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The big new London restaurants opening in June 2025

1 week ago | hot-dinners.com | Gavin Hanly

Leaping into Summer, this month's new openings guide features the latest from Big Mamma, a Hollywood star opening an Italian in Highbury, a surf & turf chef team-up in King's Cross and lots more... Canary Wharf - YY Building, 30 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HXCanary Wharf has been very busy with new openings in the past few months, and this long-promised opening from the Big Mamma team (Circolo Popolare, Gloria and more) should make a big splash in the area.
Test Driving Luna, a City omakase that brings a modern sensibility to the classic sushi experience

1 week ago | hot-dinners.com | Catherine Hanly

What's the elevator pitch? Luna is billed as being London's highest omakase restaurant (the only other high-rise one is Endo at the Rotunda, which is a floor lower). It's a restaurant within a restaurant, tucked away behind sliding doors inside the popular Mexican Japanese fusion restaurant Los Mochis City and seats just 12 guests. There are two sittings each night, at 6pm and 8.30pm.
Noren sake and sushi bar is taking over the Roji space in Mayfair

1 week ago | hot-dinners.com | Gavin Hanly

We'd been wondering what would happen to Roji omakase bar, since chefs Tamas Naszai and Tomoko Hasegawa moved over to open the excellent Himi in Carnaby - and now we know. Next door to Chisou in Mayfair, Roji won't be relaunching as an omakase bar. Instead, much like Himi, it's going to become a little less high-end and reopen as Noren sake and sushi bar. Now, it will have an a la carte approach, with a drinks list of sake, shochu, wine and beer alongside.
Thomas Straker opens all day restaurant and deli Acre in Notting Hill

1 week ago | hot-dinners.com | Catherine Hanly

Chef Thomas Straker is making things easy on himself with his second restaurant opening, as it's just a few doors further down from his eponymous restaurant in Notting Hill. Acre is being described as a restaurant and deli that's "all about simple, quality cooking and putting seasonal ingredients on a pedestal."While work on the space progresses they've already thrown open the doors to the casual dining restaurant.
5 very London twists on the viral Dubai chocolate

1 week ago | hot-dinners.com | Catherine Hanly

Londoners' desire for all things pistachio (and kunefe) based treats shows no signs of waning with literally everyone coming up with some take on the viral Dubai chocolate bar. Here's our pick of some fun takes on the viral treat currently to be found across London. Soho - 20 Brewer St, London W1F 0SJSoho bakery Cutter & Squidge have come up with a Dubai biskie as their contribution to the craze.
Bleecker hit up Soho for their next restaurant

1 week ago | hot-dinners.com | Catherine Hanly

Is it a sign of the times that a celebrity-backed vegan burger restaurant's former site in Soho has been taken over by a longstanding London independent group? Well, that's what has happened on Old Compton Street, where Lewis Hamilton-backed Neat Burger's old space is being turned into a Bleecker Burger. Bleecker Founder Zan Kaufman is clear that she sees it as a milestone for herself, personally. "Opening on Old Compton Street is a full circle moment for me," she says.
The best things we ate and drank in May 2025

1 week ago | hot-dinners.com | Catherine Hanly

The best things we ate and drank in May 2025 This month featured a trip to Paris, some excellent cocktails across the Channel and back here in London, theatrical sushi and more. Luna (Liverpool Street) - Caviar and worm salt tacoA genuinely thrilling (and fun) evening with Hot Dinners readers at new omakase restaurant Luna in the City threw up all manner of high points including this fantastic sweet potato taco shell filled to the brim with Italian caviar.
48 hours in Paris, our 2025 guide to both new and classic places to eat, drink and stay in the City of Light

1 week ago | hot-dinners.com | Gavin Hanly

On our latest trip to Paris, we checked out a new hotel, a newly Michelin-starred restaurant, a new French bistro that looks like it's been there for an age and lots more... 2nd Arondissment - 40 Rue Vivienne, 75002 ParisMuch like our last trip to Paris, just six months ago, we didn't stray too far from Gare du Nord this time, staying at Hotel Filigrane and Spa in the 2nd arrondissement near the business district of La Bourse.
Rick Stein classic dishes are popping up at Fortnum's

2 weeks ago | hot-dinners.com | Gavin Hanly

You'll see Rick Stein restaurants all over Padstow, but at the moment his only London outpost is in Barnes (a notably great restaurant for riverside dining). But if you fancy trying the chef's dishes in a little more of a central location, it might be worth checking out the special Rick Stein menu that Fortnum's are putting on at their Royal Exchange outpost. It's all to celebrate 50 years of The Seafood Restaurant in Padstow, which is quite the milestone.
French smashburger hit Dumbo is heading to Shoreditch

2 weeks ago | hot-dinners.com | Catherine Hanly

A year on from their fellow Parisians Junk Burger arriving in London, Dumbo and their smash burgers are also crossing the Channel. Of the two burger companies, Dumbo were the first to introduce smashburgers to Paris and their arrival in London will be the brand's first place outside of that city. If you haven't tried the burgers before, then the Dumbo approach is very minimalist and much more along the lines of Supernova.