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- Dalla will serve up homestyle Italian dishes in Hackney
25/10/23 - updated with the opening date
Last week we brought you news on what was going to be taking over the old Bright site in London Fields. Now we've got the scoop on what's going in the group's other defunct restaurant site, Peg, on Morning Lane. Dalla sees three
... - Ixchel Mexican restaurant and tequila bar comes to the King's Road
25/10/23 - updated with the opening date
London's Mexican dining scene continues to get ever better with the upcoming restaurant Ixchel in Chelsea.
Headed up by chef Ximena Gayosso Gonzalez, previously at Brat, Ella Canta and Dulce Patria in Mexico City, it features ceviches, tacos and tostadas among other dishes like:
- Sauteed prawn
- The Mamasons team are opening Donia at Kingly Court in Carnaby
Two years after opening their hugely popular Filipino bakery Panadera in Kentish Town, the powerhouse duo behind that and Mamasons, Bintang and Guanabana are heading to Carnaby for their next restaurant.
Donia is taking over the space in Kingly Court left vacant by Imad's Syrian Kitchen's departure. Hot Dinners tracked down co-founder Florence Mae Maglanoc, who's in charge of this particular project, to
... - The Wolseley City prepares to open in the heart of the City of London
Updated 24/10/23 with opening date
Twenty years after Messrs Corbin & King turned a former car showroom into one of London's best-known restaurants, the Wolseley is getting ready to welcome a sibling restaurant to the fold. The Wolseley City will be the second new opening from The Wolseley Hospitality Group (created after Corbin and King's departure), after Manzi's opens in
... - Ottolenghi comes to Hampstead
They opened in Chelsea back in January 2022, so it's been a while since their last opening, but now a new Ottolenghi is on the way, this time coming to Hampstead.
Taking over the space that was once Kojo, the new location should be fairly similar in approach to the other Ottolenghis. So
... - Tarn Bakery sees ex-Pophams and Flor baker opening on the Archway/Highgate border
Lucky North Londoners are about to get a hot new bakery opening in their neighbourhood. Tarn Bakery is currently crowdfunding to open just off the Parkland Walk in the bit where Archway hits Highgate, taking over the old Trattoria Terra space.
The folk behind it are Florin Grama and Felix Ortona Coles who met while working at St Barts restaurant in Smithfield. Florin is the baker with a career that includes time at
... - OshPaz is bringing Uzbek dumplings and plov to Regent Street
You may have already tried his food at Seven Dials Market or the recent World Halal Food Festival (where Big Zuu really, really loved it) but now chef Muzaffar Sadykov is bringing his Uzbek food right into the West End. OshPaz will open on Regent Street, offering a handy place to grab and go for breakfast and lunch and then
... - Gaucho City is reopening after a big revamp - take a first look inside
Gaucho in the City has just had a complete overhaul. Take a first sneak peek inside the new-look steak restaurant.
- Ex-Fat Duck executive chef Ashley Palmer-Watts has big plans for The Garden Cobham
He spent 20 years with the Fat Duck Group during which time The Fat Duck won a third star with him as head chef. He also opened Dinner by Heston which won two more. Now Ashley Palmer-Watts is getting ready to open a restaurant that's all his own.
However, as befits a chef with that kind of top-level background, he's not just opening one restaurant he's opening a cluster of them. Palmer-Watts has
... - Searcys Champagne Bar comes to Battersea Power Station
Updated 18/10/23 with opening date and launch offer
The big refit of Battersea Power Station that we've seen over the past few years isn't finished yet. Next up for the station is a brand-new Champagne bar.
It comes from Searcys, whose most well-known bar is the one that aligns the Eurostar platform at St Pancras. They'd previously popped up at Battersea with
... - Ladbroke Hall sees art and dining collide in Notting Hill
17/10/23 - Updated with a look inside and details of the menu
Back in 1903 the UK's first purpose-built car factory and showroom opened in Notting Hill. In the intervening years, the building has had many other uses including, most recently, operating as a photography studio. Now it's in its most recent iteration as Ladbroke Hall, a self-styled 'arts stage' which brings together
... - Three Uncles doubles up in the City
They already have a place in Liverpool Street (as well as Camden and Brixton) but now Three Uncles are about to double up in the City with a new opening on Old Bailey, just around the corner from St Paul's.
If you're unfamiliar with them, they're best known for their Cantonese roast meats. So that's a choice of roasted duck, pork or Hainan chicken served with rice. On top of that, they serve lo
... - South-African cafe group Tashas to open its first UK site at Battersea Power Station
17/12/23 - updated with the opening date
The new dining options at Battersea Power Station just keep coming, with the arrival of tashas restaurant. If you’ve not been in South Africa or the UAE recently (where tashas have 15 and six restaurants, respectively), you’re likely
... - Brandy House Bar, from the UK’s first ever Brandy Distillery, opens in Walthamstow
We bring you a big development in the world of spirits and an exciting cocktail destination for East London, with the news that Brandy House Bar is now open in Walthamstow.
Launched by Burnt Faith, who opened the UK’s first brandy distillery in the location this summer, the bar is on a mission to educate palates new (or even adverse/agnostic) to the world of
... - Jamie Oliver Catherine Street is the chef's new London restaurant
13/10/23 - Updated with the opening date and menu details.
It's been nearly four years since Jamie Oliver's restaurants went into administration in the UK. Since then, he's had pasta pop-ups and opened restaurants abroad but nothing new in the UK - until now.
He's getting
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