The Shard
The Shard, Western Europe's tallest building, opened to the public in February, but we had to wait three months before we got to see its hospitality first-hand with the opening of Rainer Becker and Arjun Waney's Oblix on the 32nd floor. It was swiftly followed by Aqua Restaurant Group's Chinese restaurant Hutong at the Shard (33rd floor) and bar Aqua Shard on the 31st floor.
The building's resident hotel, The Shangri-La is yet to open, however. Originally slated for mid-2013, it was later pushed back to the end of this year, a date which has come and gone again, so it looks like the hospitality jigsaw will now be completed in 2014.