Hotel

We first wrote about Ergon House coming to Covent Garden back in 2024, but things went very quiet after that. Now, somewhat out of nowhere, they're actually getting ready to open this month. 

That will be the London outpost of Greek boutique hotel group Ergon House, and it's taking over a refurbished listed building on King Street (where the Covent Garden Carluccio's used to be). It's a mix of hotel rooms and "residences", but it's also bringing with it a new restaurant and store. 

Things have changed somewhat since the original announcement. Back then, we heard

 We love a clever brand activation here at Hot Dinners, and the folks at fashion house Louis Vuitton have been busy over the past few weeks creating a very special pop-up for Londoners. The Louis Vuitton hotel is opening for business today on Berkeley Square and will be open to visitors for the next two months.

The couturier has used the 130th birthday of the brand's iconic monogram this year as a reason to go big with celebrations. To that end, they've taken over a whole house in Mayfair that used to be home to the private members' club Morton's.

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It's been a while since The Wolseley Group's last opening, which was The Wolseley City back in 2023. But now they're getting ready to open their first London hotel, and it's going to be part of their brand new Colbert Collection. 

Called The WestDill Mayfair, the hotel is opening on Piccadilly, in a space that's almost directly opposite The Wolseley (and is somewhere that Jeremy King was once rumoured to be taking over a few years ago). It's

27/11/25 - updated with details about the restaurants.

Promising to be one of 2026's biggest openings, The Admiralty Arch - one of London's truly iconic buildings - is currently being transformed into a new luxury hotel. The Admiralty Arch Waldorf Astoria will enjoy one of London's best views, directly down The Mall towards Buckingham Palace.

The hotel had already revealed who the two "Chef partners" would be - Clare Smyth who has three Michelin Stars for Core in Notting Hill, and French/American chef Daniel Boulud, whose New York restaurants have four

The opening of The Chancery Rosewood is nearly upon us. Not since the opening of The OWO has such a large endeavour been launched, but unlike that hotel, most of these restaurants here are opening at the same time. 

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

Updated 18/2/24 with images

London's hotel scene is seriously hot at the moment. The past 18 months have seen the opening of The Pensinsula, The OWO and 1 Mayfair and now the group behind Claridge's is getting ready to open a new hotel in Knightsbridge. The Emory will be the first brand-new London opening for them in over 50 years - the Berkeley opened its doors back in

Many of London's well-known historic buildings have been turned into hotels (work is also apace on Admiralty Arch and the