Hotel

• Laurent Tourondel is opening Laurent at the Hotel Cafe Royal - updated

  The Hotel Cafe Royal has created a brand new first-floor restaurant - and has recruited French chef Laurent Tourondel (who's big in the States) to look after it.

• 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.

• Neptune at The Principal London Hotel is the new seafood restaurant from the Richmond team

  Having closed The Richmond in Hackney, Brett Redman and Margaret Crow are back in the seafood game with their new restaurant at the swanky Principal Hotel London on Russell Square.

• Test Driving Beck at Brown's - classic Italian given a Michelin twist

  Three Michelin-starred chef Heinz Beck is back in London and this time he's opened a more casual restaurant at Brown's in the heart of Mayfair

• Cereal Grind in Whitechapel is London's first hotel cereal cafe

  If your day needs something seriously sugary to kickstart it, then head over to this new East London hotel where the all day cafe is serving up cereal cocktails and crazy shakes.

• Berners Tavern revisited - we return to check out their new spring menu

  We make a return visit to Jason Atherton's Fitzrovia hotel restuarant to try out some new seasonal dishes

• L'oscar London opening in Holborn sees NoMad and Hotel Costes designer take on London

  Holborn's credentials as a dining destination just got a boost with the news that L'oscar London is opening with a Michelin-starred chef in the restaurant and an all day cafe planned too.

• Beck at Brown's will be Michelin-starred chef Heinz Beck's casual Italian restaurant at Brown's Hotel in Mayfair

  He may have a three Michelin-starred restaurant in Rome, but chef Heinz Beck's plans for his new Mayfair restaurant at Brown's Hotel are more casual - with British produce supplying the additional wow factor.

• Marcus Wareing has a new lunch menu planned with produce from his own farm

  

  You've got to hand it to Marcus Wareing - that man does not like to stand still. His latest idea combines the introduction of a new lunch menu at his two Michelin-starred restaurant at The Berkeley Hotel in Knightsbridge with food from his own farmstead Melfort Farm.

  In particular, Wareing has shifted the spotlight on to other key members of his kitchen. The new menu is supposed to showcase "the personality and talent of each of its five most senior

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• Kettner’s Townhouse gets a Soho House makeover turning it into a restaurant and boutique hotel

  Nearly 150 years ago, Auguste Kettner opened Kettner’s, which was one of the first restaurants in London to serve French food. Now after a brief lull, it’s reopening with more French food, bath loads of Champagne and looking more gorgeous than ever. Eyes peeled for the stunning 18th century spiral staircase...

• Immerse yourself in the Berkeley’s new Out Of The Blue drinks experience

  London has an entirely new cocktail experience you're going to want to try - bring your friends

• The Principal London takes over from Hotel Russell on Russell Square

  

  Updated 16/11/17 with restaurant and bar details

  If you've been wondering what's happening with the old Hotel Russell on Russell Square which is currently swathed in scaffolding, then let us enlighten you. The hotel has been taken over by the Principal Hotel Group, who also run hotels of the same name in Edinburgh, Manchester and York. The Principal Manchester

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• Fine but also fun dining - we Test Drive Martha Ortiz's Ella Canta in Mayfair

  London's Mexican food boom continues with the arrival of celebrity chef Martha Ortiz bringing some zing to Park Lane

• Tom Kerridge isn't opening a restaurant at The Jumeirah Carlton hotel after all

  

  So this is a bit of a pickle. At the tail end of last year, it seemed as if London's list of restaurants to go to was to expand a little further with the teaming of Tom Kerridge and the Jumeirah Carlton hotel in Knightsbridge. Kerridge was going to take over the Rib Room - being totally refurbished as part of a

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• Claridge's hotel launches their first cookbook

  

  To Claridge's last night, where London's foodie folk gathered together for the launch of Claridge's: The Cookbook. Executive Chef Martyn Nail and the hotel's GM Paul Jackson welcomed guests for pre-dinner canapes washed down with Dom Perignon in the hotel's kitchens before repairing to a private room for a sit down dinner featuring some of the book's recipes.

  Claridge's artist in residence, David Downton, gave a quick speech pre-dinner. In a world

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