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North London's best wine bars + Endo comes to Chelsea, award-winning wines, win a cookbook, Test Driving Kinz & more...

EDITOR'S LETTER

There's a distinctly vinous theme to our newsletter today whether you're looking at our brand new guide to North London's best wine bars or our piece on where to find the medal winning wines from Decanter's World Wine Awards on restaurant lists across town.

And while it doesn't specifically involve wine we are hiring for a part-time role here at Hot Dinners, which always means the promise of wine at some point in the working week. Details below.

Catherine, Editor - Hot Dinners

COMPETITION

Win a copy of hot new Italian cookbook At Home With Nima

Soho restaurateur Nima Safaei has just published his first cookbook and we've got five copies of At Home With Nima to be won.

Enter here

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WINE IN THE NORTH

The best wine bars in North London

For the latest in our series on London's best wine bars, we're on home territory as we round up some of the best places to drink wine in Islington, Stoke Newington, King's Cross and more.

Northern wine spots

AWARDS TIME

Award-winners, where to find this year's best wines in London's restaurants and wine merchants

Now in its 23rd year, the Decanter World Wine Awards is the world’s largest wine competition. We've picked out some wine highlights from the 2026 winners and which London restaurants are serving them right now.

What won and where to find them

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RESTAURANT NEWS

Endo Kazutoshi comes to Chelsea with the new ENDO, and is opening a listening bar too

The new Chelsea space will have space for just 10 in the omakase restaurant downstairs, while the listening bar above, called Moga, will specialise in tea-based cocktails.

Japanese bakery Uchi Bake is opening on Islington's Camden Passage

Sandos, matcha mochi cookies and hojicha cheesecake are on the menu.

Waterhouse sees The Water House Project reborn in a new guise

It's not far from the original. Plus he's adding a wine bar!

Nostra is a new cafe and bar that's taken on the Hatch site in Homerton

Cafe by day, small plates with a Turkish touch by night.

Robin Gill and Mr Lyan on the ticket for the London Museum's new home in Smithfield

Big changes are coming to Smithfield.

Michelin's London additions for July

Four new restaurants made it into the guide - find out which ones.

TEST DRIVE

Test Driving Kinz in Notting Hill, a Lebanese restaurant in a real stunner of a building

Kinz is a Lebanese restaurant in Notting Hill that's opened as part of a stunning reinvention of an old bank. We went down to take it all in.

Here's what we ate

WE'RE HIRING

Hot Dinners is looking for a freelance partnership manager to help us this summer and autumn. We're looking for someone who knows how to build successful commercial relationships with restaurants, hotels and food and drink brands. The position is for one day a week (although this can be split across days to suit).

If you think you're the person for the job, email us to find out more.

SPOTTED SOMETHING?

Noticed something restaurant or bar-related that we should know about?

Spotted a new restaurant about to open in your neighbourhood? Seen a celebrity dining out in London? Heard a piece of hospitality gossip you feel we ought to know about? Unburden yourself and tell us all about it.

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