News & reviews

Much as we might like to give the impression we're omniscient, it's impossible for us to cover every part of town, so we're always grateful when a Hot Dinners reader emails in on a place they think...

We picked wine bars as one of the top trends of 2013 and that looks set to carry on throughout 2014, the latest being a new addition to Hackney. Verden is coming from long-time friends Ed Wyand,...

A few year back we were lucky to make a trip to Danesfield House when Adam Simmonds was in charge of the kitchen. We had one of our best meals of that year there and realised that the chef was...

For many, you can take your 80% Valrhona Easter egg and shove it - Cadbury's Creme Egg is where all the action is over Easter. And this year there are a couple of so-wrong-it's-right ways to try it...

We know that Scott Collins of MEATliquor has been involved with Wishbone for a while, but now it's more official as MEATliquor formally takes on the reins - including a revamp of the menu. Alongside the Thai...

16/4 - Updated with opening date and menu details. Late last year saw the extremely unexpected closure of Rawduck as nearby excavations made the building they were housed in unsafe (and also delayed the...

We've been waiting to hear about a date for the opening of Soho Grind - the second coffee spot to follow on from the successful Shoreditch Grind spot. Now we've had confirmation that they'll be...

OK - so this actually opened a few weeks back, but since we've given up sweets for Lent it would have been too hard to write about the opening of Selfridges' spangly new Confectionery Hall any...

Who doesn't like getting a behind-the-scenes look, whether it's a restaurant, bar or hotel? So when Shangri-La asked us whether we'd like to take a hard hat tour of their new hotel at the Shard...

We try out Marcus Wareing's recently revamped flagship at the Berkeley. 

We check out the new restaurant from Dock Kitchen's Stevie Parle and see what it brings to the Dalston dining scene. 

Watch out Caravan - Exmouth Market has a new brunch offering and it's a seriously piggy one. Blackfoot's built up a solid lunch and dinner trade, but as of the weekend they started opening for...

This fishy dish happens to be the main attraction at Aqua Shard's St George's Day offering. Available at both lunchtime and dinner on Wednesday 23rd April it's chef Anthony Garlando's take on fish...

Launching this weekend is Fairground, the new project from Street Feast founder Dom Cools-Lartigue. Taking over a three floor disused office space in Haggerston, Fairground will not only be hosting...

Connoisseurs, wine lovers and novices alike are being invited to take part in London Wine Week, the capital’s first dedicated week-long consumer event. The seven day celebration of London's...

For Easter there are all manner of eggs going on the menu at Polo 24 hour bar in Bishopsgate. There's ostrich egg omelette, goose and duck eggs in the full English. But this magnificent beast,...

Details for the second annual Galvin Festival of Food and Drink have just been released and Hot Dinners has had a sneak preview of what's being planned for this year's festivities. The seven-day...

Updated 9/4/13 with booking line info We've had a lot more details come in about Bonnie Gull's second venture at Exmouth Market - now named Bonnie Gull Seafood Cafe. Their previous "seafood shack"...

8/8 - updated with launch details - free burgers! There'll be a lot of happy burger fanatics at today's news that Patty&Bun have confirmed the opening of their second site. The new place at 22-23...

8/8 - The pop-up has now launched and we've updated the article with a gallery of pics. Sadly we've never scraped together enough money for a trip to Japan to check out the Spring blossoms. On the...