Hot Dinners

Berenjak sets an opening date for bringing its Persian cuisine to Mayfair Berenjak's Mayfair restaurant will be on Duke Street and it will be their biggest in London yet.

The new Berenjak is nearly upon us - they're getting ready to open in Mayfair next week. Find out when bookings open:
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Hot Dinners launches its 2026 Murphia List with a very Irish party at The Marylebone The party, held in partnership with Kerrygold Irish butter, saw chefs, publicans and restaurateurs all getting together over some great Irish food and drink.

To celebrate the Murphia List, we had a shindig at The Marylebone last night, with ice cream shaped like sticks of Kerrygold butter and a lot more besides:
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Test Driving Restaurant Gordon Ramsay High, the high-rise 12-seater restaurant clearly deserves its Michelin star If you watched Being Gordon Ramsay on Netflix and wondered what dining in his high-rise Michelin-starred restaurant was like, then we're here to show you just that.

You might have seen it on his hit Netflix show, so here's what it's like to dine at Gordon Ramsay's high-rise Michelin-starred restaurant at 22 Bishopsgate:
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The Murphia List 2026 - the Irish talent in London's food and drink scene right now Hot Dinners presents its 12th annual Murphia List - a celebration of the creative contribution made by Irish people to London's food and drink scene.

It's that time again - where we celebrate the very best of Irish talent contributing to London's food and drink scene. Here's who made the 2026 Murphia List:
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Save 25% off your total bill at NOTTO Piccadilly and Covent Garden Enjoy amazing fresh pasta, antipasti and good wine at NOTTO's Piccadilly and Covent Garden branches, while saving 25% on the final bill, both food and drink.

Avalable until the end of March, here's how to get 25% off food and drink at the great Notto pasta bars in both Piccadilly and Covent Garden:
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Mondo To Go is going to be Mondo Sando's new sandwich shop in Deptford Expect exclusive Deptford-only sandwiches at Mondo Sando's new sandwich shop opening in Deptford.

Next up from Mondo Sando, they're opening a new takeaway sandwich shop in Deptford:
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Extra crispy sushi handrolls are on the menu at Kumori opening in Soho A combo of top sushi chefs and some high end ingredients will make Kumori worth checking out in Soho.

Coming to Soho, a new Japanese handroll bar with an ex Tobi Masa/Nobu chef in the kitchen:
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Heston announces plans to closed Dinner by Heston Blumenthal Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, the chef's only London restaurant, is getting ready to shut.

Heston announces plans for the closure of his London restaurant (but there's plenty of time to get your last Meat Fruit):
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New restaurants and bars opening in London this week Our new weekly guide to what to expect from the week ahead in London, with the restaurants, bars and more opening their doors across town.

From Jeremy King's revival of Simpson's to the return of Jamie's Italian, here's what's opening this week:
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Save 40% on your food bill at Clara's in Shoreditch (and get a £5 wine voucher) Head to lovely Shoreditch wine bar and bistro Clara's where Hot Dinners readers not only get 40% off their food bill, but a voucher towards takeaway wine too.

Throughout March, here's how to get 40% off food at this new Shoreditch bistro:
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This Leicester Square food hall is going full Guinness-themed for St Patrick's Day Market Place Food Hall will serve up a menu of dishes featuring Guinness in the run up to St Patrick's Day.

For when a simpli pint of Guinness just won't do:
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Enjoy a free Irish Heritage Month cocktail (and Guinness bread) with 108 Brasserie & Bar's set menu 108 Brasserie & Bar is celebrating its Irish roots by serving up a free cocktail and Guinness bread to Hot Dinners readers this March.

New reader offer - here's how to get a free cocktail (and Guinness bread) at 108 Brasserie in Marylebone all throughout March:
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Poolhouse is looking to reinvent the pool hall at Liverpool Street Yes, Poolhouse is a new version of a classic pool hall.

A new version of a pool hall is on the way to the City (with Three Sheets in charge of the drinks):
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Test Driving Sushi Amamoto - one of the world's top sushi chefs arrives in London What was once the Michelin-starred Taku has been taken to the next level by the arrival of one of the world's best sushi chefs. We went down to see just what you can expect from Sushi Amamoto.

We take a look at Mayfair's latest omakase restaurant, from one of the world's best sushi chefs:
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London's best pub gardens for foodies We look at some of the best pub gardens in London, where the alfresco space is more than matched by a great food menu.

Yes, a visit to a pub garden right now DOES sound like a good idea:
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Chick-fil-A is coming to London. Expect queues (and controversy) The American fried chicken giant Chick-fil-A is coming to London.

It's a brand that's not without controversy, but the first London Chick-fil-A opens in Kingston today:
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Where to get a great pork pie in London A classic pork pie is a thing of beauty and delight. But a good one can be hard to track down. Here's our meticulously researched guide to the places serving up London's best pork pies.

A truly great pork pie is one of our favourite things, so we've gathered together the very best London has to offer:
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Be the first to try Cent Anni's new St John's Wood restaurant with 50% off your food bill St John's Wood has a new neighbourhood Italian in Cent Anni and Hot Dinners readers get 50% off their food bill for the launch.

There are still a few days to make the most of the Cent Anni soft launch in St John's Wood:
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Zima is turning into Sova, a wine and vinyl bar for Notting Hill With a wine list focusing on Eastern and Central Europe and a roster of guest DJs sova is taking over where Zima used to be.

What was a dumpling restaurant is about to become a new natural wine bar in Notting Hill:
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Chick-fil-A is landing in Kingston. Expect queues (and controversy) The American fried chicken giant Chick-fil-A is coming to London.

Tomorrow, the first Chick-fil-A in London is opening the doors:
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Gordon Ramsay's first Hell's Kitchen in the UK is going to be in Marble Arch Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen is opening in London.

He's a very busy man at the moment. Gordon Ramsay gets ready to open the first Hell's Kitchen in the UK, opening next month:
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Dal Fiorentino brings its hugely popular Italian sandwiches to Westbourne Grove Hugely popular Italian sandwich shop Dal Fiorentino is coming to Notting Hill

Dal Fiorentino head west, with their next sandwich shop opening on Westbourne Grove. This will be very, very popular:
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Test Driving Tiella, the trattoria in an old Hackney pub which is big on Italian hospitality Taking over a former boozer on Columbia Road, Dara Klein's modern trattoria Tiella has been packing them in since day one. We went along to see what all the fuss was about.

It's one of the hottest restaurants in London right now - we went to take a closer look at Tiella Trattoria:
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Save 40% on your food bill at Clara's in Shoreditch (and get a £5 wine voucher) Head to lovely Shoreditch wine bar and bistro Clara's where Hot Dinners readers not only get 40% off their food bill, but a voucher towards takeaway wine too.

New reader offer - here's how to save 40% off food at Clara's in Shoreditch AND get a £5 wine voucher too:
www.hot-dinners.com/Offers/Hot-D...

Save 40% on your food bill at Clara's in Shoreditch (and get a £5 wine voucher) Head to lovely Shoreditch wine bar and bistro Clara's where Hot Dinners readers not only get 40% off their food bill, but a voucher towards takeaway wine too.

We're in the middle of Pie Week right now, and if you're looking for those special one-week-only pies, here's where to find them:
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Orrery by Pierre Minotti makes an unapologetic pitch for Michelin stars It's all change at Orrery in Marylebone where a new chef is taking over, adding his name above the door and gunning for Michelin stars.

When Orrery returns later this month, it's going to be very different to before. Here's what they have planned:
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Hot Right Now - London's hottest restaurants - March 2026 All about London's top restaurants and why they're the hottest tables in town right now...

From a great new Italian in Soho to a Hong-Kong-inspired restaurant in Hackney, here's who made the Hot Right Now list this month:
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YouTuber Mark Wiens' Bangkok restaurant Phed Mark is popping up in London Bangkok restaurant Phed Mark is having a two month pop up in London, in Soho.

This Thai restaurant is big in Bangkok and now it's popping up in London for two months:
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Cece's Italian restaurant is the latest stealth-launch from the Public House group CeCe's in Notting Hill is being called an Italian with a "hint of Hollywood" (opening where Casa Cruz was)

The team behind The Hart are taking over the old Casa Cruz space for a new Italian with a "hint of Hollywood":
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The entire Spiteri family is ganging up to launch The Latimer pub in North Kensington The Spiteri family have been making waves in hospitality for a while, and now they're about to launch a new pub, The Latimer.

The entire Spiteri family is ganging up for their new Latimer Road pub:
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