Architecture studio Quincoces-Dragò & Partners has unveiled The Dover restaurant in Mayfair, London, which was informed by art deco design.
The first solo venture from Martin Kuczmarski, formerly group COO at Soho House, the restaurant was designed to be "unpretentiously elegant" and have a "relaxed, seductive ambience".
The long, narrow restaurant was made up of a series of dimly-lit spaces that were designed to be gradually unveiled.
The interiors feature extensive panelling in American walnut
Entering from the street, the fully glazed reception area is separated from the restaurant with a dramatic velvet curtain in deep burgundy.
On parting the curtain, a long central corridor leads ? across a black and white marble chequered floor ? past a bar on one side, and open-plan and banquette seating on the other. The chequered runway continues between the bathrooms and private dining booths, before ascending a few steps into an intimate wood-panelled dining room "reminiscent of a bygone era of fine dining".
Curved dining booths feature Murano glass chandeliers
"The space itself is challenging ? long and narrow with a major corridor connecting the main areas, which is where we ended up creating the most intimate booths of the whole restaurant," David Lopez Quincoces and Fanny Bauer Grung of Quinconces-Dragò & Partners told Dezeen.
The three private dining booths, in curved dark wood panelling, each feature a Murano glass chandeli...