News & reviews

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...

Cocktails, glamour and 1920s hedonism on tap. Fulham's newest bar promises an indulgent evening - with all-day dining to match. This is the second venture by the team behind the underground...

Irvin Bar Grill - a cicchetti joint in Crouch End - opened rather under the radar a month or so ago. It's run by the former drummer from Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, which will only be a big thing to...

Update 18/5/15 - due to unforeseen circumstances this event has been postponed The Community of Madrid has more than 53,500 restaurants - so they should know a thing or two about good food. And for a...

Next week's Art15 which hits London is shaping up to be feast for the stomach as well as the eyes. The Global Art Fair is now in its third year and will be exhibiting work from 150 galleries from 40...

When a Hot Dinners reader mentioned to us on Twitter that Patty & Bun had their eye on an East London arch, we went into investigation mode. Turns out the popular burger bunch have taken over a spot...

New burger alert! This is the new Third Burger being served up in the bar at Hawksmoor Seven Dials. The Kentucky Burger has seen the team at Hawksmoor coat chicken thighs with their own special...

If you're after a seafood start to the weekend from this Friday you can head to Danish restaurant Snaps + Rye where they've just extended their opening hours on Friday evenings for for Fiskefredag –...

We can always tell the weather's getting better by the volume of emails we get about new alfresco spots and rooftop spaces opening up for the summer. But one new one, Roofnic, caught our attention, not least...

After a stint in Shoreditch, the Porridge Cafe has returned, this time for a month-long pop-up in Victoria.  Expect a similar set up to the first pop-up and they're promising summer breakfast...

Ever since opening Air Street, which successfully brought fish to Hawksmoor menus in collaboration with Mitch Tonks, the rest of the Hawksmoors have been showing some fishy influences. The latest is...

Following on from their successful collaboration with Ben Spalding, London Fields creative hub The Laundry Building has landed another great restaurant and this one's permanent. Officially opening...

Hot Dinners Exclusive They've had huge success in the new Spitalfields space (just AMAZING burgers every time we've been) and now Bleecker St Burger are returning to the Southbank Centre too, where the...