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It's the highest bar in London. Gong on the 52nd floor of the Shangri-la Shard opened its doors last week, so we popped along for a quick drink at the weekend to check it out. As you might expect...

The folk behind one of Jerusalem's coolest restaurants have teamed up to open their first London place. It's got energy and then some.

They've just launched their second restaurant on the roof of Selfridges, so we thought it was time to check out the first Q Grill in Camden.

All the action from this year's Auction Against Hunger held at Street Feast

(Updated 23/5 with opening date and menu) She's best known for the cakes and teas she serves up at Bea's of Bloomsbury, and more recently Bea Vo has been running a successful weekend diner at Maltby...

The Ham Yard hotel is the latest hotel coming from the Firmdale group. They're the people behind the Charlotte Street hotel and the Soho Hotel among others and this is their eighth boutique hotel -...

A new Italian restaurant is coming to Moorgate, specialising in North east Italy's Ligurian cooking. 

This sparkly little number is a new drink on the cocktail menu at the Ritz Rivoli Bar. The Tallulah references the moment back in 1951 when American actress Tallulah Bankhead sipped champagne from...

The annual summertime trend to turn parts of London into scenes from the seaside (see here for news of more at Shad Thames and Covent Garden) continues with news of the latest urban beach to hit...

The people behind Licky Chops and Ruby's unite to reinvent this classic Hackney pub. We went along to try it out.

From the folk who brought you Goodman as well as Burger & Lobster comes their highest concept restaurant, Beast.

Psychic Burger's residency at the Old Queen's Head in Islington is launching possibly the piggiest burger we've ever seen on Wednesday.  The Pig Salad burger features a pork, black pudding and...

The Terrace on Harvey Nichols 5th floor often gets a very welcome makeover in the summer and the next one is imminent. This time it's courtesy of New Zealand wine Cloudy Bay - which is taking the...

19/5 - updated with soft launch info. The chefs from Jerusalem's coolest restaurant Machneyuda are heading to London to help open their first UK restaurant. The Palomar, which will open this Spring...

16/5/14 - updated with soft launch details. Soho House's two very popular ventures continue to reach out to all sides of London. We've already seen Chicken Shop and Dirty Burger in the north...

This divine looking sarnie is the new Seven Year Steak Sandwich which will go on the menu at Hawksmoor Guildhall, Air Street and Seven Dials next week. Named after the amount of years Hawksmoor have...

Here at Hot Dinners we're rather partial to a nice glass of Chardonnay so this two day wine and cheese pop-up with Hardy's and Alex James sounds like it might be worth heading down to. The 1853...

The hottest day of the year so far may seem like an odd time to be launching a Yorkshire pudding pop-up, but c'mon do you really need winter back to enjoy a good Yorkshire? Launched yesterday at...

  It would be fair to say that we're very much looking forward to 2014's Meatopia in September  (details here). So to put you in the mood - here are a few pics to whet your appetite. They're a preview of...

Yes this picture of venison haunch with a light pearl barley salad and bramble dressing does look rather fabulous doesn't it? But for us, that's not the selling point of new summer pop-up Dram &...