Mayfair

• Test Driving StreetXO - David Munoz comes to London

  Michelin starred chef David Munoz has landed in London with his DiverXO offshoot, StreetXO. We take it for a Test Drive. 

• Japanese meets Italian at Sumosan Twiga

  

  Sumosan Twiga will open in Sloane Street in November, after the Japanese half of the venture makes the short jump from its previous home in Mayfair. The new restaurant will serve award-winning sushi, sashimi and other high-end Japanese hot dishes alongside classic Italian. There’ll also be an express lunch bento box available for £29. 

  Japanese and Italian are a match made in heaven according to the owners, as both cuisines

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• Former Artesian mixologist Carporale pops up at Sartoria

  The Savile Row Martini.

  Updated 27/10/16 with Test Drive

  Like the sound of strong cocktails and brilliant Italian bites to accompany them? Who wouldn't? Italian mixologist Simone Caporale (who used to work at Artesian - once the World's Best Bar) is

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• Judy Joo brings a second Jinjuu to Mayfair

  

  The original Soho Jinjuu, the Korean restaurant from Judy Joo has been such a hit that a second is now on the way to Mayfair. This new space will continue her interpretation of Korean street food - with a few new dishes added too.

  Those new dishes include:

  • Joo’s Hoe Dup Bab (slices of raw and fresh seafood with signature Korean dressing)
  • Barbecued skewers – Iberico pork or prime rib-eye steak –
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• Indian luxury chain Jamavar to make British debut in Mayfair

  

  Upmarket Indian institution Jamavar will make its British debut this November, when Michelin-starred chef Rohit Ghai heads up its new Mayfair branch.

  Jamavar London’s menu will be curated by Rohit, who was former top brass at Gymkhana, and follows a six-week research mission to India. There’ll be established dishes from its sister restaurants in India, such as lobster neeruli, sindhi gosht and coconut payasam. The

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• Kiri Japanese izakaya launches in Mayfair from Chisou team

  

  Mayfair's Japanese restaurant Chisou has just opened Kiri. They're describing it as the baby of a family which also has restaurants in Knightsbridge and Chiswick. What that means in practice is that it'll serve modern Japanese dishes with some Korean influences. So you'll find Korean fried chicken alongside miso black cod and spiced sweet potato croquettes alongside hirata buns and kimchee fried rice with Japanese mushrooms.

  We're quite tempted by the sound of

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• Benares launches regional Indian street food menu

  

  Benares is paying homage to the diverse culture and heritage of Indian street food with a new menu set to launch this month at the Michelin-starred Indian restaurant and bar.

  Available from next Monday until Christmas, the street food menu features five dishes, each of which have been designed by a chef from the Benares kitchen.

  The menu is made up of dishes from every corner of India and pays homage to the diverse cuisines of each

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• Hibiscus to close in Mayfair - but plans to return

  

  We had been hearing murmurings about this one for a while - but now it's confirmed that Claude Bosi's Hibiscus is shutting its doors in Mayfair at the beginning of October. It's one of a very small group of restaurants in London with two Michelin stars, so we're not sure what caused the close (but it could well be down to the restaurant choosing to cash in what remains of its spendy Mayfair lease). 

  But that's not all from

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• New rum bar, Burlock, is coming to Duke Street

  

  Updated 13/9/16 with drink details

  A whole bunch of rum cocktails are coming to Duke Street with the latest from the people behind Opium. Called Burlock (and briefly also Plantation), the basement bar is all based around the 1920s - 40s period of Havana, so expect all the rum you can handle and a colonial style for the place itself. Alongside the rum, there will be cachaça, rhum agricole and mezcal. And apparently, a Havana style barber shop doubles

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• Test Driving Park Chinois - Alan Yau's pleasure palace in Mayfair

  Is Alan Yau's latest restaurant an overblown vanity project or great fun. Or both?

• Test Driving 34's Champagne Lover's Lunch

  Unlimited champagne makes this Mayfair spot suddenly very affordable this summer.

• The Latin American MNKY HSE comes to Dover Street

  

  The Dover Street Wine Bar may have gone, but there's news about what will be rising in its place. It'll be a Latin American restaurant and bar called MNKY HSE. Not sure where they've mislaid their vowels.

  In charge of the kitchen is Pablo Peñalosa Nájera - he's previously been at Four Seasons in Bogotá and Morimoto in Mexico City, and this is his first time opening in London. We're promised contemporary Latin American food and

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• Test Driving Galvin at the Athenaeum - The Galvins' latest hotel venture

  The Galvin Brothers' latest sees them opening a restaurant in the refurbished five-star Athenaeum. We take a look. 

• A Piccadilly classic Hatchetts is revived in Shepherd Market

  

  A new restaurant and bar is coming to Shepherd Market that pays tribute to a very old London institution. Hatchetts was originally a hotel and coffee house in Piccadilly with a reputation going all the way back to Dickens. The name's been appropriated and moved around the corner to this new restaurant and bar. Given the history of the name, expect a very classic look - lots of wood panelling and marble. 

  The man

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• Test Driving Sexy Fish salads and a whole lot of Japanese whisky

  The Mayfair's star-spotting hangout now has a sexy salad selection on offer for summer. We went to check it out