Yet another Italian restaurateur pitches up in Mayfair (hot on the heels of Antonio Mellino’s Quattro Passi and Giovanni “Johnny” Micaulis’s Assunta Madre). Andrea Reitano has opened a casual Italian dining spot, Caffe Rei, on Hay Hill later this year with dishes inspired by his ‘Nonna’ and ingredients flown in every day from the motherland. […]
In what is turning into a real life game of Monopoly, one where your starting capital needs to be oligarch billions rather than £200 for passing Go, Mayfair’s desirable restaurant sites are being snapped up by Russia’s elite. The string of Russian-backed restaurants now inhabiting the priciest heart of W1 include Novikov, Goodman, Rextail, Burger/Lobster and, most […]
Not one but two America’s top exports – Martinis and burgers – are to headline the menu at a new Mayfair diner. Chucs Bar & Grill, in Dover Street, will stand next to (English) entrepreneur Charles Finch’s Chucs Dive & Mountain Shop. The intimate 25-seater restaurant will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, serving up burgers, salads, […]
