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We rather like the sound of the latest shop that's opened in the Harrods Food Hall, The Truffle Shop, which is - as you might expect - dedicated to all things truffle. As well as whole truffles (of...

From the folk behind the Lauriston in Victoria Park, comes Luppolo, a neighbourhood pizzeria with a focus on craft beer. Luppolo, which means hops in Italian, will serve up stone baked pizza with...

Previously seen at Kerb, another street food vendor is setting up inside for December, as Bocaface runs a series of Spanish supperclubs with Black Vanilla in Greenwich throughout December. They'll have a special...

Updated 1/12/14 with soft launch details. Is there room in East London for more cue? Seems so as HOTBOX prepares to open there this winter.

It's time again for another round of Stuff We Liked - a general round-up of the things we've been talking about on Twitter, Instagram, facebook and more. This week was a great chance for us to get...

Updated 1/12/14 with menu details It's all about lobster in Fitzrovia this week with two crustacean-focused restaurants opening in that area within weeks of each other. We've already written about Lobster...

Ramen? That's so last week. It's all about the udon with Den specialist udon dish restaurant opening up in King's Cross

Good news for anyone working at the BBC as restaurant folk Will Lander and Daniel Morgenthau unveil their first joint project, a restaurant called Portland due to open in January. Will is one of the...

Updated 28/11 with soft launch details. The people behind Goodman (some of London's best steak restaurants) seem to like shaking up the London restaurant scene every now and again. They've certainly done...

A new Mediterranean restaurant is coming to Fitzrovia courtesy of Barry Hilton (previously at Black & Blue and Yalla Yalla) and Stephen Gee (who's currently chairman of Carluccios, Gaucho , Busaba...

Having spent years working front of house at Salt Yard followed by a more recent stint as General Manager at one of Hot Dinners favourite casual spots LeCoq in Islington, Max Halley now has his...

27/11/14 - updated with new photos. The latest London skyscraper to unveil a high-rise restaurant and bar is nearly upon us, this time in the nearly-complete "walkie talkie" building, aka 20...

There's still a lot of love for the spritz in London. Hard on the heels of Tony Conigliaro opening Bar Termini in Soho with its house Spritz cocktail, Russell Norman and Richard Beatty are launching...

Last year when Fay Maschler reviewed Acciuga on Kensington High Street, she described her and Reg's pasta dish as "the best pasta dish either of us has tasted in a long while". Well now Chef Patron...

A new premium kebab shop is opening in Clerkenwell on Friday (it's just opposite the Zetter hotel). Chifafa's aim is for "kebabs made good" - here's a quick peek at the menu: Succulent chicken thigh...

The Green Room is the latest addition to the National Theatre as part of its current revamp - although it's much more of a standalone restaurant than they've previously launched. This time they're...

Popular Mexican chain Benito’s Hat has just announced two new openings for London in the New Year. The first is in Liverpool Street station in January where they'll be launching their first street...

The Brew chain (Wandsworth, Battersea and Wimbledon) is expanding with a huge new HQ in Richmond. Here's what you need to know about it.

Tony Conigliaro has had big success with the Zetter Townhouse and The Bar With No Name at 69 Colebrooke Row and here at Hot Dinners we're huge fans of his Twinkles (note - not a euphemism). Now he's...

Seems like everyone's getting into the Christmas spirit. Even the cool folk at MEATliquor have taken to their festive fryer, launching a specially crafted Christmas menu, available from Monday 24th...