Mayfair

• 34 restaurant in Mayfair goes OTT on the Christmas decorations

  

  If you're the kind of person who goes full-on crazy for Christmas, then you'll be wanting to stop by Mayfair restaurant 34 at some point over the festive period. As this picture shows they've got ever so slightly OTT with their decorations this year.

  The installation called Miracle at 34 has turned the restaurant interior into something resembling a major shop's Christmas department, featuring no fewer than 14,000 decorations and 8.400

  ...
• Claridge's have a Christian Louboutin Christmas train carriage in their lobby for cocktails and bar snacks

  

  For their tenth annual Christmas tree unveiling, Claridge's have completely outdone themselves. This year, the tree - designed by shoemaker to the stars Christian Louboutin - comes complete with a festive train carriage you can dine in.

  The Loubi Express takes up the section of the hotel's lobby under the stairs. Looking for the world like something you'd see an animated Tom Hanks welcoming you aboard, the

  ...
• Test Driving Mercato Mayfair - the glamorous new food hall in a Grade I listed church

  

  Mayfair's first food hall is, as you might imagine, a glamorous affair. Set in a Grade I listed church it has everything from a crypt wine bar to pizzeria, roof terrace and grocery store. We went to check it out.

• Test Driving Le Comptoir Robuchon - the legacy of Joel Robuchon lives on in Mayfair

  Le Comptoir Robuchon in Mayfair aims to keep the legacy of Joel Robuchon alive. We head down to try it out (and their amazing pureed potato). 

• Mercato Mayfair brings the vibe of Mercato Metropolitano into the heart of the West End

   

  Update: See our Test Drive of Mercato Mayfair here

  We'll be honest with you, it's been over a year since we first announced details of Mercato Mayfair - the second market from the folk behind Mercato Metropolitano. Since then things had gone so

  ...
• Shaun Presland's Pacific is the next 10 Heddon Street residency, serving up a contemporary Japanese menu

  

  Updated 5/11/19 with menu and opening date

  Chris Leach and David Carter excellent residency at 10 Heddon Street is over (but they'll be back in another permanent location soon). And that means it's time for

  ...
• Waiter suspended at Brown's Hotel after asking Emma Thompson for a selfie

  

  It's been a bad few days for a senior waiter at Charlie's at Brown's Hotel in Mayfair this week. According to The Sunday Times, having approached diner Emma Thompson for a selfie and been turned down, the waiter was summarily

  ...
• Test Driving Jason Atherton's The Betterment

  Jason Atherton now has an entire London hotel to cater for. We went along to try his new restaurant The Betterment and the Pine bar too.  

• IT Ibiza comes to London, taking over a Mayfair gallery space

  Dinner, aperitivo, art and Balearic DJs arrive on the ever-changing Mayfair restaurant scene from Ibiza.

• Top chefs head up the Mayfair Literary Festival

  

  The upcoming Mayfair Literary Festival has a couple of events that London's foodies might want to get on their radar.

  28 October

  The Fumoir at Claridge’s is the setting for a talk called “Tales from Couture” from legendary fashion illustrator and Claridge’s artist in residence David Downton.

  1 November

  Tales from the kitchen sees chef and food writer Ravinder Bhogal heading a panel of some

  ...
• Gordon Ramsay stealth opens a Bar and Grill on the old Maze Grill space

  This new restaurant from Ramsay is replacing the former Maze Grill on Grosvenor Square. This time it's an all-day restaurant where the focus is very much on steak. 

• Madrid's Amazonico rainforest restaurant is coming to London - updated

  Amazonico is best described as a luxe rainforest-themed restaurant - with a menu that takes in European, Asian and South American cuisines. It's been a big hit in Madrid and is now opening in London. 

• Test Driving Charlie's at Brown's hotel - a return to classic dining

  Adam Byatt has taken over the restaurant at the classic Brown's hotel in Mayfair with Charlie's. Seasonal dishes and some favourites from Trinity are on offer - we went down for a look.

• First look: Hélène Darroze at The Connaught reopens after 10th birthday makeover

  

  Two months after closing for a major refurbishment to coincide with the restaurant's 10th birthday, Hélène Darroze at The Connaught has now reopened with quite the new look.

  Hot Dinners popped down for a preview dinner at the weekend to check out the work of Parisian design team Pierre Yovanovitch Architecture d’Intérieur and to try out Helene's new menu for the restaurant.

  ...
• Le Deli Robuchon and Le Comptoir Robuchon are opening in Mayfair

  

  Following the death of Joël Robuchon last year, his famed London restaurant L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon also shut its doors this year. At the time, however, there was talk that the restaurant would appear in another guise in Mayfair, and that's definitely the case - but it appears that it's launching with two distinct parts.

  Both will be part of the new 7 Clarges Street development, a new building of

  ...