New England seafood specialist Saltie Girl makes its international debut next week with its launch on North Audley Street in Mayfair. As the address might suggest, it will be a pretty upmarket offering – the original is noted for serving Martinis with a caviar-topped olive. Founder Kathy Sidell, a serial Boston restaurateur, says she was inspired […]
The JKS Restaurants (the group is as busy as ever) stalwart Chet Sharma has announced the launch of a new contemporary Indian restaurant in Mayfair. Now the home to countless upscale Indian restaurants – even with the notable departure of Indian Accent – it seems the perfect spot for BiBi, which will sit on the […]
The team behind Mayfair restaurants Bombay Bustle and Jamavar is opening a new Chinese spot in May. The Chinese restaurant will be situated on Curzon Street, formerly home to Indian restaurants Marani and Matsya. Details on the new venture are sparse, but we know the restaurant will have 85 covers and will be split across […]
Mayfair restaurant The Square was seized mid-service by administrators on Friday January 31. First reported by the Staff Canteen, diners were allegedly eating at the restaurant when it was taken and immediately closed. It came four months after lawyers served owner Marlon Abela, who operates Marlon Abela Restaurant Corporation, with a bankruptcy petition. As well […]
Mayfair hotspot Sabor is looking to open a second restaurant in Soho, reports say. Planning documents submitted to Westminster Council name Sabor and JKS Restaurants in a proposed opening on Lexington Street. Former Barrafina head chef Nieves Barragán Mohacho and José Etura set up Sabor in February 2018 and there might only have been vague […]
Stork, a new west African restaurant from debutante restaurateurs Michael Adjovi Kalu and Nadina Grigoras, has opened in Mayfair. The restaurant is one of the more original-sounding openings so far this year, playing on its founders’ roots: “Stork is a fresh concept that puts the spotlight on fusion dining at its finest – modern British […]
The Nobu group is to open its second London hotel. An announcement this week confirmed the new Nobu Hotel will open in Portman Square sometime in spring 2020. Founders Nobu Matsuhisa, Robert De Niro, and Meir Teper will see the brand launch a 239-room hotel together with another Nobu restaurant. It will sit in a […]
New chefs on the block Joe Allen and Aaron Thomas have teamed up with restaurateur Jamie Barber to launch a Nepalese-inspired dining residency at Hush in Mayfair. Allen and Thomas appeared on 2019’s series of the Beeb’s My Million Pound Menu, but failed to secure funding for their concept, which was then called XXVI, but […]
Chef, restaurateur and industry investor Atul Kochhar is to launch a new high-end Indian concept in Mayfair. Kanishka will open on Maddox Street in March and is Kochhar’s first venture with Tina English, a prominent investor on the London dining scene. Kanishka will look to explore the lesser-known regions of Indian cookery, focusing on the […]
