See & Be Seen in London

Notting Hill's Michelin-starred neighbourhood brasserie, wood-fired grill, retained star 2026

Piccadilly's grand café, the Viennese-Parisian brasserie that runs from breakfast to supper

The 2023 conversion of the Old War Office on Whitehall, Mauro Colagreco's Michelin-starred Saison, a Guerlain spa, and the most ambitious new opening in the city.

Keith McNally's Russell Street brasserie, the SoHo Manhattan original transposed to Covent Garden, twelve years in.

The Berkeley's pastry counter, Grolet's first London room, the trompe-l'œil fruits the audience has only seen on Instagram

The Brook Street Art Deco grande dame, afternoon tea in the Foyer, a Foyer Bar by Bryan O'Sullivan, and the most famous lobby in London.

Piccadilly's 1707 grocery, the food hall, the Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon, the hampers everyone takes home

St Martin's Court's 1890s seafood institution, Theatreland's pre-curtain Dover sole

Mount Street seafood and the city's most consequential lunch crowd, the Mayfair set-piece.