Chef Lisa Goodwin-Allen next week opens a Mediterranean-style all-day restaurant with a large terrace inspired by ‘Milanese piazzas and Riviera promenades’ that overlooks a landscaped garden, just a couple of minutes’ walk from the hustle of Oxford Street. Pearl, in Mayfair’s Brown Hart Gardens, close to Selfridges, is a standalone venue adjacent to and part […]
A new boutique hotel opens in Mayfair next week called The Shepherd, with a modern all-day brasserie called Fayre. The 82-room hotel replaces the former Park Lane Mews Hotel, in a refurbished block of townhouses above a ‘secret wartime bunker’ from the 1940s, near cute Shepherd Market. Fayre offers a menu of classic European dishes using […]
A smart new steakhouse called Cordelia’s is to open in Mayfair next week, taking over the site in Clarges Street previously occupied by L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon. Cordelia’s promises a selection of steaks headed by 45-day dry-aged British rib-eye but also featuring interesting cuts from heritage and rare breeds around the world. Galician beef will […]
High-flying Indian restaurant brand Trèsind opens its first UK branch in Mayfair today (8 May), offering a take on the cuisine that earned chef Himanshu Saini (pictured) three Michelin stars in four years at its Dubai flagship. The launch follows hot on the heels of Oudh 1722 from Birmingham’s Aktar Islam in Borough and shortly […]
Two new handroll sushi bars are about to launch in London’s West End, offering a different twist on Japanese dining. Temaki opens next week in Maddox Street, Mayfair after a five-year run in Brixton Market that ended last summer. Billed when it opened as London’s first handroll specialist, it won high ratings in the Harden’s […]