The arrival of chef Shay Cooper means that this splendid hotel dining room now has a menu that lives up to the opulent surroundings. 

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Chef Shay Cooper is no stranger to turning old-school hotel dining rooms into places where you feel truly cosseted. Having already done so with a similar role at The Goring, where he won it a Michelin star, he's now turned his attention to the restaurant at The Lanesborough in Belgravia.

As the luxury hotel's new executive chef, Shay is now getting ready to open the

Promising a taste of their Mayfair restaurant at home, we take a look at British restaurant Charlie's at Brown's and their Weekend Feast Box.

The team behind popular Hackney spot Nest, are expanding to West London with this new seasonal British restaurant on Wandsworth Bridge Road. 

The second restaurant at the Corinthia London is far from an also-ran as chef Andre Garrett proves with his seasonal, luxury take on the best of British and European produce.

Take a tour of the UK's best food producers without having to leave London at this new restaurant in Shoreditch. 

Sir Terence Conran has teamed up with an experienced chef to transform the fortunes of the lower ground restaurant at the Boundary London, reopening as Wilder.

Who doesn't love a good birthday celebration? Well, the one planned by The Quality Chop House for thier 150th anniversary sounds like it's going to be worth turning up for.

To commemorate serving food to Londoners since 1869, the Farringdon Road restaurant is putting on a special menu of QCH classics "reinterpreted by head chef Shaun Searley".

Dishes will include (brace yourselves):

• Beef fat brioche with duck liver parfait and black

You've seen him on the Great British Menu, you've heard about his travails over the use of his name, now try James Cochran's food at his wonderful new Islington restaurant. 

It may be one of London's oldest restaurants, but there's a new influence in the kitchen at the Guinea Grill.

Chef Nathan Richardson and the Guinea's GM Oisin Rogers go way back - they worked together first at the Ship in Wandsworth and then at Rogers' last place, The Canonbury Tavern in Islington.

After a short stay down under, opening up a restaurant in Brisbane, Nathan's now back in London and has taken on the position of Head Chef at The Guinea.

Super handy for the cricket ground, this new British restaurant has a serious team behind it, chock full of ex-Paradise Garage and The Dairy chefs.

Down by the river in Lambeth, this museum cafe has been slowly growing a reputation for its cooking - we went for a look.

Whether it's the cold weather or our general need for carbs, London has currently got a bit of pash for Yorkshire puddings. Last week we reported on a new Liverpool Street pub doing bottomless yorkies - now a riverside restaurant is supersizing them.

Gillray's over at the London Marriott Hotel County Hall

Mark Jarvis is expanding his modern British empire by opening a new Mayfair restaurant - the third in the group

Wilton's is London's oldest restaurant but does it offer London's diners anything new? We went to find out