One of the world's top sushi chefs to open restaurant at Chancery Rosewood hotel

One of the most influential chefs in modern Japanese cuisine is to open his first standalone restaurant in London.

Masayoshi ‘Masa’ Takayama will launch Tobi Masa at the £1b Chancery Rosewood when it opens in September, bringing his signature sushi and snacks to the Mayfair hotel.

The London restaurant will offer many of Takayama’s dishes that helped redefine sushi dining in New York, including Peking duck tacos and the masa toro tartare, a blend of chopped fatty tuna topped with caviar, alongside new dishes developed for London.

Takayama opened his three-Michelin-starred New York restaurant Masa in 2004 and was credited with “changing the sushi game” by the New York Times. The restaurant combined fish flown in from Japan with luxury ingredients such as truffle and foie gras, served to guests within a counter setting.

A similar concept will be brought to London, which promises to offer the same “attention to detail, exceptional service and purity of flavour”.

Prices for the London restaurant have yet to be confirmed, but New York’s Masa charges upwards of $750 (£515) per person for its Omakase menu in its dining room, and $950 (£700) a head to eat the menu at its sushi counters.

It is not the first London opening for Takayama, who has run a sushi counter in Harrods’ dining hall since 2023.

“I’m so proud to be partnering with a creative and innovative brand like Rosewood,” said Takayama. “We are very excited to embark on this new adventure together, and especially in such a historic landmark building in the middle of Mayfair.”

The long-awaited Chancery Rosewood is due to finally open its doors on 1 September, four years after plans were first announced.

The hotel is set within the former US embassy building and will feature 144 suites and eight bars and restaurants, including the European debut of New York restaurant Carbone and the revival of London stalwart Le Caprice under restaurateur Richard Caring.

Rates for a junior suite will start from £1,520 a night, while its one-bedroom Chancery Suite will cost £11,400 a night.

The project is being overseen by managing director Michael Bonsor, who headed up the sister Rosewood London hotel for over a decade.