Mayfair

• Maddox Tavern is a Mayfair British brasserie, taking over the old Browns site

  

  Taking over the Mayfair site that was once Browns, a new British brasserie is coming to Maddox Street in the shape of Maddox Tavern.

  It's from Roger Payne's Enhanced Hospitality group, who are also behind Camden's Shaka Zulu, Black’s Club, 26 Leake Street and lots more. In the kitchen is head chef Jon Grimes, previously at Kobe Jones in Bromley and Aqua

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• The "mostly vegan" Tendril returns - popping up near Regent Street

  

  After a popular (and much extended) pop-up at The Sun and 13 Cantons, chef Rishim Sachdeva is bringing back Tendril for another pop-up (with a permanent restaurant to come too). 

  The new pop-up will be just off Regent Street (most recently where Bindas Eatery was and Stem before that). As before, it will be all about (mostly) vegan dishes using his

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• Test Driving Carlo Scotto's Amethyst - a truly unique dining experience in Mayfair

   

  Amethyst sees chef Carlo Scotto open a spectacular looking restaurant in Mayfair that's all about its tasting menu. We went down to try it out.  

• The Scotch Egg Challenge is back for 2022

  

  Updated 31/5/22 with list of competitors

  It's been three long years since we last had the pleasure of a Scotch Egg Challenge but the much fought over title is back after a pandemic lull. Now retitled the Guinea Grill Scotch Egg Challenge, and hosted at The Guinea 23 in Mayfair (opposite the pub) this will be the contest's 10th anniversary. And they've brought in a top line-up of chefs and judges to up the

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• Chatsworth is popping up at Sotheby's with a Jubilee menu

  

  Here at Hot Dinners we've long been thinking we'd love to do a trip to Derbyshire to visit Chatsworth (the alleged inspiration for Jane Austen's Pemberley in Pride and Prejudice). But it's a fair old distance from London and we just haven't got around to it yet.

  Happily for us, the team from the Duke and Devonshire's estate are making the trip down to London instead. As part of the Jubilee celebrations,

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• The Ivy Asia Mayfair comes to North Audley Street

   

  Updated 10/5/22 with opening date and booking info

  The Ivy Asia might have had a problematic history, but it's still continuing to expand in London. The brand, which in some ways is a slightly more affordable version of the same group's Sexy Fish, is opening its next

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• Test Driving The Twenty Two - a big dose of Mayfair glam (and excellent food)

  

  The Twenty Two sees ex-Picture chefs and a top front-of-house team looking to create a new scene in Mayfair. We went down to see how they're getting along. 

• Mayfair's Brown Hart Gardens is getting an Amalfi-themed terrace for summer

  

  It's been host to a rather crazy interactive installation for a few months now, but now Brown Hart Gardens is also getting a new terrace for the summer. 

  The Stripes Amalfi Terrace is taking over most of the garden and giving it an Amalfi makeover. That

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• Mr Fogg's Apothecary comes to Mayfair

   

  Mr Fogg's have opened bars across town, and now they're ready for their eighth - this time right in the heart of Mayfair, just down the road from Claridge's.

  Mr Fogg's Apothecary takes the familiar look of the other bars - it's based on Phileas Fogg, has a Victorian feel and it's designed with references to Around the World in 80 Days. It's taking over what used to be the Balls Brothers, but

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• Upstairs at 23 launches at The Guinea in Mayfair

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  Back during the days of social distancing, The Guinea in Mayfair made the clever decision to take over an old Pizza Express site across the road from the pub, to expand their dining space.

  Now, as the time they have with the site draws to a close, they've decided to have a little fun with the space. To that end, this week they're soft-launching Upstairs at 23 in the building's

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• Xier's Carlo Scotto is opening Amethyst in Mayfair

  

  26/4/22 - updated with new address

  Until fairly recently Carlo Scotto was chef-patron of Xier, a restaurant that closed during the pandemic. But Scotto isn't standing still - he's getting ready to open his next restaurant, this time in Mayfair. After originally looking at a site in Stratton Street he's now secured a spot on Sackville Street. 

  Amethyst will carry on the

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• Test Driving Apricity - Chantelle Nicholson finds a home in Mayfair

  

  After Tredwells and All's Well, Chantelle Nicholson has opened a restaurant in Mayfair which brings together a veg-forward menu and a no-waste ethos to impressive levels. We went down for a look. 

• The Dorchester Bar moves to the rooftop for a spring pop-up

  

  The Dorchester Rooftop proved to be a pretty big hit when it opened last year (although Jay Rayner wasn't a fan). The space was previously a (very expensive) apartment/suite and saw the hotel converting it into a bar and restaurant. 

  After being closed for winter (it's not blessed with a retractable roof) it's opening up again for the summer where you'll find the main bar of

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• Apricity will be Chantelle Nicholson's sustainable Mayfair restaurant

  

  11/3/21 - updated with opening details

  She closed Tredwells, but now Chantelle Nicholson is gearing up for her next opening - Apricity. 

  That name stands for "regeneration, warmth, generosity and light" and that's due to be reflected in the new restaurant which will continue the ethos of her recent Hackney pop-up "...

• Mano Mayfair sees Luciana Berry bringing Nikkei cuisine to Heddon Street

  

  Updated 7/3/22 with soft launch info

  There's a lot of change around Heddon Street at the moment. We've had the launch of Sarap, there's a David Bowie pop-up shop and we're waiting to see what's happening with the Momo

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