Get 50% off at the new YouMeSushi in Brixton
New opening
- The Ivy continues to grow with a new Ivy Café for Marylebone
The Ivy has had a pretty busy past year. Not only have they revamped their original restaurant to great acclaim, but they also opened the Ivy Market Grill and the Ivy Chelsea Garden. And now there's a third cafe on the way with the Ivy Cafe in Marylebone. It's notable that there's no specific area named in the restaurant title - so we would not be at all surprised to see a lot more of the cafés appear soon (although next
... - Beyond London is bringing pan Asian small plates and cocktails to Kensington
Pan Asian, small plates, killer cocktails and top-end service. In the space formerly occupied by One Kensington, a new lounge style restaurant and bar is opening later this month which has all the right ingredients for success. Beyond London will open under the aegis of chef Ian Pengelly, who grew up in Hong Kong, and whose time at Gilgamesh and Harrod's Chai Wu has given him a wealth of experience in Asian food, with a reputation to match.
The sample menu certainly
... - Ex Cinnamon Club chef launches Darbaar in the City
There's a new high-end Indian restaurant on the way to the City, coming from Abdul Yaseen, a chef who has worked over a decade at Cinnamon Club and Cinnamon Kitchen.
It's a banqueting experience, inspired by the Indian Royal Court. They'll include Nawabi Slow Roasted Leg of Lamb, Keralan Shrimp Cocktail and Kid Goat Biryani and 'The Royal Pot' which is also known as Shahi Degh. That's be served in an
... - Sexy Fish brings seafood to Berkeley Square from Richard Caring and Caprice
A Hot Dinners Exclusive (updated with new pics)
Caprice and Richard Caring have been having a pretty good year with the rapturous reception of the revamped Ivy and now they're moving onto a brand new venture, Sexy Fish which is opening on Berkeley Square.
The new restaurant will have an Asian-inspired menu that, of course, will have a strong focus on seafood. It's all
... - Clare Smyth to leave Restaurant Gordon Ramsay and open her own restaurant
Well now, THIS is quite a story. News broke this afternoon that Clare Smyth, currently Chef Patron at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, is to open her own restaurant, with Ramsay's backing. Smyth has been with the restaurant on Royal Hospital Road - one of just three in the country currently with three Michelin stars - for 11 years.
Her place will be taken by Matt Abe who has been Head Chef at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Royal Hospital Road for the past two
... - Sutton and Sons fish and chips comes to Islington
Fish and chips aren't just for Fridays. Stoke Newington based chippy Sutton & Sons is proving such a success (also opening in Boxpark in Shoreditch) they're opening a new site in Islington's Essex Road. It's an street that's not blessed with great places to eat and owners Danny and Hana Sutton are confident they'll soon become a local favourite.
The menu - based around freshly caught, hand picked fish from
... - Night Tales turns permanent with cocktail bar and restaurant NT's
From pop-up, to permanant site: after two years on the street food and festival scene, Night Tales has found a new home in the heart of London Fields, just down the road from Broadway Market. In the midst of a maze of 1960s studio buildings, they're opening a new cocktail bar, NT's: nestled between the North Eastern railway arches and Netil House.
Once you've found the right door, dialled 207 on the buzzer and clambered up to the second floor, there
... - Fornetto pizza al tranchio is now open on Charing Cross Road
Looks like there's a pizza war hotting up on Charing Cross Road. At one end of the road you have newly-opened NY Fold from American pizza champion Bruno DiFabio, and now there's Fornetto setting out its stall for Italian pizza.
This latest London pizzeria opened just a week ago and is a pizza al tranchio kinda place - which is to say it serves up pizza by the slice. It's a labour of love by Alessio Chong Zheng Dong who took an apprenticeship with Roman pizza
... - Dishoom heads for Soho/Carnaby for its next restaurant
Updated 1/1015 with soft launch details.
A few more details are creeping out about the ever-popular Dishoom, which is returning to central London for its next opening. It's a big site, being over 7000 sq ft - seating 196 and with a bit of courtyard space too which will seat 38 more. So yes, very big.
For the look of this one, their taking the influence of
... - FOLD brings Vietnamese rolls to Brick Lane
First there were banh-mi. Then there were bao. Now there are folds - the latest south east Asian street food trend to hit the streets of London. A new Vietnamese restaurant - aptly titled FOLD - opens in Brick Lane later this month, based all around food you can fold. Traditionally known as the summer roll, the gluten free rice paper can be folded round a variety of fillings before being steamed, grilled or fried.
Fresh folds include roast beef with sesame and purple
... - Arbutus launches new bar - Les Couilles du Chien
This place is quite literally the dogs' bollocks. A Michelin starred restaurant with a sense of humour is opening a new bar - cheekily titled Les Couilles du Chien.
Arbutus in Soho is already known for its keenly priced contemporary food and huge range of wines available by the carafe, under the direction of chef patron Anthony Demetre. Now, the new bar will offer a chance to enjoy a far more informal experience which, they
... - Mangal Ocakbasi comes to Shoreditch with Mangal 1.1 at the Comedy Cafe Theatre
The original Mangal Ocakbasi is a 25 year old charcoal grill hit in Dalston, often lauded by chefs and an early example of how Londoners are only too happy to queue for some great comfort food.
And now they're making a move into Shoreditch, taking over the spot
... - Zelman Meats replaces Rex & Mariano on St Anne's Court
Twitter was all abuzz with the news that popular seafood restaurant Rex and Mariano was closing.
Hot Dinners caught up with Dave Strauss from Goodman restaurants, owners of Rex and Mariano, to find out what was going on. First things first, he confirmed that R&M is indeed closing. The last service is expected to be on 17 October. "We got the formula wrong," he told us. "The restaurant was
... - Yum Som fresh fast Asian food comes to the City
Hungry City folk are about to get a new breakfast and lunchtime option in Leadenhall Court. Yum Som is from Ed Martin, who usually works with his brother Tom on places like the nearby (and VERY popular) Botanist.
The speciality will be Asian salads.They'll combine rice, noodles, greens, fruit meat or tofu and will be finished with asian dressings.
And there's more to grab and go too. That'll
... - Barcelona's Dry Martini Bar is opening an outpost in London
Long-time followers of Hot Dinners will probably know how much we love a good Martini so news that one of the World's 50 best bars was opening an outpost in London with a singular focus on a perfectly made Martini made us very happy.
Barcelona's Dry Martini By Javier de las Muelas has consistently sat within the World’s 50 Best Bars list for the past six years. The London bar will open on 1 October in the Meliá White House hotel by Regent's Park.
The
...
