  Set up by Max Lewis, this will be all about...

Updated 20/8/24 with opening date Two decades after winning a Michelin star for his eponymous restaurant in Twickenham, chef John McClements has come out of retirement to launch a new French bistro in...

Updated 20/8/24 with opening date They already have two rooftop bars under their belt (Wagtail and Aviary) now the ETM restaurant group are about to take on a new venue overlooking Trafalgar Square. Kitty...

Updated 16/8/24 with opening date Eagle-eyed Hot Dinners readers have spotted that there are signs of life in the currently empty restaurant site that used to be Neighbourhood on Islington Green...

Sager + Wilde has just closed in Bethnal Green, but we already know what will be taking its place. It's going to be the third London pizzeria for Fatto a Mano - you might have already seen them in...

Six years after they opened, bringing a mix of Aussie and Latin American influences to London's cafe scene, Abuelo have expanded with a second cafe. Their latest opening is in Marylebone, just off...