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- Joyeta Ng is bringing her take on Cantonese cooking to a residency at "mu"
As you'll know from our guide to London's best pop-ups and events, there are some excellent residencies all over London right now. But one in Dalston deserves particular highlighting, we thought.
Joyeta Ng has a very impressive list of restaurants in her CV, including two two-Michelin-starred restaurants, Den in Tokyo and Kitchen Table in London as well as The
... - My Manor, Tom Brown's local guide to Dalston
Chef Tom Brown of Tom Brown at The Capital shares his favourite food and drink spots in Dalston with Hot Dinners readers.
- Parasol sees the Discount Suit Co team join forces with Ruby's founder in Dalston
28/3/25 - updated with opening details
The team behind bars like Discount Suit Company and The Sun Tavern are getting ready for their next bar, this time in Dalston. They're taking over the basement venue that was once Nest nightclub. They've brought in Tom Gibson, the man behind Ruby's and more to create some sort of bar superteam.
On the
... - The best restaurants, bars and cafes in Dalston
From natty wine bars and Michelin-chasing restaurants to jerk shacks and next-level naan shops, here's where to eat and drink well in the melting pot that is Dalston.
- Corrochio’s gets ready to open its new Mexican bar CINCO
After opening their Mexican restaurant in Dalston last year, Corrochio’s are getting ready for the next level - or one level down to be more precise. They're launching their new bar CINCO underneath the restaurant, which will have a big focus on Agave and Mexican spirits.
The main cocktails list here will have five agave cocktails, five more with other Mexican spirits and, very much
... - Bar Valette in Shoreditch is the next opening from The Clove Club's Isaac McHale
Updated 15/1/25 with opening date
Recently, Isaac McHale parted ways with the other founders of The Clove Club, Johnny Smith and Daniel Willis, with each side talking about the promise of new restaurants to come. McHale, who hung onto The Clove Club, is not getting ready to open his first restaurant since the split.
He's opening a more casual
... - Dalston Yard is now Yardlife, a three-month preview of the real thing
Last summer there were bug plans for a new food, drinks and events space in Dalston. Called Dalston Yard, it was the brainchild of Dominic Cools-Lartigue, the man who opened The Tramshed Project and before that Street Feast.
However, things all went very quiet as opening plans were put on hold. But now it's somewhat unexpectedly back, albeit in a temporary new
... - Dalston's The Marquis of Lansdowne is reborn as The Marquee Moon
The Team behind Docklands nightclub The Cause are revamping a pub in Dalston. Once The Marquis of Lansdowne, it's being relaunched as The Marquee Moon (the second opening recently to take its name from a classic song - see also Goodbye Horses). The same people are
... - Angelina
Italian/Japanese cuisine in Dalston
- Warehaus is the new drinking den from a Bar with Shapes for a Name
A Bar with Shapes for a Name (🔶🟥🔵) has earned a reputation for being one of the best bars in London, which occasionally makes it a little tough to grab a table/stool inside. But if you've been meaning to try their cocktails, that's about to get a lot easier as they're getting ready to open their second bar, Warehaus.
This one's much closer to Dalston and is taking over the
... - The new TT rooftop restaurant is headed up by ex-Oren chef Sam Lone
The rooftop at TT (previously TT Liquor) in Shoreditch has delivered some rather impressive residencies, with last year's Esti being a notably hit. So, as we (hopefully) head for more settled weather and the rooftop is about to reopen, they've announced a new restaurant taking over the space, this time permanent, that we think is worth keeping an eye on.
In charge will
... - The Sidemen are opening their first Sides restaurant in Dalston
Up until now, YouTubers turned fast food giants The Sidemen have kept their food offering to food halls. But now they're about to step into fully fledged restaurants with the opening of their first standalone place in East London.
Sides will open in Dalston in a site that allows 40 dine-in spots. The menu will be the same fried chicken/vegan chicken formula that's won them so many fans to date. There are
... - Chef Sertaç Dirik is leaving Mangal 2
News comes today of big changes afoot at Mangal 2, where chef Sertaç Dirik has announced that he's leaving the restaurant, apparently with plans to open his own place.
It's a story that seems like The Bear come to life and will be almost eerily familiar to anyone who's been bingeing
... - Hong Kong's 'most chocolatey' chocolate cake creators 404 Bakery have arrived in London
We do enjoy a bit of culinary grandstanding here at Hot Dinners and when someone arrives in this city promising to serve up the best chocolate cake we've ever had in our lives then we sit up and take note.
404 Bakery comes from a couple of Hong Kong bakers who took their home city by storm when they set up an online bakery driven by their obsession with chocolate cakes. However the bakery had to close when they decided,
... - LGBTQ+ neighbourhood bar Adam's is popping up at Snackbar
Freddie Janssen’s Snackbar in Dalston is about to get a new look at the weekends as it turns into a pop-up LGBTQ+ neighbourhood bar, Adam's.
It comes from Adam Caddy, previously at Brasserie Zedel, Annabel’s, Quo Vadis and Century Club. He has been looking to open a permanent bar - and this should hopefully be the stepping stone to doing just that. As Adam himself says, "Over the last decade, London
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