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If the thought of California-style street food gets your motor running, or if you were already making pilgrimages to Club Mexicana at their Kingly Court or Seven Dials locations, then news of an...

Updated 28/9/22 with opening date It's always a red letter day when we hear that a new St John Restaurant is on the way.  The new opening in Marylebone will make it the third restaurant in town after...

We're clearly entering awards season. On the same night as the AA announced its 2022 Hospitality Awards, the UK's East and South East Asian restaurants were being celebrated across town at The...

A Hot Dinners exclusive. Updated 28/9/22 with opening date Down in Margate, the food scene seems unstoppable with loads of interesting places opening up to look after locals and entice Londoners...

Not having had an actual real-life ceremony for three years, we're imagining that last night's AA Hospitality Awards were a doozy of a party. Hosted by TV's Gabby Logan, the awards handed out gongs to...

Information we’ve just received via the Bat-Signal is that DC Comics-inspired restaurant Park Row has recruited a new Executive Chef: Alyn Williams. Having trained under chefs Marcus Wareing and...

Updated 18/10/22 with opening date The Japanese-minimalist vibe of Notting Hill’s Kuro Coffee is capitalising on its popularity in the neighbourhood with the launch of a new Kuro Eatery restaurant and a...

Cedric Grolet hugely impressed us when he opened on these shores with his patisserie and cafe early this year in The Berkeley. Now the renowned French pastry chef is moving onto the most obvious...

Ever since the first UK Din Tai Fung opened back in late 2018, there was always talk of a second restaurant that would be coming to Centre Point. But years passed with no further developments (as...

Updated 26/9/22 with photos He's already had a lot of success with expanding his Ivy restaurant group across the country. Now Richard Caring is getting ready to do the same with Mayfair classic...

23/9/22 - updated with the opening date Next up for popular Portuguese piri-piri restaurant Casa do Frango - they're coming to Mayfair.  Taking over what used to be Ice Bar on Heddon Street, the...

Back in the day, The Jam Tree was quite the King's Road institution. Now its former owner, Ashley Letchford, is back in charge along with Riding House Cafe's Clive Watson. They're relaunching it as...

Japanese restaurant Sumi in Notting Hill was already one of the best in the area - but now the restaurant has just had a huge overhaul, making it bigger than ever. Not only has it had a full...

Having already torn up the scene in Chinatown and Charing Cross, the stupidly popular Korean corndog vendors Bunsik are heading to North London. For their third opening they've found a space on the...

26/9/22 - Updated with photos Kentish Town's popular French restaurant Patron has found an easy way around the problem of too many customers and not enough room - knock through into the shop next...

22/9/22 - Updated with photos of the restaurant If you’re looking for a restaurant rooftop view that your mates aren’t talking about yet, then plan a little cultural jaunt to Covent Garden’s Royal...

The relatively new 100 Shoreditch hotel already has a top drawer bar in the basement in the shape of Ryan Chetiywardana/Mr Lyan's Seed Library. Now they're upping their game by bringing in North...

Updated 20/9/22 with opening date N16 residents may have noticed the hoardings going up on Stoke Newington Church Street for a promising-sounding bagel shop. Turns out Good Things is going to be a...

It's most regularly described as "one of the last bastions of Old Soho" and certainly Andrew Edmunds on Lexington Street appears on pretty much every guide to eating out in Soho, ours included. Dark and...

Updated 20/9/22 with opening date If inventive, towering sarnies stacked with the best ingredients are your thing, then we bring you good news indeed. The folks behind Sons + Daughters sandwiches in...