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We may now be linked to France with a tunnel, but there's no reason to head to Paris when it can come to London. Which is exactly what's happening this Spring when the Ritz Paris’s Bar Hemingway...

After the huge amount of press that a breakout of the norovirus at Heston Blumenthal's The Fat Duck in 2009 got - it's particularly bad news for Heston that today sees his London restaurant Dinner...

Perfectly timed for the first day after dry January National Pisco Sour Day is, if nothing else, a great reason to go and enjoy one of our favourite drinks around London today. Places doing...

You've got to sit up and take notice when a press release breezily describes a restaurant as 'older than America'. The establishment in question is Wiltons in St James' - a place that began life...

Karam Sethi's had a good time of it recently, with universal acclaim for Gymkhana from both the critics and Hot Dinners readers. For his next task, he's about to reopen his original restaurant,...

Congrats to Battersea's Ben's Canteen which walked away from last night's Sausage Roll Off at the Red Lion in Barnes with the top prize. Chef Chris Bumby won with his all day breakfast roll served...

A heavenly new Korean menu goes on offer at the Dock Kitchen - we went to try it out.

One of London's institutions closed down for a huge revamp earlier this month. The Wolseley took January off to give itself a considerable spruce up for its tenth anniversary. Now we've found out a...

It's been a very successful seafood restaurant in Rome, but rather than expanding locally, London has been chosen as the location for the second Assunta Madre. The original in the Campo de Fiori...

Push your way through the throng of tourists down in Piccadilly on a Sunday lunchtime and while the rest of the hordes pop into an Angus steakhouse, congratulate yourself for having booked lunch at...

Coming to East London's Broadway Market in March is a new 2 in 1 establishment - butchers by day and restaurant - or "cookshop" - by night. The man behind it is Luca Mathiszig-Lee (from The Eagle...

Central London looks set to get a swanky new restaurant in early summer. You may have spotted that the huge building on Trafalgar Square (the rather marvellously named 1-3 Grand Buildings) as you...

Confirmed by the group today, Alan Yau's Naamyaa cafe is no more. The Thai restaurant opened in Islington last year and was expected to be Alan Yau's next big rollout after Busaba. Despite good to...

23/1/14 - Updated with a preview of the menu. Australian chef Ash Mair, winner of 2011's MasterChef - the Professionals, has confirmed that he's opening an outpost of Spain's Bilbao Berria in London in...

Fitzrovian schnitzel and spritz joint Boopshi's has hit upon the perfect way to bring their signature schnitzel to the office crowd - they're bunging it in a bun. From this week they'll be serving...

We've had the Scotch Egg Challenge, now another London pub is following that with their own food competition - the Sausage Roll Off. Held at the Red Lion in Barnes, the event is in its second year...

Update 22/1/14. Reservation lines are now open and Gordon's still a popular man as we hear that there were 1300 covers (seats) booked in the first five hours. Valentine's was apparently completely...

The Connaught hotel last night played host to pretty much the greatest gathering of foodies in one place since the OFM Awards. The bar was crammed with chefs and restaurateurs all there to celebrate...

Martin Morales, of Ceviche fame, brings his Peruvian cooking to Shoreditch with new place Andina.

Having conquered the likes of KERB, Feast and Street Feast, street food trader Hanna Soderlund of Kimchinary has shelved the wind and rain and headed inside to Catch on Kingsland Road for a three...