Going out for a meal is one of our favourite pasttimes. As much as we love cooking, there's no denying the pleasure of trying out different cuisines and styles of restaurant - and at the moment the UK has one of the hottest gastronomic scenes in the world, so we're definitely in the right place for it.

And because there are so many restaurant openings, to help you keep track, we've teamed up with restaurant site Hot Dinners, the source of all London restaurant news from the latest openings to chef gossip, to bring you insider information about the upcoming openings for each month. But we're not just limited to London, we'll be looking for the hottest new names around the country, too.

Scroll down to read our first list for which venues will be making their names in April - we've got information about new ventures from the biggest names in food to expansions of current favourites and new local highlights. Please note that all opening dates are subject to change due to the unpredictable nature of opening restaurants.

The best new restaurant openings around the UK in April 2015