Mayfair

• Willem Dafoe gets a Mayfair pub named after him

  

  As autumn arrives, the drinks brands' marketing budget shoots up in preparation for Christmas, and that usually means we get some mad pop-ups and events in the last few months of the year. This latest venture certainly fits into that mould.

  The Barley Mow in Mayfair has teamed up with Laphroaig Whisky and none other than Willem Dafoe for their current stunt. It's to tie in with ...

• Bonheur by Matt Abé is the restaurant replacing Le Gavroche

  

  23/9/25 - updated with an opening date and more details

  We've known for a while that Restaurant Gordon Ramsay chef Matt Abé was taking on the old Le Gavroche site (snapped up by Gordon himself), and now we have a name: Bonheur by Matt Abé. The chef was a key

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• The London Hilton on Park Lane adds a sushi bar to its line-up with 99 Sushi

  

  The Hilton on Park Lane has been going through a lot of changes of late on the dining side of things. On the lower ground floor, there's the new Mr Porter steakhouse, while on the opposite end of the building, up on the top floor, ...

• Test Driving Lilibet's, hospitality fit for a Queen at this new Mayfair seafood restaurant

  

  Mayfair's key seafood spots have a new rival in Lilibet's, a glamorous arrival from an experienced restaurateur that sets great store by its old school approach to hospitality. 

• New York's Carbone is coming to London

  

  Carbone is definitely coming to London. Recently submitted planning information shows that the famous New York restaurant is the second restaurant to open in the Chancery Rosewood next year. 

• Michelin-starred chef Michael Caines is opening his first restaurant in London

  

  12/8/25 - Updated with opening details

  Chef Michael Caines won a Michelin star for his restaurant at Lympstone Manor, and has previously held two stars at Gidleigh Park. Now he's getting ready to open his first restaurant in London, Michael Caines at The Stafford. 

  This has all come about because Lympstone Manor has joined The Stafford Collection

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• Lilibet's is an extra looking new seafood spot taking over the late Queen Elizabeth's birthplace

  

  If you're bored of seeing London restaurants all following the same design playbook, then the arrival of a new seafood restaurant in Mayfair is going to make you sit up and pay attention. Lilibet's is taking over a building in Mayfair that has historical significance. It was the birthplace of the late Queen Elizabeth. And it's to her that this new restaurant turns as a muse.

  Behind it is restaurateur Ross Shonhan, who founded the

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• Lisa Goodwin-Allen joins The Beaumont, launching new restaurant Rosi

  

  28/8/25 - updated with the opening date

  Just after Lisa Goodwin-Allen rejoined Northcote, after making a surprise departure announcement just two months prior (being sold to new owners helped with that), she also announced she was to open a new restaurant at The Beaumont, called Rosi. Now we have more details about what's planned. 

  It's not her first London

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• Georgian restaurant DakaDaka is taking over the 10 Heddon Street space in Mayfair

  

  It's been a while since we've seen a new restaurant launch at 10 Heddon Street, the space that once held Manteca, Fallow and Sarap as residencies. The residency days are behind it now and instead, it's relaunching as a permanent Georgian restaurant, DakaDaka. 

  It's the first restaurant from new hospitality group Berkeley Square Hospitality. That comes

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• The Grill at the Dorchester brings in ex-Claridge's chef Martyn Nail to relaunch the restaurant

  

  Earlier this year, Chef Tom Booton revealed that after six years, he was stepping down from The Grill at The Dorchester, about a year after the restaurant was renamed to The Grill by Tom Booton. Well, as the chef has now departed, the restaurant is getting back its original name, and a new chef at the top. 

  Now in charge of The Grill at the

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• Here are all the restaurants and bars opening at the huge new Chancery Rosewood hotel

  

  The opening of The Chancery Rosewood is nearly upon us. Not since the opening of The OWO has such a large endeavour been launched, but unlike that hotel, most of these restaurants here are opening at the same time. 

• Scandinavian restaurant Punk Royale brings its caviar bumps to Mayfair

  

  13/8/25 - updated with launch details

  They've been here before in the guise of a pop-up at Carousel, but now Punk Royale is coming to London for their first permanent restaurant outside of Scandinavia. 

  The restaurant is taking a space in Mayfair that recently held two restaurants - Amethyst and London Stock. Neither of those survived long, so it's a

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• Akira Back and the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair have gone their separate ways

  

  These are testing times for big name chefs. Following in the wake of so many being let go from their prestigious dining spots at Harrods comes another top-level departure. This time it's Michelin-starred chef Akira Back, whose partnership with the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair has ended

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• Test Driving Shanghai Me, high-rise in Mayfair meets high-end prices

  

  The restaurant at the top of the Park Lane Hilton has transformed into the high-end pan-Asian Shanghai Me. We popped up to the 28th floor to see just how the new restaurant and bar are settling in.

• Berenjak brings its Persian cuisine to Mayfair

  

  1 August 2025 - updated with new early 2026 opening window

  They have restaurants in Soho and Borough Market (not to mention as far afield as Doha and Dubai) and next up for Berenjak is Mayfair. As revealed on their own Instagram page, they're taking on a space on Duke Street right next to The Barley Mow (it's a new development so there hasn't been a restaurant there

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