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Promising the elegant vibrancy of Mayfair and village-like feel of Marylebone, new luxury hotel The BoTree is scheduled to open in July 2023. If you’re spent any time just north of Oxford Street of late, you may have wondered what’s happening to that building. You know the one. Used to be a car park. Was…
And, in the case of Novikov, it’s been around for ten years. Cast your mind back to December 2011. The X Factor had just created Little Mix. Bolton Wanderers were still a Premiership side. The Marvel Universe was five films in, rather than 26. And celebrated legendary Russian restaurateur Arkady Novikov had just launched his…
Like a mirrored gold-spun rubix cube, wrapped in carnation red, interior designer Martin Brudnizk has created more than a homage to Annabel’s adored past-decadence – he has crafted a wondrous experience-led interior, a sumptuous dining space of Italian frivolity. Matteo’s is the antithesis of all that one would expect from Annabel’s newest Mayfair Italian. Entering…
Traipsing through Mayfair’s Berkeley Square during a late summer downpour, one just wishes to escape the dross and find sanctuary in warm and inviting comfort. A wet hop down nearby Charles Street and a charmingly immaculate brass plate indicates I’ve found it. Marcus Lecky Oswald Hornby Birley, Old Etonian and King of London’s private clubbage…
Last week saw the reopening of the eagerly anticipated private member’s club pop up at 19 Greek Street. La Maison Rémy Martin is back, slicker and sexier than ever. Exploring hidden talents of those involved, the opening party saw the delicious actress Gemma Chan pick up (and play) a violin for a captive audience, whilst…
When flogging wine, don’t sell the sausage, sell the sozzle. The name of London’s newest wine and spirits boutique couldn’t possibly be more apt. Having opened just before Christmas, it seems that everybody and his wine-guzzling dog is talking about the Mayfair venture… and quite rightly so. Unlike your standard wine shop, Hedonism have created…
If you just happen to be a premiership footballer who has become disgruntled with their current clubs lack of ambition by failing to expend vast sums of money on new talent, then you may want to consider the latest offering from those lovely people at the May Fair Hotel. Showing no such lack of ambition,…
After conquering Russia, multiple restaurateur Arkady Novikov is now looking to other countries to conquer. Or, according to some, disappoint. In a huge Mayfair space, Novikov has split the room and the big name critics. At the front, the pan-Asian restaurant. Downstairs, a vast Italian one. On the one hand, AA Gill loving it. On…