Prezzo, Pizza Hut and Mayfair and Belgravia restaurants join list to fund own Eat Out to Help Out

Prezzo, Pizza Hut and a string of Mayfair and Belgravia restaurants have joined the list of venues funding their own extension of Rishi Sunak‘s meal deal scheme. The chains will continue the 50 per cent discount into September, which the Government has financed through August. More than 64million meals were eaten under the scheme during its … Read more

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Robin Birley forks out £500 to each member of his Mayfair nightspots 

While Rishi Sunak won plaudits for using taxpayers’ cash to hand out £10-per-head restaurant discounts, London’s beau monde is being offered something altogether more generous. I can reveal that ‘king of clubs’ Robin Birley has taken the extraordinary step of spending millions of his own money to lure members back to his fashionable Mayfair nightspots. … Read more

Four incredible women fighting on the coronavirus frontline are pampered at a Mayfair salon

Pubs and restaurants may be opening today but for millions of women, there’s only one reason to celebrate Super Saturday – the hairdressing salons are open again.  And who better to treat to some of the first ever haircuts than four women who have made a real difference to others over lockdown.  The Mail invited … Read more

Tailors warn Savile Row may ‘disappear’: Stores on famous Mayfair street struggle due to huge rent

Savile Row has erupted in a furious row over eye-watering rent prices as businesses warn the world-famous street could ‘disappear’ in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. Stores on the prestigious Mayfair road in central London, which boasts the finest tailors in the country, are ‘struggling’ due to the ‘potentially devastating’ pandemic. Revenue has plummeted … Read more

Ocean’s Eleven-style gang member who stole £4m gems from Mayfair jewellers jailed for four years

A gang member who stole £4million worth of gems from a Mayfair jewellers in one of the biggest shoplifting thefts in British criminal history has been jailed for nearly four years. Mickael Jovanovic was part of a crack team who tricked staff at Boodles into handing over precious jewels then used sleight of hand to … Read more

Saudi Sheikh is locked in a feud with exclusive Mayfair casino over ‘£2 million gambling debt’

Sheikh Salah Hamdan Al Balawi is accused of failing to settle what the Les Ambassadeurs Club, off Park Lane, has claimed is a £2 million debt A Saudi Sheikh estimated to have assets of more than £100 million is locked in a alleged gambling debt dispute with an exclusive London casino which featured in the … Read more

Food by Jason Atherton and personalised pillowcases: Hilton’s The Biltmore Mayfair opens in London

Hilton’s most luxurious European hotel has flung open its doors – and here we take a peek inside. The Biltmore Mayfair will undoubtedly be a huge hit with the well-heeled. It’s in London’s Grosvenor Square, the former home of the American Embassy and one of the UK capital’s most exclusive postcodes, Michelin-star restaurateur Jason Atherton … Read more

Georgian townhouse in Mayfair which was the home of Mitford sister Nancy goes on sale for £7.5m

A Georgian townhouse in London‘s Mayfair which was the former home to prolific writer Nancy Mitford and used as her billet during a stint with the Auxiliary Fire Service in the Second World War has gone on sale for £7.5million.  As a writer with an affluent background and one of the celebrated Mitford sisters, Nancy … Read more