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What can you tell me about Roti Chai? It's an Indian restaurant nestled in the heart of Mayfair - but with a difference. Roti Chai's main speciality, and one you'll see as you enter the brightly lit...

[Updated 9 February 2012] We're loving the sound of an upcoming opening over in Broadway Market in March. Market Café will apparently "recreate the spirit of the classic Italian “formica” café of...

[Updated 9/3/12 with the menu details] Six of the world's best female chefs are going to be cooking together in London for a series of exclusive dinners this March. The idea sounds great, even if...

It's a bit of a coup for Iqbal Wahhab’s Roast over in Borough Market as they get their hands on ex-Caprice Holdings chef Marcus Verberne. Marcus has worked alongside Mark Hix for over a decade at...

Their first venture was a pop-up Sunday Roast supperclub at F Cooke & Sons on Broadway Market and they followed that with a Burger pop-up in the same venue. Now Superette Sundays are branching out...

Want to make your almost unhealthy interest in food look a little more highbrow? We've heard of a couple of events that could work for you. First up, the British Library is taking chef interviews to a...

Adam Byatt's Trinity restaurant in Clapham is a South London favourite, and he's now expanding to nearby Abbeville Road with Bistro Union. The kitchen will be run by head Chef Karl Goward. He's...

Is the Force strong with you? Then you might be interested in a charity dinner being lovingly themed around a certain sci-fi film series. A group of London food bloggers, including MiMi Aye...

What can you tell me about Dabbous? The restaurant is named after its chef, Ollie Dabbous, who was Head Chef at Texture and began his career with Raymond Blanc at Le Manoir au Quat Saisons (who has...

Splitting opinion in the food community like a oyster, Tom Aikens' Chelsea restaurant has recently opened with a brand new facelift. Hot Dinners went along to check out whether this particular...

With pop-ups literally popping up all over the shop in London, it's sometimes hard to work out which are the ones you really shouldn't miss. One this week in Shoreditch - Nine French Place certainly...

Lucky old East Londoners, they're always getting some hip new cafe or restaurant that sounds right up Hot Dinners' street. The latest opening we've heard of is Tuck Shop which will open on Dereham...

The influx of American chefs to London may soon see the tide turn in the other direction if a story in this weekend's Telegraph has any merit. It seems that Heston Blumenthal is now in talks to open...

City favourite 1 Lombard Street has recently undergone a refurbishment and Hot Dinners popped down last week for a preview of the new interior and menu. Opened in 1998 by former banker Soren Jessen, 1...

If you weren't paying close attention to Twitter last week you may well have missed the news that Manhattan restaurateur Keith McNally has finally confirmed that he'll be opening a restaurant in...

Big news today with the announcement that Masterchef's Gregg Wallace is opening a restaurant at the Bermondsey Square Hotel. The 80 seat restaurant (with a further 100 seats outdoors) will be called...

In an interesting move, the Oriel restaurant which used to take pride of place on Sloane Square until its lease was abruptly terminated by disgruntled landlord Lord Cadogan, is now moving to a new...

Take an already hotter than hot restaurant pop-up (The Ten Bells) and add in a four day residency from an insanely well-connected chef and you have a collaboration that any London foodie ought to...

What can you tell us about Kitchen Joel Antunes? In the 90’s one of the most popular dining destinations in London had to be Les Saveurs in Mayfair. Run by the impressively trained chef Joel...

What's Novikov all about? It's the first restaurant outside Russia for Moscow's biggest restaurateur Arkady Novikov. Where is it? On Berkeley Street - opposite Nobu Berkeley, it takes over much of...