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There's a Peroni artwork pouring free beer in Covent Garden this week

Information: 30 April 2026

If you're wandering through Covent Garden over the next couple of days and spy a gaggle of people beside what looks to be a huge Italian Renaissance-inspired fresco, then you should head on over...

Test Driving Padella Soho, still the best of the pasta bar bunch after a decade

Information: 30 April 2026

As they reach their 10th birthday, Padella have just opened their third restaurant. We went down to Soho to see how the leaders of London's pasta revolution are faring after a decade.

Covent Garden is Noodle Inn's next stop for their hand-pulled noodles

Information: 29 April 2026

We're still waiting for the upcoming Battersea Noodle Inn to throw open its doors, but while we wait, they've just announced another opening. This time it's back close to where they started in Soho...

Monica Galetti joins the reworked social enterprise restaurant 130 Primrose in Primrose Hill

Information: 29 April 2026

It's all change over in Primrose Hill, where the social enterprise restaurant Home Kitchen, run by Adam Simmonds, has changed both names and chefs. It'll now be known as 130 Primrose and it's...

The Victory takes over from longstanding East Dulwich restaurant Franklin's

Information: 29 April 2026

29/4/26 - Updated with full details about the opening When one door closes, another opens, and that's very much the case with the closure of an East Dulwich institution, Franklin's. After 26 years...

Doghouse Distillery is opening a bar in Clapham with London’s largest Old Fashioned menu

Information: 29 April 2026

The Doghouse Distillery is in Battersea but now they're also opening a brand new bar, just a mile away, that's just off Clapham Common. They actually popped up there for a short while back in...

You'll soon be able to get those viral Basque cheesecakes from La Maritxu in King's Cross

Information: 29 April 2026

We love a single-item shop as much as the next food-obsessed person in London, so the news that the bakery specialising only in Basque cheesecakes is opening in our neck of the woods (ish) is a...

A tiramisu trolley with four different takes is being wheeled over to Barbarella in Canary Wharf

Information: 29 April 2026

If all the talk of tiramisu over the last weekend from the successful record-breaking attempt has got you fancying some of the dessert, Big Mamma may have the thing for you. They've always been...

Theo James and his restaurant crew are opening a second restaurant, Ornella, in Hackney

Information: 29 April 2026

Updated 30/4/26 with booking info Having enjoyed a barnstorming success with their first restaurant, LUPA, in Highbury, the team behind that are gearing up for a second opening. Actor Theo James,...

Uncle Roger is opening Kawan, his first London restaurant, in Chinatown

Information: 28 April 2026

28/4/26 - updated with new opening date He's the comedian who roasted both Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver for their ramen and egg fried rice dishes, respectively. Now Nigel Ng, who's better known by...

Look out Deptford! Toad Bakery is coming your way.

Information: 28 April 2026

They're one of the most popular bakeries in London, beloved as much for their idiosyncratic take on croissants to their innovative collab bakes. They even picked up London Bakery of the Year at the...

Slice Circle are taking on the pizza duties at the Old Nun's Head in Nunhead

Information: 28 April 2026

Until recently, the Old Nun's Head in Nunhead was home to one of London's best pizzerias, Dough Hands. They've now moved on, but Nunhead pizza fans now have something completely new to look forward...

Test Driving The Golden Tooth, where the Papi team deliver an instant-hit pub

Information: 28 April 2026

The team behind Papi have opened their first pub on Green Lanes. We went in to see just how they have adapted their menu for the pub and it turns out they've done it incredibly well.

Vincenzo's in Shoreditch is teaming up with Heinz to become "Ranchenzo's"

Information: 27 April 2026

It's been a while since we've had a big brand launching a mad pop-up in town, but here comes Heinz to change that. This week, they're holding a one-day pop-up in Shoreditch to launch their new Ranch...

The Yellow Bittern is opening in the evenings for the first time

Information: 27 April 2026

When it first opened, swirling in a cloud of controversy, The Yellow Bittern was famous for several things: having an irascible owner/chef, having no website/social media/online bookings and only...

Great British Menu winner Nikita Pathakji is opening her first restaurant MAAI in Clapham with her family

Information: 27 April 2026

What better way could there be to launch your first solo venture as a chef than being crowned Champion of Champions on Great British Menu the day before you make the big reveal. Chef Nikita Pathakji...

New restaurants and bars opening in London this week

Information: 27 April 2026

Here are all the new restaurants to look forward to in the coming week. This week, top chef Aktar Islam opens his first London restaurant, the Lupa team open a follow-up in Hackney, Shoreditch's...

Kentish Town's Rossella is expanding, hitting up Muswell Hill with pizza, pasta and a tiramisu trolley

Information: 26 April 2026

26/4/26 - Updated with the opening date Having worked in Kentish Town for years, we can attest to the popularity of its neighbourhood Italian, Rossella. Tucked up on the Highgate Road, it's been...

Louis Vuitton have opened a pop-up hotel, cafe and bar in Mayfair

Information: 24 April 2026

We love a clever brand activation here at Hot Dinners, and the folks at fashion house Louis Vuitton have been busy over the past few weeks creating a very special pop-up for Londoners. The Louis...

Soraya in Marylebone sees the team behind Nina and Bottarga opening their largest restaurant to date

Information: 23 April 2026

If you've been wandering around Marylebone recently and wondered what is going to be opening up at the massive Loxton Walk development on Baker Street (Matchado, Le Choux and Melrose & Morgan have...

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