Mayfair

• First look: Hélène Darroze at The Connaught reopens after 10th birthday makeover

  

  Two months after closing for a major refurbishment to coincide with the restaurant's 10th birthday, Hélène Darroze at The Connaught has now reopened with quite the new look.

  Hot Dinners popped down for a preview dinner at the weekend to check out the work of Parisian design team Pierre Yovanovitch Architecture d’Intérieur and to try out Helene's new menu for the restaurant.

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• Le Deli Robuchon and Le Comptoir Robuchon are opening in Mayfair

  

  Following the death of Joël Robuchon last year, his famed London restaurant L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon also shut its doors this year. At the time, however, there was talk that the restaurant would appear in another guise in Mayfair, and that's definitely the case - but it appears that it's launching with two distinct parts.

  Both will be part of the new 7 Clarges Street development, a new building of

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• Five must-try dishes and drinks to try at the Ella Canta bottomless weekend brunch

  Londoners looking for a brunch with a bit of a kick should head on over to Ella Canta on Park Lane where top chef Martha Ortiz has created a menu that takes you on a taste tour of Mexico. And if the dishes here don't seal the deal, then knowing you'll get bottomless margaritas or sparkling wine* to pep up your brunch plans surely will.

• Adam Byatt takes over Brown's with Charlie's restaurant

  

  Best known for his Michelin-starred Trinity in Clapham, Adam Byatt is taking on the food at classic hotel Brown's in Mayfair with Charlie's. There will be some trolley action too. 

• Lewis Hamilton gets into the plant-based burger biz with Neat Burger

  Already one of the more famous vegans, Lewis Hamilton is now opening his very own plant-based burger restaurant, Neat Burger, just off Regent Street. 

• Test Driving Chris Leach and David Carter at 10 Heddon Street - a marvellous mashup of Britain and Italy

  

  The first residency to take over the old Magpie space at 10 Heddon Street is by the former head chef of Kitty Fisher's and the owner of Smokestak. A match made in heaven? We went to find out.

• Test Driving Theo Randall at The Intercontinental

  

  In our ongoing series of celebrating London's classic restaurants, we went to check out Theo Randall at the Intercontinental on London's Park Lane.

• 10º is the new-look bar at Galvin at Windows

  

  Updated 3/9/19 with images

  The Galvin at Windows bar has had one of the best views in London during its 13 years and it's always been pretty much one of the best bars in the area. Plus, it's often blessed with the presence of the mighty Fred Sirieix, who makes everything better. 

  Now the bar is getting a revamp which they're calling "an evolution, re-branding and re-naming of the bar".  The

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• Taking over from Magpie will be Chris Leach and David Carter at 10 Heddon Street

  David Carter from Smokestake and Chris Leach of Petersham Nurseries are opening a modern Italian in the heart of Piccadilly 

• Stampa on Davies Street is a new budget pasta spot for Mayfair

  No more wandering around Mayfair looking for somewhere that won't break the budget to eat at - this Roman-style pasta spot is promising fresh pasta at a less punchy price.

• Tamarind restaurant group unfairly dismissed whistleblowing staff over concerns about chicken stock in halal and vegetarian dishes

  

  You know that thing, when you can see a storm on the horizon, thundering closer and closer? Well that's probably how the restaurant group Tamarind must be feeling right now.

  An explosive news story appeared this morning in trade title The

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• Gordon Ramsay is opening Lucky Cat in Mayfair

  

  Gordon Ramsay's first new restaurant for years in London will be inspired by 1930s Tokyo drinking dens - it'll take over the spot where Maze was on Grosvenor Square.

• Helene Darroze at the Connaught is getting a big refurb for its tenth anniversary

  

  Already one of London's very few two-Michelin-starred restaurants, Helene Darroze's restaurant at the Connaught is about to get a big new refit. Coming a couple of years after The Connaught's last big change - launching Jean Georges' restaurant - this will see the restaurant close for two months for "full refurbishment and modernisation".

  It's coming just as the restaurant celebrates its 10 year

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• Moncks of Dover Street is a new Mayfair brasserie from the Park Chinois team

  This Mayfair brasserie comes from the same people who are behind Park Chinois. Expect a classic European brasserie in plush settings. 

• Jason Atherton is opening The Betterment at The Biltmore hotel in Mayfair

  We hear that Jason Atherton has been lined up to run all the food side of things at this new London hotel - right opposite his old boss Gordon Ramsay's new restaurant