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Trying to keep on top of what Harrods is doing food-wise is a tricky task. They do have a tendency to just throw open the doors on a new project without telling anyone. So their latest pop-up was...

A Hot Dinners exclusive If you're looking for a positive thing you can say about the lockdowns, they do seem to have given a lot of people the push they needed to open their own business. One such...

This one took its time. We originally wrote about Caviar Kaspia returning to London all the way back in 2018 - but now it's finally (and quietly) opened. Back at the turn of the millennium, Caviar...

Hot Dinners exclusive Highbury Corner in Islington is doing rather well for wine bars right now. Not only does it have Yield and, a short 10-minute walk away, Provisions (both shops by day, wine...

Updated 13/1/23 with opening date When Filipino coffee house and bakery Kapihan closed their doors in Battersea back in October 2021 their departure was met with genuine sadness from the legions of...

13/1/22 - updated with opening details A new Shake Shack is coming to town and this time they'll be opening in Soho. right around the corner from Oxford Circus. The American burger chain is setting up...

We'll admit to being a little thrown by the idea of Archway opening in Battersea with the two locations seemingly on opposite sides of town - but it turns out that this Archway is actually a new...

Having opened just in time for the upcoming Lunar New Year celebrations, Mama Chen's is a new dumpling-based popup at The Gantry in Stratford. It began life as a delivery service during lockdown - the...

A Hot Dinners exclusive Regular visitors to The Bridge Theatre in London will know that, in addition to the fine shows being put on there, one of the big lures of the theatre is the fact that their...

5/1/23 - Updated with a new opening date In Bethlehem, chef and hotelier Fadi Kattan's place of business is in a building that's more than 1000 years old. Here in London, the place he's chosen for...

One way to blow any plans to calorie control over January would be to take a visit to London's newest doughnut store. Donutelier, which opened its doors on Charing Cross Road just before Christmas, is packed...

Not only is Romesh Ranganathan all across your TV right now, he's even managed to spare time to slide into the restaurant world this month with a collab with Yard Sale Pizza. The vegan comic has...

4/1/22 - updated with the opening date When your other restaurants are the Michelin-starred Endo at the Rotunda and popular sushi spot Sumi in Notting Hill, it's clear that people are going to be...

If you're not doing Dry January, you might be interested to learn about a new Portuguese wine bar that opened up just before Londoners broke for the Christmas holidays. Bar 1790 might be a brand new...

3/1/23 - Updated with the new opening date Fans of John & Yee Li’s Dumpling Shack rejoice - they're coming to London Fields in a two-for-one deal that gets you both a Dumpling Shack and the new...

As the year winds down, here are the stories that were the most popular reads on Hot Dinners in 2022...   

Last year popular Smithfield haunt Lino made the announcement that they were closing their doors permanently. The pandemic, successive lockdowns and an unsupportive landlord did for them, despite...

Festive celebrations took a bad turn at Mayfair restaurant Mnky Hse on Friday night when a fire broke out forcing hundreds of customers and restaurant workers to flee the premises. In dramatic...

  Updated 19/12/22 with imagery You might have your favourite restaurant in London’s Chinatown, or are even happily attempting to work your way through them all, but we have a new one for your list...