Claude Bosi and Samyukta Nair are joining forces to open a Riviera-style restaurant in Mayfair this summer. Named Socca, it will occupy the South Audley Street site which formerly housed Richoux, the century-old French tea house which closed amid pandemic losses a year ago. The business partnership between the Lyons-born chef, patron of Bibendum, and […]
Sarap, the first Filipino restaurant to make a real impact on the London culinary scene, is to open a West End branch this month in Mayfair’s Heddon Street. Its signature dish will be Lechon suckling pig, slow-roasted whole and stuffed with lemongrass aromatics and truffled adobo pork rice, to be ordered 48 hours in advance […]
Langan’s Brasserie, the ultimate celeb haunt of the early 80s, reopens tomorrow (Saturday 30 October) following a complete refurbishment and under new management. A Mayfair magnet for paparazzi in its glory years, Langan’s slid into administration last year after closing in the March lockdown. It has been rescued by Peter Dubens of Oakley Capital, and […]
Rohit Ghai, the most prominent of the Indian chefs to have established themselves in London in the past decade, marks his return to Mayfair this autumn with the launch of a new restaurant, Manthan, on the Maddox Street site vacated by Dhruv Mittal’s well-received Lucknow 49 when it closed down in August last year. It […]
Poutine is having a moment in London, with the opening of two new restaurants that put the legendary Quebecois take on chips at the centre of their offering. West 4th in Parson’s Green, named after Vancouver’s West 4th Avenue shopping and dining thoroughfare, is an all-day brunch restaurant that turns into a wine bar by […]
Spanish brothers Alberto and Arian Zandi have announced details of their third London restaurant – El Norte, opening in Dover Street, Mayfair in November. The identical twins hail the debut as the cornerstone of an international luxury brand that will do for Spanish cuisine what Nobu or Zuma did for Japanese and the Cipriani for Italian. Shortage […]
Mark Jarvis – chef-patron of Anglo in Farringdon “light years ahead of some famous names in terms of quality” – today (1 May) launched a new venture in Mayfair. Stem in Princes Street, just off Regent Street, occupies a property owned by The Crown Estate and is part of a significant regeneration project to increase both restaurant and […]
The trio behind Shepherd Market’s “gorgeous quirky restaurant” Kitty Fisher’s (Tom Mullion, Tim Steel and Oliver Milburn) back up their Mayfair success with a new Covent Garden venture. Cora Pearl, like its sister, takes its name from a well known British-born courtesan. Originally from Covent Garden, Cora became the party queen of Paris, and the restaurant […]
After closing his Fitzrovia flagship Dabbous in summer 2017, as well as nearby Barnyard, Ollie Dabbous is back with a new venture. Hide occupies a huge (250-cover) space on Mayfair’s Piccadilly, offering dining and drinking across three floors, connected by a striking spiral staircase, with spectacular views over Green Park. The restaurant opened today (17 […]
Heinz Beck, the man behind three Michelin-starred sensation La Pergola in Rome, brings some of his Italian flair to that quintessentially British London landmark, Brown’s Hotel in Mayfair. Beck at Brown’s promises a much more casual (and affordable) offering with a menu of classic Italian dishes using seasonal, British ingredients devised by Beck and his […]
