We've got 5 copies of the Padella cookbook, Waterstone's Gift Book of the Year, to give away
New opening
- Mexican restaurant 1910 to open in Parsons Green
Southwest Londoners have cause to rejoice because there’s a revolution coming to Parsons Green. At least, a new restaurant called 1910 is opening, and it’s no accident it was named after the year of the Mexican Revolution.
The good people of Balham are already one step ahead, having had a 1910 Cantina on their doorstep since April 2020. Its opening was much less low-key than originally planned, scuppered
... - Mondo Beer + Pizza brings exactly that to Borough Yards
New openings are still happening at Borough Yards. The latest to arrive in the area are Mondo Beer + Pizza and yes, you can probably guess what they're serving.
The restaurant comes from Mondo Brewing Company who are also based in Nine Elms but this is their first location away from the main brewery. They've teamed up with pizzeria Joe Public, who you might have
... - Burnt Ends is coming to London, opening at Harrods
Update 5/7/24 - This is unfortunately no longer happening.
Are there no limits to the ambition of Harrods' food and drink team? Not content with luring Bjorn Frantzen over this year to open his first UK restaurant, and
- Cake & Flowers will be the new patisserie and flower shop at The Dorchester
Updated 22/3/23 with opening date and images
Are you truly a five star hotel in London if you don't have your own in-house patisserie or plans for one? We've had Nicolas Rouzaud's The Connaught Patisserie at The Connaught, Cedric Grolet at The Berkeley and now The Dorchester is getting in on the act.
It's all part of a major refurbishment that the hotel's undertaking. They've
... - Nakanojo are bringing their Peruvian izakaya to Marylebone
21/3/23 - updated with the opening date
Marylebone continues to be one of London's epicentres for restaurant openings, with Nakanojo’s plans to launch a new site there. It’s a little over a year since Nakanojo opened on Chelsea’s King’s Road, becoming the first ‘Peruvian Izakaya’ in the capital, and fans of its Nikkei-inspired dishes will be thrilled that they may not just be stopping at two
... - British-influenced Boudica restaurant comes to Battersea
Battersea's restaurant scene continues to get busier and busier. We've only recently had the launch of Joia and now another big restaurant is getting ready to open there.
This time it's the turn of Boudica, a new all-day restaurant that's serving up an international and British-influenced food and drink menu. In charge of the kitchen is Head Chef Luigi Vairo, previously at Corrigan’s
... - Wander is coming back to Stoke Newington
With all the news of closures, it's particularly good to hear about a restaurant that was thought to be closed forever actually returning. Wander, one of Stoke Newington's most well-renowned restaurants originally announced its closure when owner Alexis Noble said she was returning to Australia. But now she's back and reopening the restaurant.
In
- Doner Shack are bringing their Berlin-style kebabs to London
20/3/23 - updated with the opening date
We've talked before about how more restaurants that have made their name outside of town are opening in the capital - Six by Nico and Mowgli among others. Now here comes another, Doner Shack. They've opened in Leeds, Leicester, Glasgow and Edinburgh and next, it's the turn of Baker Street.
They seem to share some similarities
... - Giacco's wine bar hits up Highbury's Blackstock Road
Eagle-eyed N5 residents will have noticed work going on over the past few months at former arts space Light Eye Mind on Blackstock Road. This week it unveiled itself as an Italian-accented wine bar, Giacco's.
The bar's owners are Leonardo and his partner Danilo. Leonardo is the one with the background in hospitality - he used to run the Farewell Cafe which used to play host to popups from the likes of Ling Ling
... - Fink's Pump House opens in Clissold Park
The powerhouse duo behind Fink's are at it again. This week they've opened their fourth spot, in Clissold Park. Their latest place is literally down the road from the OG Fink's on Mountgrove Road and sees them taking over the historic pump house in the Stoke Newington park.
"Fink's Pumphouse is our newest baby," Mat and Jess announced on Instagram, adding that it will be "filled with our usual favorite suppliers,
... - Forno, a new bakery from the founder of Ombra, is opening in Hackney
15/3/22 - updated with the opening date
As thoughts increasingly turn to comfort food, take heart in the knowledge there’s a new bakery, deli and pastificio on its way, and it’s all thanks to Ombra head chef and owner Mitshel Ibrahim. Ombra, which opened more than 11 years ago in Hackney, steadily gained an obsessive following for the quality of its Italian food and especially its innovative pivots during
... - Riviera, a new Southern France restaurant, is opening in St James
Craving Saint-Tropez, Cannes, Nice and Antibes? If you feel the need for some Côte d'Azur dining, a new restaurant called Riviera is opening in St James’s Street. It's aiming for luxurious South-of-France vibes alongside high-end dining, something that is somewhat similar in concept to the recently opened Socca.
It’s on the former site of Sake no Hana, the fine-dining
... - London Shell Co lands in Highgate with a fishmonger and seafood bar
Hot Dinners exclusive - updated 15/3/23 with opening date
They already have two barges, one roaming and one moored, but now London Shell Co are moving onto terra firma. They're getting ready to open their first land-based site, a fishmonger and seafood bar near Parliament Hill.
The move is rooted in something they did to survive the lockdowns, a period
... - Lee Westcott is opening Elodie and Vervain restaurants at Birch Selsdon in South Croydon
The team behind Birch in Hertfordshire is gearing up for a second launch, and this time they've brought in top chef Lee Westcott to take charge of the food. Selsdon, the group's new hotel and club in South Croydon is another grand old house that's getting Birch's laid-back boho hotel treatment.
- Roketsu restaurant to open a new downstairs dining space, Bo-sen, in Marylebone
It feels like it’s only been a minute since Roketsu launched its Japanese kaiseki restaurant in London and now there’s news that it’s opening a downstairs dining option in the same space. Called Bo-sen, it’s a very intimate affair, seating just eight, and will be quite different in approach to Roketsu, which
...
Also see...
