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EDITOR'S LETTER
The best biryani in North London, a lovely pub landlady and a great outside restaurant terrace are among today's My Manor recommendations from Holloway resident chef Ethan Park.
And if you haven't already planned out your long weekend, our May bank holiday guide has loads of great recommendations from pie sales to Korean food festivals.
Catherine Hanly - Editor, Hot Dinners
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MOST READ
Catch up on this week's most clicked on features on Hot Dinners.
1. Our top story was the news that MasterChef winner Nikita Pathakji was opening her first restaurant, in London.
2. There was a lot of interest in our guide to the London restaurants opening in May. It's quite the list.
3. The feelgood factor from the London Marathon fuelled our new guide to the London run clubs that run between bakeries, cafes...and breweries.
4. News that the hugely popular TOAD Bakery was opening a second site, this time in Deptford had you all salivating.
5. And we did a round-up of all the amazing food and drink we had in April. Feast your eyes.
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TASTE OF THE CITY
Taste of London Presents: Fire Feast
7 May 2026 - Brand new for this year's Taste of London is Taste of the City, a series of events and experiences running across London. To kick things off they're holding a Fire Feast on the JOIA Rooftop in Battersea involving four of London’s leading chefs. Enjoy dishes cooked over the Big Green Egg, sweeping Battersea views, and a live DJ.
Leading the charge is JOIA’s own Concept Chef Henrique Sá Pessoa. Joining him for the evening are Chris Golding ( NIJŪ), Carolyn Or (Chet’s) and Juan Riaz (Prince Arthur).
Tickets are £50 and include four dishes and a complimentary St-Germain Spritz or non-alcoholic Martini Floreale Spritz.
Book it here
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JUST OPENED
Avi Bistrot - Belgravia
The team behind The Prince Arthur pub are back with a new French/American-inspired bistro and they're pimping up quite a few dishes with added caviar.
Tavern - Shoreditch
What was Nest in Shoreditch has been given a complete revamp from the same team, now being billed as a British bistro.
Oudh 1772 - Southwark
Chef Aktar Islam is the man behind two-Michelin-starred Indian restaurant Opheem in Birmingham and this is his first London restaurant, set in a three-storey listed building and which has a focus on Awadhi cooking
MORE NEWLY OPENED LONDON RESTAURANTS
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OPENING SOON
Kawan - Chinatown
Nigel Ng, who's better known by his comedy alter ego Uncle Roger, is opening a restaurant that will be serving up a range of Asian and family-style dishes "reinterpreted through a modern British lens." Opens 9 May 2026
Lokal - Fitzrovia
This is going to be serving up a modern Turkish menu, touring the country's regions and comes from the team behind Fred Bakery. Opens 5 May 2026
All Roads - Brixton
Malika Green and Paschelle Brown are turning their supperclub into a permanent restaurant, promising a menu of comfort food that's inspired by their shared Caribbean heritage, as well as British, European and Southern American influences. Opens 5 May 2026
PLUS MANY MORE UPCOMING LONDON RESTAURANTS
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