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Dom Taylor, the chef behind The Good Front Room, has died

Information: 13 July 2026

Dom Taylor, the chef who was behind the successful Good Front Room restaurant, has died. Taylor ran a private chef business before taking part in the Channel 4 show Five Star Kitchen: Britain’s Next Great...

De Beauvoir has a new wine bar to check out courtesy of the De Beauvoir Deli

Information: 13 July 2026

Not content with having Stable Wines, Godet and Hector's on their doorsteps, the folks of De Beauvoir now have a shiny new wine bar to check out. De Beauvoir Wines has seen everyone's favourite...

Shaun Searley is moving on from Quality Chop House and opening a place of his own

Information: 13 July 2026

After 13 years at Quality Chop House, the chef who has been a huge part of its success is moving on. In an announcement on Instagram today, Shaun Searley will be leaving the restaurant in August. Searley...

Bar Finch arrives in Mayfair with a Dover-style menu and an A-list following

Information: 13 July 2026

After years of it seeming that the only places that could afford to open in Mayfair were huge, soulless international group restaurants, we're very pro the arrival of a new vanguard. Kickstarted by...

Tayēr + Elementary open Casual by Tayēr in Covent Garden, while their original bar is closed by a fire

Information: 13 July 2026

Back in May, one of London's best bars, Tayēr + Elementary, was forced to close because of a fire. The bar will reopen once the fire damage is repaired, but that's not stopping owners Alex Kratena and...

New restaurants and bars opening in London this week

Information: 13 July 2026

In this packed week of openings, Queens Park and Clerkenwell get new wine bars, East Asian-influenced BBQ arrives in Hackney, there are even more Japanese handrolls and lots more...

Isso are hoping their obsession with prawns is to Canary Wharf's taste

Information: 10 July 2026

London has its fair share of Sri Lankan restaurants. But the arrival of Isso in Canary Wharf this summer marks one of the first times a Sri Lankan-based restaurant group has opened in the city. Owner...

Stokey has a brand new pub, The Mary Wollstonecraft

Information: 10 July 2026

10/7/26 - updated with photos Last December, after over 30 years, Ryan's Bar closed its doors for good in Stoke Newington. But now the space has been relaunched as a brand new pub, The Mary...

Nikkei restaurant Bamboo Mat doubles up with a new Canary Wharf opening

Information: 10 July 2026

Nikkei restaurant Bamboo Mat has been proving a big hit in Stratford - so much that it's gearing up for a second opening in Canary Wharf. Before moving to Stratford, the original Bamboo Mat opened...

It's Bagels head up the hill to Hampstead

Information: 10 July 2026

Three years after they opened their first bagel shop in Primrose Hill in 2023, the NYC-inspired bakery is expanding its North London footprint by opening in Hampstead. They'll hit up the high street...

Keeping track of the restaurants and bars that have closed in London

Information: 09 July 2026

Here at Hot Dinners we mainly focus on the hottest restaurants in town, as well as new openings. But the London restaurant scene is ever-changing and that means some restaurants fall to the wayside. With...

City restaurant Coq d'Argent is moving to a spectacular new riverside rooftop

Information: 08 July 2026

We've been hearing rumours for quite some time that one of the City's best-known restaurants, Coq d'Argent, wasn't going to be at its current rooftop perch for much longer. Now we have confirmation...

Top Islington seafood restaurant Prawn on the Lawn is closing after 13 years

Information: 08 July 2026

Sad news comes today of another restaurant that's local to us closing its doors. Recently we've said goodbye to Sambal Shiok and Black Axe Mangal, and now it turns out that Prawn on the Lawn in...

Former Harrods pastry chef Phil Khoury is back at the store with his chocolate pop-up

Information: 08 July 2026

Eighteen months after he stepped down as Head Pastry Chef at Harrods, Phil Khoury is back in the store with his own chocolates. Khoury, who headed up the Knightsbridge store's pastry endeavours for...

Turntable Bakery brings viennoiserie and hi-fi vinyl culture to Muswell Hill

Information: 08 July 2026

Listening bars are all the rage right now, but what about listening bakeries? Well, Muswell Hill now has a genre-defining new bakery bringing together top-notch viennoiserie and hi-fi vinyl culture...

The two-Michelin-starred A Wong is heading to Mayfair for six weeks only

Information: 07 July 2026

A Wong is getting a big brush-up for a few weeks over summer, and that means the team are going to have to close the restaurant in Pimlico. But it doesn't mean Andrew Wong's two-Michelin-starred...

Look out Deptford! Toad Bakery is coming your way.

Information: 06 July 2026

6/7/26 - updated with the opening date They're one of the most popular bakeries in London, beloved as much for their idiosyncratic take on croissants as for their innovative collab bakes. They even...

NAKIMUSHI sees the Dorian team bringing the Urchin and Robin's Ramen chefs under one roof

Information: 06 July 2026

They may have recently said goodbye to their head chef at Dorian, but the same team aren't slowing down. They're getting ready to open NAKIMUSHI, which is bringing together the chefs of two popular...

South London seafood folk Sea Garden are taking over the old Prince Regent boat in Paddington

Information: 06 July 2026

The husband and wife team behind popular south London seafood spots Sea Garden in Tooting's Broadway Market and Norbury are branching out. Natalie and Nuno Fecha's next venture will actually be on...

Cremer sees the team behind Space Talk reviving a corner of Hoxton as a cafe and canteen

Information: 06 July 2026

You may be familiar with the building on the corner of Geffrye and Cremer Street, just as you come out of Hoxton station. It's opened under a few guises in the past years, most recently Molly's...

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