Re-launch

• 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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• Ex-Palomar chef Tomer Amedi is back in London overseeing Pascor in Kensington

  

  Last year we reported on the opening of Pascor, a new Kensington restaurant specialising in Aegean cuisine. While the name remains the same, pretty much everything else is about to change.

  The key factor in all that is the arrival of Tomer Amedi. A year or so ago, the former head chef of The

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• The Windmill in Mayfair gets a touch of The Guinea Grill magic

  If you’re a fan of the steaks, the fish and chips, and the Guinness at Mayfair pub The Guinea Grill (take a number) and often struggle to get a table, then its renowned pub manager Oisin Rogers has revealed that he’s about to spread some of the magic around.

• Napulé wineria and osteria is relaunching in Fulham with a wine and burrata bar

  

  Over in Fulham, popular pizzeria Napulé has been undergoing something of a transformation. It's about to reopen in a new guise as both a wineria and osteria.

  The front part of the restaurant has been made over as a wine bar, where you can enjoy a glass of wine with sharing taglieri, homemade burrata and aperitivo. They've been working on building relationships with, as they describe it "little Italian producers whose quality can stand the big

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• The Gun reopens in Spitalfields - same address but new building

  

  When the Spitalfields pub The Gun served its last pint in 2015, most folk thought that was the end of an institution that had been around these parts in one guise or another since the sixteenth century. But it's now resurfaced once again - opening up in the new ground floor of the London Fruit and Wool Exchange development.

  It's not the first time the pub's moved or even been rebuilt. It began life as a tavern serving the soldiers of the Artillery Ground

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• As Dinner by Heston reopens after the fire, we check out some of the new dishes being served up

  After six long months following the fire at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal is finally ready to reopen. We caught up with Chef Director Ashley Palmer-Watts to find out how exactly they've spent all that 'free' time and what's going to be on the menu when the doors have opened.

• Tamarind Mayfair prepares to reopen with Amaya and Chutney Mary head chefs on board

  

  So there was us thinking that London's Indian restaurant scene was at peak excitement with the opening this Autumn of Kahani, Kricket White City and the new Gunpowder at Tower Bridge not to mention the imminent openings of Kutir, Farzi Cafe and London Jukebox.

  But then we heard about what was going on at Tamarind Mayfair. The Mayfair spot closed its doors eight months ago for a major refit. When it reopens next month it'll not only have a swish

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• Henrietta Bistro will take over from Ollie Dabbous at the Henrietta Hotel

  As Ollie Dabbous focuses his attention on his new restaurant Hide, the boutique hotel where he ran Henrietta will now be opening a more informal restaurant with the former Head Chef of Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels at the helm.

• Camden boozer The Good Mixer gets a makeover from The Magic Roundabout team

  Expect live music, top beer and plenty of pies at this iconic North London pub's revival.

• Kentish Town's Neighbour is reinventing itself as a beer and burger bar

  

  They've been closed all week but now we know what Neighbour in Kentish Town has been planning. They're switching their offering and turning into more of a burger joint.

  In a Facebook post today the neighbourhood spot said: "We try our best to be great neighbours, and great neighbours listen to what their neighbours want. You guys spoke - we listened!"

  To that end they're going to expand their range of burgers from the current one on the menu to

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• Marcus Wareing opens George's Bar at The Gilbert Scott

  

  Opening today with a swanky new look courtesy of the David Collins Studio, is the bar at Marcus Wareing's The Gilbert Scott. And it has a new name and menu to match its elegant redesign.

  George's Bar - it's named after the building’s original architect, Sir George Gilbert Scott - was already pretty impressive looking, but it really does look gorgeous now. And to match the surroundings, the cocktail menu's had a going over too.

  Bar Manager, Dav Eames's

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• The Truscott Arms returns with Racine’s Henry Harris leading the kitchen

  It was a tragic day when The Truscott Arms was forced to close, and not just for lovers of its famous roasts. Now, the upmarket boozer is back to great fanfare, and not least of all because the former head chef of top Kensington French restaurant Racine will be leading the charge…

• The Clifton in St John will reopen as a modern all-day gastropub

  

  What: The Clifton

  In a nutshell: The Clifton in St John's Wood is saved and reopening as a new pub.

  Summing it all up: Haggis sausage rolls, Wild Grouse ketchup and roast cod with arrocina beans will be some of the dishes on offer to those who visit The Clifton, St John’s Wood’s newest pub.

• Dotori in Finsbury Park is reopening

  

  There are waves of excitement are rippling over north London this week following news that the Korean restaurant Dotori is about to reopen.

  The beloved Finsbury Park restaurant, which was always notoriously busy throughout its eight year run, shut unexpectedly in summer last year. The closure was made even more mysterious by the fact it followed a lengthy period of refurbishment, including refitting the basement to accommodate more diners, which were never in short

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• Teppanyaki specialists Matsuri St James to reopen as Onodera

  

  It’s all change for Matsuri St James as it finally shuts up shop for the last time after 23 years, reopening its doors several months and £2.5m later with a brand new name and menu.

  The new restaurant, called Onodera, will branch off from its predecessor’s signature teppanyaki dish of meat and veg, cooked on a flat iron grill Japanese style. The new menu will offer a much broader range of Japanese delicacies, with a modern twist. There’ll be a considerable sake list,

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