New opening

If there's one thing we love here at Hot Dinners, it's a new Chinese or Japanese bakery. So we're delighted to bring you news of a hot new opening coming to Marylebone soon.

Cantoast Bakery have been popping up all over London for the past couple of years. Their USP is a French toast offering using their own milk bread that they then pair with a variety of Asian flavours. Think pandan coconut, golden salted egg and black sesame, along with specials like ube leche flan and mango sago. They've also been doing their own salt breads.

Behind the bakery is talented baker Haydon

It's only been a couple of weeks since Papi closed, but there's already a replacement for the space lined up. Called Auguste, it will be be inspired by the Abruzzo region of Italy, and skewers will be a big part of the offering. 

Behind the restaurant are chef Mike Bagnall (previously Elm at The Montpelier) and Dylan Walters, who was the restaurant manager at Bambi. Bagnall used to live in the Abruzzo region, so that's where the inspiration for Auguste came from. His flame-grilled skewers will include lamb, cull yaw, wagyu, liver and wild boar, and he'll be cooking up whole fish

Here are all the new restaurants to look forward to in the coming week. This week, Berenjak unveils its biggest restaurant yet, Alley Cats gets into the slice business, Holy Carrot turns vegetarian and lots more...

15/3/26 - updated with the opening date

What was the big Ruya site on Upper Grosvenor Street, next to Corrigan's has been taken over by the Thesleff Group. They've behind Los Mochis in Notting Hill, Sale e Pepe in Knightsbridge (and now Marylebone) and the Juno and Luna omakase restaurants.

This latest opening will be a brand new Japanese restaurant for them, called MA/NA, which they say "combines contemporary style and traditional Japanese techniques". In charge of the food here will be Executive Chef Leonard Tanyag (who also looks after the menus for Los Mochis,

Here's a complete guide to all the new London restaurants that have opened...

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11/3/26 - updated with opening details

After an initial small opening in Soho back in 2018, Berenjak really has hit the big time of late. Along with their Soho and Borough Market restaurants, they also have openings as far afield as Doha and Dubai and recently opened their first US restaurant in LA. We've known about their next London opening for a while, and now it seems they're finally getting ready to open the doors in Mayfair. 

The Mayfair restaurant (opening in a new development which hasn't been a restaurant before), takes up two floors. It'll be their

When you learn that the duo behind new Mayfair bar Brutes have an absolute ton of restaurant and bar experience between them, it's perhaps no surprise that they've managed to feature every current bar and snacks trend in town. But a proper look at what they have planned for their Bruton Place bar shows that they are intending to take almost everything to the next level.

While everyone else is doing martinis, Brutes goes one further with a martini card that allows you to pick your base spirits, the style it's served (dry, wet, dirty and - a new one on us - brutal), plus the

Change is afoot for Honey & Co's sole remaining Fitzrovia location - once Honey & Smoke, it's now being relaunched as Honey & Co. Great Portland. Moving on from the Middle Eastern grill restaurant from before, it's now going to transform into a wine bar, deli and restaurant.

The deli part is particularly important, because if you are a fan of their Honey and Spice deli, that's closing at the end of March with the deli here essentially replacing it. At Great Portland, you'll find the deli counter at the front, leading to the small 40-seater restaurant at the back (which

A modern Indian restaurant that started life in Dubai (before opening in Mumbai too) is coming to London. 

Trèsind describes itself as a "modernist Indian dining experience" so it's a high-end affair. The Dubai menu features dishes like scarlet prawns crudo and A5 wagyu striploin pathar kebab. However, it seems that they're doing something a little different in London. 

In Mayfair, it will be a tasting-menu-only affair, but full details of the London menu are still being kept under wraps. We do know, however, that their Chaat Trolley wlll be making its way to London for

South East Londoners must be wondering what they did right in a previous life to warrant the riches of top-tier sandwiches coming their way. Not only do they have a Mondo Sando at The Grove House Tavern and Cafe Mondo in Camberwell, but they're about to get a takeaway sarnie shop in Mondo To Go in Deptford.

And while co-founders Jack Macrae and Viggo Blegvad's other two establishments are more about eating in, their new Deptford arch will be more of a sandwiches-to-go spot. That said, there is space for 50 seats outside, so as long as the spring weather continues to improve you

Japanese handrolls have become a big deal in London of late. We've seen the recent arrival of Temaki in Mayfair, and next up is Kumori in Soho, an opening that has a particularly strong team behind it. You may have seen them popping up around town before (particularly in their recent Marylebone residency), and they were also at the Monaco Grand Prix. But this will be their first permanent restaurant. 

Kumori founder Marc Flekei has brought in John Randy De

Gordon Ramsay isn't slowing down at all. He already has two upcoming London restaurant openings, in April and May, and now we're hearing news about his first out-of-town opening in over 20 years. 

This next project is also something of a departure for Ramsay as it sees him opening in Cheshire as part of a major resort £60 million redevelopment (with a big golf club attached). As first broken by The Knutsford Guardian, the

6/3/26 - updated with the opening date

Japanese handroll restaurant Temaki opened in Brixton in 2021 and quickly found a dedicated following. However, all good things come to an end and they closed up in Brixton last August, and went on the hunt for a new central London location. They've now found just that, thanks to help from The Crown Estate. The new Temaki will be launching on Maddox Street in Mayfair, taking over a space right next to Maddox Gallery and a few doors down from Patara. 

Not surprisingly, Temaki focuses on the Japanese handrolls of its title,

If there's one area of hospitality that seems to be doing well right now, it's competitive socialising. After years of bowling being the only real option for a game as part of a night out, we now have darts, curling and even axe throwing. And we're about to get the new version of a pool hall called Poolhouse. 

Opening near Liverpool Street station (so this is perfect for a City night out as well as the bridge-and-tunnel crowd), Poolhouse is going to be home to 20