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Zagat launched their 2012 restaurant guide for London at Wolfgang Puck's CUT at the Dorchester Collection this morning, amongst a throng of top London chefs and restaurateurs. Tim and Nina Zagat...

It's the biggest retail therapy opening in London this year, but what does the shopping city on the Olympic Park's doorstep in Stratford have to offer Londoners in the way of decent places to eat?...

Whether you're a die-hard Gooner or not, the chance to see inside the posh members-only bit of Emirates Stadium and have canapes overlooking the pitch sounds like fun. The opportunity is part of a...

We've loved Polpetto since it first opened but the tiny restaurant above the French House isn't the easiest place to get a table.  Up until now, bookings have only been taken for lunch with dinner...

[Updated 29 November 2011] Pizarro will open on Monday 5 December 2011.  José Pizarro's tiny tapas place in Bermondsey, José, already has a huge following but if there's one thing that irks, it's not...

A Welsh streetfood van in the first year of operation won a coveted trading spot in London's Olympic Village when it came top of the British Street Food Awards 2011 this weekend. Cafe Môr from...

What can you tell us about the The Northall? It's one of two restaurants in the new Corinthia hotel (the other being Massimo), the huge new hotel near Whitehall. It focuses on sustainable British...

Want to try some camel ice cream? Yes, that's camel, not caramel. Or perhaps you've always fancied taking a bite out of a chocolate Eiffel Tower? Feeling particularly adventurous? How about some...

Forget celebrating Harvest Festival with a random selection of assorted canned fruit. Head over to Dalston instead where East London chocolatiers Niko B Organic Chocolates are going to be hosting a...

Tickets have just gone on sale for an amazing one-night-only dinner that will allow London diners to enjoy the cuisine from Lyon's legendary Paul Bocuse restaurant without having to leave the city. As a...

We're rather partial to a good pop-up restaurant, but details released last night of one planned for the 2011 London Restaurant Festival sound particularly brilliant. The Minotaur will take over the...

Nick House and Piers Adam, who own the much favoured by young royals Mahiki as well as running Guy Ritchie's Mayfair pub The Punchbowl, have opened their first gastropub. The Markham Inn opened very...

The Hippodrome Leicester Square has been many things over the years: most recently it's been host to cabaret The Clique, before that it was a Peter Stringfellow nightclub, in the 60s and 70s it was...

Honestly, we're rather flummoxed by a press release we've just had in for a pop-up restaurant experience that will be gracing Dalston’s Ridley Road Market for four weeks this September. Ridley's...

Further proof that Covent Garden is the hottest place to open a restaurant right now comes with today's news that Canteen is opening an all-day restaurant and bar in the heart of Covent Garden. Canteen...

The owners of Italian restaurant Babbo are to join a mass of new restaurants opening up around Soho. Their new restaurant will have exposed kitchens on two floors and a focus on food for sharing. ...

Poilâne, the renowned French Artisan bakery, which already has a shop open on Elisabeth Street is to open its first London restaurant on Cadogan Gardens in Chelsea. The all-day dining restaurant...

A new bistro, the 10 Cases, is launching in Covent Garden. We caught up with co-owner Ian Campbell to find out more about the restaurant. How did you get started? The 10 Cases is basically 2 people. Will...

A veritable brigade of chefs and other foodie people turned up at Harrods tonight for the launch of Thomas Keller's French Laundry pop-up. Hot Dinners spotted Michel Roux Jnr, Fergus Henderson, Jay...

With one of the lengthiest list of awards around, the Harden's Guide certainly offers an in-depth view of the London restaurant scene. Culled from surveys submitted by over 8,000 people the 2012...