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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
... - 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
... - Jason Atherton to open Row on 5, his new flagship restaurant on Savile Row
Updated 25/10/24 with opening date
Interesting news reaches us of a plan by Jason Atherton to open what's being described as a 'flagship restaurant' in Mayfair. The restaurateur, is very busy indeed this Autumn, but this is planned as his flagship.
Row on 5 will take over two floors of a new building on Savile Row. The concept is "a culinary voyage"
... - Andrew Wong announces a residency at The Donovan Bar in Mayfair
If you've been struggling to get a table at A Wong, even more so since it won the second Michelin star, now there's another way to try chef Andrew Wong's food. He's just teamed up with The Donovan Bar in Mayfair for a three-month residency (and two more big-name chefs are lined up behind him).
Brought in by Brown's Hotel Chef Director Adam Byatt (also responsible for Trinity in
... - Silva restaurant joins The Guinea and Bellamy's on Bruton Place
Bruton Place continues to grow as a notable, tucked-away food and drink haven in Mayfair. Down the street off Berkeley Square, you'll already find The Guinea, The Cocochine (and its sister deli The Rex) and Bellamy's among others. Now a new restaurant is joining them, called Silva.
Launched by Daria Grebenyuk, she's brought in some interesting talent to head up
... - Test Driving Fonda - home cooked Mexican food (if your home cook also happens to be a Michelin-starred chef)
On top of having one of the World's 50 Best restaurants with Kol, chef Santiago Lastra has branched out with a new more informal offering in Fonda. We nipped over to Heddon Street to check it out.
- Kol's Santiago Lastra to open Mexican restaurant Fonda in Mayfair
25/9/24 - updated with opening date.
With the Michelin-starred Kol getting praise from all quarters (not to mention a place on the World's 50 Best list), it was only a matter of time before chef Santiago Lastra got ready to open another place. For that second restaurant, he's chosen Heddon Street, where he'll be launching Fonda.
Not actually named after
... - Test Driving Mary's - Jason Atherton's Pollen Street grill revamp
Part of Jason Atherton's very busy 2024 has been replacing Pollen Street Social with Mary's, a much more laid-back grill restaurant. We went down to check out all the changes.
- Brad Carter is no longer opening Undercroft
We'd been hearing talk behind the scenes for a few days that not all was well with the opening of Undercroft. It was due to be top Birmingham chef Brad Carter's London debut but now he's announced that he's stepping back from the project.
According to ...
- Brazilian restaurant Maroto to open in Mayfair
We bring news of a Brazilian restaurant all-change in Mayfair, with Maroto taking over the site formerly occupied by another Brazilian restaurant Bossa (which closed in February). But the plot thickens: if you think you’ve already seen Maroto in that location, you have. Sort of. There’s a bar by
... - Chef Akira Back will run the restaurants and bars at the new Mandarin Oriental Mayfair
Updated 19/9/24 with Dosa photograph and opening date
We've known for a while that Michelin-starred chef Akira Back was heading to London to open at the upcoming Mandarin Oriental Mayfair. Now the final details are emerging about what we can expect from the chef's restaurants and bars at the hotel.
Back is going to be responsible for two restaurants, a bar and a rooftop 'experience' at the hotel when
... - Calum Franklin is coming back to London for a special menu at Cut at 45 Park Lane
Since leaving the Holborn Dining Room, pie master Calum Franklin's main efforts have been at his new restaurant in Paris, Public House. Now he's bringing a taste of his Parisian adventures to London with a special menu at Cut at 45 Park Lane. Yes, there will be pies.
The Calum Franklin x CUT at 45 Park Lane pop-up is a team-up between Calum and
... - Bar crawl: taking to the terrace at Bar Antoine on Park Lane
We didn't want to gatekeep this bar terrace just off Park Lane, so here's what we thought of Bar Antoine's Twilight Terrace.
- Kleinsky's brings NY-style bagels to Mayfair (via Cape Town)
Bagels are very much a thing at the moment, as evidenced by the huge popularity of (and queues at) It's Bagels (who are about to open their second location, in Notting Hill).
It turns out that another big bagel shop has opened in Mayfair to relatively little fanfare, but is
... - Test Driving Koyn Thai - a Thai reinvention for the Mayfair restaurant
Originally a Japanese restaurant of two halves, Koyn has changed its basement into a separate Thai restaurant. We went down to check out the brand new menu.
