9/10/25 - updated with the opening date
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
...Fashionistas, we have one for your future diaries…Ralph Lauren is opening a London restaurant. Fittingly, it’ll be at the old Vogue House on 1 Hanover Square and called The Polo Bar Ralph Lauren. This is not the first time Ralph Lauren has made a foray into London’s hospitality world. Back in 2017 we reported
...Anyone walking past Mayfair restaurant Mister Nice over the past couple of days will be forgiven for doing a bit of a double-take. The restaurant has been completely taken over by American-founded sportswear company Gant and turned into The Gant House for a month-long residency. From the name on the blinds outside to the menu, everything has had a preppy makeover to tie in with the brand's Fall/Winter 2025
...As autumn arrives, the drinks brands' marketing budget shoots up in preparation for Christmas, and that usually means we get some mad pop-ups and events in the last few months of the year. This latest venture certainly fits into that mould.
The Barley Mow in Mayfair has teamed up with Laphroaig Whisky and none other than Willem Dafoe for their current stunt. It's to tie in with ...
23/9/25 - updated with an opening date and more details
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. The chef was a
...The Hilton on Park Lane has been going through a lot of changes of late on the dining side of things. On the lower ground floor, there's the new Mr Porter steakhouse, while on the opposite end of the building, up on the top floor, ...
Mayfair's key seafood spots have a new rival in Lilibet's, a glamorous arrival from an experienced restaurateur that sets great store by its old school approach to hospitality.
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
...Carbone is definitely coming to London. Recently submitted planning information shows that the famous New York restaurant is the second restaurant to open in the Chancery Rosewood next year.
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 Lympstone Manor has joined The Stafford Collection
...In the heart of Mayfair, you'll find more than a smattering of Michelin-starred restaurants. But it's not all about the 10-course tasting menus. Here's our pick of the very best restaurants in Mayfair.
If you're bored of seeing London restaurants all following the same design playbook, then the arrival of a new seafood restaurant in Mayfair is going to make you sit up and pay attention. Lilibet's is taking over a building in Mayfair that has historical significance. It was the birthplace of the late Queen Elizabeth. And it's to her that this new restaurant turns as a muse.
Behind it is restaurateur Ross Shonhan, who founded the
...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
...It's been a while since we've seen a new restaurant launch at 10 Heddon Street, the space that once held Manteca, Fallow and Sarap as residencies. The residency days are behind it now and instead, it's relaunching as a permanent Georgian restaurant, DakaDaka.
It's the first restaurant from new hospitality group Berkeley Square Hospitality. That comes
...Earlier this year, Chef Tom Booton revealed that after six years, he was stepping down from The Grill at The Dorchester, about a year after the restaurant was renamed to The Grill by Tom Booton. Well, as the chef has now departed, the restaurant is getting back its original name, and a new chef at the top.
Now in charge of The Grill at the
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