Knightsbridge

• Harrods Dining Hall gets a big revamp with four big new chefs joining

  

  Harrods is on something of a roll at the moment with their food and drink offering. From hugely popular pop-ups through to the rooftop launch of Bjorn Frantzen earlier this year, there always seems to be something new happening there. 

  And things are about to get even busier. Next on the agenda is a big revamp of the store's Dining Hall, which will be bringing with it four new highly rated chefs. We were already aware of

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• Geode restaurant to open for ‘vibe-dining’ in Knightsbridge

  

  When you’ve worked at Mayfair’s Novikov it’s fair to say that you've probably dealt with plenty of folk for whom budgeting is an alien concept. That’s the background of duo Salvatore Broccu and Marios Louvaris who are behind Knightsbridge’s next big opening, Geode.

  Spanning three floors of a Georgian townhouse and including a sculptural cocktail bar at entry level, a mezzanine conservatory with an

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• The Berkeley opens its rooftop pool bar in Knightsbridge to all

  

  We're always on the lookout for a hot new rooftop bar and the one opening up at The Berkeley sounds on point. There's long been a lovely swimming pool and lounging space up at the top of the Knightsbridge hotel, but that's always been reserved for guests only - until now.

  From next month The Berkeley Rooftop Bar will be open to all in the evenings, and it has amazing views over central London. There's a lift to whisk

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• Here's why the Fifth Floor at Harvey Nichols should be your summer dining destination choice

  

  Perched on the top of Harvey Nichols Knightsbridge, and with its own dedicated lift to boot, the Fifth Floor is just as handy a place to recover from the vigours of shopping as it is a lovely spot in the heart of London to meet up with friends and family.

• Previewing Cantinetta Antinori - luxe yet cosy Italian in Knightsbridge

   

  Cantinetta Antinori arrives in Knightsbridge as a joint venture between a global restaurant group and a top Italian winemaker.  We popped in to check it out in a recent preview dinner. 

• Test Driving Hyde Park Garden - the new summer terrace at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park

  

  The terrace outside Dinner by Heston has been transformed into a restaurant and bar celebrating the English countryside. We popped along for some English fizz and seasonal dishes at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park. 

• Harrods opens the Prada Caffe for a taste of Milan in London

  

  Following on from the huge success of their Dior Cafe and Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusama pop-up, Harrods are at it again. They've just unveiled their latest designer collaboration - the Prada Caffè.

  Open all day, serving everything from breakfast through to cocktails and bites for aperitivo, the cafe will be on the ground floor of the store until the end of the year. The fashion house says the cafe's been inspired by

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• Cantinetta Antinori comes to London with Florentine T-bones and fine wines

  

  Updated 31/3/23 with more details

  The Antinori family are arguably the most famous name in Italian wines, so it's fair to expect that their upcoming London restaurant will have a pretty decent wine list. Cantinetta Antinori will be an interesting team-up in Knightsbridge between the Italian winemakers and the Monaco family - the Giraudis - who opened Le Petit Beefbar in London last year.

  The

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• Burnt Ends is coming to London, opening at Harrods

  

  Update 5/7/24 - This is unfortunately no longer happening.

  Are there no limits to the ambition of Harrods' food and drink team? Not content with luring Bjorn Frantzen over this year to open his first UK restaurant, and ...

• Harrods and three-star Michelin chef Masayoshi Takayama team up for new restaurant

  

  In a somewhat tantalisingly short bombshell, department store Harrods has declared its next partnership will be with a renowned Japanese chef. Masayoshi Takayama (more commonly known as ‘Masa’) is a bit of a sushi legend, rumoured to have helped kickstart the Los Angeles obsession with sushi when he moved there and opened a restaurant in 1980.

  Masa trained at

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• Chisou

  Sushi in Knightsbridge

• Test Driving Studio Frantzen - a Swedish makeover for Harrods

  

  Top chef Bjorn Frantzen has arrived in Harrods with a huge restaurant devoted to his Nordic/Asian cuisine - and a new rooftop to boot. We went down to Knightsbridge to check it out. 

• Studio Frantzén is Björn Frantzén's Harrods restaurant in London

  

  Updated 28/11/22 with interior images

  Almost a year ago, Harrods has dropped the culinary bombshell that they had persuaded none other than Björn Frantzén to open a restaurant at the Knightbridge store.

  If you are wondering who Björn is and why this is such a big deal, well Frantzén is ...

• Test Driving The Berkeley's new pop-up pub - The Bishop

  

  The Berkeley has launched a new wintry pop-up - and this one is based on a classic pub. We went along for beer, scotch eggs and to see how they've managed to evoke a proper British pub in the heart of Knightsbridge.  

• Harrods has a fabulous new gingerbread Café Dior pop-up

  

  Grab your handbags, Harrods is bringing the best of fashion and food together, with a gingerbread-themed Café Dior opening on its ground floor for a limited time.

  Yes, the department store that needs no introduction and which certainly doesn’t shy away from extravagance, is taking your gingerbread fantasies to the next level. You can book now for that catch-up with a friend that is more than a

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