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27/10/21 - Updated with the opening date Back in Italy, it's got a cult following with queues around the block at each restaurant opening. Now the Miscusi pasta chain is coming to London. Their...

It's not every day that someone manages to open a new late night spot in London almost entirely under the radar. But this weekend, Inca London threw open its doors on Argyll Street for the first...

25/10 - Updated with the opening date. They've been big in Soho and now David Carter and Chris Leach's Manteca is moving to Shoreditch. They're taking over an old Pizza Express site on Curtain Road...

They've only just launched in Spitalfields in July, but huge udon chain Marugame Udon were never going to stop there. Already, they're gearing up to launch their second London restaurant, this time at...

The Hawksmoor empire is expanding as they get ready to open their seventh restaurant, this time in Canary Wharf. Their latest place will actually be floating in the water. Expect steaks, cocktails, lots of...

22/10/21 - Updated with interior pics As sure a sign that the City is coming back to life as any is the news that Bob Bob Ricard City is reopening. The restaurant formerly known as Bob Bob Cité has...

A Hot Dinners exclusive Newly opened in Marylebone is Tataki - a steak and sushi bar from the folk who are also behind 500 Pizzeria in Brixton. There's precious little in the way of information on...

A new Saturday food market is coming to Notting Hill and it does sound very promising. It'll be taking over the grounds of Vicente Cañada Blanch Spanish School, hence the market's name - Portobello...

If you've ever wondered if a restaurant serving eggs all day might do better in the morning - then that's clearly what this Holloway Road duo thought. Here, it'll be an egg restaurant in the morning and...

22/10/21 - updated with opening info It's been a busy old year for Edson and Natalie Diaz-Fuentes, the couple behind popular Mexican restaurant Santo Remedio. Fresh from having published their first...

22/10/21 - updated with the opening date The Booking Office at St Pancras, always a beautiful-looking destination, is getting a big uplift on the food front. It's getting a new design, a new name...

After two years building up a stellar rep for their burger and other dishes at Islington's The Compton Arms, the team at Four Legs have bought their own boozer in Finsbury Park.

A Hot Dinners exclusive The people behind Angelina are getting ready to launch something a bit different in Soho. It's taking over the spot they previously opened as the bar Golden Gai, which is now...

Been wondering how to make the Dalgona candy so you can try the Squid Game challenge yourself? Here's how. 

It's all change at Ruby's in Dalston on the food and drinks front as they unveil Corrochio's. It comes from Daniel Corrochio, a man who has run Ruby's itself before and now finds himself in charge...

Camden has seen a fair bit of development over the past few years and the new Camden Market Hawley Wharf may be the biggest change yet. It's a 580,000sq ft site (aka VERY big) and, as a result, will...

Taking the place of Ichibuns in Chinatown, Yatay is a new Japanese robatayaki grill restaurant, inspired by the izakayas and street vendors of Tokyo (indeed, ‘Yatay’ is a reference to those very...

19/10/21 - updated with the opening date and menu It's been 33 years since Mildreds first opened its doors in Soho, in a flash transforming London's vegetarian restaurant scene. Now they're getting ready...

This is a turn up for the books. You don't normally think of Shaftesbury Avenue when you're looking for a cool place to drink in the West End. But a new dive bar being opened by the Boxer brothers, Frank...

It was a casualty of the various lockdowns but the good news is that, from today, the St John bacon sandwich is back. One of London's top ways to start the day has returned to the menu at St John...