Mayfair

• Test Driving Chris Leach and David Carter at 10 Heddon Street - a marvellous mashup of Britain and Italy

  

  The first residency to take over the old Magpie space at 10 Heddon Street is by the former head chef of Kitty Fisher's and the owner of Smokestak. A match made in heaven? We went to find out.

• Test Driving Theo Randall at The Intercontinental

  

  In our ongoing series of celebrating London's classic restaurants, we went to check out Theo Randall at the Intercontinental on London's Park Lane.

• 10º is the new-look bar at Galvin at Windows

  

  Updated 3/9/19 with images

  The Galvin at Windows bar has had one of the best views in London during its 13 years and it's always been pretty much one of the best bars in the area. Plus, it's often blessed with the presence of the mighty Fred Sirieix, who makes everything better. 

  Now the bar is getting a revamp which they're calling "an evolution, re-branding and re-naming of the bar".  The

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• Taking over from Magpie will be Chris Leach and David Carter at 10 Heddon Street

  David Carter from Smokestake and Chris Leach of Petersham Nurseries are opening a modern Italian in the heart of Piccadilly 

• Stampa on Davies Street is a new budget pasta spot for Mayfair

  No more wandering around Mayfair looking for somewhere that won't break the budget to eat at - this Roman-style pasta spot is promising fresh pasta at a less punchy price.

• Tamarind restaurant group unfairly dismissed whistleblowing staff over concerns about chicken stock in halal and vegetarian dishes

  

  You know that thing, when you can see a storm on the horizon, thundering closer and closer? Well that's probably how the restaurant group Tamarind must be feeling right now.

  An explosive news story appeared this morning in trade title The

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• Gordon Ramsay is opening Lucky Cat in Mayfair

  

  Gordon Ramsay's first new restaurant for years in London will be inspired by 1930s Tokyo drinking dens - it'll take over the spot where Maze was on Grosvenor Square.

• Helene Darroze at the Connaught is getting a big refurb for its tenth anniversary

  

  Already one of London's very few two-Michelin-starred restaurants, Helene Darroze's restaurant at the Connaught is about to get a big new refit. Coming a couple of years after The Connaught's last big change - launching Jean Georges' restaurant - this will see the restaurant close for two months for "full refurbishment and modernisation".

  It's coming just as the restaurant celebrates its 10 year

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• Moncks of Dover Street is a new Mayfair brasserie from the Park Chinois team

  This Mayfair brasserie comes from the same people who are behind Park Chinois. Expect a classic European brasserie in plush settings. 

• Jason Atherton is opening The Betterment at The Biltmore hotel in Mayfair

  We hear that Jason Atherton has been lined up to run all the food side of things at this new London hotel - right opposite his old boss Gordon Ramsay's new restaurant

• Scott's new private dining room has paintings by Renoir and Chagall on the walls

  

  From this month, there's a new way to showcase your wealth and influence in London. Scott's Restaurant in Mayfair is throwing open the doors to a private dining room designed to put most of the others into the shade. The Platinum Arowana Room has had £6m lavished on its interiors. So if you (and up to seven of your best mates) would like to dine surrounded by paintings by Renoir, Miró, Chagall, Pissarro and more, then this is where to

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• Gymkhana restaurant closed by a massive fire

  

  One of London's top Indian restaurants, Gymkhana in Mayfair, was the centre of attention yesterday for all the wrong reasons when a huge fire broke out mid afternoon. It took firefighters more than two hours to get the blaze under control, which appears to have been caused by a ventilation fire in the restaurant's kitchen.

  Gymkhana Indian Resturant on fire in

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• Inside Prada's glossy new London bakery Marchesi 1824 in Mayfair

  

  It's been a go-to patisserie in Milan since the 19th century - it joined the Prada group in 2014 - and now Marchesi 1824 has opened its doors in London, on Mount Street to be exact. The new pastry shop will be open all day, serving Mayfair folk with top quality coffee and fine pastries, opening into the early evening for cocktails. Hot Dinners popped along for a look on the opening day - here's what we found:

• Test Driving the Guinea Grill's breakfast menu - all you could ever want from a cooked breakfast

  The Guinea Grill already has a great reputation for steaks and more grilled meats. But how does that translate to breakfast? We went along to find out. 

• Kwant is a hot new cocktail bar by Erik Lorincz underneath Momo

  

  After a huge revamp earlier this year, followed by a rave review by Fay Maschler, there's a lot going on at Momo at the moment. And now they've gone one step further, opening a separate cocktail bar downstairs,

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