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It's been a while since we've had a new Santa Maria pizzeria (the last was in Islington) but they're gearing up for their next - this time in Kew. The restaurant is taking over what recently used to...

They've dabbled in the whole smash burger scene before with a special burger on their main menu, but now Honest Burgers are making a bigger move in that direction. From today, their Liverpool Street...

There was quite the kerfuffle on Instagram when Jackson Boxer took to social to announce that his much-loved Notting Hill restaurant Orasay was going to close at the end of 2024. "There are a...

10/12/24 - updated with menu details Earlier this year, there was the surprising news that Birmingham-based chef Brad Carter had decided to pull out of the launch of the much-hyped Undercroft...

One of Borough Market's oldest restaurants has decided to celebrate its 25th birthday with a major shake-up. Applebee's has been in the market since it first started selling seafood back in 1998...

Kricket are on the expansion trail again, following up their recent Canary Wharf opening by coming to Shoreditch.  Taking over the space that was most recently Apothecary East, their latest opening...

If you've been following Hot Dinners for a while you'll know that there's nothing we enjoy more than a well made martini, so the arrival of a seafood bistro in Shoreditch that puts the martini at...

London's pizza game has improved immeasurably in recent years, but there's also a pizzeria just north of the M25 that everyone's been talking about. Gracey's in St Albans has been getting rave...

If you're the kind of person who opts for lemon & herb when they go to Nando's then keep scrolling because you're not going to want anything to do with Dave's Hot Chicken. The cult US chicken chain,...

Last summer there were bug plans for a new food, drinks and events space in Dalston. Called Dalston Yard, it was the brainchild of Dominic Cools-Lartigue, the man who opened The Tramshed Project and...

A Hot Dinners exclusive If there's one thing that 2024 has taught us, it's that the London pub scene is very much still alive and kicking. We started the year strong with crowds thronging the newly...

Updated 2/12/24 with more information It's survived numerous scandals and been one of the cornerstones of Soho's louche late-night scene since it first opened in the eighties, but now The Groucho is...

They have become a massive viral hit on TikTok, with enormous queues developing around their Preston truck and now Spud Bros have arrived in London. Their original Preston baked potato truck,...

Anyone who's been to, works at or lives near Vauxhall or Nine Elms will have been aware of the progress of the looming pair of towers, aka One Nine Elms, that are now complete. The Park Hyatt London...

Do you know what's more stressful than opening a new restaurant in London just before Christmas? Opening two restaurants. But that's the delightful pickle that restaurateurs George Bukhov-Weinstein, Ilya Demichev...

So far, the hit rate at Islington pub The Compton Arms for picking extremely interesting chef residencies is out of the park. They started with Schmaltz by Chris D'Sylva who went on to open Dorian. Then...

29/11/24 - Updated with opening details A Dutch burger group is hoping that the London love affair with smash burgers is very much still in the ascendancy. Fat Phill's started life in Amsterdam five...