London hotels

• The Goring gets ready to reopen with a new Secret Garden but no Nathan Outlaw

  

  We've talked a lot about restaurants and bars being closed during lockdown, hotels - not so much. But an email received over the weekend reminded us that London's hotels have been busy behind the scenes, getting themselves ready for the time when they can receive guests again.

  The Goring, just around the corner from Buckingham Palace, and a favourite dining spot of Her Majesty, has been using the time to make

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• Sette at the Bulgari Hotel London will be the first UK restaurant from the folks behind NYC's Scarpetta

  It's all change at the Bulgari hotel in Knightsbridge where Rivea is being replaced by Sette and the whole restaurant and bar is being turned, literally, upside down.

• Cheeky overnight - dinner, bed and breakfast at the royal's favourite The Goring

  So close to Buckingham Palace it's a home from home for the Queen, this traditional London hotel may be a classic but its bar and restaurant are still as good as ever.

• Cheeky overnight - staying at Mayfair institution The Connaught

  So far, as part of our Cheeky Overnight series, we've already stayed at two of the Maybourne Group's three hotels in London - Claridges and The Berkeley. They say good things come in threes and we don't like to leave a work in progress, so we'd always wanted to finish off with a stay at The Connaught. And there seemed no better time to check it out than with the arrival of New York chef Jean Georges and his new restaurant at The Connaught.

• Cheeky overnight: we check into The Berkeley in Knightsbridge

  We check into The Berkeley the day after its new entrance by Richard Rogers is unveiled

• Cheeky overnight: we check into Claridges

  We check into Claridge's, one of London's most prestigious hotels, to try the whole package from dining in Fera to tea on the terrace.

• Cheeky overnight: we check out The Beaumont

  Cocktails in The Cub Room, a ride in the hotel Daimler - we'd happily move in let alone check into The Beaumont.