11/4/22 - Updated with opening date

Flat Iron are heading south of the river again, this time to Waterloo (taking over the space vacated by Byron). They've only recently opened further along the river close to London Bridge, and this new opening will be their tenth London restaurant (and its opening also happens to coincide with their tenth anniversary). 

It'll follow the same lines as the nine previous

The new Blacklock in Covent Garden is the popular chop shop's biggest restaurant yet. We went down to check it out.

07/02/22 - Updated with imagery

Originally revealed at the end of 2019 and planned to open the following year (but we all know what happened then), the plans for the fourth iteration of chops purveyors Blacklock are back on. 

Their next restaurant will open in Covent Garden and will actually be their biggest yet, taking over one of the old Patisserie Valerie spots

Hawksmoor's latest steak restaurant is a little different from the others - this one's floating on the water at Canary Wharf. We got on board for a Test Drive.

Temper, the steak and barbecue restaurant that has places in The City, Soho and Covent Garden is getting ready to open its fourth restaurant - this time in Shoreditch.

It'll be taking over the space left by The Jones Family Project and at this stage little is known about the plans for the two-storey (ground floor and basement) restaurant. But we can imagine it will be pretty similar to the

London's carnivores with big pockets have a new treat coming their way this summer. One of Tokyo's most prestigious restaurants is opening its first restaurant outside Japan, in Mayfair.

According to The Telegraph, Aragawa will be taking over the old Miyama site

Affordable steak in Covent Garden

After closing their Shoreditch restaurant during lockdown, the folks behind the Jones Family Project have bounced back again and are about to open in Covent Garden.

The Jones Family Affair takes over the large space that used to be home to Les Deux Salons on William IV Street. If you've been to either their Eccleston Yards space or the old Shoreditch spot you'll know that Jones Family restaurants go

The Hawksmoor empire is expanding as they get ready to open their seventh restaurant, this time in Canary Wharf. Their latest place will actually be floating in the water. Expect steaks, cocktails, lots of outside seating and one of their biggest bars to date.

A Hot Dinners exclusive

Newly opened in Marylebone is Tataki - a steak and sushi bar from the folk who are also behind 500 Pizzeria in Brixton. There's precious little in the way of information on it, so thanks to Hot Dinners reader Miles who brought it to our attention.

What we can tell you is that the focus is very much on sushi with all the usual options like salmon tataki, yellowfin

The latest global restaurant chain to arrive in London is Beefbar. The meaty menu restaurant first opened in Monaco and since then has grown with branches in Saint-Tropez, Milan, Mykonos and Sao Paolo - which might give you an indication of what to expect. Here in London they've landed on Chelsea for their first UK opening, which is a bit of a diffusion line for the group as it's called Le Petit Beefbar.

As owner

Updated 23/9/21 with the opening date

Sometimes restaurants take a little while to get from concept to actually coming to life and this is a good example. We're now four years in from initially publishing a story about Salt Bae opening in London and only now is it becoming a reality. Yes indeed - Salt Bae has arrived in London!

Along with many people, we've become obsessed with the arrival of Salt Bae's new

13/9/21 - updated with opening details

They already have a restaurant on nearby Tooley Street but now Flat Iron are opening a new site on nearby Clink Street (taking over from the old Gourmet Burger, just by The Clink museum). 

If you've been to a Flat Iron before, you know the drill. It's all about affordable steak, centred around the flat

The big new Hawley Wharf development in Camden has brought with it a lot of new restaurants - including some brand new ventures. One of those is Black Cow, being billed as a "Middle Eastern steak house."

It comes from Shiri Kraus (previously Palomar and The Barbary)

Updated 8/9/21 with new images

We're getting quite used to American steakhouses making their way to the UK but we've always known that we've had a very select few London places which are as good, and even better, than their American cousins. And now the tables are turning as the people who changed the London steak scene, Hawksmoor, have arrived in the States. 

They've