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- Forza Win is coming back - this time to Camberwell
Updated 30/8/22 with new opening date
Peckham's much-loved Forza win is coming back! But it's not coming back to Peckham.
Back at the beginning of all the lockdowns, Forza was forced to close its original Peckham location ("complications with their landlord" are the reasons given). Since then, they've been looking for a new location and now they've finally found one.
... - New London restaurants opening in September 2022
After a quiet couple of months, the London restaurant scene is really heating up again in September with some big new restaurant openings. Here's what you've got to look forward to.
- The Eight is Shaftesbury Avenue's new Hong Kong style tea restaurant
Just opened on Shaftesbury Avenue is Hong Kong-style tea restaurant, The Eight. It's apparently inspired by Hong Kong's 1950s-style tearooms - think greasy spoon meets diner. This new restaurant is serving up all manner of Hong Kong treats like:
- Abalone wanton noodle
- Rice wrapped in omelette with wagyu beef
- Rickshaw noodles.
“The tea rooms
... - Stratford gets a new restaurant, bar and distillery courtesy of Jim and Tonic
Taking over The Print House site in Stratford is urban gin distillery Jim and Tonic who have a lot planned for the space on Sugar House Island. The gin company has not only opened a coffee shop, bar and restaurant on the site, but they've also got big plans for their riverside courtyard there.
At the restaurant, the menu covers pizzas, burgers and Middle Eastern dishes. But it's outside that's maybe the
... - M Restaurants bring Wagyu steaks to Canary Wharf
26/8/22 - Updates with opening details
If you’re out and about in Canary Wharf or looking for reasons to head that way, M Restaurant is opening what they call another of their ‘gastro-playgrounds’ there, following successful launches in The City and Victoria. This latest opening has been in the works for quite a while - we first wrote about it all the way back in
... - Mayha omakase restaurant comes to Marylebone via Beirut
New omakase restaurants are quite the trend in London at the moment. Recently, we've seen the openings of Roketsu and Roji and now comes Mayha, an omakase restaurant that first opened in The Middle East.
It's from the Nothing But Love group, which started in Lebanon and who now have a number of restaurants in the Middle East alongside Mayha, including Meat the Fish, Maryool, and The
... - Dorian in Notting Hill features an ex-Kitchen Table and Core team in charge
Crikey, Notting Hill really is becoming an interesting foodie destination. Hard on the heels of the openings of The Pelican and Caia comes news of an upcoming bistro, Dorian, with a stellar crew behind it.
Founder Chris D'Sylva - who ran the first food residency at The Compton Arms and who also owns Notting Hill Fish + Meat Shop - is joined by head chef Max Coen who is ex-Kitchen Table. The final members of the dream team are
... - South East Asian restaurant Sunda Kitchen arrives in Covent Garden
A Hot Dinners exclusive
Wahlburgers was in Covent Garden for a fleeting moment, and ever since its closure we've been wondering who would be taking over that prime Covent Garden space. Now we have the answer - it's Sunda Kitchen.
Sunda Kitchen is a South East Asian restaurant and after a little digging, we've discovered it's got some very interesting people
... - Temper's BBQ and steaks are coming to Shoreditch
24/8/22 - updated with the opening date
Temper, the steak and barbecue restaurant that has places in The City, Soho and Covent Garden is getting ready to open its fourth restaurant - this time in Shoreditch.
It'll be taking over the space left by The Jones Family Project and will be pretty familiar if you've been to one of the other Tempers.
Originally
... - The Cross is back in King's Cross - this time it's about eating, drinking and dancing
The Cross was HUGE back in the day. The nightclub, which was in the space that is now Coal Drops Yard, was one of London's most renowned back in the 90s - a really big deal. But with all the reconstruction of King's Cross, it finally closed its doors back in 2007.
Now it's coming back - albeit in a very different guise. THe Cross will take over what was
... - The Viaduct combines restaurant, tap room and cocktail lounge in the old Cargo site in Shoreditch
If you've been wondering what was going to go in the place of the old Cargo nightclub space on Rivington Street since it closed last year then, as of this week, we have the answer.
It's now reopened - rather under the radar - as The Viaduct which is going to be an all day restaurant, tap room and cocktail lounge.
The first element is Arch - an all day spot serving what they describe as casual British food. So
... - Block Soho has steak, seafood and a Croquettes & Cocktails happy hour
A Hot Dinners exclusive
Having recently opened Maddox Tavern in Mayfair, the same team is opening Block Soho (it's in the space where Zelman Meats used to be).
The big focus of the restaurant will be meat cooked over coals, alongside seafood and shellfish. The meat comes from Huntsham Court Farm and will be hung and aged in the restaurant’s own
... - Bantof in Soho sees Pied a Terre's chef branch out
There's a new restaurant coming to Soho that, looking at the folk involved, certainly sounds worth a visit. Bantof describes itself as a restaurant, cocktail bar and art space. But it's the team that they've brought on board to consult on the food and drink that elevates it from the usual restaurant equivalent of Actress, Model, Whatever.
In charge of the menu is chef Asimakis Chaniotis, whose day job is heading up
... - Shoryu Ramen and Sticks'n'Sushi pick West London for their next openings
West Londoners who love Japanese food have something to cheer about this autumn. Two Japanese restaurant groups, Shoryu Ramen and Sticks'n'Sushi, are opening new branches in Kensington and Westfield London respectively.
Shoryu's new Kensington High Street branch will have room for 70 ramen slurpers in a room that mixes counter dining and mini dining pods. There'll be a separate bar are for sake cocktails and
... - Cottons in Shoreditch gets bigger, moving to Hoxton Square
When we are hearing about more restaurants closing than ever before, it's a nice change to hear of one that's moving and growing - and that's what's happening to Cottons.
The Caribbean restaurant is leaving its home on Curtain Road, but moving only just up the road to Hoxton Square (taking over the space that used to be Adam Handling's The Frog).
It'll be split into two areas - an upstairs restaurant and a
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