News & reviews

A popular blues and BBQ joint in Camden has gone south to Shoreditch - opening fully this week. It'll be offering Texan BBQ, live music seven nights a week and is also promising "one of the biggest...

A Hot Dinners Exclusive. Let's be honest, Heston Blumenthal could open an edible envelope and there'd be a host of foodies there to document it - so when word got out that he was opening a...

As London creeps towards a more summer clime, two parts of the city are gearing up to greet it beach-style. Down by Tower Bridge, the Pont de le Tour have redone their outside space, launching it as a...

Adam Tihany's work has, for decades, influenced the global luxury market. In this new book Tihany: Iconic hotel and restaurant interiors he offers readers an in-depth tour of his most spectacular...

Just when we were thinking of making a trip to Columbia Road to try out Lockhart chef Brad McDonald's doorstop business 1235 Donuts, we hear they're moving the business West. For a while Brad and...

If you've ever wondered what the chefs and waiters in your favourite restaurant had for their lunch, then a new book out by Phaidon has the answer. Eating with the Chefs by Per-Anders Jörgensen goes...

This, my friends, is the Shack Corn Dog, coming to a Shake Shack near you (OK - so the only one near you in Covent Garden). On for a brief period only, between 23 May and 1 June it's a beef hot dog...

If you love food and you love good wine (who doesn't?), then get your Google Calendars up because we have a red hot event you'll want to diarise. The second Wine Sessions is taking place in Hackney...

After a successful venture on the King's Road, Scott Hallsworth brings Kurobuta to its main home in Marylebone. We check it out.

While Hot Dinners were ignoring vertigo and pressing our noses up against the window in the Shangri-La Shard doing the traditional "where's my house?" motions, across town there was another...

With Summer only just round the corner, Shrimpy's in King's Cross is reopening its terrace and adding something new to the menu too. They're kicking things off on the concourse with kimchi hotdogs, frozen...

This little beauty is a Surf Board - a new lunchtime offering from Wright Bros Soho. Aimed at those among us who can't skip out for three hour lunches, these combos of seafood, salads and side...

Hot Dinners Exclusive. One of the great lures of Maltby St Market is getting there early enough to ensure you walk away with a stash of St John's legendary custard doughnuts. Following the opening...

It's time for another round up of the movers and shakers on our exhaustive new and upcoming restaurants list. As you all know, dates are changing all the time and the amount of new restaurants being...

Payday may have only just been and gone, but you'll be glad to know about the new Retro menu at Randall & Aubin later in the month when you're not feeling so flush...

A Hot Dinners exclusive Eagle-eyed Mayfair workers this morning may have spotted something new about the May Fair Hotel. New awnings have just gone up on the hotel for a restaurant they're unveiling later...

This sounds like a pretty good evening out. For one night only Singleton are running a night market dedicated to single malt whisky. The Singleton Whisky Night Market takes place on Thursday 15 May,...

Ben's Canteen has been a big hit in Battersea, not least because of its Scotch Eggs and the sausage rolls which recently came top in the 2014 Sausage roll-off. Now they're heading further south as a...

We're six weeks shy of the World Cup so to get you in the mood here's a burrito beauty which is the work of London chain Benito's Hat. The Roy Hodgson inspired bur-ROY-to is a limited edition offer...

We've been hearing murmurings that Pitt Cue Co will be bringing their van to an new location soon. While we're waiting to get more info on that, we've had news of a restaurant swap they'll be doing...