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- Colonel Saab's second Indian restaurant is off Trafalgar Square
They must be doing very well in Holborn, because the team behind Colonel Saab are about to unveil a second restaurant.
Opening about two years after they launched the first place, they've taken over the space that was Les Deux Salons near Trafalgar Square. That's been empty for a while, so it'll be good to see something back up and running in there. The
... - Il Gattopardo is a new high-end Italian for Mayfair by the group behind Zuma and Amazonico
Updated 25/9/23 with opening date and menu details
A new high-end Italian restaurant is heading to Mayfair. This time, it's the turn of Il Gattopardo, a restaurant that they say is inspired by 1960s Italy.
It's got something of a pedigree, however, coming from the same restaurant group that brought us Bar De Pres, Zuma, Roka and
... - Bébé Bob is Bob Bob Ricard's spin-off Soho restaurant
23/9/23 - Updated with the opening date
It's been almost 15 years since Bob Bob Ricard first opened their restaurant in Soho, with its infamous "press for Champagne" buttons. Since then, the glitzy restaurant has launched a second Bob Bob Ricard in the City, but is returning to Soho for its third opening, Bébé Bob (taking over from what used to be Folie on Golden Square).
This marks
... - Café Lapérouse is coming to London, opening at the OWO in Whitehall
23/9/23 - Updated with the opening date
It's all hotting up at the OWO. The massive revamp of the Old War Office, adds a new Raffles hotel to London not to mention upcoming restaurants from Mirazur's Mauro Colagreco as well as the arrival of
... - Fowl sees the Fallow team launching a pop up chicken shop
We've heard murmurings of something new coming from Fallow but while we wait to hear about that, they've a new offshoot that's almost next door to their St James restaurant.
Inside St James's Market, they've taken over what was The Beau Brummell, a relatively short-lived pub from Cubitt House. The pop up is called Fowl, and is promising to be a "chicken shop like no other" and in keeping with their
... - The Good Egg comes to Camden
The Good Egg is getting bigger - they're opening their third restaurant in Camden.
If you're unfamiliar with their current restaurants, either in Carnaby or Margate, their menus are mainly inspired by a combo of Middle-Eastern cooking and classic Jewish delis. As the name suggests, there are plenty of eggs involved and they also do a mean brunch.
This new restaurant will have a new dish on offer, the
... - Baudry Greene is the 10 Cases team's new European cafe in Covent Garden
Here at Hot Dinners we are partial to a good cocktail and bar snack offering. So when we heard that the folk behind the 10 Cases and Parsons in Covent Garden were opening a new bar and cafe with some particularly good examples of both on the menu, we paid attention.
Baudry Greene is right beside owners Will Palmer and Ian Campbell's wine bar 10 Cases and across the road from their fish restaurant Parsons.
... - Chayote brings a mix of Mexican, Spanish and Peruvian food to St Katharine Docks
London's ongoing love affair with Mexican, Spanish and Peruvian food continues with a new restaurant that's bringing all three of them together to St Katharine Docks.
Called Chayote, it comes from Tomasz Baranski, an ex-Barrafina Head Chef who's the man who helped launch Donostia tapas in Marylebone. Here, he's teamed up with husband and wife team Georgy
... - The 411 brings some stateside sass to Angel
Opening its doors in Islington is The 411, a new bar from the Incipio Group who are also behind such behemoths as The Prince in Earl's Court and Pergola in Paddington. Fittingly they've found an equally capacious space for their latest bar The 411, taking over the old Jamie's Italian site at Angel.
The 411 is being billed as a 'neighbourhood bar' taking NYC's Soho as its inspiration. That translates to the food menu
... - The Guards Bar and Lounge brings Singapore Slings and high-end cognac to Raffles London at the OWO
We're gearing up for the launch of The OWO and Raffles London at The OWO which, as you'll have read here, is packed full of new bars and restaurants. The latest we're hearing about is The Guards Bar and Lounge which is the first of two bars opening on the hotel side.
It's
... - Maya's Bakehouse sees local baker serving up sourdough and Basque cheesecake to Tulse Hill
If there's anything positive that could be said to have come from Covid and lockdown it's the number of small businesses that took the challenge presented by those dark months and turned it into something good. Maya's Bakehouse is one such endeavour. Baker Maya Manwaring had trained up at the prestigious Ballymaloe Cookery School and started baking sourdough and buns during the pandemic.
"I was home all day
... - Ria's hit up Notting Hill with their Detroit-style pizzas and natural wine
Over the weekend the latest addition to the hotter-than-hot Notting Hill dining scene opened its doors. Ria's is a new all-day spot that kicks off with home-baked cookies in the morning, moving to focaccia sandwiches by lunch. In the evenings things go up a notch as the space transforms into a natural wine and pizza bar.
The pizzas they're serving are deep pan-style Detroit pizza pies made with wildfarmed flour which can
... - Must & Lees head to Warren Street for their second wine bar and shop
Updated 13/9/23 with opening date
Two years after opening their wine shop and tasting room in Islington, Must & Lees are expanding. Their second place will open this autumn on Warren Street, taking over Miel Bakery's old site.
Owner Chris and his team are aiming to jump straight into Fitzrovia community life, joining the likes of Miel, Honey & Co and Bang Bang on the street. So while their
... - London restaurant openings - the autumn preview
As the year starts to wind down, the London restaurant scene heats up. Autumn is always the biggest period for new restaurant openings, so here's what you've got to look forward to in the coming months.
- Hainan House brings Hainanese cuisine to Islington's Upper Street
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They've been running pop-ups and supperclubs throughout the year (including one at Carousel), but now Hainan House are getting ready to settle down in Islington. They've taken over the space that was once Street Greek on Upper Street.
Set up by Sunny Wu, Hainan House aims to showcase the Southern Chinese cooking that she grew up eating. The
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