The City of London

  • Get 10% off tickets to the Ultimate New Year's Eve Party in the Sky at The Gherkin

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    Celebrate New Year's Eve with the best view of London by partying at the Ultimate New Year's Eve Party in the Sky at The Gherkin - saving 10% on party packages with our reader offer.

    Offer: 10% off New Year's Eve party packages

    Where: The Gherkin, 30 St Mary Axe, London EC3A 8BF

    When: Booking period: until 30

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  • Osteria Angelina sees the Dalston restaurant opening a grill and pasta restaurant in the City

    Osteria Angelina sees the Dalston restaurant open a grill and pasta restaurant in the City

    Angelina has been a big success in Dalston and while their other restaurant Dai Chi didn't last the distance in Soho, they're sticking to what they do best in the City by opening a second Angelina.

    Called Osteria Angelina, it'll be opening in the Nolton Folgate development by Shoreditch station that's seen ...

  • Honest joins the smash burger trend with Smash + Grab in the City

    Honest joins the smashburger trend with Smash + Grab in the City

    They've dabbled in the whole smash burger scene before with a special burger on their main menu, but now Honest Burgers are making a bigger move in that direction. From today, their Liverpool Street restaurant has become the first Honest Smash + Grab. 

    That means, for the first time in a while, an Honest Burgers location will have a completely new menu. While full details

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  • Pick Your Own are all about sustainable salads in the City

    Pick Your Own brings new sustainable salads to the City

    If you're in the City and permanently thinking about what to have for lunch, the arrival of brand new salad spot Pick Your Own (aka PYO) should be of interest.

    As the name somewhat gives away, it's a choose-your-own salad place. You'll be creating a salad of four key parts. The base could be seasonal shredded veg, chopped lettuce or some fava beans. Then another layer gets added for "texture" like

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  • Nancy Spains are opening their next Irish pub in the City

    Nancy Spains is opening their next Irish pub in the City

    Their first pub opened in Shoreditch only earlier this year, but a second Nancy Spains is already on the way (and we now wouldn't be surprised if more were planned). 

    It's taken over the space that was once City pub, The Wine Lodge (which appears to have been closed for over five years). As before, it's run by Kerry-born brothers Peter and Nicholas O’Halloran and they'll be

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  • Sandwich Sandwich's second London shop is going to be huge

    Sandwich Sandwich's second London shop is going to be huge

    They've only recently launched their first London sandwich shop but Sandwich Sandwich already have their next place lined up. And this time they're going big.

    Recently announced on their Instagram page, they're rather confidently saying that this will be "the

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  • Gordon Ramsay is opening London's highest restaurants at 22 Bishopsgate

    Gordon Ramsay to open London's highest restaurant (and four more) at 22 Bishopsgate

    Updated 10/10/24 with more details

    It's big news when Gordon Ramsay reveals he's opening five (FIVE!) new restaurants at 22 Bishopsgate next year. The skyscraper in the City of London is the UK's tallest office building and Ramsay will have a number of restaurants and bars right at the top.

    The biggest reveal is that the 60th floor of the

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  • New Spitalfields bar 68 & Shanghai pairs wine and katsu sandos

    New Spitalfields bar 68 & Shanghai pairs wine and katsu sandos

    Regular Hot Dinners readers will know that we're very much in favour of all the new wine bars opening in London of late and this latest Spitalfields addition sounds very promising. 

    68 & Shanghai comes from the team behind 68 & Boston in Soho, who also run the nearby Yuu Kitchen (as well as Opium, The Last Talisman and Lucy Wong). It's replaced what was the

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  • Test Driving Leydi - Selin Kiazim's new modern Turkish restaurant in the City

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    Selin Kiazim (previously behind Oklava) returns to the London restaurant scene with a large Turkish restaurant right in the heart of the City. We went down for a first look at Leydi.

  • A Cantina Malibu vs Breddos Tacos collaboration is coming to The Ned

    A Cantina Malibu vs Breddos Tacos collaboration is coming to The Ned

    For the month of September only, there’s a tacos takeover coming to Cantina Malibu in The Ned London. Breddos Tacos will be bringing their Mexican-flavoured joy every Friday.

    If you’ve not sampled the fare of Breddos Tacos, this is an ideal cameo appearance, given the

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  • Test Driving Kolamba East - the Sri Lanka restaurant comes to the City

    Test Driving Kolamba East - the Sri Lanka restaurant comes to the City

    Five years after opening in Soho, Kolamba have gone east for their second restaurant, bringing Sri Lankan food to the City. We went down to try Kolamba East.  

  • BAO City is coming, with bonus karaoke

    BAO City is coming, with bonus karaoke

    It’s a good day for fans of steamed milk buns, with the news that BAO London is opening its new BAO City outlet. This will be the seventh restaurant from the Taiwanese group that has an extraordinary reach across London, with outlets in Soho...

  • Test Driving Stem + Stem - a triple threat in the City of wine bar, restaurant and florist

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    With an experienced team behind it, this florist, wine bar and restaurant in the heart of the City is offering something fresh and new to Londoners. We went to check out Stem + Stem by Mansion House. 

  • The best restaurants and bars in the City of London

    The best restaurants in The City of London

    For the best place to lunch with a client, go with your team for a post-work hangout or for a weekend blowout the City has it all. Here's our pick of the best restaurants and bars in the City of London.

  • A Christmas-themed bar is popping up in London for summer

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    Does December 25th seem impossibly far away at the moment? Well, you'll get a chance to get your festive fix in August as a new, hidden Christmassy bar is popping up in London.

    It's being set up by DesignMyNight, who are taking over Merchant House in the City with a speakeasy-style bar that's "hidden behind a secret toilet door". Head inside and they're promising to turn the tiny 12-seater space into one that's decked out with tinsel, baubles

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