Tables are ALREADY booked up at exclusive London restaurants for when lockdown ends

Restaurants across London have been inundated with reservations as diners book up tables ahead of lockdown lifting next week. Gymkhana, Mayfair: No tables after 17.30 on Thursday or beyond 4pm on Friday December 4 at the popular Indian restaurant Tables for prime dinner slots have filled up at Gymkhana in Mayfair, their website shows Coya, Mayfair: No tables from 5.30pm onwards on Thursday, December 3 at this exclusive London eatery Their online booking service shows no tables other than one slot on Thursday ar 5.30pm Business leaders warn capital can't survive Tier Three that will trigger 'atomic bomb' of job cuts and High Street devastation and leave economy in ruins London's top restaurateurs and hoteliers warned placing the capital in Tier 3 would wipe out half the hospitality industry. The Conservative candidate for mayor, Shaun Bailey, also sent the Prime Minister a clear warning after it emerged officials could place the metropolis into the top Tier 3 after December 2 and said: 'It would be a disaster for London if we were in Tier 3' But before the tiers were announced, optomistic diners snapped up top tables in preparation for the end of lockdown. Bagatelle, Mayfair: No tables from 6.30pm on Thursday are available in the famed celebrity haunt Bagatelle's online booking system shows very few slots for dinner on Thursday, with reservations already being made over a week in advance for December 10 Goodman, Mayfair: No tables available between 5.45 and 9pm on Thursday, with prime dinner slots also booked up at the popular steakhouse restaurant into the weekend The steakhouse's online booking system shows no availability between 5.45pm and 9pm on Thursday night Sexy Fish, Mayfair: No tables from 5.30pm on Thursday December 3 - another restaurant that saw a surge in demand Tables are not available from 5.30pm onwards on Thursday after diners rushed to book tables to celebrate lockdown being lifted Carlyne Leffondre, General Manager at the restaurant's Mayfair branch, said: 'It means so much to all of us at COYA Mayfair that we can reopen for the second time this year with a healthy book; for this we have only our incredibly supportive guests and members to thank. JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin is one of several pub industry leaders to hit out at the government for not allowing Christmas bubbles to meet in pubs Up to three households can gather at Christmas - but will not be able meet up with their Christmas bubbles inside pubs, hotels, retail, theatres or restaurants between December 23 and 27 He said in a statement: 'No one in the Government seems to have any experience of running a business - and their current policies seem destined to cause the loss of a million jobs in hospitality, with further 'ripple effect' job losses throughout the economy.'