Mayfair

• Motcombs Mayfair takes over at Pollen Street

  

  The last year has seen a fair bit of upheaval over on Pollen Street. First Jason Atherton announced he was turning his Michelin-starred flagship restaurant into burger bar Mary's. That duly opened, with the promise of a full revamp this spring. The revamp didn't happen but what did happen was that Atherton ended up closing the restaurant altogether and selling it to another restaurant group,

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• Jason Atherton closes Mary's, the original Pollen Street Social site

  

  Around this time last year, Jason Atherton announced the closure of his (then) flagship restaurant Pollen Street Social. A few months later, in August, that restaurant was given a light do-over and replaced by grill restaurant Mary's.

  There were originally plans to completely revamp the place and fully relaunch the restaurant earlier this year, but that never materialised. Now,

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• Lilli by Akira Back sees the chef already lining up his second hotel restaurant in London

  

  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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• Test Driving Silva, a new Mayfair spot that stands out from the crowd

  

  Tucked down Bruton Place, between the Guinea and Bellamy's you'll find this rather cosy new Mayfair spot. We take a look at what Silva has to offer London's frenetic dining scene.

• Gordon Ramsay is taking over the Le Gavroche site for a new Matt Abé-led restaurant

  

  18/2/24 - updated with confirmation

  The news well and truly broke over the weekend, and now it's been confirmed - Gordon Ramsay is indeed taking over what was Le Gavroche. The current head chef over at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, Matt Abé (who has been at the restaurant for 16 years), will be leading the new opening.

  Gordon himself confirmed that

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• Test Driving Kwant's oh-so-clever cocktail omakase bar experience

  

  Mayfair bar Kwant has come up with an innovative cocktail omakase experience. We took a seat at the bar to try it out. 

• Claridge's Bakery sees world class baker Richard Hart doing British bakes in London

  

  London bakery nerd alert - one of the world's best bakers is coming to town. Richard Hart hails from London but made his name far from home having headed up the famous Tartine in San Francisco for seven years before co-founding Copenhagen bakery Hart Bagery with none other than René Redzepi of Noma. Now he's signed up to be the executive baker and creative director at Claridge's Bakery.

  The hotel's new

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• Restoration Hardware are coming to Mayfair with RH London

  

  It's been many years in the works, but it looks as though the plans for the American 'is it a gallery or a shop' RH (also known as Restoration Hardware) to open in the heart of London are properly underway.

  They're going to be opening one of their gallery/lifestyle shops just off Savile Row in a development across three Grade II listed buildings, one of which was last occupied by Abercrombie & Fitch. Plans submitted to

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• Michelin-starred Benares has relaunched with a new look

   

  The Michelin-starred Benares is celebrating the New Year in Mayfair with a brand new look. Find out just how much has changed. 

• Noble Rot Mayfair

  Two-part Japanese restaurant in Mayfair

• Test Driving Pinna, bringing Italian vibes and great pasta to Mayfair

  

  The team behind Wild, Lita and Fantomas bring their magic touch to this Sardinian restaurant in the heart of Mayfair. We take a closer look at Achille Pinna's solo restaurant Pinna. 

• Bibi

  Mayfair Indian from chef Chet Sharma 

• Dovetale

  Two-part Japanese restaurant in Mayfair

• Berenjak brings its Persian cuisine to Mayfair

  

  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 before). 

  If you're unfamiliar with Berenjak, they bill themselves as "home-style

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• Get a taste of Brazilian influences at Mayfair's Maroto restaurant

  

  If the cold London winter is getting you down, then a trip to Brazil courtesy of new Mayfair restaurant Maroto could be just the antidote.