What's Hot London?

As the sun goes down over South Bank and Bankside, the cultural heart of the Thames’ southern bank lights up. Take a look at our magnificent photos of riverside scenes and nightlife, some of which will be featured in the April print edition of What’s Hot London? magazine. ST PAUL’S: a view from Bankside ST […]

A Feast of Dining Options in White City The Incipio Group have made it their mission to put White City on the map as the capital’s premier location for bars and restaurants with a difference. The drinking and dining specialists behind the bespoke Pergola on the Roof eatery in Wood Lane have struck again with […]

It may not seem the weather for it but canalside dining is the perfect antidote for a British winter. Add Venezuelan cuisine into the mix and that’s sunshine South America by way of Haggerston, East London. Certainly, as soon as you enter, the huge welcome message of ‘Bienvenidos’ above the rainbow-coloured counter will lighten up […]

Alcotraz, a bar that’s based on Alcatraz Prison and where you’re put in real cells and wear prison-issue orange jumpsuits. Why put yourself through that and face the stern-eyed scrutiny of the tough-looking American warden and prison guard? Well Alcotraz Bar on Brick Lane will answer this question in one wild and weird immersive experience […]

It’s ‘cool’ in summer but would you brave the Ice Bar in winter? It’s so cold in there that you are given a thermal cape to wear. Also cocktails with ice in the average bar cannot compare to a bar where the actual glass is made of ice and you are given gloves to stop […]

WITH A FLOCK of pink flamingo’s prancing about in its beautiful Iberian-themed gardens and running streams, this Grade II listed nightspot and restaurant had set the tone for luxury and celebrity cool since the 1930s but owners Virgin say it will now permanently close. Virgin Limited Action took over the lease in 1981 and made […]

With sales up 12% this year and gin tax profits higher than beer for the first time since the Victorian age, no one can put a finger on what’s responsible for this London gin craze that has emerged in recent years. James Bond’s resurgence under Daniel Craig? We all know 007 fancied the odd sophisticated […]

HAILED as the world’s biggest cocktail festival, London Cocktail Week runs from Oct 2 to Oct 8 and at its epicentre lies the Cocktail Village in Old Spitalfields Market with cocktail pop ups of both established home brands and smaller international names such as Australian Gin distillery Four Pillars. Established since 2013, Four Pillars has […]

The City Link Up Urban Showcase gives unsigned acts a platform for their talents every second Wednesday of the month at the Undersolo club, Camden. Right next door is the Good Mixer pub where Britpop’s finest held court in the 1990s but the music performed on this stage was acoustic soul, R n’ B, hip […]

An award-winning cocktail bar in Shoreditch named after super cool 1960s and 70s American movie icon Steve McQueen, it’s going to be just as super cool, right? Pretty much. Well actually not just a bar – a grill restaurant and boutique nightclub as well with gold framed black and white photos of the King of […]