Mayfair

• Test Driving Gazelle Mayfair - Tony Conigliaro's bar and restaurant that's like a private members' club open to all

  Tony Conigliaro has opened a bar and restaurant in Mayfair that's an evolution of the food and drink at Dalston's Untitled, but in a far swankier setting. We head down for a look.  

• The Greenhouse in Mayfair has a new chef as Alex Dilling takes over from Arnaud Bignon

  

  It's all change at Mayfair restaurant The Greenhouse, where they've just announced a new Executive Chef. Following in the footsteps of Arnaud Bignon who returned to Greece in Spring, is Alex Dilling.

  Dilling will be joining the two Michelin-starred restaurant from his current post as Executive Corporate Chef at Hélène Darroze at The Connaught. Before that he was Chef De Cuisine at Caviar Russe in New York.

  He'll be running the kitchens at The Greenhouse

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• Sager and Wilde are taking over the Bassoon Bar at the Corinthia Hotel

  We were already excited about the upcoming Tom Kerridge restaurant at The Corinthia Hotel, but now it seems that their main bar is getting a shake-up too. Marcis Dzelzainis and Michael Sager from Sager and Wilde are taking over the Bassoon Bar.  Here's what we know...

• Mayfair's Gazelle restaurant pairs an ex-El Bulli chef with top mixologist Tony Conigliaro

  Tony Conigliaro is teaming up once more with chef Rob Roy Cameron to open a two floor restaurant and bar on Albermarle Street

• The original Mayfair Chisou is moving to a bigger spot just down the road

  

  After 16 years of business, Japanese restaurant Chisou is on the move - but they're not moving far. They're leaving their former base on Princes Street and opening up a bigger place on Woodstock Street (the same street that Neo Bistro is on). 

  The new restaurant adds a chef's table at the sushi bar, and they'll be serving "by the piece" sushi omakase there as a new addition. And they're also adding two new basement private rooms for up to 20

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• Bagatelle London opens for business on Mayfair's Dover Street

  With restaurants in all the key globetrotting hotspots - NYC, Miami, Dubai etc - a London branch was way overdue for this upscale international chain.

• Victoria Beckham launches Scott's summer terrace

  

  You've got to hand it to Caprice Holdings. They've really upped their PR game this week. Not only have they unveiled the single most Instagrammed building in London by covering the front of Annabel's in flowers for Chelsea Flower Week but they topped that by getting Victoria Beckham in to collaborate on their summer terrace at

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• Dubai’s Ruya comes to London with modern Anatolian cuisine

  Fresh from Dubai comes Ruya and chef Colin Clague, bringing some of the region’s finest traditional food given a contemporary, sophisticated twist that's well suited to the restaurant’s ritzy location.

• Bellamy's

  Classic London restaurant that's one of the Queen's favourites

• Test Driving Stem - the latest from Neo and Anglo hits Mayfair

  Mark Jarvis, the man behind Anglo and Neo Bistro has opened his third restaurant in the heart of Mayfair. We went along to try out Stem. 

• Test Driving Ollie Dabbous' HIDE

  Ollie Dabbous' HIDE is by some way one of the most hotly-anticipated restaurant openings of the year. But what's it like to actually eat there? We went to find out. 

• Wolfgang Puck is bringing a Chinois on Main pop-up to London

  

  Wolfgang Puck does like an exclusive pop-up. Last year he brought celebrity spot Spago's to London, and he's at it again. This time, it's the turn of his Santa Monica restaurant Chinois on Main, which is coming to Cut at 45 Park Lane for a three-day stint. 

  We're told it's "where Puck pioneered

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• Test Driving Beck at Brown's - classic Italian given a Michelin twist

  Three Michelin-starred chef Heinz Beck is back in London and this time he's opened a more casual restaurant at Brown's in the heart of Mayfair

• Babel House is introducing Mayfair to the delights of Odessan food

  This Mayfair restaurant takes its inspiration from the countries that surround the Black Sea, with a particular focus on Odessa - so expect a lot of seafood delivered from the market there.

• We dive into Sexy Fish's Mayfair new sustainable cocktail menu

  

  Sexy Fish, one of Mayfair's busiest and unashamedly flamboyant venues is looking to change their image (before you panic, rest assured - the wagyu gyoza aren't going anywhere). With a renewed focus on zero waste and use of sustainable ingredients, the team are now looking to step up the profile of The Bar.

  Led by Caprice Holdings' bar director Xavier Landais, The Bar at Sexy Fish has recently launched 'Cocktails to Whet your Senses', the latest edition

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