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- Lisa Goodwin-Allen joins The Beaumont, launching new restaurant Rosi
28/8/25 - updated with the opening date
Just after Lisa Goodwin-Allen rejoined Northcote, after making a surprise departure announcement just two months prior (being sold to new owners helped with that), she also announced she was to open a new restaurant at The Beaumont, called Rosi. Now we have more details about what's planned.
It's not her first London
... - Georgian restaurant DakaDaka is taking over the 10 Heddon Street space in Mayfair
It's been a while since we've seen a new restaurant launch at 10 Heddon Street, the space that once held Manteca, Fallow and Sarap as residencies. The residency days are behind it now and instead, it's relaunching as a permanent Georgian restaurant, DakaDaka.
It's the first restaurant from new hospitality group Berkeley Square Hospitality. That comes
... - The Grill at the Dorchester brings in ex-Claridge's chef Martyn Nail to relaunch the restaurant
Earlier this year, Chef Tom Booton revealed that after six years, he was stepping down from The Grill at The Dorchester, about a year after the restaurant was renamed to The Grill by Tom Booton. Well, as the chef has now departed, the restaurant is getting back its original name, and a new chef at the top.
Now in charge of The Grill at the
... - Here are all the restaurants and bars opening at the huge new Chancery Rosewood hotel
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.
- Scandinavian restaurant Punk Royale brings its caviar bumps to Mayfair
13/8/25 - updated with launch details
They've been here before in the guise of a pop-up at Carousel, but now Punk Royale is coming to London for their first permanent restaurant outside of Scandinavia.
The restaurant is taking a space in Mayfair that recently held two restaurants - Amethyst and London Stock. Neither of those survived long, so it's a
... - Akira Back and the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair have gone their separate ways
These are testing times for big name chefs. Following in the wake of so many being let go from their prestigious dining spots at Harrods comes another top-level departure. This time it's Michelin-starred chef Akira Back, whose partnership with the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair has ended
... - Michelin-starred chef Michael Caines is opening his first restaurant in London
12/8/25 - Updated with opening details
Chef Michael Caines won a Michelin star for his restaurant at Lympstone Manor, and has previously held two stars at Gidleigh Park. Now he's getting ready to open his first restaurant in London, Michael Caines at The Stafford.
This has all come about because the Stafford group have just taken over Lympstone
... - The Crisp Pizza team are opening a pub in Mayfair with a little help from The Devonshire
8/8/25 - Updated with more details
A few weeks ago, we reported that plans for the Crisp Pizza team to expand into central London had got a step closer to reality, after months of work to take over The Marlborough Head pub on North Audley Street. Now, we have lots more information about the opening (simply called "The Marlborough"), including how a nearby pub superteam is helping
... - Test Driving Shanghai Me, high-rise in Mayfair meets high-end prices
The restaurant at the top of the Park Lane Hilton has transformed into the high-end pan-Asian Shanghai Me. We popped up to the 28th floor to see just how the new restaurant and bar are settling in.
- Berenjak brings its Persian cuisine to Mayfair
1 August 2025 - updated with new early 2026 opening window
They have restaurants in Soho and Borough Market (not to mention as far afield as Doha and Dubai) and next up for Berenjak is Mayfair. As revealed on their own Instagram page, they're taking on a space on Duke Street right next to The Barley Mow (it's a new development so there hasn't been a restaurant there
... - New York's Carbone is confirmed to be coming to London
Carbone is definitely coming to London. Recently submitted planning information shows that the famous New York restaurant is the second restaurant to open in the Chancery Rosewood next year.
- Test Driving New York's Dante bar takeover of Claridge's for the summer
The arrival of one of New York's great bars to takeover the restaurant at Claridge's for the summer has made the hotel dining room an absolute scene. We made it our business to go down and try a cocktail or two.
- Bonheur by Matt Abé is the restaurant replacing Le Gavroche
We've known for a while that Restaurant Gordon Ramsay chef Matt Abé was taking on the old Le Gavroche site (snapped up by Gordon himself), and now we have a name: Bonheur by Matt Abé.
It's early days right now, so very little information has been released. We know that
... - Manchester's Med-inspired Fenix is coming to Mayfair
Tattu, the high-end Chinese restaurant with a view on the top of the Now Building, originally started as a group of restaurants in the North. Now the same team behind that are bringing another of their restaurants to London. This time it's the Mediterranean-inspired Fenix.
Currently only in Manchester, Fenix will be taking over the space that was Henry's on Piccadilly (which closed mid
... - Shanghai Me is the new rooftop restaurant at The London Hilton on Park Lane
2/7/24 - Updated with the opening date
Ever since the Galvin Brothers announced that they were closing their rooftop restaurant at the London Hilton on Park Lane after 18 successful years, there was speculation on what was going to take its place. Hot Dinners was originally the first to
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