As you may know, what was once London's In and Out Club on Piccadilly, Cambridge House, is getting a huge makeover at the moment and is due to launch as a new hotel sometime in 2026. If you're not quite familiar with that space, it's on Piccadilly with its gated driveway leading to the front door making it one of the most impressive-looking properties on the street.
The original
...The arrival of Michelin-starred chef Lisa Goodwin-Allen has given this Mayfair hotel dining room a shake up. We went to get a taste of her Modern British cooking.
It's been a troubled few years at The Langham, which has struggled to find a solid proposition for its main restaurant space since Roux at the Landau closed back in 2023. They did try to follow that with Mimosa from French group Moma, but that folded after a scant five months of service.
But news today suggests that a new lease of life for the restaurant may be just around the corner. The Thesleff Group, who run Los
...6/10/25 - updated with the name and more details
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 was The Northall is about to get a full overhaul by Italian chef
...All eyes are on St. James's where Michelin-starred chef Michael Caines has just arrived to open his first London restaurant. Better still, we've got a special discount on dining there for our readers.
Offer: 25% off your food bill
Where: 16-18 St James's Pl, London SW1A 1NJ
When: 18 September to 31 October 2025
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
...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.
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
...The arrival of one of New York's great bars to takeover the restaurant at Claridge'shas made the hotel dining room an absolute scene. We made it our business to go down and try a cocktail or two.
City of London diners have plenty of choice on their doorstep, so it's interesting to see how some restaurants manage to stand out from the crowd. We visit Straits Kitchen at the Pan Pacific London which does just that.
There are changes afoot at impressive Covent Garden hotel NoMad. We went down to try their newly relaunched restaurant, as well as sample a celeb-created taco.
There have been a lot of fancy new Mayfair hotels opening of late, from the Mandarin Oriental to the upcoming Chancery Rosewood on Grosvenor Square. And now another is added to the list, with this one planned as more of a boutique affair.
The Shepherd Mayfair has taken over what used to be the Park Lane Mews Hotel, just off Park Lane and not too far from Shepherd Market
...Taking over the old Trader Vic's spot downstairs at the Hilton on Park Lane is a shiny new steakhouse Mr Porter. We descended the spiral staircase to check it out.
Not wanting to be left out of the general London obsession with noodles, super luxe hotel The Peninsula London is getting in on the trend. They've just opened up a noodle bar that serves up a tight menu of noodle dishes alongside Gweilo beers from Hong Kong and the bar's own cocktail list.
The chefs behind the menu are the multi-award-winning Hou Yurui who has worked on the concept with Jonnie Liang,
...14/3/25 - updated with opening date
Seemingly not happy with having two restaurants in the nearby Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, chef Akira Back already has another hotel restaurant lined up, barely a 15-minute walk away.
This time, it's in the revamped The Montcalm hotel in Mayfair, now renamed Montcalm Mayfair. The restaurant
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