Mayfair

• 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

• 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.

• Undercroft is now opening with Aldo Zilli in the kitchen

  

  10/12/24 - updated with menu details

  Earlier this year, there was the surprising news that Birmingham-based chef Brad Carter had decided to pull out of the launch of the much-hyped Undercroft restaurant that was to be housed in the St George's Church crypt in Mayfair. After

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• Pinna will serve up Sardinian specials beside Mayfair's Shepherd Market

  

  If there were an annual prize for the most industrious restaurateurs in London, then 2024's trophy would probably be a dead heat between Jason Atherton and the dynamic duo of George Bukhov-Weinstein and Ilya Demichev. The latter, having only recently unveiled their latest restaurant Fantomas on the King's Road, are about to open two new London restaurants in just one week.

  The first one you need to know

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• Lebanese rotisserie restaurant Toum and its basement listening bar are coming to Mayfair

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  Lebanese restaurant Aline was originally opened by Tarek Farah and his wife Monika back in 2016 and over eight years, it built a loyal clientele for its traditional Lebanese dishes. Now, three doors down from Aline, the pair are about to kick things up a notch with a more contemporary offering - the new Lebanese rotisserie Toum.

  Toum, they told Hot Dinners, "is more of a modern

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• Top Milanese sandwich shop De Santis hits London

  

  The Milanese don't mess around when it comes to food, so when you hear that the best sandwich shop in Milan is coming to London it's time to get excited. De Santis has been serving up its legendary toasted paninis to the folks of Milan since the Sixties - the original restaurant is lined with the photos of famous Italians who've dined there.

  In London, their flagship base is going to be in the church crypt of

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• London is getting a hot new rooftop bar ABar Rooftop at the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair

  

  It may not be the optimum time of year in London to be unveiling a new rooftop bar, but that's not stopping the folks at the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair. They're about to throw open the doors to the Abar Rooftop at their hotel just off Hanover Square.

  The new bar boasts views across Mayfair, an area not all that blessed with good rooftop drinking spaces, and there'll be room for 50 indoors along

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• Mayfair is getting a Ladurée café serving up macaron lattes and more

  

  Earlier this year we reported on the arrival of a new type of cafe from Ladurée in London. Notting Hill was the first place to get one and things must have gone well, as the French company is just gearing up to open in Mayfair too. It's in a good spot, just opposite Socca on South Audley Street and will have

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