Raclette, crispy potato rösti and Swiss cheese fondue are coming to The Beaumont Mayfair this November. The London hotel has announced a two-week collaboration with The Alpina Gstaad, bringing Alpine cooking and a limited-edition cocktail selection to Le Magritte from Monday 16 to Sunday 29 November 2026.
The programme will take place across the bar and terrace, with The Alpina Gstaad’s executive chef, Francesco De Bartolomeis, presenting the food. The Swiss hotel’s head bartender, Konstantinos Peristeris, is creating the winter cocktails with The Beaumont’s bar team.
The menu offers a very specific reason to visit: traditional Swiss dishes in a Mayfair setting, with apple eau-de-vie, warming spices and Champagne among the cocktail ingredients. For anyone planning an Alpine escape later in the season, it’s also an opportunity to try something of The Alpina Gstaad’s cooking while the hotel is closed for its autumn break.
Raclette, rösti and Swiss fondue
De Bartolomeis’s announced menu includes raclette, crispy potato rösti and traditional Swiss cheese fondue. The Alpina Gstaad also names Zürcher Geschnetzeltes among the dishes planned for London, giving the collaboration a broader Swiss repertoire beyond its cheese-led favourites.
The clearest connection to the visiting hotel is its Swiss Stübli restaurant. The Alpina Gstaad describes a dining room with rustic carved wood panelling, where local specialities are served after days spent hiking or skiing. Its cooking draws on traditional dishes from across Switzerland, including raclette and fondue, presented with a touch of modernity.
That restaurant gives the Mayfair menu a recognisable Alpine background. The London announcement puts the emphasis on those familiar dishes, with crispy rösti alongside the fondue and raclette. They make the food a substantial part of the collaboration, and a reason to plan a meal as well as a drink.
De Bartolomeis leads The Alpina Gstaad’s wider dining programme, which also encompasses Japanese cooking at Megu, Monti and the Alpina Lounge & Terrace. For this fortnight, the focus is firmly on the hotel’s Swiss traditions.
Apple eau-de-vie and Champagne cocktails
Peristeris’s two named cocktails have distinct ingredients. Apple Ski combines apple eau-de-vie, apple and warming spices, while Sloe Motion brings together sloe gin, Chambord, Campari and Champagne.
Apple Ski’s apple-and-spice combination fits the seasonal menu; Sloe Motion offers a Champagne-based alternative. Both are part of the exclusive cocktail selection announced for the takeover, created with the host bar team.
Le Magritte’s usual drinks identity is different: the venue specialises in bourbon and whiskey. The visiting recipes will therefore add a temporary selection to an established cocktail bar. The collaboration also reflects The Alpina Gstaad’s own lounge-and-terrace offering, where cocktails normally accompany light lunches and dinners.
The two-week run makes the dates worth noting if either drink appeals. The announced collaboration ends on Sunday 29 November.
Le Magritte’s Mayfair setting
Le Magritte takes its name from René Magritte, whose painting Le Maître d’École hangs behind the bar. That artwork gives the indoor space a distinctive focal point within The Beaumont’s broader Art Deco modernist setting.
The private outdoor terrace sits among floral displays and ordinarily serves cocktails, seasonal food and Havana cigars. Its cigar offering is a useful detail for anyone weighing up the outdoor setting for a meal: the venue also permits guests to smoke their own cigars, subject to a discretionary cutting fee.
A visit reported by The Arbuturian described the terrace as heated, with green awnings on either side of the hotel’s revolving-door entrance. The account also noted red leather seating in the adjoining bar and table buttons used to summon staff.
The hotel’s announcement places the Alpine programme in both spaces. For a November outing, the indoor bar is therefore part of the experience alongside the terrace. The setting retains Le Magritte’s own character, from the painting behind the bar to the hotel entrance beside the outdoor seating.
The Gstaad hotel behind the collaboration
The Alpina Gstaad dates to 2012 and holds Three Michelin Keys, the guide’s highest hotel distinction. It was among the nine Swiss properties awarded that rating when Michelin introduced its first Swiss hotel distinctions in October 2024.
The hotel combines a traditional Alpine exterior with contemporary mountain-hotel interiors. Its attractions include a Six Senses spa and a Japanese whisky bar, while the Swiss Stübli provides the most direct connection to the food coming to Mayfair.
The Alpina Lounge has another link to the London format. The hotel describes art from its collection decorating the lounge, with a floor-to-ceiling window connecting the interior to a mountain-facing terrace and outdoor bar. Food and cocktails are part of that setting, making the bar-and-terrace collaboration a fitting way to introduce its hospitality in London.
The Mayfair dates fall during The Alpina Gstaad’s seasonal closure. The hotel says it will welcome guests again on 11 December 2026, so travellers considering a stay in Gstaad should plan around that reopening. The London programme finishes almost two weeks earlier, on 29 November.
How to plan a visit
The collaboration takes place at The Beaumont Mayfair, Brown Hart Gardens, London W1K 6TF, from Monday 16 to Sunday 29 November 2026. The Alpina Gstaad directs dining enquiries to +44 20 7499 9499 or dining@thebeaumont.com.
Le Magritte’s general policy is that the bar does not take reservations, and parties are limited to eight. For event-specific dining arrangements, use the hotel’s enquiry contact. Guests are asked to dress smartly, though no formal dress code applies.
The venue’s usual opening hours and food last orders are:
- Monday to Saturday: the bar opens at noon and closes at 11:45pm, with food last orders at 9:45pm.
- Sunday: the bar opens at noon and closes at 10:45pm, with food last orders at 8:45pm.
- Terrace: closes at 10:45pm daily.
These are Le Magritte’s general operating hours; check the Alpine menu’s serving arrangements with the dining team when making an enquiry.
For guests with access requirements, Sociability records a side lounge with step-free access, broad carpeted routes and limited seating, while noting some obstructed paths in the main bar and a small raised edge at the main entrance. It also lists a step-free bathroom accessible to wheelchair users, with grab rails, right-side transfer space and an emergency cord. Contact the hotel ahead of visiting to discuss the most suitable entrance and seating for the event.
