Mayfair

  • Claridge's have reopened their restaurant as... Claridge's Restaurant

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    It's been almost eighteen months since Claridge's hotel in Mayfair closed their Davies and Brook restaurant following a disagreement with chef Daniel Humm over the direction it was going in (he wanted to go fully vegan, they weren't so sure). Now, very quietly, the hotel has reopened their signature restaurant space.

    In charge of things as Head Chef is Coalin Finn. He's was at Davies & Brook as

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  • Yannick Alleno is also opening Bar Antoine in London

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    We've known for some time that multi-Michelin-starred chef Yannick Alleno was opening a top-tier restuarant, Pavyllon, in London (they're apparently deep in soft opening mode right now). But news that he's also going to be running a bar alongside that surprisedlu us today.

    Bar Antoine, named after the chef's late son, sounds like it might be just the place to try some of Alleno's cooking, without the

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  • Test Driving The Grill by Tom Booton at The Dorchester - a restaurant that's so much more just a grill

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    The Grill at The Dorchester has had a light rebrand to The Grill by Tom Booton, to showcase their star chef. We went down to see just what the grill is cooking up right now.  

  • Sushi Kanesaka brings omakase to 45 Park Lane

    Sushi Kanesaka brings omakase to 45 Park Lane

    We're still a little surprised when it happens but occasionally the odd restaurant does manage to launch in a fairly stealthy fashion. The latest of those is Sushi Kanesaka which is opening at 45 Park Lane, the hotel right opposite The Dorchester. 

    It comes from top sushi chef Shinji Kanesaka who also has a two-Michelin-starred restaurant by the same name in Tokyo. The London

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  • Yannick Alléno is opening Pavyllon London at the Four Seasons on Park Lane

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    Updated 2/6/23 with the opening date

    After a while, all roads lead to London. Chefs across the globe may open their multi-Michelin-starred restaurants wherever they choose, but it does appear that to be considered a truly global culinary star, they need to have a London outpost to cement their reputation. In recent years we've had Scandinavian giants Niklas Ekstedt and Björn

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  • Test Driving 20 Berkeley - high-end British food in a Mayfair townhouse

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    20 Berkeley sees the team behind Sumi and Humo try their hand at "sophisticated British dining" in Mayfair. We went down to their townhouse to check it out. 

  • It's all change for The Dorchester with The Grill by Tom Booton opening

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    For the past 92 years, the Grill at The Dorchester on Park Lane has been known as just that, The Grill. But now they're ringing in several changes by switching that up to The Grill By Tom Booton, naming it after the restaurant's Executive Chef for the first time.

    Booton, who joined the restaurant back in 2019 (he was previously at Alyn Williams), has been hard at work on a brand new

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  • 20 Berkeley is coming to Mayfair

    20 Berkeley is coming to Mayfair

    2/5/23 - updated with the opening date and details of the menu

    The group behind Sumi and the recently opened Humo have a new restaurant on the horizon - 20 Berkeley. 

    It's taking over a space on the corner of Berkeley Street and being billed as offering "a sophisticated dining

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  • Grill 88 serves up luxury surf and turf over at The Biltmore Mayfair

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    It's been almost a year since chef Jason Atherton announced he was parting ways with The Biltmore Mayfair hotel on Grosvenor Square. Since then the hotel has been running the Cafe Biltmore that he opened there. But now they've got a brand new restaurant to shout about.

    Grill 88 is all about surf and turf - so that'll be Lake District Sirloin Steaks alongside Japanese Wagyu ribeyes, Australian full-blood

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  • Amethyst in Mayfair is opening Vinum wine bar underneath its restaurant

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    Back when we first visited Carlo Scotto's restaurant Amethyst, we spotted that there was quite a lovely downstairs bar space. But the exacting chef wanted to get his restaurant operating perfectly before he moved on to working out what to do with that bar.

    Now he's about to open

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  • Test Driving Noble Rot Mayfair - cheerful loucheness done to perfection

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    The latest addition to the bijoux Noble Rot empire is nestling on the corner of Shepherd Market. It turns out to be the perfect place for great food and fine wines. 

  • Jason Atherton plans to open Row on 5, a 'flagship' restaurant on Savile Row

    Jason Atherton plans to open Row on 5, a 'flagship' restaurant on Savile Row

    A Hot Dinners exclusive

    Interesting news reaches us today of a plan by Jason Atherton to open what's being described as a 'flagship restaurant' in Mayfair. The restaurateur, who's currently behind six restaurants in London, hasn't opened anywhere in London since the now-closed Betterment in 2019. So this sounds big.

    Row on 5 will take over two floors

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  • Noble Rot pick Mayfair's Shepherd Market for their next restaurant

    Noble Rot pick Mayfair's Shepherd Market for their next restaurant

    If you haven't been into Mayfair's Shepherd Market for a while, they're about to get a new opening there that's going to bring the area into focus for foodies.

    Noble Rot owners Dan and Mark have announced that they would be opening their third London restaurant there. They've taken over the old Le Boudin Blanc space.

    "This, our third place, is certainly not

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  • Cake & Flowers will be the new patisserie and flower shop at The Dorchester

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    Updated 22/3/23 with opening date and images

    Are you truly a five star hotel in London if you don't have your own in-house patisserie or plans for one? We've had Nicolas Rouzaud's The Connaught Patisserie at The Connaught, Cedric Grolet at The Berkeley and now The Dorchester is getting in on the act.

    It's all part of a major refurbishment that the hotel's undertaking. They've

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  • Wolfgang Puck's Spago is popping up in London

    Wolfgang Puck's Spago is popping up in London

    If there's one restaurant that seems synonymous with Hollywood (to us in the UK at least) it's Wolfgang Puck's Spago (the chef also caters the main Oscars afterparty). If you've ever fancied eating like the LA elite, now you don't even have to cross the Atlantic as Puck is bringing Spago to the UK for four days only. 

    Taking over his UK restaurant, Cut at 45 Park Lane will be a special Spago pop-up,

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