New Year's Eve at The May Fair Hotel
The final night of the year is deserving of a little luxury, and New Year's Eve in the heart of Mayfair provides just that. On Thursday 31st December 2026, May Fair Kitchen splits the evening in two, dinner early for those who'd rather let the night unfurl slowly, or a later sitting running straight into midnight, a DJ mixing and chilled Moët & Chandon poured as the year changes. Next door at The May Fair Bar, the energy is dialled up a notch with handcrafted cocktails, Champagne on ice and Mayfair itself counting down alongside you.
Early Sitting
For those with somewhere else to be by midnight, May Fair Kitchen serves an early sitting to match. Four courses carry the meal along nicely, each commencing with a glass of Moët & Chandon Brut Impérial NV on arrival. Highlights include seared beef tartare with black truffle ponzu to start, aged ribeye with Gorgonzola Dolce crème among the mains, and a matcha tiramisù to finish. Discover a New Year's Eve in the heart of Mayfair that concludes the year with elegance and style.
Late Sitting
Midnight belongs to the late sitting at May Fair Kitchen. Five courses carry the table through to the moment the year turns, a cold glass of Moët & Chandon Brut Impérial NV waiting on arrival, and another poured as midnight strikes. Highlights include seared tuna sashimi salad with yama gobo and tosazu dressing to start, sea bass fillets and clams with San Marzano tomatoes among the mains, and a white chocolate cheesecake with passion fruit sorbet to finish, a live DJ keeping the room going long after the last course. There's nowhere quite like Mayfair to watch a year end and another begin.
The May Fair Bar
Before the fireworks or wherever midnight takes you, The May Fair Bar makes for rather a good place to start the evening. The full à la carte menu runs until 9.30pm, The Travel Edition in full swing, cocktails and night bites carrying the table along nicely before the rest of the night gets underway.
TABLE EXPERIENCES
From 9.30pm, The May Fair Bar comes alive for the countdown, and every table gets its own reason to celebrate. The standard experience reserves a spot in the room with a signature Champagne cocktail on arrival and a glass of Ruinart Brut poured as the clock strikes twelve, while Premium raises the stakes with a second signature cocktail and half a bottle of Ruinart Blanc de Blancs NV per guest.
GROUP EXPERIENCES
The bigger the group, the bigger the night, and two exclusive booths give larger parties somewhere of their own to see in 2027. Booth One holds up to 10 guests with a bottle of Belvedere vodka or Volcán tequila, three bottles of Ruinart Blanc de Blancs NV, and a small plates experience. Booth Two takes up to 14, with a bottle each of both spirits, the same Ruinart and small plates to match.
VELVET ROOM
For the party that wants a room entirely to itself, the Velvet Room is the way to see the year out in style. A private section of the bar, all to its guests, comes with two magnums of Belvedere vodka, two bottles of Volcán tequila, three magnums of Ruinart Blanc de Blancs, a signature small plates experience, and still and sparkling water, a night built entirely around the moment the year turns.
Gift Vouchers
Choosing for someone else is a delicate art, and even the most thoughtful gift can sometimes miss the mark. A May Fair Hotel gift voucher removes the guesswork entirely: gift your special someone with the promise of Mayfair, to be spent exactly as they wish - a night’s stay in a luxurious room or suite, an elegant dinner at May Fair Kitchen, an evening spent sipping cocktails at the bar, or a quiet hour lost to the spa. And for you, enjoy the quiet confidence of a gift that could never disappoint.
