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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.
- Scandinavian restaurant Punk Royale brings its caviar bumps to Mayfair
13/8/25 - updated with launch details
They've been here before in the guise of a pop-up at Carousel, but now Punk Royale is coming to London for their first permanent restaurant outside of Scandinavia.
The restaurant is taking a space in Mayfair that recently held two restaurants - Amethyst and London Stock. Neither of those survived long, so it's a
... - Akira Back and the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair have gone their separate ways
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
... - Michelin-starred chef Michael Caines is opening his first restaurant in London
12/8/25 - Updated with opening details
Chef Michael Caines won a Michelin star for his restaurant at Lympstone Manor, and has previously held two stars at Gidleigh Park. Now he's getting ready to open his first restaurant in London, Michael Caines at The Stafford.
This has all come about because the Stafford group have just taken over Lympstone
... - The Crisp Pizza team are opening a pub in Mayfair with a little help from The Devonshire
8/8/25 - Updated with more details
A few weeks ago, we reported that plans for the Crisp Pizza team to expand into central London had got a step closer to reality, after months of work to take over The Marlborough Head pub on North Audley Street. Now, we have lots more information about the opening (simply called "The Marlborough"), including how a nearby pub superteam is helping
... - Test Driving Shanghai Me, high-rise in Mayfair meets high-end prices
The restaurant at the top of the Park Lane Hilton has transformed into the high-end pan-Asian Shanghai Me. We popped up to the 28th floor to see just how the new restaurant and bar are settling in.
- Berenjak brings its Persian cuisine to Mayfair
1 August 2025 - updated with new early 2026 opening window
They have restaurants in Soho and Borough Market (not to mention as far afield as Doha and Dubai) and next up for Berenjak is Mayfair. As revealed on their own Instagram page, they're taking on a space on Duke Street right next to The Barley Mow (it's a new development so there hasn't been a restaurant there
... - Test Driving New York's Dante bar takeover of Claridge's for the summer
The arrival of one of New York's great bars to takeover the restaurant at Claridge's for the summer has made the hotel dining room an absolute scene. We made it our business to go down and try a cocktail or two.
- Lisa Goodwin-Allen joins The Beaumont, launching new restaurant Rosi
18/7/25 - updated with more details
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's also announced she was to open a new restaurant at The Beaumont, called Rosi. Now we have a few more details about what's planned.
It's not her first
... - Bonheur by Matt Abé is the restaurant replacing Le Gavroche
We've known for a while that Restaurant Gordon Ramsay chef Matt Abé was taking on the old Le Gavroche site (snapped up by Gordon himself), and now we have a name: Bonheur by Matt Abé.
It's early days right now, so very little information has been released. We know that
... - Manchester's Med-inspired Fenix is coming to Mayfair
Tattu, the high-end Chinese restaurant with a view on the top of the Now Building, originally started as a group of restaurants in the North. Now the same team behind that are bringing another of their restaurants to London. This time it's the Mediterranean-inspired Fenix.
Currently only in Manchester, Fenix will be taking over the space that was Henry's on Piccadilly (which closed mid
... - Shanghai Me is the new rooftop restaurant at The London Hilton on Park Lane
2/7/24 - Updated with the opening date
Ever since the Galvin Brothers announced that they were closing their rooftop restaurant at the London Hilton on Park Lane after 18 successful years, there was speculation on what was going to take its place. Hot Dinners was originally the first to
... - Tobi Masa sees NYC's Chef Masa bringing top sushi to The Chancery Rosewood
He's already been a huge hit in the Harrods Dining Hall, now chef Masa Takayama is heading into the centre of town to open a second London restaurant, this time in the upcoming The Chancery Rosewood hotel in Mayfair. Tobi Masa will be joining fellow NYC restaurant Carbone in the Rosewood opening on Grosvenor Square. It'll feature an omakase counter, a main dining room and a separate bar.
There isn't
... - Mitch and Ben Tonks are taking over the Donovan Bar in Mayfair for the summer
Together they run one of the UK's best seafood restaurants. The only trouble for Londoners is that you have to travel all the way to Devon usually to try their food. But this summer Mitch and Ben Tonks from The Seahorse in Dartmouth are running a three-month residency in Mayfair. The father and son duo's residency is at The Donovan Bar at Brown's Hotel in the heart of town, aimed at bringing their amazing seafood to central
... - Looks like Mazi is coming to Mayfair
It's been over a decade since Mazi opened its doors in Notting Hill. The refined Greek food restaurant by Adrien Carre and Christina Mouratoglou has since spawned sibling establishment Suzi Tros, also in Notting Hill, but it's about to head into central London.
It looks like they're planning to open in the old Pizza Express building opposite The Guinea on Bruton Place. The space, you may remember, was briefly taken over
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