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Milk Burger in Notting Hill sees another Michelin-starred chef take on posh burgers

Information: 30 September 2026

Every time we think London's obsession with burgers is about to take a downturn, along comes another slew of new openings to prove us wrong. And right now the city is in the grips of the chef-led...

Los Primos replaces Parrillan in Borough Yards, going for a Spanish neighbourhood bar vibe

Information: 30 September 2026

The Harts Group (who are the people that run Barrafina) are making some big changes in Borough Yards. Until recently, they've had a trio of openings there: Barrafina, Parrillan and Bar Daskal...

US chain Jersey Mike's is getting ready to flood the UK market with its subs

Information: 30 September 2026

Updated 30/9/26 with opening date Another US chain is on its way over to the UK as Jersey Mike's, a sub shop which has over 3000 stores in America, is coming to London. Jersey Mike's has been...

Dusty Knuckle is opening in Finsbury Park

Information: 29 September 2026

29/9/26 - updated with launch month As longstanding readers of Hot Dinners will know we are absolute Dusty Knuckle stans. We've long held that their potato sourdough is the city's best iteration of...

Test Driving Cassette, where the Levan team have created a 21st-century French bistro in Covent Garden

Information: 29 September 2026

The team behind Peckham's Levan have arrived in Covent Garden with a new take on a Parisian bistro. We take a closer look at Cassette.

Jamie Oliver's mentor Gennaro Contaldo has opened a six dish pasta spot, Bolo, in Soho

Information: 28 September 2026

They've known each other since the early Nineties, and now chef Gennaro Contaldo's career is mirroring his protegee Jamie Oliver. He's teamed up with the same restaurant company that recently...

Heard's third burger bar will be in Covent Garden and comes with a "speakeasy-style" dessert bar

Information: 28 September 2026

Having started in Borough Market only last year, formerly Michelin-starred chef Jordan Bailey is building quite the burger empire as he's getting ready to open his third Heard. This latest burger...

New restaurants and bars opening in London this week

Information: 28 September 2026

This week, Cloth takes on the historic ex-Simpson's Tavern space, Endo Kazutoshi finds a (very exclusive) new home in Chelsea, there's a new high-rise Paddington bakery and more...

Trying out 40 Dean Street, an old-school Italian great in Soho

Information: 26 September 2026

Something of a Soho institution, 40 Dean Street has been serving up a classic Italian menu for more than 20 years. We popped in to remind ourselves why it's lasted so long.

Reemies Cakes are promising banana bundts and more for their Notting Hill opening

Information: 25 September 2026

A year on from opening her first bakery on Fulham Road, cake baker Reem Abu Samra is doubling up with a brand new store in Notting Hill. Announcing it on Instagram this week Reem said: "The rumours...

Earlsfield is getting a revamped neighbourhood pub with an ex-Fallow chef in residence

Information: 25 September 2026

It's been a year of new pubs with great food and there's still more to come with the relaunch of The Grosvenor Arms in Earlsfield. Now run by a completely new team, it's getting a bit of a refresh...

Lenny's is back, bringing classic New Haven-style pizzas to a permanent pizzeria in Covent Garden

Information: 24 September 2026

24/9/26 - Updated with the opening date One of London's best pizzerias is back as Lenny's is going permanent in Covent Garden. Back in 2024, Max Lewis set up shop inside the Bedford Tavern in...

Stokey's natural wine bar Yield is opening in Angel

Information: 24 September 2026

They're one of our favourite local wine bars, with shops on Newington Green and Highbury Corner, and now Yield are consolidating their North London holding with a third opening, in Angel. In a few...

Test Driving The Albatross, the Goodman team's huge seafood-led pub in the City

Information: 24 September 2026

A huge new pub has opened in the City and it just happens to be from the same people behind Goodman and Wild. We went to take a closer look at The Albatross and put their seafood menu to the test.

The ex-head chef of Kiln is opening two Thai restaurants, PAM and AREE

Information: 23 September 2026

We love a busy roster and one chef who has a lot on her plate at the moment is Karla Knowles. The former head chef at Kiln is busy working on not one but two new restaurant openings over the coming...

Borough Market's Roast branches out to Shoreditch for its first new restaurant in over 20 years

Information: 23 September 2026

For more than 20 years the British restaurant Roast has lorded it over Borough Market, its dining room literally perched above the market floor. But now there's change on the horizon with plans to...

Solis, the chicken & steak restaurant from TA TA Eatery, is going permanent in Soho

Information: 23 September 2026

Soho is getting a new chicken and steak restaurant that you'll definitely want to check out. It comes from the team behind TA TA Eatery, but it's also something you might have come across before. There's...

Noodle Theorist has replaced Prawn on the Lawn in Islington

Information: 23 September 2026

A few weeks back, we found out that one of our local Islington restaurants, Prawn on the Lawn, was closing after 13 years in London (and nine years in that particular location). The last time that...

Yauatcha brings in top filmmaker Wong Kar Wai as it closes for a year-long makeover

Information: 22 September 2026

It's hard to imagine now, in a city where getting great dim sum is easy, but the arrival of Yauatcha in Soho back in 2004 was a BIG deal. Not only was this an egalitarian effort by Alan Yau of...

Adam Byatt picks up the Chef's Chef award at this year's AA Hospitality Awards, with eight London restaurants celebrating new rosette wins

Information: 22 September 2026

It was a good night for London restaurants at this year's AA Hospitality Awards 2026 with two titans of the industry being recognised in lifetime achievement awards. Adam Byatt, who's just opened...

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