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- Hacha moves from Brixton to Bermondsey with their tacos and margaritas
Popular agave bar Hacha is on the move. Last week they closed their Brixton bar after three years and have moved across south London to Bermondsey. Their new agaveria is taking over the space that Robin Gill used to run as Bermondsey Larder in the Locke hotel complex, just south of Tower Bridge.
If you didn't manage to catch Hacha in Brixton (or did but are keen to keep on going) they're probably best known for their
... - Test Driving Kwant's oh-so-clever cocktail omakase bar experience
Mayfair bar Kwant has come up with an innovative cocktail omakase experience. We took a seat at the bar to try it out.
- 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
... - London's Satan's Whiskers is back at No 1 of the Top 50 Cocktail Bars for 2025
The cocktail shakers will be out in force in Bethnal Green tonight with the news that local bar Satan's Whiskers has topped the UK's Top 50 Cocktail Bars list once again. The bar has managed the top spot twice before, and is back again in pole position having edged out last year's winner Scofield's in Manchester.
For a second year running, the capital was also home to the highest new entry - Dram, the whisky
... - MEATliquor are opening BLOODsports bar and Hideout Coffee in Covent Garden
Updated 12/2/25 with opening date and drinks details
It's been a while since we had anything new in from the team behind MEATliquor, so it's fair to say we're looking forward to seeing what they have planned for their next venture in Covent Garden. From a peruse of their socials it looks like Londoners are getting a two-for-one with both BLOODsports and Hideout Coffee opening in the same spot.
... - Blackwood is a huge new sports bar for Piccadilly Circus
The team behind other bars like Greenwood in Victoria and Beechwood in Shoreditch is getting ready to open a new sports bar and it's in the most prominent site yet. If you've been around Piccadilly Circus recently, you may have seen the billboards for something new opening at the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Denman Street - that's Blackwood.
The company responsible for all these
... - Bar crawl: high rise martinis, fried chicken and Champagne at Oblix at The Shard
We finish off the year trying a brand new happy hour meal with one of those jaw dropping views over London that still packs a thrill.
- Parasol sees the Discount Suit Co team join forces with Ruby's founder in Dalston
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.
Other than this initial announcement, however, initial
... - London is getting a hot new rooftop bar ABar Rooftop at the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair
It may not be the optimum time of year in London to be unveiling a new rooftop bar, but that's not stopping the folks at the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair. They're about to throw open the doors to the Abar Rooftop at their hotel just off Hanover Square.
The new bar boasts views across Mayfair, an area not all that blessed with good rooftop drinking spaces, and there'll be room for 50 indoors along
... - Soho's hottest new speakeasy Zum Barbarossa is underneath The Seafood Bar
The Seafood Bar in Soho has always had a pretty impressive lower ground space, but now it's undergone a complete transformation for their brand new speakeasy Zum Barbarossa.
It's actually the second outpost of the bar, as they previously launched it in Amsterdam, but this one really benefits from the location, particularly the original brick-arched alcoves that really give
... - Five UK bars make the World's 50 Best Bars 2024 list while Mexico City comes top
Earlier this year, we had the Top 50 Cocktails Bars, which covered the UK and now we're onto the world with the reveal of the World's 50 Best Bars. The UK does considerably better in these awards than the World's 50 Best Restaurants, taking five places on the list (the
... - New Spitalfields bar 68 & Shanghai pairs wine and katsu sandos
Regular Hot Dinners readers will know that we're very much in favour of all the new wine bars opening in London of late and this latest Spitalfields addition sounds very promising.
68 & Shanghai comes from the team behind 68 & Boston in Soho, who also run the nearby Yuu Kitchen (as well as Opium, The Last Talisman and Lucy Wong). It's replaced what was the
... - London Cocktail Week 2024 guide
With so many amazing events happening during London Cocktail Week, it's hard to choose which events and bars to go to. The good news is we've done the legwork for you.
- Bar crawl: rainwater martinis and glorious London views at The Emory rooftop bar
One of the world's best bars is popping up for a month at The Emory in Knightsbridge. We went to check out Tato Giovannoni's cocktails and bar food at their rooftop bar.
- Lil' Nashville are taking line dancing and Southern BBQ to Chiswick
A Hot Dinners exclusive
It may not seem like the most likely place to open up a honky tonk bar, but Chiswick folk will need to slap on a stetson and find their cowboy boots when Lil' Nashville arrives on the scene. The Nashville-inspired offering has been recently popping up at Dingwalls in Camden where hordes of adoring fans have been partaking in line dancing, listening to country music and enjoying
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