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- The Dorchester unveils plans for a new roof terrace restaurant
The Dorchester has unveiled its alfresco plans for London's grand reopening next month and they include the arrival of a brand new roof garden. It's the first time the hotel has expanded its outdoor plans to its roof and the space will play host to a variety of pop-ups hosted by the hotel's various chefs, from executive chef Mario Perera to The Grill at The Dorchester's Tom Booton and Jean-Philippe Blondet
... - Native returns to London - opening at Browns along with a courtyard alfresco option
They closed in London in 2020 and moved out to the Osea on the Essex Coast but now Native are returning to London, taking up a space in the luxury retailer Browns' new store in Mayfair.
The restaurant will be in the flagship Browns on Brook Street, with
... - The Chancery Rosewood unveiled as the hotel that's taking over the old US Embassy on Grosvenor Square
If you've been wondering what's being planned with the old American Embassy site on Grosvenor Square (now that they have their fancy new building opposite Darby's), then wonder no longer. It's going to be a new Rosewood Hotel, called The Chancery Rosewood. That's from the same group behind Rosewood London, which features Holborn Dining Room as the main
... - Chef Alyn Williams wins his unfair dismissal case against The Westbury in Mayfair
Updated 15/2/21
Chef Alyn Williams' unfair dismissal case following his untimely departure from The Westbury Hotel was heard in court last week and the judge ruled in the chef's favour, agreeing that he had been unfairly dismissed.
But what we're agog with are the details surrounding the event that led to the hotel and chef parting ways. According to the
- Test Driving Charlie's Weekend Feast Box from Brown's Hotel
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.
- Top French chef Cyril Lignac is opening Bar des Prés restaurant in London
Top French chef Cyril Lignac is hoping his brand of Parisian cool will sit well in London with this Mayfair restaurant being his first international opening.
- Maru, a 20-course Omakase restaurant will be replacing the original Taka
This restaurant is taking over the space from the original Taka. It comes from the same people but will have a very different approach - all centred around a 20-course omakase-style tasting menu.
- Guinea Grill launches the Guinea Express - a Tier 2 pop-up in Mayfair
A Hot Dinners exclusive
We're all about hositality folk doing their best in these tough times, so we have to applaud Mayfair's Guinea Grill which today expands across the road for a festive popup.
The pub has taken over the old Pizza Express site opposite them on Bruton Place as the Guinea Express popup in the run up to Christmas. The idea is the extra space will allow them to have 60 more diners and make up for the
... - Test Driving Park Chinois at Home - Mayfair luxe direct to your door
Badly fancying a taste of Mayfair during the lockdown? Well, the delivery service from Park Chinois offers a bit of luxury direct to your door.
- Chef Daniel Humm adds his luxury truffle chicken to Claridge's delivery menu
During the last lockdown, Claridge's Davies and Brook restaurant - by NYC chef Daniel Humm - launched a stupidly popular delivery service. Claridge's Fried Chicken, aka CFC, was a massive success and now the service is back for Lockdown 2.0
There is one big new addition to the menu - Humm has added his Roast Chicken with Foie Gras and Black Truffle dish to the menu. Billed as "a family favourite that his mum used
... - The Connaught Bar in Mayfair is the World's Best Bar for 2020
This is VERY poor timing. As London spends its first evening in lockdown once again, one of our bars has just been named best in the world.
The Connaught Bar nabbed the top spot at the hugely competitive The World's 50 Best Bars 2020 which revealed its list today. It was a "deserving winner" said the judges "for the work that is put in and the level of artistry applied to the cocktail craft."
London was the best
... - KERB comes to Mayfair with South Molton Street Market
They may have temporarily shut up shop on West India Quay, but KERB are about to launch a brand new market in the centre of town. They're launching South Molton Street Market, taking over the pedestrianised street right around the corner from Bond Street Station.
There will be weekly changing vendors, with the best of KERB making an appearance and things kick off with:
... - Sketch launches a very Mayfair meals-at-home service
It was only a matter of time before somewhere like sketch joined the delivery revolution. Their new ‘sketch at home’ is a series of three meals and a drinks collection that you can either pick up from the restaurant or get delivered to your door.
Mmmm menu & Mmmm vegetarian menus are four-course meals created by sketch's Executive Chef Frederic Don. They're £75 per person (wine pairing is £45/£75 more) and you'll get instructions on
... - Bar Notes: Kwant
Where is it? On Heddon Street, underneath Momo
Who's in charge? Running things here is Eric Lorincz who previously headed up the American Bar at The Savoy which he took to the top slot in the World's Best Bars list.
What's the vibe? Think subtle tropical meets clubby drawing room - so the chairs are studded Chesterfields while the plants and decor are a bit tiki.
Why is it
... - The Connaught unveils a brand new Patisserie (with a River Cafe dessert)
While you may not be able to have a martini at the Connaught Bar after 10pm, the hotel has just unveiled something new for the daytime - a brand new patisserie. It's on the side of the building on Mount Street with its own entrance, meaning you can pop in and pick up Connaught cakes and patisseries all day long.
It's both eat-in and takeaway and they'll be featuring 10 seasonal patisseries,
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