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February's hottest restaurants + Singburi comes to Shoreditch, Test Driving Osteria del Mare, Valentine's sweet treats & more...

February's hottest restaurants + Singburi comes to Shoreditch, Test Driving Osteria del Mare, Valentine's sweet treats & more...
Hot Dinners

EDITOR'S LETTER

Every once in a while, we bring you a news story that we know is really going to get people talking, and today's reveal that Singburi is moving home is definitely in that category.

In other news, there are five additions to our Hot Right Now list ranging from somewhere that's been open for almost 80 years to a pub that's still to open its actual restaurant. And they're all 100% worth checking out. Plus, with days to go till Valentine's we're looking at all the bakery treats going on sale around London for it.

Catherine Hanly - Editor, Hot Dinners

 


HEATING UP

Hot Right Now - London's hottest restaurants, February 2025

Hot Right Now - London's hottest restaurants, February 2025

This month, a pivot in Notting Hill, a luxe gastropub in Belgravia and an excellent new burger stall in London Fields are among the new openings heating things up as well as an old-school classic).

What's hot right now...

 


MARTINI HOUR

Enjoy the new martini hour at Covent Garden Hotel

Enjoy the new martini hour at Covent Garden Hotel

What better way to mark the end of the work day than heading to Brasserie Max at the Covent Garden Hotel for their brand new Martini Hour? Running from 5-6pm every weekday, the bar is serving up £14 martinis with a side of complimentary seasonal fries.

Order a classic martini, or some of the hotel bar's special serves like the Saketini, Sloe Martini or Mediterranean martini.

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LATEST NEWS

Crunch and their brioche sandwiches are coming to Soho

Singburi uproots itself from Leytonstone to Shoreditch for a reimagined Singburi 2.0

We're very sorry for Leytonstone's loss. But, on the upside, the new incarnation of Singburi will be a lot handier for most Londoners to get to...

 


Osip gets the top gong for Best UK restaurant at the Good Food Guide Awards 2025

Osip gets the top gong for Best UK restaurant at the Good Food Guide Awards 2025

The winners were announced in a glitzy ceremony at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London last night.

 


 

A huge new sports bar is coming to Piccadilly Circus, just down the road from The Devonshire.

The next stage for the revamped Arding & Hobbs building is nearly here, as Clapham's first private members' club gets ready to open.

If one lasagna is never enough for you, then you'll want to know about the all-you-can-eat lasagna restaurant coming to Shoreditch

If you've fancied something from Violet Cakes but never found yourself near the bakery, well now it's also opened in Central London - find out where.

They've had them in the US for a while, but now McDonald's have launched Famous Orders over here, starting with Stormzy.

 


SWEET TREATS

Sweet treats - the best cakes and bakes on sale for Valentine's Day

Sweet treats - the best cakes and bakes on sale for Valentine's Day

Is it really the festival of love if you aren't buying your other half (or yourself, we're all about self-love here too) a gorgeous heart-shaped cake for Valentine's Day?

Read our guide.

 


TEST DRIVE

Test Driving Osteria del Mare, the kind of mid-tier seafood restaurant that London needs

Test Driving Osteria del Mare, the kind of mid-tier seafood restaurant that London needs

Osteria del Mare is the new seafood restaurant from the team behind Bocconcino. We hit up the Strand for some crudo and pasta.

Here's what we thought

 


NEW THIS WEEK

The new restaurants and bars opening in London this week

The new restaurants and bars opening in London this week

This week, Gordon Ramsay scales new heights in the City and The Berkeley gets a fancy new restaurant. 

What to look forward to

 

 


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