Mayfair

• Cheeky overnight: we check out The Beaumont

  Cocktails in The Cub Room, a ride in the hotel Daimler - we'd happily move in let alone check into The Beaumont.
  
  

• The May Fair Bar re-opens after a big revamp

  

  Reopening today after a major makeover, just in time for London Fashion Week, is The May Fair Bar at the May Fair Hotel. The swanky new look bar will feature its own range of signature martinis, a new menu of small plates and a new brunch menu.

  Hot Dinners got a sneak preview of the menu and bar in advance of today's opening. On the breakfast menu, along with all manner of juices and smoothies you'll find dishes like Omelette

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• Yoshihiro Murata returns to London with Tokimeitē in Mayfair

  

  He may hold seven Michelin stars across his three Japanese restaurants, but top chef Yoshihiro Murata found the London market slightly harder to break into than he may have expected. His first attempt, in 2012, with Chrysan lasted just six months. But the chef has brushed himself off and returned to these shores for a second venture.

  Tokimeitē will open this autumn in Mayfair and is owned by JA Zen-Noh Group which is the business arm of Japan’s largest agricultural

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• 8 Mount Street takes over from Le Chabanais

  

  It's au revoir to the Parisian brigade of Inaki Aizpitarte and his partners and bonjour to a new team at the restaurant formerly known as Le Chabanais. The Mayfair spot is now being renamed as 8 Mount Street and reopens today with a completely new chef and management.

  Taking over the kitchens is head chef Adrian Miller .Running front of house will be Scott McCaig (previously at Hix at the Albermarle) who'll be taking over from Kevin Lansdowne who has also

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• High-end Indian food in Mayfair - Test Driving Chutney Mary's move to St James

  We head along to try the newly revamped and relocated Chutney Mary in St James and spot some familiar locals too...

• Francesco Mazzei joins Mayfair's Sartoria restaurant as Chef Patron

  

  7/8/15 - updated with closing and reopening dates

  Well we've been wondering where Francesco Mazzei would turn up, having left his City restaurant L'anima in Spring after seven years in the kitchen there. Today we have news that he's going to be chef patron of Sartoria restaurant on Savile Row in Mayfair.

  Sartoria will shut for an extensive refurbishment from August 31 with plans to relaunch later this year. When it re-opens, he'll be serving dishes

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• Chutney Mary Revamped high-end Indian
• Sackville's brings a meat and truffle-based menu to Mayfair

  

  Updated 13/7/15 with soft opening details

  Like meat? Like truffles? Then you should probably make a date in your diary to visit Sackville's when it opens in Mayfair next week. This new bar and grill has a menu focusing on meat and black truffles. Chef Wayne Dixon is the former senior sous chef of Gordon Ramsay’s Maze Grill. He'll be sourcing all of the truffles from Istria in Croatia.

  There will be five poshed up burgers including George’s

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• Test Driving the classics at Hibiscus

  Hibiscus is celebrating its 15th anniversary. We went down to see what one of London's rare two Michelin-starred restaurant has to show for that time. 

• Parisian bistronomy hits London - we Test Drive Le Chabanais

  One of Paris's hottest restaurants has landed in London. We check in to see how they're faring this side of the Channel.  

• Mayfair dining with an Irish twist - Test Driving Corrigan's Mayfair

  Corrigan's is Irish chef Richard Corrigan's flagship restaurant in London. We head to the heart of Mayfair for a Classic Test Drive.