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They have restaurants as far afield as Baku and Moscow - now Turkish restaurant chain Kitchenette are opening their first UK place in Putney. Kitchenette will open this month on Putney Bridge Road...

Fusion food can sometimes be a very bad idea - remember Shumi's disastrous Japanese/Italian mashup? - but frankly we really love the sound of the new Japanese aperitivo hour that's just launched at...

It's been the scene of frenzied booking since telephone lines opened last week, with over 2500 bookings in the first few hours. But now just two weeks before opening it transpires that Gordon...

[Updated 4/9/13 with head chef details. We now also hear that David Beckham is no longer involved - read the story on that here] Gordon Ramsay is working on the opening of another new restaurant in...

If you'd like to broaden your food horizons you could do worse than trekking to Excel later this month for the Halal Food Festival. Over 100 exhibitors including several of London's top chefs will...

The London design Festival is coming soon - and we've already reported on the plans for the Peckham Refreshment Rooms pop-up at St James. Now we've seen designjunction's plans for the festival, all...

We go to the Soho cousin of the Electric Diner to see how the dirty food transfers to the West End.

We've known for a while that the people behind Bistrotheque and Shrimpy's, Pablo Flack and David Waddington, were planning something for what could be Shoreditch's hottest new joint, the Ace Hotel...

For the first time in seven years there's a new Best Restaurant in the UK, according to the Good Food Guide 2014. This year Simon Rogan's L'enclume was judged to be the best in the UK, toppling...

They have three spots in central London, but this Autumn, boutique wine bar chain Vinoteca are moving West to open in Chiswick. The latest addition to the group will be a wine bar, restaurant & wine...

Lucky Covent Garden residents and workers. Not content with having the rather fabulous Balthazar Boulangerie on their doorstep, now they can also get their food delivered for free. The Boulangerie...

Way back in the mists of time (aka the Eighties) Hot Dinners recalls Caspars Telephone Exchange, a bar down one of the side streets in Soho where the (pre-mobile phones) gimmick was a phone on every...

We're bursting to the seams with London food news - so here's an end-of-week run down of more news from the Capital... Gizzi's Street Fiesta Gizzi Erskine is taking over Street Feast this weekend at...

While a lot of what we feature on Hot Dinners celebrates the new - such as our Coming Soon page - it's always nice to talk about restaurants that have stood the test of time as well. And there are...

There's usually a few foodie goings-on to tie in with the London Design Festival and this years event is no exception. Design collaboration Wrong for Hay are teaming up with Peckham Refreshment...

The bank holiday weekend may be over and there are months stretching out between now and the Christmas hols, so in an effort to make you all feel better, let us bring you the story behind new...

[27/8/13 - updated with soft launch details] If the opening of a French restaurant in a posh part of London has people more than duly interested, it's because there's quite a history behind...

This new neighbourhood restaurant in Islington offers rotisserie chicken and a while lot more. We head over to check it out.

They all have great riverfront views, but next month four Thameside restaurants by Tower Bridge will go the extra mile to make the most of what diners can see from their tables. As part of the...

Britain’s obsession with the burger is now official, with Tuesday 27th August being christened the nation’s first National Burger Day. Brainchild of Mr Hyde, the daily men’s lifestyle email, over...