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If you were at Canary Wharf over the weekend, you'll probably have spotted the epic queues on Bank Street. Turns out Londoners can get very excited about the launch of a new noodle restaurant. The...

A striking new building, looking like it's clad in shiny, reflective aluminium, is getting ready to open in Canary Wharf. And coming as part of that are a new Amazing Grace and a House of the Gods...

Updated 4/9/25 with imagery If there's one thing London loves at the moment, it's a new local bakery. One of the more popular is Notting Hill's Layla Bakery, launched by Tessa Faulkner. And now we...

8/8/25 - Updated with more details A few weeks ago, we reported that plans for the Crisp Pizza team to expand into central London had got a step closer to reality, after months of work to take over...

Carbone is definitely coming to London. Recently submitted planning information shows that the famous New York restaurant is the second restaurant to open in the Chancery Rosewood next year. 

12/8/25 - Updated with opening details Chef Michael Caines won a Michelin star for his restaurant at Lympstone Manor, and has previously held two stars at Gidleigh Park. Now he's getting ready to...

Having already succeeded in showing what a high end pub experience could look like, courtesy of Belgravia's The Prince Arthur, the same team are now turning their attentions to the London food hall. To...

We were already aware of Clare Smyth's plans to open a restaurant inside the new Admiralty Arch development next year, but it turns out she has something else planned too.  The chef, who has three...

If you're bored of seeing London restaurants all following the same design playbook, then the arrival of a new seafood restaurant in Mayfair is going to make you sit up and pay attention. Lilibet's is taking...

What was Ganymede in Belgravia is being reborn, transforming it into The Elizabeth, with a little hand from Anthony Demetre.  The chef, whose restaurant Wild Honey currently holds a Michelin star, is...

28/8/25 - updated with the opening date Just after Lisa Goodwin-Allen rejoined Northcote, after making a surprise departure announcement just two months prior (being sold to new owners helped with...

London's restaurant scene was rocked by an unexpected announcement today as Claude Bosi revealed that he had closed his eponymous Michelin-starred restaurant in South Kensington. In a statement...

Their chopped cheese sandwiches are the talk of the Big Apple and now Londoners are going to get a chance to try them. Bodega City made a name for itself, moving from an insanely popular street food...

It's been a while since we've seen a new restaurant launch at 10 Heddon Street, the space that once held Manteca, Fallow and Sarap as residencies. The residency days are behind it now and instead,...

Trinity's Adam Byatt has opened a British restaurant right next to Fulham football ground and overlooking the river. We headed down the Thames to try it for ourselves. 

There has been a catalogue of high-profile restaurant closures across London recently, but the shuttering of Adam Simmonds' eponymous restaurant in King's Cross is the second chef-led venture in the...

A few weeks ago, we reported on the team behind Brother Marcus taking over The Blind Pig in Soho for their new bar, Kamara. At the time, as that involved the upstairs area only, we said it seemed...

Here at Hot Dinners we mainly focus on the hottest restaurants in town, as well as new openings. But the London restaurant scene is ever-changing and that means some restaurants fall to the wayside. With...