News & reviews

We realise that quite a few people get a bit bah-humbug at this time of year but here at Hot Dinners, we are very excited about the onset of the Christmas season. And one of the reasons is the...

Seems like the growth of chicken restaurants in London isn't slowing any time soon. Now a new one is destined to open just off Columbia Road before Christmas. Clutch bills itself as a guilt-free...

When Rita's Bar and dining landed in Dalston last year, it was an instant hit - with its frozen margaritas (ooh, we just got that...) and the food, particularly the Southern Fried Chicken Roll and...

We're very fond of Wright Bros Soho, so the news that they're about to take on their most ambitious restaurant to date came as music to our ears. And what a venture. They're taking over what was...

If you were off Twitter over the weekend, you may have missed the latest storm created by the Times restaurant critic Giles Coren. So what has Giles done this time you may be wondering. Has he...

Updated 15/11/13 with new burger details Burger lovers in Primrose Hill won't have to go too far for their fix when Tommi's opens a residency at the Princess of Wales next month. The ongoing monthly...

Updated 15/11/13 with soft launch details It's all happening over in Fitzrovia as we get the exclusive on another place opening on Windmill Street this Autumn. Just down the road from Drakes...

We're already fans of their steak restaurants and their popular Burger & Lobster chain, now Goodman are planning to launch another new concept. Their next restaurant on Duke Street in Mayfair will...

You might associate street food more with East London but a new restaurant on Park Lane, Lanes of London, is aiming to bring it to a more moneyed audience. . Few details have been revealed about the...

Updated 14/11/13 with opening date and more menu details City workers will get an early Christmas bonus as Mark Hix has just announced plans to open Hixter, a huge new chicken and steak restaurant...

November may traditionally be the month you think of easing back on the booze in preparation for the Christmas party season, but we've got one wine-fuelled date you should definitely put in your...

Updated 13/11/13 with opening date We've known for a while that Martin Morales – the man behind popular Peruvian restaurant Ceviche – was to open his second venue in Shoreditch. Originally expected...

Truffle season is upon us, and Hot Dinners decided to celebrate that in blowout fashion by heading to Daphne's in South Kensington. Head Chef Mike Brown always puts on a traditional truffle menu...

One of the many things we love about the restaurant world is the generosity of the people working in it and the rapid reaction of people to the humanitarian crisis that's unfolding in The...

In one hell of a coup for Heathrow Airport comes the announcement today that Heston Blumenthal will be opening a new restaurant at Terminal 2:The Queen’s Terminal in June 2014. The new restaurant -...

Hawksmoor (but also not Hawksmoor) head to Farringdon for their next brand new restaurant. We check it out.

Scarfes Bar at the Rosewood London is fast becoming one of the city's great new hotel bars. But did you know it serves up curries and casseroles at lunchtimes? We head along to take a look.

Opening this week is a new restaurant in Shoreditch, The Jones Family Project, taking up a prime position on Great Eastern Road, opposite the Hoxton Hotel. The "family" in question is made up of a...

Fortnum and Mason's first new UK store for 307 years officially opened its doors today at St Pancras and Hot Dinners popped by for a quick look at what they're serving up. In addition to stocking...

Farringdon and Smithfield continues its foodie resurgence, with news of another opening, this time from the people behind the Evans & Peel Detective Agency. Kench and Bibesy is opening on Long Lane,...