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24/8/23 - updated with the opening date and menu details. Michelin-rated Peckham wine bar, Peckham Cellars, is expanding. The team behind it - Helen Hall, Luke West-Whylie and Ben McVeigh - have set...

24/8/23 - updated with the opening date Last summer we brought you news of a special menu operating at Caravan's roastery in Islington. It was a collaboration between New York fashion photographer Dan...

Updated 24/8/23 with a new opening date You'll soon have a good reason to get stuck at Canary Wharf tube station when Karapincha, a new Sri Lankan restaurant from twin sisters Vasanthini and...

It's the last big hurrah of the summer - three days for you to eat and drink your way round London. And - don't faint dead away now - it's actually supposed to be sunny as well! Here's what London's...

23/8/23 - updated with the opening date She closed the original Brixton Chishuru back in October 2022 but now Adejoké Bakare is gearing up to launch Chishuru 2.0 in Fitzrovia (taking over what used to...

If you’re looking for a little late-summer Mediterranean escapism, we might have the culinary answer in the form of new restaurant EVE that is opening in Kensington. Think vegetables, grilled meats and...

Fans of the Sticky Mango restaurant (the one with the impressive Anthony Bourdain mural), just a short walk from Waterloo station towards Bankside, are in for a treat, as not one but two new Sticky Mango...

If you’ve enjoyed the Peruvian flavours of Floral by Lima over the past decade, there’s a shake-up on the way. Be alert, not alarmed, though. In these recent weeks of significant restaurant...

News comes today of big changes afoot at Mangal 2, where chef Sertaç Dirik has announced that he's leaving the restaurant, apparently with plans to open his own place.   It's a story that seems like The...

For years now Winter Wonderland has been the big draw of the festive season. But this Christmas another big opening is hoping to take it on. Kingdom of Winter is going to be an absolutely massive...

We do like a theme. And with the news that 42 Holborn, a new restaurant coming to that very address, is also a little bit fond of the number 42 (there are 42 items on the menu) gives us quiet...

For the past five years one of London's oldest Indian restaurants, The India Club on the Strand, has been fighting a battle against developers. Back in 2018 there were plans by the building's owners to...

Two years after designer Roland Mouret cleared out his boutique and went into administration it looks like his former HQ in Mayfair is getting a new lease of life. Paris Society who are behind Louie in...

Anyone going to Islington bakery Pophams, particularly at the weekends, will know there's always a perma queue for their latest pastry innovations. Now they've decided to make the most of their...

It's been a while since we last saw chef Rowley Leigh in a London kitchen. After closing  Le Cafe Anglais in 2014 (his follow-up to Kensington Place) he helped open Cafe Monico on Shaftesbury Avenue...

They've had lots of success with the very viral cube croissants from Le Deli Robuchon, but nearby Comptoir Robuchon in Mayfair hasn't been quite as much of a hit for the same group. So they're...

A Hot Dinners exclusive A walk along Stroud Green Road today revealed that the finishing touches are currently being put on Hiden's new restaurant. If you haven't tried their food before, the...

Chicken Shop's Baker Street branch hit the news when Beyonce's team spent £2k there when they were in the city in tour. Now another American brand has got in on the action. For three days at the...

Updated 14/8/23 with soft launch info A new Peruvian restaurant is coming to London via a somewhat unexpected route - New York.  Llama Inn opened in New York back in 2015 and has been a hit ever...