News & reviews

(7/6/12 - updated with opening date) 2012 was predicted by many chefs to be the year of Peruvian cuisine and that continues apace with the launch of Lima in Rathbone Place, yet another restaurant...

John DeLucie is one of the big names in New York dining circles, best known for being the original chef and partner of celeb hotspot the Waverley Inn. He's since moved onto his own endeavours,...

It's well known for some of the best views in London, for one of the best (and most famous) managers in Fred Sirieix and for an excellent value set lunch menu.  Now, following the launch of Galvin...

He's one of our favourite London chefs so naturally Hot Dinners was intrigued to hear of a way  we could have Bruno Loubet's food for dinner at home whenever we liked, which didn't involve bundling him...

Tickets have just gone on sale for God Save the Clam - a Jubilee-themed event dreamt up by the people behind Rock Lobsta and Pitt Cue. Described as a 'punk-styled clambake and banshee cocktail bar...

We like the sound of a cinematic pop-up happening in North West London this summer - Salt Yard Group (Salt Yard, Dehesa, Opera Tavern) are going to be teaming up with roaming cinema group Nomad for...

Celebrity photographer Richard Young has scoured the streets of this city snapping pretty much every famous person going over the past 40 years. We thought he'd be the perfect person to kickstart...

There may have been a lot of general tutting on Twitter over the cost of the upcoming Noma pop-up at Claridges, but that hasn't stopped thousands of people snapping up the tables in record time. More...

We try out the new contemporary tapas bar between Clapham and Brixton.

We've already been once to try out Helene Darroze's weekend brunch at the Connaught, but when the chef herself issued a personal invitation to pop back and try the new American dishes she'd added to...

Selfridges has been making great use of its roof in recent summers, kicking things off with Pierre Koffmann's pop up and more recently with Bompas & Parr's boating lake. Now they've announced a new...

It's been a long time coming - with months and months of pop-ups and dish refinements - but the owners of Tsuru sushi are almost ready to open the doors on their new ramen bar in Soho. Tonkotsu,...

(Updated with more menu details) It's managed a spot in the World's 50 Best Restaurant list three times (currently a re-entry at 84) and is apparently a favoured dining spot of Bill and Hillary...

Vegetarians look away now! Knightsbridge upmarket meat restaurant The Rib Room is putting on a menu for early summer which is devoted to its namesake cut. For £85 you can feast on ribs cooked every...

Pret a Diner is an international roaming dining event that takes over impressive spaces for gastronomic events.  They last came to town in October with the Minotaur Installation in the Old Vic...

Fortnum & Mason have just launched the rather elegant Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon so we popped along to take a look. Officially opened earlier this year by Her Majesty, in honour of her diamond...

Sorry if we're a little behind the times, but we've only just found out about Nose to Tail fortnight which actually started on Monday this week. It's an exercise by London Food Link's Ethical Eats...

It takes a brave (or foolhardy) publication to pitch their annual restaurant awards less than 24 hours after the dust has settled on the World's 50 Best list - but Tatler were sticking much closer...

It's all happening in London this summer. On top of the Olympics, Jubilee and Noma pop-up, we're also going to be the next European city to host The Cube. Created by Electrolux and landing in London...

Hard on the heels of his first successful Roast Sunday Maltby Street lunch, former Roganic chef Ben Spalding is heading further south to Battersea for another one-night only affair. On the 14th May...