Browsing: Mayfair
The Emin Room
Artists have long since had an association with the restaurant industry. It stands to reason…
The May Fair Hotel
On a mission to find the residence of choice in Mayfair, Cigar Editor Nick Hammond strides manfully to the eponymous May Fair Hotel…
Alyn Williams at The Westbury
“The Westbury is one of Mayfair’s more understated hotel addresses. Tucked away between the hedge funds and art galleries, away from the gaze of shoppers and tourists, it luxuriates gently, with a quiet confidence.”
Flemings Townhouse, Mayfair
Boutique. It’s a word that is bandied about often, and with gay abandon. Occasionally its…
Mayfair’s Finest at The Refinery
Lancashire Court was as busy as you’d expect at 7pm on a warm spring evening, but for some reason, I knew the comment was directed at me: “Smart hair, good suit…look like a Peterhouse man – are you?”
Le Gavroche
“If I concentrate, I can see it all in my mind’s eye. It’s the early eighties – 1982 perhaps – that apocryphal year for the finest Clarets. I’d say it’s November and wintry, cold and grey outside…”
Novikov
“I’m standing in a snaking queue populated by gazelle-like glamazons in six-inch Louboutins and slinky Issa dresses. Peering behind me, I spot former England football coach Sven-Göran Eriksson in a charcoal grey suit.”
For Love or Money: Contemporary Masters
Jean-David Malat has an unashamedly shrewd eye for the business of art, and the art…
The Four Seasons Spa Park Lane
I could feel myself hunched up and I made a conscious effort to stand and walk taller as I strode along Park Lane, on my way to the Four Seasons spa. As stressed as I was, I was also incredibly excited…
The Chesterfield Mayfair
As I passed down Charles Street, The Chesterfield Mayfair seemed to cough gently to grab my attention; if it could, I’m sure it would have taken me by the elbow and led me into its cool interior with a reassuring, “This way, Sir.”