Mayfair

• Test Driving Dovetale - chef Tom Sellers goes big in Mayfair

  

  Tom Sellers' second restaurant opening of 2023 sees him opening a grand restaurant in Mayfair's hippest new hotel. We head down to see what the Michelin-starred chef has cooked up.

• Test Driving Pavyllon - top French chef Yannick Alléno takes on London

  

  Yannick Alléno is a hugely influential chef in France with multiple Michelin stars to his name. Pavyllon sees him bringing his cooking to London - we went down to try it out. 

• Chef Tom Sellers is opening Dovetale in Mayfair

  

  13/07/23 - updated with more details

  You couldn't really get more of a prime London spot to open a restaurant than the corner of Piccadilly and Berkeley Street, so Tom Sellers has chosen well for his next venture. The chef behind two Michelin-starred Restaurant Story, is opening Dovetale at the upcoming 1 Hotel Mayfair. It's the hotel group's first UK hotel and they say it's going to

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• Tendril (mostly) Vegan Kitchen & Bar goes permanent in Mayfair

  

  7/7/23 - updated with the opening date

  Rishim Sachdeva has been popping up with his Tendril restaurant in a couple of spaces, but now he's getting ready to launch the restaurant in its permanent home. 

  He describes the restaurant as "mostly vegan" and that's coming through in the new name - Tendril (mostly) Vegan Kitchen & Bar. The permanent

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• The Dorchester rooftop bar is reopening with an English country garden makeover

  

  You know it's definitely summer when The Dorchester reopens its rooftop bar. This year the space will bring the English country garden vibes and serve up an all-day brunch menu by the hotel's culinary director Martyn Nail (ex-Claridge's).

  Brunch, Dorchester-style, means dishes like caviar, oysters and fruit de mer, grilled Cornish lobster fregola, côte de boeuf and truffle

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• Test Driving Claridge's Restaurant - a new era for the Mayfair hotel's dining scene

  

  After 18 months closure, Claridge's has a new restaurant called... Claridges Restaurant. We were first in the door to look at the new room and try the new menu. 

• Anya Hindmarch's Ice Cream Project is back - this year's flavours include Branston pickle and petit pois

  

  Last year, the launch of Anya Cafe's ice cream pop-up from Anya Hindmarch caused a bit of a stir. Rather than use plain old flavours like vanilla, they had mayonnaise, ketchup and even Lee and Perrins Worcestershire sauce.

  Well, it proved to be something of a hit (TikTok certainly helped) and now they're back with another helping for

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• Claridge's have reopened their restaurant as... Claridge's Restaurant

  

  It's been almost eighteen months since Claridge's hotel in Mayfair closed their Davies and Brook restaurant following a disagreement with chef Daniel Humm over the direction it was going in (he wanted to go fully vegan, they weren't so sure). Now, very quietly, the hotel has reopened their signature restaurant space.

  In charge of things as Head Chef is Coalin Finn. He's was at Davies & Brook as

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• Yannick Alleno is also opening Bar Antoine in London

  

  We've known for some time that multi-Michelin-starred chef Yannick Alleno was opening a top-tier restuarant, Pavyllon, in London (they're apparently deep in soft opening mode right now). But news that he's also going to be running a bar alongside that surprisedlu us today.

  Bar Antoine, named after the chef's late son, sounds like it might be just the place to try some of Alleno's cooking, without the

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• Test Driving The Grill by Tom Booton at The Dorchester - a restaurant that's so much more just a grill

  

  The Grill at The Dorchester has had a light rebrand to The Grill by Tom Booton, to showcase their star chef. We went down to see just what the grill is cooking up right now.  

• Sushi Kanesaka brings omakase to 45 Park Lane

  

  We're still a little surprised when it happens but occasionally the odd restaurant does manage to launch in a fairly stealthy fashion. The latest of those is Sushi Kanesaka which is opening at 45 Park Lane, the hotel right opposite The Dorchester. 

  It comes from top sushi chef Shinji Kanesaka who also has a two-Michelin-starred restaurant by the same name in Tokyo. The London

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• Yannick Alléno is opening Pavyllon London at the Four Seasons on Park Lane

  

  Updated 2/6/23 with the opening date

  After a while, all roads lead to London. Chefs across the globe may open their multi-Michelin-starred restaurants wherever they choose, but it does appear that to be considered a truly global culinary star, they need to have a London outpost to cement their reputation. In recent years we've had Scandinavian giants Niklas Ekstedt and Björn

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• Test Driving 20 Berkeley - high-end British food in a Mayfair townhouse

   

  20 Berkeley sees the team behind Sumi and Humo try their hand at "sophisticated British dining" in Mayfair. We went down to their townhouse to check it out. 

• It's all change for The Dorchester with The Grill by Tom Booton opening

  

  For the past 92 years, the Grill at The Dorchester on Park Lane has been known as just that, The Grill. But now they're ringing in several changes by switching that up to The Grill By Tom Booton, naming it after the restaurant's Executive Chef for the first time.

  Booton, who joined the restaurant back in 2019 (he was previously at Alyn Williams), has been hard at work on a brand new

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• 20 Berkeley is coming to Mayfair

  

  2/5/23 - updated with the opening date and details of the menu

  The group behind Sumi and the recently opened Humo have a new restaurant on the horizon - 20 Berkeley. 

  It's taking over a space on the corner of Berkeley Street and being billed as offering "a sophisticated dining

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