Editing Claridge's (section)

==Restaurants and other facilities==
Claridge's has been described as London's most "food centric hotel".<ref>{{cite web | title=Acclaimed Parisian patissier Yann Couvreur takes to Claridge's kitchen - | website=Walpole | date=2 September 2019 | url=https://www.thewalpole.co.uk/news/acclaimed-parisian-patissier-yann-couvreur-takes-claridges-kitchen | ref={{sfnref | Walpole | 2019}} | access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref> It offers [[afternoon tea]] in The Foyer and Reading Room. There are three public ground floor bars; Claridge’s Bar acts as the main bar, when not being used for afternoon tea; The Fumoir, a former cigar bar until the [[smoking ban in England|smoking ban]] prohibited indoor smoking in 2007; and the Painter's Room, opened in 2021.<ref>{{cite web | title=Luxury Restaurants & Bars: Mayfair, London | website=Claridge's | url=https://www.claridges.co.uk/restaurants-bars/ | ref={{sfnref | Claridge's}} | access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref> A cafe at the back of the hotel opened in 2023 called The ArtSpace Café <ref>{{Cite web |title=Claridge's ArtSpace Café: Art Gallery Café, Mayfair - Claridge's |url=https://www.claridges.co.uk/restaurants-bars/claridges-artspace-cafe/ |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Claridge’s |language=en}}</ref> which has an extensive gallery space beneath it. 

Davies and Brook, with head chef [[Daniel Humm]], closed in 2021 after Humm proposed a [[vegan]]-only menu <ref>{{cite web | last=Lutrario | first=Joe | title=Dmitri Magi named culinary director at Claridge's amid shake-up of hotel's F&B | website=bighospitality.co.uk | date=2 August 2022 | url=https://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Article/2022/08/02/Dmitri-Magi-named-culinary-director-at-Claridge-s-amid-shake-up-of-hotel-s-F-B | access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref> similar to that of [[Eleven Madison Park]],
his three-star Michelin restaurant in New York.<ref>{{cite web | last=Hansen | first=James | title=World-Famous NYC Chef's London Restaurant Closes Over Disagreement on Plant-Based Menu | website=Eater London | date=12 November 2021 | url=https://london.eater.com/22777880/daniel-humm-vegan-menu-davies-and-brook-claridges-closing-london-eleven-madison-park | access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref> The hotel received criticism for "not moving with the times".<ref>{{cite web | last=Conroy | first=Rosie | title=Claridge's to close Davies and Brook after the hotel refuses to allow chef Daniel Humm to make it fully vegan | website=SquareMeal | date=15 November 2021 | url=https://www.squaremeal.co.uk/restaurants/news/claridges-closes-davies-and-brook-daniel-humm-vegan_10057 | access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref> In 2023, the hotel opened Claridge's Restaurant <ref>{{Cite web |title=Claridge's Restaurant: British Restaurant in Mayfair, London - Claridge's |url=https://www.claridges.co.uk/restaurants-bars/claridges-restaurant/ |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Claridge’s |language=en}}</ref> in the same space. 

For 12 years, the fine dining main restaurant was run by [[Gordon Ramsay]], with various head chefs including Steve Allen and [[Mark Sargeant]]. [[Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's]] lost its Michelin status in January 2010. The restaurant closed in 2013 after having "lost its way". ''[[Harden's]]'' guide rated the restaurant second in London for "most disappointing cooking" and fourth for "most overpriced restaurant" in 2010.<ref>{{cite web | last=McKeever | first=Amy | title=Gordon Ramsay OUT at Claridge's in London | website=Eater | date=28 February 2013 | url=https://www.eater.com/2013/2/28/6474559/gordon-ramsay-out-at-claridges-in-london | access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref>

Claridge's later replaced Ramsay's restaurant with Fera, meaning 'Wild' in Latin, run by chef [[Simon Rogan]]. Fera was awarded a Michelin star in 2015 and Rogan left the restaurant in May 2017, leaving the restaurant's head chef Matt Starling in charge. Following Rogan's departure, the restaurant closed in December 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last=Armstrong |first=Hilary |title=New Openings: Fera, Claridge's |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/drinking_and_dining/33090/new-openings-fera-claridges.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510082311/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/drinking_and_dining/33090/new-openings-fera-claridges.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 May 2014 |access-date=18 March 2015 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=9 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Chomka |first=Stefan |title=Fera at Claridge's to close at the end of the year |url=https://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Article/2018/12/18/Fera-at-Claridge-s-to-close-at-the-end-of-the-year |access-date=25 February 2022 |archive-date=16 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816190648/https://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Article/2018/12/18/Fera-at-Claridge-s-to-close-at-the-end-of-the-year |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.viamichelin.co.uk/web/Restaurant/Mayfair-W1K_4HR-Fera_at_Claridge_s-435093-41102 |title=Fera at Claridges |access-date=18 March 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114504/http://www.viamichelin.co.uk/web/Restaurant/Mayfair-W1K_4HR-Fera_at_Claridge_s-435093-41102 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Ryden |first=Bethan |title=The OFM 50: the 50 hottest places, people and trends in food |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/drinking_and_dining/46605/michelin-stars-2015-announced.html |access-date=18 March 2015 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=25 September 2014 |archive-date=10 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710104118/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/drinking_and_dining/46605/michelin-stars-2015-announced.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

For 10 days in 2012, the hotel hosted the restaurant [[Noma (restaurant)|Noma]], while the restaurant in [[Copenhagen]] was closed for refurbishment. Owner [[René Redzepi]] and his head chef and staff from Noma served a £195-per-head nine-course [[New Nordic Cuisine]] menu that included [[scone]]s and clotted cream, [[Lancashire hotpot]] with British ingredients, and live ants foraged in Denmark and flown to London.<ref>{{cite news |last=O' Ceallaigh |first=John |title=The 'world's best restaurant' comes to London: Copenhagen's Noma restaurant will decamp to Claridge's hotel this summer |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/london/9223140/The-worlds-best-restaurant-comes-to-London.html |access-date=19 December 2012 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=24 April 2012 |archive-date=9 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209050022/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/london/9223140/The-worlds-best-restaurant-comes-to-London.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lisa |first=Markwell |title=World's best restaurant comes to town... and it's serving ants |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/worlds-best-restaurant-comes-to-town-and-its-serving-ants-7995007.html |access-date=19 December 2012 |newspaper=The Independent |date=1 August 2012 |archive-date=25 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121225080308/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/worlds-best-restaurant-comes-to-town-and-its-serving-ants-7995007.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bazalgette |first=Peter |title=A nomadic Noma: The Copenhagen restaurant is hosting a 10-day London pop-up at Claridge's. Its crew will bring their own red seaweed oil, but many ingredients will be British |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4874fc62-cbb7-11e1-911e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2FWPOTrX0 |access-date=19 December 2012 |newspaper=Financial Times |date=13 July 2012 |archive-date=7 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307172847/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4874fc62-cbb7-11e1-911e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2FWPOTrX0 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2021, Claridge's opened an art deco bar in the Painter's Room featuring art work by [[Annie Morris]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Saunders|first=Daniella |title=The Painter's Room: What To Expect at Claridge's Art Deco Bar |url=https://www.countryandtownhouse.com/food-and-drink/claridges-new-bar/ |access-date=17 January 2023 |newspaper=Country and Town House |date=12 January 2023}}</ref>