Mayfair

• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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. 

• Jason Atherton's Mary's grill restaurant and burger bar replaces Pollen Street Social

  

  Jason Atherton closed Pollen Street Social in July, but he's quickly replacing it with Marys and it's a big change from the fine dining the restaurant is known for. 

  It'll be essentially divided into three parts, with a light refit inside (to start with). Where the original bar was, there will be a version of his Blind Pig bar (previously seen

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• Mykonos restaurant Nammos sets sail for London

  

  A few years back, we reported on the impending arrival of Mykonos restaurant Nammos, which was supposed to be heading to Knightsbridge. Now it turns out that those plans have changed and the restaurant is instead coming to Mayfair. 

  They'll be taking over from Il Borro, a large

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• 123V sees Alexis Gauthier take his vegan concept to Browns in Mayfair

  

  It's been almost a year since Native at Browns closed its doors, but now we hear that there's a brand new restaurant taking its place. Chef Alexis Gauthier first previewed his 123V concept across the road from Browns at the now-closed Fenwick. So it's a short hop for him and his team to move to these new surroundings.

  They'll be taking over the inside restaurant and gorgeous hidden courtyard space at

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• Mr Porter steakhouse takes over the lower ground of the Park Lane Hilton

  

  First things first - just in case you're wondering, the mail-order fashion company hasn't decided to open a restaurant business. This Mr Porter is actually a "modern steakhouse" that originates from Amsterdam from the Entourage Group and is opening in the Park Lane Hilton. 

  That particular Hilton has been going through some changes of late. We recently revealed that ...

• Test Driving: Akira Back at the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair - glamour in the heart of town

  

  Chef Akira Back is the man behind all the restaurants and bars at the new Mandarin Oriental Mayfair in London. We went to check out his first opening there.

• Test Driving The Cocochine - fine dining meets exquisitely fine design

  

  Gallery owner Tim Jefferies and chef Larry Jayasekara have teamed up in Mayfair for an impeccably-designed fine dining restaurant. We went in to take a look.  

• Brad Carter comes to London with Undercroft in Mayfair

  

  15/5/24 - updated with the opening date

  He's been a huge hit in Birmingham (with Carters of Moseley and One Star Döner), and now Londoners are going to get a chance to see what chef Brad Carter is all about. 

  He's opening Undercroft, in the crypt of the Grade 1 listed St George’s Church in Mayfair, teaming up with music industry honcho Martin Priestnall. Hidden away

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• Bubbledogs is back for a summer-long alfresco pop-up at 45 Park Lane

  

  The major revamp of Kitchen Table in 2020 also saw the end of its sibling restaurant Sandia Chang's Bubbledogs. The two-Michelin-starred Kitchen Table dramatically expanded, taking over the space that formerly Chang's hot dogs and Champagne spot. Bubbledogs popped back up briefly from time to time, but now it's making an extended return, hitting up the 45 Park Lane terrace for a

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• Test Driving Nijū - a pivot to sushi and homecooked dishes for Endo and his team in Mayfair

  

  Chef Endo Kazutoshi is behind the new Japanese home cooked dishes at this Mayfair restaurant. We went to see how the change of direction is working for Nijū. 

• Galvin at Windows is the latest high-profile London restaurant closure

  

  London's run of high-profile restaurant closures continues with the news today that Galvin at Windows is to close. In an announcement on Instagram, owners Chris and Jeff Galvin said that the restaurant's last service

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