The tasting-menu corridor. Core, The Connaught, Sketch and Hide sit inside ten blocks and reservations open ninety days ahead. Hotel bars stay open late.
Karam Sethi's Albemarle Street Indian dining room in Mayfair London, opened 2013 and Michelin two-starred since 2024, modelled on a colonial-club room.
OrderKid goat methi keema with sesame naan, plus whatever wild-game tandoori cut is being grilled that night.
TipThe basement bar serves the same kitchen as a la carte without the tasting menu lock-in. Book a fortnight out.
Nieves Barragan Mohacho's Mayfair Spanish dining room off Regent Street in London, opened 2017 and Michelin-starred, runs a tapas counter downstairs.
OrderPulpo a la gallega at the counter and the suckling pig upstairs at El Asador.
TipCounter seats downstairs take walk-ins. Upstairs has a six-week booking lead time but a fixed-price suckling pig set menu.
Chris Corbin and Jeremy King's grand European brasserie on Piccadilly in London, opened 2003 in a former 1921 Wolseley showroom, runs from breakfast.
OrderEggs Benedict and a flat white at breakfast, or the Wiener schnitzel and a glass of riesling at dinner.
TipBreakfast from 07:00 is the un-touristed slot. Pre-theatre dinner from 18:00 books a fortnight ahead.
The Ritz Piccadilly dining room in Mayfair London, opened 1906 in Cesar Ritz's hotel, holds one Michelin star and runs classical French cooking.
OrderSole Veronique or the Beef Wellington carved tableside, with the cheese trolley to close.
Book8 weeks ahead
TipAfternoon tea in the Palm Court is the easier reservation; dinner books 8 weeks ahead with strict dress code.
Mourad Mazouz and Pierre Gagnaire's Conduit Street dining rooms in Mayfair London, opened 2002, hold three Michelin stars in the Lecture Room and run a famed.
OrderThe Pierre Gagnaire signature plate in the Lecture Room, or afternoon tea in the pink Gallery.
Book8 weeks ahead
TipThe Gallery serves the bistro menu and books a fortnight ahead; the three-starred Lecture Room is the eight-week wait.
Ollie Dabbous's Piccadilly dining room overlooking Green Park in Mayfair London, opened 2018 and Michelin-starred, runs a Modern British menu across three.
OrderWhatever sea-buckthorn course is on, and the warm cheese tart that has stayed on the menu since opening.
Book6 weeks ahead
TipThe ground-floor Below cocktail bar takes walk-ins and serves the same kitchen as a la carte plates.
Helene Darroze's three-Michelin-starred dining room inside The Connaught hotel in Mayfair London, opened 2008, runs ingredient-led French-British cooking.
OrderCep risotto in autumn, or the langoustine course at any time of year.
Book10 weeks ahead
TipLunch (Tue-Sat) at £75 for three courses is the most accessible route. The Connaught Bar next door is one of the world's great cocktail rooms.
The 1707 grocery and bakery on Piccadilly in Mayfair London, founded by William Fortnum and Hugh Mason, claims the original Scotch egg (1738).
Worth the queueOriginal Scotch egg
TipThe basement food hall queue is shorter than the main bakery counter. The Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon books two weeks ahead.
Agostino Perrone's hotel cocktail bar inside The Connaught in Mayfair London, opened 2008, runs the trolley-poured Connaught Martini table-side.
DrinkConnaught Martini (trolley-poured)
FoodHotel snacks
TipThe trolley-Martini is the marquee order; £24 a glass. Book a fortnight ahead through the hotel; jacket required after 19:00.
Salvatore Calabrese's hotel cocktail bar inside Dukes London in St James's, trading since 1908, claims to have inspired Ian Fleming's James Bond Vesper.
DrinkVesper Martini (trolley-poured)
FoodHotel snacks
TipThe trolley-Vesper is the marquee order; £28 a glass. The bar remains open during the hotel's 2026 refurbishment.
Salvatore Calabrese and Federico Pavan's hotel cocktail bar inside Brown's Hotel in Mayfair London, named for the photographer Terence Donovan.
DrinkBreakfast Martini (Salvatore Calabrese)
FoodSnacks only
TipThe Breakfast Martini was Calabrese's invention; ask for it after his Guinness-record house pour. The bar opens at 16:00 weekdays.
Chris Corbin and Jeremy King's grand European brasserie on Piccadilly in London, opened 2003, runs the city's most-traditional power-breakfast crowd.
OrderEggs Benedict with smoked salmon, plus a flat white
TipWeekday breakfast at 07:30 is the easy slot. The weekend full English at £24 is the marquee brunch order.
Agostino Perrone's bar inside the Connaught in Mayfair has won World's Best Bar more than once and runs the table-side martini trolley service that the rest of the industry copies.
TipOrder the martini trolley, the choice of vermouth and bitters at the table is the experience. Reservations open one month ahead.
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