St James

• Test Driving Sael - Jason Atherton revitalises St James's Market

  

  During a very prolific time for the chef, Jason Atherton's new St James restaurant Sael is looking to add a bit of glamour to St James's Market. We went down to see how his first brand new restaurant of 2024 was shaping up. 

• Eastern-Med-inspired Claro comes to London

  

  A new Eastern Med restaurant is coming to London, this one having originally started in Tel Aviv. The London version of Claro is landing in St James, opening in the building that once held Villandry.

  It comes from chef Ran Shmueli, the owner and founder of the group, and the restaurant is billed as serving up "contemporary Mediterranean food with Middle Eastern influences." The London menu hasn't been

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• Jason Atherton is opening Sael British brasserie in St James's Market

  

  Jason Atherton is teaming up with his wife, Ihra Atherton, for Sael brasserie which we're told it will celebrate "all things British".

• Bistrot at Wild Honey takes the bistronomy movement to Pall Mall

  

  It might be situated in the heart of the British establishment, opposite the Institute of Directors and across the road from The Athenaeum but chef Anthony Demetre's new bistrot on Pall Mall is a going to be a lovely slice of Paris in London. Called Bistrot at Wild Honey, it's taking over the lower level entrance space to the restaurant.

  Dubbed a 'little sister' to Demetre's Michelin-starred restaurant the new space is a

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• The best restaurants and bars in St James

  

  More exclusive than Mayfair and with more history packed into its streets than almost any other part of London, St James is one of London’s hidden gems worth exploring. From historic shops to its mix of modern and classic restaurants and bars, here’s our pick of the best places to check out.

• Test Driving Arlington - Le Caprice is back in a new guise and hotter than ever

  

  Jeremy King's return to the London restaurant scene sees him reviving what was Le Caprice as Arlington. We went down to try London's hottest restaurant.  

• Jeremy King is reopening Le Caprice as Arlington

  

  Updated 28/2/24 with the opening date

  Jeremy King is about to have a very busy 2024. The well-known restaurateur who opened The Wolseley, The Delaunay, Brasserie Zedel is opening three restaurants this year and the first of them is something of a remake - as he's taken over the old Le Caprice site in St James. He can't actually call it by its previous name (after all, Caring may be bringing Le Caprice back),

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• Fowl sees the Fallow team launching a pop up chicken shop

  

  We've heard murmurings of something new coming from Fallow but while we wait to hear about that, they've a new offshoot that's almost next door to their St James restaurant.

  Inside St James's Market, they've taken over what was The Beau Brummell, a relatively short-lived pub from Cubitt House. The pop up is called Fowl, and is promising to be a "chicken shop like no other" and in keeping with their

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• Test Driving the new Fallow breakfast - starting the day like royalty

  

  From viral pastries to sustainable takes on avo on toast, the new Fallow breakfast is worth seeking out.

• House of Ming Chinese restaurant comes to London via New Delhi

  

  House of Ming is a Chinese restaurant that's big in New Delhi - and now it's opening in London. Like its Indian sibling, the restaurant is opening in a Taj Hotel, The St James's Court (you'll find that in Westminster). 

  With a focus on Sichuan and Cantonese cuisine, it looks like being a luxury affair with a menu that includes:

  • Prawn truffle siu
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• The Southern-style Americana comes to Haymarket

  

  Southern food is making a return to central London - in a somewhat unexpected guise. Americana launched a couple of weeks back, taking over a big ex-Byron site and seems a pretty large restaurant to open with little fanfare. 

  It's billed as serving "Authentic Southern American soul food and hospitality" and, in fairness, we'd say it's squarely aimed at the tourist crowd. As for the room

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• Fortnum & Mason unveils a new food and drink studio, transforming its third floor

  

  Fortnum & Mason: home of extravagant wicker hampers, a famous food hall, a signature Eau de Nil shade of blue-green and now…a brand new food and drink studio.

  Taking over the third floor of the historic flagship department store in Piccadilly, the purpose-built interactive space will feature a production kitchen where over 100 of Fortnum’s chefs will

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• Riviera, a new Southern France restaurant, is opening in St James

  

  Craving Saint-Tropez, Cannes, Nice and Antibes? If you feel the need for some Côte d'Azur dining, a new restaurant called Riviera is opening in St James’s Street. It's aiming for luxurious South-of-France vibes alongside high-end dining, something that is somewhat similar in concept to the recently opened Socca.

  It’s on the former site of Sake no Hana, the fine-dining

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• Bardo

  High-end Italian in St James

• Indonesian restaurant Toba opens in St James’s Market

  

  If you’ve been lamenting the lack of Indonesian cuisine in London, today is your lucky day. Toba is now open with a soft launch in St James’s Market. If your favourite Indonesian cuisine in London is the Camden street-food stall Pino’s Warung, well, you’ll be extra pleased because Toba is its sister restaurant.

  We first alerted you

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