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One of London's institutions closed down for a huge revamp earlier this month. The Wolseley took January off to give itself a considerable spruce up for its tenth anniversary. Now we've found out a...

It's been a very successful seafood restaurant in Rome, but rather than expanding locally, London has been chosen as the location for the second Assunta Madre. The original in the Campo de Fiori...

Push your way through the throng of tourists down in Piccadilly on a Sunday lunchtime and while the rest of the hordes pop into an Angus steakhouse, congratulate yourself for having booked lunch at...

Coming to East London's Broadway Market in March is a new 2 in 1 establishment - butchers by day and restaurant - or "cookshop" - by night. The man behind it is Luca Mathiszig-Lee (from The Eagle...

Central London looks set to get a swanky new restaurant in early summer. You may have spotted that the huge building on Trafalgar Square (the rather marvellously named 1-3 Grand Buildings) as you...

Confirmed by the group today, Alan Yau's Naamyaa cafe is no more. The Thai restaurant opened in Islington last year and was expected to be Alan Yau's next big rollout after Busaba. Despite good to...

23/1/14 - Updated with a preview of the menu. Australian chef Ash Mair, winner of 2011's MasterChef - the Professionals, has confirmed that he's opening an outpost of Spain's Bilbao Berria in London in...

Fitzrovian schnitzel and spritz joint Boopshi's has hit upon the perfect way to bring their signature schnitzel to the office crowd - they're bunging it in a bun. From this week they'll be serving...

We've had the Scotch Egg Challenge, now another London pub is following that with their own food competition - the Sausage Roll Off. Held at the Red Lion in Barnes, the event is in its second year...

Update 22/1/14. Reservation lines are now open and Gordon's still a popular man as we hear that there were 1300 covers (seats) booked in the first five hours. Valentine's was apparently completely...

The Connaught hotel last night played host to pretty much the greatest gathering of foodies in one place since the OFM Awards. The bar was crammed with chefs and restaurateurs all there to celebrate...

Martin Morales, of Ceviche fame, brings his Peruvian cooking to Shoreditch with new place Andina.

Having conquered the likes of KERB, Feast and Street Feast, street food trader Hanna Soderlund of Kimchinary has shelved the wind and rain and headed inside to Catch on Kingsland Road for a three...

Like most London foodies we're partial to the odd scotch egg or 10 (see our report from last year's Scotch Egg challenge), so news that Ginger Pig were coming out with a new one certainly merited...

As all our Hot Dinners readers know, our Coming Soon page and the accompanying New Restaurants page are all you'll ever need to keep up to date with the latest openings in town. Things are changing...

A gorgeous gallery of pictures showing what London's chefs have just added to their menus

We were all buzzing earlier this week about new Kensington opening Dirty Bones. However another skeletally-monikered restaurant has also flung open its doors this week. Opening VERY under the radar...

Their van has already been a huge success, but now that the days are a wee bit colder, Bob's Lobster have come indoors for the winter, setting up a residency at the Rising Sun pub in St Paul's...

Well it was only a matter of time before an enterprising restaurateur decided to get in on the popularity of the 5:2 diet. Sam Harrison from Sam's Brasserie in Chiswick has come up with an ultra low...

Richard Caring's latest Soho joint looks to America for its inspiration - and it's proving to be a popular spot.