Mayfair
This showcases our coverage of Mayfair, London’s premier dining and hospitality district, known for luxury venues, flagship restaurants, and high-spend clientele. We report on fine dining launches, chef appointments, brand expansions, and operational strategy from some of the UK’s most prestigious operators. With insights into premium pricing models, guest experience design, and elite F&B service, this is essential reading for executives, restaurateurs, and hospitality professionals navigating or benchmarking against the high-end market.
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Feb- 2020 -3 FebruaryRestaurants
Administrators close Mayfair’s The Square restaurant
RSM Restructuring Advisor has been appointed as administrators to three companies within the Marc Limited restaurant group. As a result, Michelin-starred The Square restaurant in Mayfair, which employed 31 staff, has now closed, after administrations were appointed to its operator Dailyrare Limited. The other affected companies include Mortons the Restaurant…
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Jan- 2020 -30 JanuaryComment
Dining with the stars: a definitive list of celebrity-owned haunts
WHO: Ed Sheeran WHAT: Bertie Blossoms WHERE: Notting Hill Last August, Ed Sheeran shocked his fans by announcing an 18-month hiatus from music. It seems the singer has found a new calling, because it was only a month later that he launched his very own restaurant, Bertie Blossoms. The eatery,…
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10 JanuaryPeople
Ben Boeynaems joins the Beaumont Hotel as executive head chef
The Beaumont Hotel in Mayfair has appointed Ben Boeynaems as its new executive head chef. Boeynaems will take up the role mid-February and will run The Colony Grill Room alongside the Magritte Bar. He is currently the head chef at The Zetter Group and has previously held positions at The…
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Dec- 2019 -5 DecemberRestaurants
Hoppers to open new King’s Cross restaurant
Sri Lankan restaurant chain Hoppers has announced it is set to open its third site in London’s King’s Cross in February 2020. Hoppers King’s Cross will offer 130-covers and will also feature a “much larger bar” than the previous locations. Hoppers said the inspiration for the design of its third…
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3 DecemberRestaurants
Gymkhana set to reopen in 2020 after fire forces temporary closure
Michelin Star Indian restaurant, Gymkhana is set to reopen its Mayfair site in February next year, after a fire forced it to temporarily close its doors earlier this year. A statement on the restaurant’s website said: “We are excited to announce Gymkhana will reopen its doors in February 2020 following…
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Nov- 2019 -26 NovemberRestaurants
Chucs Cafe’ opens new site in Chelsea
Restaurant, Chucs Cafe’, has opened its doors to its new on Lower Sloane Street in Chelsea, London. The Chelsea branch is the sixth location in London for the branch and is part of its expansion plans led by chairman Graziano Arricale alongside executive chef director Simon Henbery. Chucs Cafe’ will…
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15 NovemberRestaurants
Connaught Grill returns to Mayfair
The Connaught Grill will be returning to its original home next year, almost 20 years after it first closed its doors in 2000. The 46-seat venue will be located on the ground floor of the The Connaught in Mayfair, the site where it first opened as an “iconic” restaurant in…
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12 NovemberRestaurants
Old Street’s Daffodil Mulligan opens its doors
Daffodil Mulligan has opened its doors on Old Street, marking it the third London restaurant to be launched by chef Richard Corrigan. Corrigan opened the restaurant alongside John Nugent of Green and Fortune, and Tony Gibney of Gibney’s of Malahide. The Irish trio “have over a century of hospitality experience…
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7 NovemberRestaurants
Gaucho to undergo brand revamp with Mayfair restaurant launch
Restaurant chain Gaucho has unveiled it will be making changes to the business, which includes a new restaurant design and cinema screen, with the new design launching at Gaucho’s original restaurant on Charlotte Street in Mayfair this month. The restaurant announced it has updated its “creative direction” to “win new…
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Oct- 2019 -31 OctoberRestaurants
Jacques Restaurant announces new opening in Solihull
Jacques restaurant has announced a new opening in Solihull in March 2020. Chef Jacques Van Der Merwe and his team have purchased a venue situated in the town centre of Solihull, and claim it is “investing several million pounds creating a beautiful and illustrious new upmarket dining venue.” Van Der…
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