GAIA, a ‘refined Greek taverna’ based in Dubai, opens its first London branch next Friday (8 December) on a prominent Mayfair corner site where Dover Street meets Piccadilly. Founded in 2018 by British-Nigerian chef Izu Ani, who grew up in Tottenham, and Russian-born entrepreneur Evgeny Kuzin, the concept already has branches in Monte Carlo and […]
A new wagyu-specialist Japanese restaurant opens in Mayfair next week which is expected to charge an astonishing £750 per person for a meal with wine. Aragawa, on Clarges Street, is the first European branch of a restaurant that originated in 1956 in Kobe, capital of Hyogo prefecture, and home of the best wagyu cattle – it […]
Former Pétrus head chef Larry Jayasekara has teamed up with photographic art gallerist Tim Jefferies to open his first restaurant as patron, The Cocochine in Mayfair. Opening this month, the restaurant is small but lavishly appointed, with “old school” touches such as booking by phone only, no turning of tables and a fully à la […]
High-end omakase dining arrives in Hampstead this month with the opening of restaurant Iné, from the team behind Taku in Mayfair. Named after the Japanese for the rice plant before it is harvested, Iné will offer a 15-course omakase (“leave it to the chef”) meal along with a full sushi and sashimi menu at an […]
The much-travelled and highly rated zero-waste restaurant Native is on the move again, having announced the closure of its berth at luxury retailer Browns’ Mayfair flagship store after just over two years. Imogen Davis and Ivan Tisdall-Downes (pictured) broke the “sad and unexpected” news in an Instagram post, saying they would now be hosting a […]
Ambitious Wandsworth town restaurant London Stock is to open a second branch next month in the heart of Mayfair – a move that brings its young team into direct competition with some of the culinary world’s big hitters. London Stock was launched three years ago as the flagship dining destination at Wandsworth’s new ‘Ram Quarter’, the […]
L’Atelier Robuchon is making a return to London, five years after closing down following the death its founder, the great French chef Joël Robuchon. The new restaurant is scheduled to open on 14 September in Clarges Street, Mayfair, on the site now occupied by its more casual stablemate Comptoir Robuchon. Head chef of the reopened […]
A new sushi restaurant opened in Mayfair this week charging what is thought to be the UK’s highest price for a meal. A meal Sushi Kanesaka, in Mayfair hotel 45 Park Avenue, costs £420 for 18 courses – with optional sake or wine pairings adding from £150 a head. Sushi master Shinji Kanesaka opened his restaurant […]
Amethyst in Mayfair, which had seemed to be one of the most successful launches of the past year, has closed following a falling out between chef Carlo Scotto (pictured, above) and his backers. The restaurant, with its distinctive jagged communal dining table, won high praise from critics, with the Guardian’s Grace Dent drawing attention to […]
Amethyst, the cutting-edge Mayfair restaurant from chef Carlo Scotto that launched to rave reviews a year ago, is opening a basement wine bar off Piccadilly with its own menu of distinctive small plates. Vinum promises rare and vintage wines by the glass chosen by head sommelier Ennio Pucciarelli from Amethyst’s cellar, including wines from Greece, […]
