Whitehall

• Francesco Mazzei is opening a new restaurant at Corinthia London

  

  London's top hotels do like getting a named chef to run their restaurants, from Jean-Georges at The Connaught and The Emory to Tom Kerridge at Corinthia London's Kerridge's Grill. Now, the Corinthia London has announced a shake-up for its second restaurant. What's currently The Northall is about to get a full overhaul by Italian chef Francesco Mazzei. 

  Mazzei is probably

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• Test Driving Kioku by Endo - the sushi master takes over the rooftop of The OWO with a spectacular restaurant

  

  Kioku by Endo has opened at the top of the spectacular building that's The OWO in Whitehall. We went up to the rooftop to see if Endo Kazutoshi is the one to open the hit that The OWO really needs.  

• Corinthia London is taking its Velvet bar outdoors with a Campari popup this summer

  

  Back in the dark days of Covid when London was coming out of its second lockdown The Corinthia London surprised us all by discovering a hidden garden rooftop space for a summer pop-up by its celebrity restaurateur and chef Tom Kerridge.

  Now they've decided to revisit that space with

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• Endo Kazutoshi opens Kioku by Endo restaurant and bar at The OWO

  

  24/4/24 - updated with opening details

  The (nearly) last piece of the puzzle that is The OWO is coming into place. The prime spot in the refurbished Old War Office, the rooftop, is being taken up by top chef Endo Kazutoshi, who will be opening Kioku by Endo there. 

  Kioku, is the Japanese word for memory. The restaurant, Endo says, "will combine

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• Test Driving Café Lapérouse - a Parisian import to Whitehall

  

  The glamorous offshoot of a classic Paris restaurant has arrived at The OWO in London. We went to check it out.

• Milan's Paper Moon comes to London as part of The OWO on Whitehall

  

  2/10/23 - Updated with details of the menu and new images

  Paper Moon is the first restaurant to open at The OWO that's outside of the main Raffles hotel. The high-end Italian restaurant hails from Milan, with the original opening there in 1977 and they also have restaurants in Doha, The Algarve, Hong Kong and more. They say that the space in London has been designed around the

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• Here are all the restaurants and bars opening at The OWO

  

  Many of London's well-known historic buildings have been turned into hotels (work is also apace on Admiralty Arch and the

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• Café Lapérouse is coming to London, opening at the OWO in Whitehall

  

  23/9/23 - Updated with the opening date

  It's all hotting up at the OWO. The massive revamp of the Old War Office, adds a new Raffles hotel to London not to mention upcoming restaurants from Mirazur's Mauro Colagreco as well as the arrival of

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• The Guards Bar and Lounge brings Singapore Slings and high-end cognac to Raffles London at the OWO

  

  We're gearing up for the launch of The OWO and Raffles London at The OWO which, as you'll have read here, is packed full of new bars and restaurants. The latest we're hearing about is The Guards Bar and Lounge which is the first of two bars opening on the hotel side.

  It's

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• Milan's Langosteria seafood restaurant is the latest to join The OWO

  

  The OWO is going to be a big new opening. AKA The Old War Office, the building is headed up by a Raffles hotel but it's also adding nine new restaurants and three bars. They're quite the bunch too, including Mirazur's Mauro Colagreco, Milan restaurant Paper Moon, the Parisian Café Lapérouse and Endo Kazutoshi's rooftop restaurant. 

  Next to join them is another Milan restaurant, Langosteria, which is being described as a "fashion-world haunt" in its original location.

• Test Driving Velvet - the Corinthia London's louche new cocktail bar

  

  This new bar at this Whitehall hotel showcases the many talents of top mixologist Salvatore Calabrese. We popped in for a tipple or two.

• Cocktail maestro Salvatore Calabrese is opening Velvet bar at Corinthia London

  

  There's no safer way to ensure the successful launch of your bar in London than to secure the services of Salvatore Calabrese. Also known as The Maestro, Salvatore came to fame with his legendary martinis at Duke's Hotel and, more recently, was behind the drinks list at the Donovan Bar at Browns Hotel in Mayfair.

  Now it's the turn of Corinthia London to bask in Salvatore's reflected glory. He's been

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• Test Driving The Garden - Corinthia London's alfresco restaurant

  

  Restaurants are finally open again (outside) and Corinthia London has a brand new menu and look for its courtyard restaurant with food by chef André Garrett. We went down there for our first post-lockdown meal.

• Test Driving The Northall - where a bit of luxury never goes amiss

  

  The second restaurant at the Corinthia London is far from an also-ran as chef Andre Garrett proves with his seasonal, luxury take on the best of British and European produce.

• James Corden and Chris Hemsworth are battling waiters for The Late Show at The Northall

  

  You may have been aware of the fact that James Corden is currently in London filming for The Late Show. But if you were lucky enough to have been staying or eating at the Northall restaurant at the Corinthia this week, you might also have got to appear on the show.

  Corden brought his friend Chris Hemsworth to the restaurant just off Trafalgar Square for a waiter battle. He and Chris would see who could be the best

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