Mayfair

• Nobu London is delivering - and that includes their black cod miso

  

  Yes, that's right - it's another re-opening! This time it's the turn of high-end Japanese restaurant Nobu, which is kicking off its new delivery service from today. They'll be on both Deliveroo and Supper, where they'll have a menu featuring Nobu classics. That means yes, you can get their signature dish, Black Cod Miso delivered - but it will cost you £42.50. Ouch. That's the same price it was in the restaurant,

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• Burger & Lobster returns for delivery

  

  Next up on the comeback trail following lockdown is Burger and Lobster. They closed down originally just over a month ago, but now they've reopened their flagship Mayfair store (we're yet to hear if any more are due to open). 

  Obviously it's for delivery only, and while there's a limited menu on offer, Burger & Lobster has always had a limited menu. Right now it's their original burger (£15), the original 1.25lb

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• Test Driving Benares at Home - the Mayfair Indian restaurant comes to your doorstep

  

  In its normal setting, Benares is a fine-dining twist on Indian food in Mayfair, but how does that translate to an at-home setting? We decided to find out. 

• Claridge's hotel reopens to put up NHS workers during the Covid-19 crisis

  

  It's sad to witness any businesses closing their doors during the London lockdown. But seeing landmark hotels, which had remained open throughout both world wars, battening the hatches seemed somehow worse.

  So we were thoroughly cheered to see the story in today's Standard about the reopening of Claridge's hotel to NHS workers. The folks at the Maybourne Hotel Group told Hot Dinners they'd "asked the teams across Claridge’s, The

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• Mayfair's Benares creates Benares @ Home for fine dining Indian food, delivered

  

  London has its fair share of great Indian fine dining restaurants - but if you've been missing them, one of them is ready to bring that fancy experience to your home. Benares has kicked off Benares @ Home, delivering food from their Mayfair kitchens via the Supper app/website. Dishes include:

  • Classic vegetable samosas chaat with white pea curry, yogurt and
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• Test Driving The Connaught Grill - a classic reinvented for modern London

  The Connaught in Mayfair has managed to launch a third restaurant in the hotel, resurrecting the classic Connaught Grill, adding a Jean-Georges touch. We went down for an early look. 

• Nobu set wheels in motion to close their Mayfair restaurant

  

  It's had more footballers and A-listers dining it than almost any other restaurant in town, but that hasn't prevented Nobu from taking the decision to close their Mayfair restaurant.

  According to a story in Property Week, the Nobu Group have decided to surrender the lease on

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• Gymkhana has reopened following a major refurb

   

  4/2/20- Updated with exclusive opening news. 

  It closed after a fire, but one of London's most popular restaurants is back. They've taken time to renovate the restaurant while it's been closed, too. Upstairs sees "decorative wall hangings, a vast collection of photography and subtle taxidermy" alongside lots of features from the original design. There's

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• Michelin-starred restaurant The Square is shut down during lunch service

  

  Bad news from Mayfair this morning as details are filtering in about the shock closure of Michelin-starred restaurant The Square yesterday.

  We were alerted to the news by industry website The Staff Canteen which stated that the restaurant, which is owned by restaurateur Marlon

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• Fallow will be the next 10 Heddon Street residency

  Fallow are Jack Croft and Will Murray, who met while they were both working at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal and they're very much followers of a "nose to tail" and "root to stem" cooking approach with a big focus on no/low waste. 

• Iconic restaurant The Connaught Grill is returning to The Connaught

  Carving out space on the hotel's ground floor, The Connaught is bringing back its legendary restaurant The Connaught Grill with Jean-Georges Vongerichten providing a modern take on grill room classics.

• Test Driving Pacific - Shaun Presland's popup at 10 Heddon Street

  

  Aussie chef Shaun Presland is the latest chef to pop up for a residency at 10 Heddon Street. We went along to try his much-vaunted take on sushi. 

• Test Driving Davies and Brook at Claridges - Daniel Humm's restaurant is well worth the wait

  Daniel Humm has opened London's most eagerly anticipated new restaurant. How does it shape up? We went along to find out. 

• Theo Randall's top tips on Italian cooking and wine

   

  We catch up with top chef Theo Randall for five key lessons about cooking - the Italian way. 

• Eleven Madison Park's Daniel Humm is taking over at Claridge's with Davies and Brook

  This sees Daniel Humm take over the main restaurant at Claridge's. With his Eleven Madison Park regularly touted as one of the very best restaurants in New York (not to mention topping the World's 50 Best list), the expectations for this London opening are sky-high.