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Clare Smyth and Daniel Boulud's plans for the Admiralty Arch Waldorf restaurants revealed
27/11/25 - updated with details about the restaurants.
Promising to be one of 2026's biggest openings, The Admiralty Arch - one of London's truly iconic buildings - is currently being transformed into a new luxury hotel. The Admiralty Arch Waldorf Astoria will enjoy one of London's best views, directly down The Mall towards Buckingham Palace.
The hotel had already revealed who the two "Chef partners" would be - Clare Smyth who has three Michelin Stars for Core in Notting Hill, and French/American chef Daniel Boulud, whose New York restaurants have four
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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.
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Chef Akira Back will run the restaurants and bars at the new Mandarin Oriental Mayfair
Updated 19/9/24 with Dosa photograph and opening date
We've known for a while that Michelin-starred chef Akira Back was heading to London to open at the upcoming Mandarin Oriental Mayfair. Now the final details are emerging about what we can expect from the chef's restaurants and bars at the hotel.
Back is going to be responsible for two restaurants, a bar and a rooftop 'experience' at the hotel when
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Greek hotel group Ergon House are opening a hotel and rooftop restaurant in Covent Garden
Lots of big developments are happening around Covent Garden at the moment. Later on this year, we should be getting the new Guinness Storehouse and now, here comes news about a big new hotel coming to the area.
That will be
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Jean-Georges' ABC Kitchens at The Emory opens in Knightsbridge
Updated 18/2/24 with images
London's hotel scene is seriously hot at the moment. The past 18 months have seen the opening of The Pensinsula, The OWO and 1 Mayfair and now the group behind Claridge's is getting ready to open a new hotel in Knightsbridge. The Emory will be the first brand-new London opening for them in over 50 years - the Berkeley opened its doors back in
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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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Chef Tom Sellers is opening Dovetale in Mayfair
13/07/23 - updated with more details
You couldn't really get more of a prime London spot to open a restaurant than the corner of Piccadilly and Berkeley Street, so Tom Sellers has chosen well for his next venture. The chef behind two Michelin-starred Restaurant Story, is opening Dovetale at the upcoming 1 Hotel Mayfair. It's the hotel group's first UK hotel and they say it's going to
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The Hoxton prepares to open in Shepherd's Bush with Chet's as its restaurant
Earlier this summer we popped into The Hoxton hotel in Holborn to check out Chet's - their latest residency. Back then, the word was that this would be LA-based chef Kris Yenbamroong's restaurant in the upcoming Hoxton opening in Shepherd's Bush and we've now had confirmation of that.
The
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Cafe Royal scoops ex-Greenhouse chef Alex Dilling for brand new restaurant
15/8/22 - updated with more details on the opening
After the shock closure of the Greenhouse, along with its stablemates The Square, back in 2020, all eyes were on the restaurant's chef Alex Dilling to see what he did next. Fast forward two years and the answer to that is he's opening a brand new restaurant at the Hotel Cafe Royal.
Called Alex Dilling at
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Covent Garden has a new rooftop bar on top of the Amano hotel
German boutique hotel group Amano has just had a very under-the-radar launch of its first UK hotel. The new opening is in the heart of Covent Garden with a restaurant, bar and - the important bit - a Skybar with great views over London.
Mikey Lucombe (formerly at The Mandrake) is running the bar side of things at the hotel which includes a basement bar that aims to bring Berlin vibes to London. Up on the seventh floor
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Test Driving The Lanesborough Grill - modern British in a glamorous setting
The arrival of chef Shay Cooper means that this splendid hotel dining room now has a menu that lives up to the opulent surroundings.
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Test Driving Restaurant 1890 by Gordon Ramsay at The Savoy - a little gem of a hotel restaurant
Gordon Ramsay's third restaurant at The Savoy has room for just 26 diners. Here's what it's like to eat there.
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The Westbury is becoming The St Regis London, adding a new restaurant
London's run of fancy new hotels is continuing apace. Alongside One Hundred Shoreditch, there are also big plans for Admiralty Arch,
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The Twenty Two in Mayfair sees old Picture restaurant duo reuniting
We're quietly excited about the upcoming all day restaurant that's part of The Twenty Two opening on Grosvenor Square. There hasn't been a lot revealed so far but it does see a reunion on two chefs that last worked together at the much-loved Picture.
Alan Christie has taken the role of Executive chef while his former partner Colin Kelly will be Head Chef of the restaurant at this Mayfair spot. Given
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One Hundred Shoreditch will have a new seafood restaurant and a Mr Lyan bar
17/1/22 - Updated with photos
London's Ace Hotel didn't manage to last the pandemic, with confirmation that it had closed permanently back in September. But just because Ace has gone doesn't mean that there won't be a hotel there. Instead - One Hundred Shoreditch will be opening in the space in 2022.
It comes from the group who also own the swanky
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