London Restaurants - Mayfair, Belgravia
45 Park Lane, Mayfair, London W1K 1PN
Wolfgang Puck made his fortune serving gourmet pizzas to Hollywood's elite. It's currently his only European restaurant - part of the Dorchester Collection. Steaks are the focus here as well as plenty of interesting salads for the stars to push around their plates.
8-10 Pollen Street, London W1S 1NQ
Jason Atherton's flagship restaurant is the one you're most likely to see him in the kitchen. The 60 cover restaurant has two private dining rooms, a large bar and a dessert bar. Expect superbly sourced British produce cooked with elegance and finesse.
9 Conduit Street, London W1S 2XG
Pierre Gagnaire's uber chic Mayfair restaurant is certainly for special occasions - it's one of the most expensive meals in town. There are multiple dining rooms within the building, all with very different looks and menus. There are also incredibly instagrammable loos.
12A Berkeley Square House, Berkely Square, London W1J 6BS
Benares on Berkeley Square features an upscale menu featuring modern Indian cuisine with a British twist. There's also a large bar here and plenty of private dining space for Mayfair business meals.
26 Maddox Street, London W1S 1HQ
The original Goodman and perhaps our favourite. When this superlative steak restaurant opened, it was hard to find a decent steak in London. That's all changed now - but Goodman remains a top place to either treat yourself or splash the company credit card at.
28 Upper Grosvenor Street, London W1K 7EH
This is Irish celeb chef Richard Corrigan's main restaurant in London, and one where much of the produce comes from his own farm in Ireland. Expect hearty food and also a damned fine bar attached to it too, called Dickie's, where the drinks have a distinct Irish flavour.
53-54 Brook's Mews, London W1K 4EG
Part of an international group of restaurants, eating here - particularly if you've scored an outside table - should be like eating somewhere very luxe on the Cote d’Azur. The food is light French Mediterranean and Niçoise cuisine. A recent addition has been a new oyster bar.
11-15 Swallow Street, London W1B 4DG
A London institution, having been around since 1916, this Piccadilly spot has thrived under Richard Corrigan's ownership. Whether you're perched up at the counter having oysters from some of the best shuckers in the world or upstairs in the more formal dining room, you'll get amazing seafood here.
20 Mount Street, London W1K 2HE
This seafood restaurant in Mayfair is also one of its most famous, and the flagship restaurant for Richard Caring's Caprice group. And if you can grab one of the tables outside (weather permitting), it's one of THE places to be seen in town.
The Connaught, Carlos Place, Mayfair, London W1K 2AL
One of the main restaurants at prestigious London hotel The Connaught, this is run by French Chef Hélène Darroze. Expect high-end French dining that has won the restaurant three Michelin stars. After a recenti-ish major refurbishment, it now has an impressive chef's table. Make sure to finish with the signature rum baba.
20 Queen Street, London, W1J 5PR
There are a few Cafe Muranos across town - but this is the main Michelin-starred flagship restaurant of Angela Hartnett. It's high-end Italian dining but with a relaxed vibe.
The Dorchester, Park Lane, London W1K 1QA
Alain Ducasse is one of France's most celebrated chefs and he's done pretty well over here too. This restaurant at The Dorchester hotel, serving up fine French food, is one of a few restaurants in London to be awarded three Michelin stars.
400 Oxford St, Marylebone, London W1A 1AB
Caprice Holdings - the people behind The Ivy restaurants, Sexy Fish and lots more - are behind this in-your-face restaurant at Selfridges. And, like Sexy Fish, this has a big old Damen Hirst installation front and centre.
10 Heddon Street, London W1B 4BX
Sarap started life as pop-ups and residencies, then a restaurant in Brixton followed by this flagship restaurant in Mayfair - the latest to take over the 10 Heddon Street location. This restaurant sees what they call an "evolution"of their Filipino menu, with the signature dishes being their Lechon suckling pig.
38 Groom Place, Belgravia, London SW1X 7BA
This sees Tom Aikens return to the kitchen in a mich more intimate setting. Counter dining is the order of the day where you can see the chefs properly in action. The menu is based around Aikens' life and expreience and expect a lot of attention to detail in the presentation.
6-8 Mill Street, Mayfair, London, W1S 2AZ
This Mayfair pub is best known for its pies - having won the British Pie Awards three times. It's also now run by the same people behind The Guinea, so there's an expanded menu as well as access to all the wines on The Guinea's list. Look out for the secret roof terrace at the back.
10 Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London W1K 6JP
Gordon Ramsay's first new restaurant for years in London has been inspired by 1930s Tokyo drinking dens - it's taken over the spot where Maze was on Grosvenor Square.
25 Heddon Street, London W1B 4BH
The classic Moroccan restaurant in Mayfair by Mourad Mazouz has been given a new lease of life with an extensive makeover. The food is French Med with hints of North Africa and there's a cracking bar downstairs from top barman Erik Lorincz.
Old Park Lane, Mayfair, London W1K 1LB
There's a wealth of talent behind this modern grill room on Park Lane - with Hawksmoor's Richard Turner and wine writer Fiona Beckett on the dream team. Make sure you kick off with a cocktail, they're particularly inventive.
48 Albermarle Street, London W1S 4DH
Top mixologist Tony Conigliaro is teaming up once more with chef Rob Roy Cameron, opening a two floor restaurant and bar on Albermarle Street.
18a Ebury St, Belgravia, London SW1W 0LU
Uni (Japanese for sea urchin) serves up Nikkei (Japanese/Peruvian) cuisine in Victoria with a luxurious downstairs restaurant as well as an upstairs sushi bar.
17-19 Maddox St, Mayfair, London W1S 2QH
Atul Kochhar's first new restaurant after Benares is this Mayfair spot focusing on lesser-known Indian dishes.
The Grosvenor House Hotel, 86-90 Park Ln, Mayfair, London W1K 7TN
Fresh from Dubai comes Ruya and chef Colin Clague, bringing some of the region’s finest traditional food given a contemporary, sophisticated twist that's well suited to the restaurant’s ritzy location.
44 Elizabeth St, Belgravia, London SW1W 9PA
The Thomas Cubitt is the one of the Belgravia outposts for the Cubitt House Group, situated in a Regency townhouse. It combines a ground-floor pub with a more upmarket upstairs dining room.
34 Dover Street, London W1S 4NG
With restaurants in all the key globetrotting hotspots - NYC, Miami, Dubai etc - a London branch was way overdue for this upscale international chain.
19 Berkeley St, Mayfair, London W1J 8ED
In the heart of Mayfair, high end Bocconcino serves up classic Italian cuisine - everything from homemade pasta and freshly made pizzas baked in the wood-fired pizza oven, to the highest quality seafood.
Brown?s Hotel, Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BP
He may have a three Michelin-starred restaurant in Rome, but chef Heinz Beck's Mayfair restaurant at Brown's Hotel is a slightly more casual affair. An Italian restaurant with British produce supplying the additional wow factor.
85 Piccadilly, London W1J 7NB
Ollie Dabbous' Mayfair restaurant is a three-storey affair. The main restaurant used to be divided in two - but now serves the same menu throughout, including classics like his warm acorn cake. The cocktail bar, in the basement is well worth a visit and they're also known for great breakfasts.
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