Mayfair

• Richoux 2.0 is reopening in Mayfair and it sounds promising

  

  Classic London cafe Richoux had been on the same spot in Mayfair for 100 years before it closed its doors last year. But now it's about to re-open under the same name. 

  Taking over the space are Jamie Butler and Lewis Spencer who met at Moor Hall and have experience at Eleven Madison Park in New York and Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons over here - so this already sounds very

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• Test Driving Sarap Filipino Bistro - Heddon Street's latest flavour sensation

  

  Following on from his Brixton spot, chef Budgie Montoya has landed at Heddon Street with a bistro version of his Filipino dishes. We went along for the ride.

• New 10-seater Japanese restaurant, Roji, to open in London’s Mayfair

  

  If you had been planning a trip to Japan until it closed its borders, well, we have some news that may console you on the food front. There’s a new restaurant from two accomplished Japanese chefs coming to Mayfair called Roji.

  The name Roji can translate as either ‘journey/path’ or ‘hidden alley’, which is appropriate enough, as this is a little sanctuary tucked down a Mayfair back alley. In fact, you’ll need to be

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• Paris's Loulou Groupe heads to London with a fine dining restaurant in Mayfair

  

  In Paris and St Tropez they're responsible for a roster of hotter-than-hot restaurants, including Loulou and Girafe, and now the Loulou Groupe are heading to London for their first UK opening.

  The team have taken over a Grade II listed building in the heart of Mayfair with plans for a fine dining restaurant. 16 Charles Street has quite the history as a party place. Back in the 1920s, it was owned by

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• SeaSons will be taking over from The Square in Mayfair

   

  Updated 22/11/21 with menu details and images

  Back in 2019, longstanding Mayfair restaurant The Square closed rather abruptly (right in the middle of a lunch service) but we're getting closer to a new restaurant taking over the building. Opening in The Square's place will be

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• Jeru is top Aussie chef Roy Ner's new Mayfair restaurant, bar and bakery

  

  He's well known in Australia where having earned his stripes at top Sydney restaurant ARIA he went on to launch many of his own restaurants. Now chef Roy Ner is hoping to win over a London audience with his food.

  The Israeli-born chef is opening Middle Eastern spot Jeru on Mayfair's Berkeley Street this winter. Jeru will open its restaurant first, but over the coming months an all day bakery and basement bar will

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• Test Driving Il Borro London - a Tuscan bistro Mayfair-style

  

  The Ferragamo family have brought their Tuscan bistro to the heart of Mayfair. We went along for cocktails and pasta. 

• Daniel Humm is leaving Claridge's restaurant Davies and Brook

  

  Updated with confirmation of Daniel Humm's departure

  There's big (and surprising) news from the Claridge's camp this week. All was not well, it seems, in the land of Davies and Brook. The problem stemmed from Daniel Humm's desire to switch the restaurant to a fully plant-based menu - as he had with his New York restaurant Eleven Madison Park. It was a decision that was met with resistance

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• Fallow

  Seasonal dining in St James

• Test Driving Bibi - Chet Sharma's Mayfair Indian restaurant delivers a knockout menu

  

  Bibi sees ex L'Enclume and Moor Hall chef Chet Sharma deliver a modern Indian menu in Mayfair. We head down to try it out.

• Sarap Filipino Bistro takes over 10 Heddon Street in Mayfair with whole suckling pig on the menu

  

  It's been big in Brixton - now Ferdinand "Budgie” Montoya is bringing Sarap into central London. Sarap Filipino Bistro will be the latest place to take over at 10 Heddon Street, a site that has previously held both Manteca and Fallow on extended stays before they became permanent restaurants. 

  Budgie's new Mayfair restaurant is being described as an "evolution" over the

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• Test Driving Mimi Mei Fair - 1920s Shanghai comes to Mayfair

  

  Step back in time to 1930s Shanghai at this opulent Chinese restaurant in Mayfair. We popped along to try it out.

• Coravin launches a by-the-glass pop-up wine bar in Mayfair

  

  You may have come across Coravin before - they are behind those special machines that can serve glasses of wine while keeping the bottle sealed up so it stays fresh. They've appeared in a number of bars, restaurants and wine bars - but now they're going it alone with a pop-up wine bar in Mayfair. They're taking over La Cave Wine Bar which is tucked away in Lancashire Court.

  At the pop-up, they'll have 300 wines available by

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• The Maine brings New England to London in a restored Georgian townhouse

  

  Hanover Square is getting a very impressive-sounding new restaurant in the shape of The Maine.

  It's part of a full redevelopment of a 18th-century Georgian townhouse, so it's going to look pretty special. They'll be fitting in 350 people across its three floors and outside terrace - so it's quite the endeavour. It's all part of the completion of the big Crossrail-related

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• El Norte is a new high-end Spanish restaurant for Mayfair

  

  The people behind Kensington's Latin American restaurant Zuaya and Como Garden, the Italian restaurant next door, are looking to Spain for inspiration for their next restaurant, El Norte. This time they're moving a little further afield, to Mayfair's Dover Street, and the restaurant will be focusing on Spain's northern regions.

  Although opening before the end of the year, info is

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