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  • The Libertine bar and restaurant to open in London’s Royal Exchange

    The Libertine bar and restaurant to open in London’s Royal Exchange

    19/10/22 - updated with the opening date

    One reason to go underground this year is the news that the vaults of London’s historical Royal Exchange will be transformed into The Libertine, a drinking and dining destination that has been in the planning since pre-pandemic.

    You may have enjoyed a bit of luxurious shopping and dining in The Royal Exchange, without

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  • US restaurant Sparrow Italia launches in Mayfair

    US restaurant Sparrow Italia to launch in Mayfair

    19/9/22 - updated with images and menus

    If Mayfair wasn’t already buzzing with forthcoming new restaurant openings, here is news of another. This time it’s by way of Los Angeles as well as the southern European coast. Allow us to explain.

    Hospitality group Noble 33 first launched fine-dining Italian restaurant Sparrow Italia in downtown Los Angeles late last year and now they’re

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  • Mayfair is about to get its first Armenian restaurant, with the arrival of Lusin

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    A Hot Dinners exclusive

    If you’ve not travelled to Armenia lately (quite frankly, that’s probably a lot of us) then your palate will soon be able to take a trip there, thanks to Lusin restaurant, which is opening in the heart of Mayfair. Spanning two floors and seating 100 diners, it’s the first London outpost of Lusin, which initially launched in Riyadh in 2011 where it has hosted notable dignitaries,

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  • Viajante87 brings Mexican-Japanese cocktails and wagyu sandos to Notting Hill

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    Agave cocktail fans will have a new reason to get excited about Notting Hill, with the news of Viajante87’s opening. It’s a cocktail bar from the founders of Los Mochis, who have not been shy with new launches lately. Heading up the innovative mixology lab (something we all wish we had at home) is

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  • Here's where to eat and drink at the newly-opened Battersea Power Station

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    So the final piece of the redevelopment at Battersea is now in place - Battersea Power Station itself has now reopened. And that means there are LOTS of new places to eat in the area. 

    Here's what's opened now:

    Control Room B - From the people behind Mr Fogg's this is a 1950's

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  • Longboys hit up Coal Drops Yard for their flagship doughnut store

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    You may have spotted their stall at the occasional market in Coal Drops Yard. Now doughnut folk Longboys are getting ready to open their biggest store and cafe there.

    Former Hakkasan pastry chef Graham Hornigold will be serving up his finger doughnuts alongside gourmet soft serve ice cream, coffee from award-winning roasters Assembly and fresh sodas.

    Inside there'll be 10 seats if you want to

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  • Supa Ya Ramen bring their "inauthentic" ramen to Peckham

    Supa Ya Ramen bring their "inauthentic" ramen to Peckham

    They moved from pop-up to permanent restaurant in Dalston and now Supa Ya Ramen are getting ready to open their second place, this time in Peckham. 

    Luke Findlay’s ramen bar specialises in what he calls "inauthentic" ramen which is influenced by British produce and flavours. So the ramen includes:

    • Roast Chicken & Corn - chicken soup, sesame miso,
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  • Regents Canal gets floating bar Bruno's from the people behind Caravel

    Regents Canal gets floating bar Bruno from the people behind Caravel

    What’s just as good as a restaurant on a barge? A cocktail bar on a barge next to it. That’s right, the people who brought you this summer’s floating restaurant hit Caravel are putting the bar into barge and upping the stakes with a drinks boat called Bruno's. But ‘drinks

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  • Paradise Green will be Daisy Green's huge new restaurant at 100 Bishopsgate

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    It's been a busy few weeks for Aussie-inspired cafe group Daisy Green. Hard on the heels of their opening in St John's Wood comes news that they're about to unveil their largest restaurant to date in the City.

    Paradise Green will be a huge space in the 100 Bishopsgate development at Liverpool Street. They're describing it as an art gallery style restaurant where the art is as important as the

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  • Stars is the new Soho restaurant coming to @sohoplace theatre

    Stars is the new Soho restaurant coming to @sohoplace theatre

    A Hot Dinners exclusive

    The Crossrail/Elizabeth line work in London has led to some big changes in London - and some of the biggest can be seen in Soho, close to Tottenham Court Road station. We've already seen the creation of Ilona Rose House and its hidden Soho courtyard (where the new Milk Beach lives). And close to that there's another big opening - @sohoplace, a

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  • The Audley and Mount St Restaurant see Artfarm opening in Mayfair

    The Audley is a brand new public house (and restaurant) for Mayfair

    Artfarm, the hospitality arm of the modern art gallery group Hauser & Wirth, have already opened the 5-star boutique hotel The Fife Arms in Braemar and Somerset’s Roth Bar & Grill.Now

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  • Daisy Green's latest is Johnny Green in St John's Wood

    Daisy Green's latest is Johnny Green in St John's Wood

    Coming off the back of the very successful Peggy Jean riverside barge opening in Richmond, the Daisy Green group aren't slowing down. They've just opened the next in the series of Australian-inspired cafes, Johnny Green, in St John's Wood.

    Taking over from what used

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  • Cocktail maestro Salvatore Calabrese is opening Velvet bar at Corinthia London

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    There's no safer way to ensure the successful launch of your bar in London than to secure the services of Salvatore Calabrese. Also known as The Maestro, Salvatore came to fame with his legendary martinis at Duke's Hotel and, more recently, was behind the drinks list at the Donovan Bar at Browns Hotel in Mayfair.

    Now it's the turn of Corinthia London to bask in Salvatore's reflected glory. He's been

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  • Sichuan restaurant ZhangLiang Malatang hits London

    Sichuan restaurant Zhang Liang Mala Tang is coming to London

    A Hot Dinners exclusive 

    It's all go in Chinatown with the latest new opening being one of China's big chain restaurants (there are over 5000 of them), ZhangLiang Malatang.

    It's a serve yourself Sichuan restaurant, with mala tang soup as the base.

    Just browse and select the ingredients which, overseas, range from options like crab legs, fish balls and

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  • Humble Grape wine bar is coming to Crouch End

    Humble Grape wine bar is coming to Crouch End

    When you’re onto a good thing, open another one, seems to be hospitality philosophy, with the news that Humble Grape is about to cut the ribbon on its sixth wine bar. Having launched its first site in Battersea in 2015 followed by a Fleet Street outlet (2016), Islington (2017), Liverpool

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