The brief was direct — turn a tired Soho frontage into a working restaurant for a returning operator. Building consent, period fabric to preserve, neighbours on three sides, and a hard date to open against a marketing programme already in motion.
We led the project from RIBA Stage 2 in-house: planning approvals, joinery, finishes and M&E coordination. The result is a room that reads as if it has always been there — and a kitchen and pass that run at full hospitality tempo.
Dining Area
Private Booth
Mosaic Floor Tiling
Orange Wall Lighting
Reeded Glass Partition
Intergrated furnitureA 20mm marble top was selected to give the bar a refined, contemporary appearance. The marble was precision machined to the project's exact specifications before being expertly fitted on site, with every detail carefully considered to achieve clean lines, seamless joints and a high-quality finish that elevates the overall interior.
Bespoke Marble Bar
Custom Joinery
The ceiling cornice, two original chimney breasts and a section of panelled wall were retained and consolidated rather than replaced. Planning consent was led in-house, with the Westminster conservation officer attending three site visits across the programme.
Marketing was in market eight weeks before practical completion. We back-built from the date, sequencing M&E first-fix to free up the original fabric for late-programme consolidation. The kitchen handed over a week clear of the soft launch.
Mood Lighting Throughout