London: Where to Eat: Hot Spots: Scott

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Plenty of hedge fund bonuses are spent at this relaunched Mayfair restaurant, which has become the “it” spot under new owner Richard Caring, a fashion magnate who also owns Le Caprice, the Ivy and J. Sheekey. Sit at the oval-shaped oyster bar, the see-and-be-seen focal point of this chic seafood eatery, and people watch over a glass of bubbly and some delicious dover sole or stargazy pie. Original works by such British artists as Gary Hume, Michael Landy and Fiona Rae adorn the walls. And celebrity doorman Sean McDermott (ex-Wolseley gatekeeper and the ultimate thermometer of a restaurant’s hotness) is there to greet and to bid adieu.