Cocktails
- Smokey Kudu and Curious Kudu see Peckham's Kudu restaurant empire expanding
The team behind popular Peckham venue Kudu are opening a new tapas restaurant and cocktail bar, both on the same road as the original.
- Hawksmoor bring in a new cocktail list and Spitalfields gets new bar snacks too
One easy recommendation for a great bar in London has always been the downstairs bar at Hawksmoor Spitalfields. Now, for the first time in nearly a decade, they've brought in a completely new cocktail list.
The 26 new drinks, many of which we tried on a preview the other week, capitalise on Hawksmoor’s second win for Best International Restaurant Bar at the prestigious Tales of the Cocktail awards in New Orleans earlier this year.
Behind the
... - The World’s 50 Best Bars 2019 are revealed - Dante NYC claims top spot
The World's 50 Best Bars 2019 were revealed last night with New York’s Dante claiming the top spot. The top-ranked New York Bar which has seen multiple residencies in London over the past few years placed above London’s top bars The Connaught and The American Bar at the Savoy.
Also in the top 10 were more of our favourite international drinking spots, now familiar names due to regular popups and takeovers –
... - Anne-Sophie Pic is bringing her millefeuilles to Selfridges
If you've been to Anne-Sophie Pic's restaurant La Dame de Pic, you'll know that one of the highlights of the meal is the very impressive millefeuille dessert at the end. It's VERY instagrammable. Now she's bringing the millefeuille to Selfridges - but as a trio of three flavours.
They'll be on offer at The Fount Bar by Ryan Chetiyawardana (aka Mr Lyan) on the shop's ground floor. There will
... - Eat Like a Girl Niamh Shields takes over the kitchen at Islington's Homeboy
A Hot Dinners exclusive
Regular readers of Hot Dinners will know that we're keen supporters of the Irish in London. As second-generation Irish ourselves we're always delighted to be able to bring Londoners a taste of Ireland here in this city.
But we couldn't be more thrilled to break the news that one of our favourite food bloggers and authors Niamh Shields - better known to some of you as
... - Test Driving Wun's - a 60s-style Hong Kong late night spot you won't want to leave
The team behind Bun House have turned this, their first restaurant in Soho, into a late-night drinking dive where the food and cocktails compete for your attention.
- BAO Fitz are celebrating a season of Autumn bar takeovers with limited edition baos
BAO Fitz is kicking off the Autumn with a series of late-night bar takeovers, every one of which sounds worth attending. They've invited three really interesting bars from across the globe to London. Each will be in town for one night when they'll serve up a special drink and BAO will be pairing that with dishes including - wait for it - a one-off katsu sando creation. Each drink will then be on offer for the following week.
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... - Mama Fuego in Greenwich is an Australian dining and drinking emporium with a sixties feel
North Greenwich is getting a dining and drinking emporium mixing Aussie coffee know-how with South American food inspiration.
- Doing the double - Test Driving Every Cloud and Silver Lining in Hackney
A top cocktail bar and casual dining room side by side provide the perfect evening out in East London.
- Test Driving Tayer and Elementary - cocktails, sandos and more are a winning combination
The holder of the best bar in the world for four years and the TA TA Eatery team have joined forces on Old Street. We went down for cocktails, sandos and much more.
- Kurabu at Dinings SW3 will serve up street food inspired snacks and drinks in Chelsea
This week, Chelsea is getting a new Japanese 'street food' spot - if you can really count the mezzanine floor of high-end sushi spot Dinings SW3 as 'street'. Well maybe that's as street as Chelsea gets.
Kurabu will be the name of the restaurant's new lounge space, taking over the area that used to be set aside for private dining. It'll be serving a completely new range of Japanese snacks and cocktails.
Chef Chef Masaki Sugisaki's menu will feature
... - Alex Kratena and TÁ TÁ Eatery to open Tayer and Elementary on Old St
When the bartender who ran the World's Best Bar for years prepares to open an all-day bar and restaurant in London with fellow top class mixologist Monica Berg, you better believe people are going to sit up and take notice. And when TÁ TÁ Eatery is in charge of the food? Lucky Old Street.
- Inside Prada's glossy new London bakery Marchesi 1824 in Mayfair
It's been a go-to patisserie in Milan since the 19th century - it joined the Prada group in 2014 - and now Marchesi 1824 has opened its doors in London, on Mount Street to be exact. The new pastry shop will be open all day, serving Mayfair folk with top quality coffee and fine pastries, opening into the early evening for cocktails. Hot Dinners popped along for a look on the opening day - here's what we found:
- Kwant is a hot new cocktail bar by Erik Lorincz underneath Momo
After a huge revamp earlier this year, followed by a rave review by Fay Maschler, there's a lot going on at Momo at the moment. And now they've gone one step further, opening a separate cocktail bar downstairs,
... - The Little Yellow Door goes permanent in Notting Hill with cocktails, weekend brunches and a late night dive bar
Imagine landing a fabulous house share in Notting Hill. That's the premise of this new pop-up turned permanent bar and restaurant on All Saints Road..