Living Gallery

End Client:
Caprice
Location:
Mayfair, W1
Contractor:
Arcacia Consulting
Architect:
Martin Brudnizki Design Studio
Described as ‘one of the best restaurant and hotel designers of his generation’ by Wallpaper*, Martin Brudnizki has made waves across London with his outlandish, fantastical, and down-right astonishing interiors. So we were truly honoured to be closely involved in Sexy Fish – Richard Caring’s all-day, 8,500ft2, pan-Asian fish and seafood brasserie in Mayfair’s Berkeley Square.

Making restaurants sexy

Sexy Fish certainly deserves its name. Giant fish created by architectural legend Frank Gehry loom down from the bar. A huge glittering crocodile crawls across the wall. There are mermaids, coral – and real fish in two giant tanks in the private dining basement. Working closely with the Martin Brudnizki Design Studio team from ‘inspiration details’, we created and installed all the specialist joinery required to a very tight programme.

Style, elegance, and jaw-dropping extravagance

Our work included two street-front elevations with bi-fold doors for al fresco dining, a complex veneered ceiling with recessed coffers and fabric panelling (fish included), handmade banquette and booth seating, dwarf walls incorporating mirrors, lights, metal, leather and veneers, and metal cladding in the open kitchen for a seamless effect. We even did the “porthole” cladding for the giant fish tanks – real fish this time!

“It’s so high end and extravagant, above and beyond super-elegant. It’s extreme.”