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This? Oh it's just a Bourbon Whiskey Old Fashioned ice-cream sandwich. Yep, thought that might get your interest up. It's just one of the ice-cream sarnies appearing on the menu at City spot Bread...

Updated 5/8/2015 with new soft launch details. The ongoing march of the mighty Tonkostu continues. This time they're taking Tsuru Bankside (run by the same people) and relaunching it as Tonkotsu...

Updated 5/8/15 with opening date and more info The original Donostia is a Hot Dinners fave in Seymour Place since it opened three years ago. So it's good news to hear that they're expanding - but...

5/8 - updated with soft launch details. The duo behind popular scotch egg company Scotchtails are opening a new all day coffee shop on Aldwych. Dominic Hamdy and Oliver Hiam will open Lundenwic at...

Poco, a tapas restaurant that's been open in Bristol since 2011, is coming to Broadway Market. It's from Tom Hunt - better known to some as the author of The Natural Cook - who's joining up with his...

As expected, the people behind Hawksmoor launched Foxlow - and as before they're avoiding central areas of London, this time landing in Balham and Chiswick. They're buying both Sam's Brasserie and...

With the opening of a beautiful terrace Ognisko has become a restaurant to take real pleasure in

Already a hit in Dalston, the second Salvation in Noodles is a very welcome addition to Finsbury Park. We head down to take a look.

Modern Vietnamese restaurant The House of Ho has been doing cracking business since it opened its doors two years ago. And now they've revealed plans to open a second massive flagship store - at the...

A new French import to cross the channel is opening in Soho this month - and this one also has its roots in Russia. Jean-Jacques is a wine bar an brasserie that has originally had a home in Russia...

Since it opened, the new Polpetto was garnered with many glowing reviews (not least a five star review from the Evening Standard) with much praise aimed at head chef Florence Knight.  But from today,...

London's Bankside is getting a new Hilton hotel and, as you might expect, they've got a big restaurant and bar that they're hoping will be a bit of a gamechanger for the chain. OXBO Bankside is on...

Now this does sounds like one hell of a good deal to us. Stella Artois Cidre are renting a weekend at their villa on the Côte d'Azur - for only £21. For that price, you get the five bedroom villa...

For a second year, Selfridges Food Hall (something we're quite addicted to here at Hot Dinners) has launched Meet the Makers, where they showcase 12 artisan producers and it's all backed by some...

Chef Lee Tiernan is bringing a ‘Metal and Mangal’ restaurant to Islington. Lee's Black Axe Mangal project first started in Copenhagen as a series of popups where it quickly reached cult status...

It's all happening in North Greenwich at the moment. There's the wonderful Craft London and we're already fans of the big driving range and Vinothec Compass. And now Virgin Atlantic have landed in...

It quietly opened last week but now there's a Korean takeaway option that Marylebone locals may want to be aware of. On the Bab (also at Covent Garden and Shoreditch) have just launched On the Bab...

The people behind Forzawin, Arch McLeish and Bash Redford, have a new restaurant on the way - a noodle bar called Bosslady. They've joined up with Henry Chung - who has spent the last six months in...

While it's fair to say that we're pretty pumped up about the upcoming new opening by Lockhart's Brad McDonald, Shotgun, the downstairs bar at the original restaurant in Marylebone being created by...

After donut burgers it was, we suspect, the next logical step. This is the scotch egg burger - being launched by Yeah Burger, who have a couple of residencies set up across town. It is, yes, a...