The Riviera Comes to The Lanesborough at Le Café LPM Those of you familiar with London’s restaurant scene will know of La Petite Maison, the classic Mayfair fixture that opened in 2007 with a menu inspired by the French Riviera. Since it opened, there have been many other copycat restaurants in London, but La Petite […]
Bocconcino Mayfair
Mayfair Italian Bocconcino is the Real Deal The Bocconcino group of three restaurants across London’s West End are a small but perfectly formed prizewinning restaurant group with their flagship restaurant in Mayfair and other outposts in Soho and the Strand. We visited the Mayfair site which on a Monday night was buzzing with the sound […]
Trèsind Mayfair
Modernist Indian Dining Experience Trèsind is a fine-dining Indian restaurant that delights and surprises with every dish on its 12-course tasting menu. Opened in May in Mayfair, it is the sister restaurant of Trèsind Dubai and Trèsind Mumbai. Trèsind Studio in Dubai has three Michelin stars. The name derives from the combination of the French […]
Regional Supperclub Style Dining at Kanishka Indian Restaurant, Mayfair
A Taste of Goa – a six-course tasting experience by Atul Kochhar and Ashok Kumar Kanishka is a discreet and petite Indian restaurant tucked away just behind Regent Street in the heart of Mayfair. The name itself comes from ‘King Kanishka’ – an emperor in the second Kushan Dynasty who was known for his military, […]
Dreams of Olympus Menu at Brasserie of Light
Sparkling Dining at Selfridges, Oxford Street I used to be a West End girl, shopping in Selfridges and hopping on a Routemaster home – heck, I even had a Sears card when that was a thing, although I mainly used it in the Miss Selfridge concession. Twenty years later and I’m an East End girl, […]
RH London – Restaurant of the Month
Furniture and Food that’s a million miles from Ikea. How do you differentiate in the world of luxury? July’s restaurant of the month, RH London, might just be on to something. Visit their newest destination in Burlington Gardens – a stunning gallery, showroom and restaurants, and you’ll enjoy a few hours of immersive decadence. For […]
Visit Grosvenor House for a superb Beatrix Potter Themed Afternoon Tea
The Tales of Beatrix Potter™ Afternoon Tea at JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel, London An afternoon tea is an occasion to treat yourself to delicious savoury sandwiches and delightful pastries – a quintessential English experience. The recently launched The Tales of Beatrix Potter™afternoon tea at the luxury five-star JW Marriott Grosvenor House hotel on Park Lane, London, […]
Lilibet’s
The Princess and the Mushy Pea Imagine a world in which King Edward VIII hadn’t fallen in love with Wallis Simpson and then given up the throne. King George VI would never have become king, and his eldest daughter, Princess Elizabeth, would not have taken the crown on the death of her father, instead enjoying […]
Chargal Mayfair
Contemporary Turkish Dining in Mayfair Chargal sits proudly at 11 Berkeley Street, right in the heart of Mayfair, just moments from Green Park station. Recently opened, this contemporary Turkish-Mediterranean restaurant offers a glamorous take on the flavours of Turkey and the wider Eastern Mediterranean. Arriving midweek, on the day of a Tube strike, you might […]
El Pirata of Mayfair
Top Tapas at El Pirata in Mayfair London dining has been hugely influenced by Spanish ‘tapas’ style eating. If the Soho restaurant renaissance was kick-started in 2009 by Polpo, Russell Norman’s ‘bacaro’ serving Venetian small plates, it was in no small part influenced by the success of the Hart brothers’ contemporary tapas restaurant Barrafina in […]