Mayfair

• Fallow will be the next 10 Heddon Street residency

  Fallow are Jack Croft and Will Murray, who met while they were both working at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal and they're very much followers of a "nose to tail" and "root to stem" cooking approach with a big focus on no/low waste. 

• Iconic restaurant The Connaught Grill is returning to The Connaught

  Carving out space on the hotel's ground floor, The Connaught is bringing back its legendary restaurant The Connaught Grill with Jean-Georges Vongerichten providing a modern take on grill room classics.

• Test Driving Pacific - Shaun Presland's popup at 10 Heddon Street

  

  Aussie chef Shaun Presland is the latest chef to pop up for a residency at 10 Heddon Street. We went along to try his much-vaunted take on sushi. 

• Test Driving Davies and Brook at Claridges - Daniel Humm's restaurant is well worth the wait

  Daniel Humm has opened London's most eagerly anticipated new restaurant. How does it shape up? We went along to find out. 

• Theo Randall's top tips on Italian cooking and wine

   

  We catch up with top chef Theo Randall for five key lessons about cooking - the Italian way. 

• Eleven Madison Park's Daniel Humm is taking over at Claridge's with Davies and Brook

  This sees Daniel Humm take over the main restaurant at Claridge's. With his Eleven Madison Park regularly touted as one of the very best restaurants in New York (not to mention topping the World's 50 Best list), the expectations for this London opening are sky-high.

• 34 restaurant in Mayfair goes OTT on the Christmas decorations

  

  If you're the kind of person who goes full-on crazy for Christmas, then you'll be wanting to stop by Mayfair restaurant 34 at some point over the festive period. As this picture shows they've got ever so slightly OTT with their decorations this year.

  The installation called Miracle at 34 has turned the restaurant interior into something resembling a major shop's Christmas department, featuring no fewer than 14,000 decorations and 8.400

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• Claridge's have a Christian Louboutin Christmas train carriage in their lobby for cocktails and bar snacks

  

  For their tenth annual Christmas tree unveiling, Claridge's have completely outdone themselves. This year, the tree - designed by shoemaker to the stars Christian Louboutin - comes complete with a festive train carriage you can dine in.

  The Loubi Express takes up the section of the hotel's lobby under the stairs. Looking for the world like something you'd see an animated Tom Hanks welcoming you aboard, the

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• Test Driving Mercato Mayfair - the glamorous new food hall in a Grade I listed church

  

  Mayfair's first food hall is, as you might imagine, a glamorous affair. Set in a Grade I listed church it has everything from a crypt wine bar to pizzeria, roof terrace and grocery store. We went to check it out.

• Test Driving Le Comptoir Robuchon - the legacy of Joel Robuchon lives on in Mayfair

  Le Comptoir Robuchon in Mayfair aims to keep the legacy of Joel Robuchon alive. We head down to try it out (and their amazing pureed potato). 

• Mercato Mayfair brings the vibe of Mercato Metropolitano into the heart of the West End

   

  Update: See our Test Drive of Mercato Mayfair here

  We'll be honest with you, it's been over a year since we first announced details of Mercato Mayfair - the second market from the folk behind Mercato Metropolitano. Since then things had gone so

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• Shaun Presland's Pacific is the next 10 Heddon Street residency, serving up a contemporary Japanese menu

  

  Updated 5/11/19 with menu and opening date

  Chris Leach and David Carter excellent residency at 10 Heddon Street is over (but they'll be back in another permanent location soon). And that means it's time for

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• Waiter suspended at Brown's Hotel after asking Emma Thompson for a selfie

  

  It's been a bad few days for a senior waiter at Charlie's at Brown's Hotel in Mayfair this week. According to The Sunday Times, having approached diner Emma Thompson for a selfie and been turned down, the waiter was summarily

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• Test Driving Jason Atherton's The Betterment

  Jason Atherton now has an entire London hotel to cater for. We went along to try his new restaurant The Betterment and the Pine bar too.  

• IT Ibiza comes to London, taking over a Mayfair gallery space

  Dinner, aperitivo, art and Balearic DJs arrive on the ever-changing Mayfair restaurant scene from Ibiza.