Knightsbridge

• Test Driving The Georgian - Harrods puts on the glitz with classic British food

  

  It's all change at Harrods where their classic Grade II listed restaurant The Georgian has been given a suitably glamorous new look with the arrival of chef Calum Franklin.

• The Berkeley announce La Môme London as their new main restaurant

   

  

  Well, we've been waiting for this news. It's been almost a year since Marcus Wareing's restaurant at The Berkeley had its last service. Now the Knightsbridge hotel has finally announced what's going to take its place. They're bringing in restaurateurs Ugo and Antoine Lecorché to open a London branch of the brothers' Southern French restaurant La Môme.

• Chef Rohit Ghai is opening Vatavaran restaurant and cocktail bar in Knightsbridge

  

  7/11/24 - updated with menu details and a look inside

  Six months after 'vibe dining' destination Geode in Knightsbridge closed its doors, a restaurant team that's related are now trying again in the same space. Michelin-starred chef Rohit Ghai is opening Vatavaran on the same site (his other restaurants Kutir and Manthan are part of the Arrow Mayfair Group and Arrow Hospitality was the company who

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• The Mayfair Chippy is bringing fish and chips to Knightsbridge

  

  10/10/24 -  updated with the opening date

  There really aren't many proper fish and chip shops in the centre of town but of them, The Mayfair Chippy has a pretty decent reputation.

  Just steps away from Oxford Street, their Mayfair restaurant has always been a draw for tourists but it helps that it manages to be good too. It might not be quite up to the standard of the average seaside

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• Calum Franklin to run the evening menu at Harrods' The Georgian revival (with pies)

  

  One of London's oldest dining rooms is about to reopen after a major makeover, and with a very well-known London chef to boot.

  The Georgian restaurant in Harrods has been welcoming guests for afternoon tea since it first opened way back in 1911. Since then it's played host to royalty and celebrities and had a number of refreshes over the years from the addition of Art Deco skylights in the 1920s to the most

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• Bar crawl: rainwater martinis and glorious London views at The Emory rooftop bar

  

  One of the world's best bars is popping up for a month at The Emory in Knightsbridge. We went to check out Tato Giovannoni's cocktails and bar food at their rooftop bar.

• Dim Sum by China Tang opens at the Harrods Dining Hall

  

  Almost two decades after it first opened its doors inside the Dorchester, the celebrity magnet China Tang has branched out. It's just opened a dim sum counter over at Harrods and if you're after some very beautiful dumplings, this looks like a place to try.

  If you haven't been to the original restaurant, that made a name for itself by serving up high end versions of classic Cantonese dishes and was the

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• The Emory x Tato features award-winning Argentinian cocktails on a rooftop now open to all

  

  We’re not sure what snared our attention first: the mesmerising tango takeover videos on The Emory Hotel’s Instagram or the lure of access to a London rooftop that was previously only open for guests. Either way, you need to know that Argentinian bartender ‘Tato’ is bringing his

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• Istanbul confectioner Hafiz Mustafa chooses Knightsbridge for its first London store

  

  For over 150 years, the Istanbul sweet and dessert giant Hafiz Mustafa has been a place of pilgrimage for sweet-toothed Turks (and tourists). Now the giant, which has stores all over Turkey and in Dubai is heading to London. They're opening a massive shop in a prime spot opposite Harrods.

  Not only will the shop sell their famous baklava and rock candy, but there will also be room to sit in and

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• Jason Atherton moves into Harrods Dining Hall with his hot dog offering

  

  Updated with opening date and full menu details

  It's all change at Harrods for chef and restaurateur Jason Atherton. He's moving out of his current digs on the store's lower ground floor and heading to the Dining Hall. The plan is to open a 25-seat gourmet hot dog restaurant, Hot Dogs by Three Darlings. The Three Darlings bit alludes to his ...

• Burnt Ends ends its plans to open at Harrods in London

  

  A bit of bad news for London foodies today. Over a year ago we reported that Singapore's Michelin-starred restaurant Burnt Ends was going to be opening in Harrods. Now that dream is over. In a post put up yesterday on the restaurant's Instagram page, they announced that limitatations presented

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• Discover the Summer Glow Menu at Harvey Nichols with nutritionist Emily English

  

  Regardless of whether or not you’ve been burning the candles at both ends or just want a reassuringly nourishing dining experience, there’s a nutritionist-focused menu coming to Harvey Nichols this summer.

• Alba restaurant aims to bring a taste of Amalfi to Knightsbridge

  

  Updated 21/6/24 with new opening date

  Just in case you were thinking that London may have just reached Italian restaurant saturation, a new restaurant is banking on the fact that the city's desire for lovely Italian food is always a thing. Alba is a new Italian restaurant in Knightsbridge, opening right opposite Harrods, that's on a mission to bring a little bit of the Amalfi Coast to

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• The best restaurants in Knightsbridge

  

  Heading to Knightsbridge (maybe a Harrods visit)? We'll guide you to the best places to eat nearby...

• La Maison Ani brings French dining from the people behind Gaia to Knightsbridge

  

  The group behind Gaia in Mayfair are opening something new in London, bringing  La Maison Ani to The Carlton Tower Jumeirah in Knightsbridge.

  Taking over the space that was the Italian restaurant Al Mare, this time they've gone French (with some Med flavours thrown in too). It's actually the second La Maison Ani, as they launched one in Dubai last

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