Restaurant concept design with open plan concept in Pollen Street Social restaurant designed by Neri&Hu, architectural firm based in Shanghai. Pollen Street Social restaurant located in the prestigious Mayfair district of London. The architectural spaces steer and negotiate the social relationships not only amongst guests, but also between diners and their food as it is prepared and served. Within the confined basement and ground floor spaces of two disjointed historic buildings, the architects have woven a series of these social spatial experiences, from the Bar to the Main Dining Room or Private Dining Room to Atherton’s signature Dessert Bar. Placing those other functions such as the Show Kitchen, Service Station, and Back of House into strategic containers, the guests occupy the space in between, a fluid zone celebrating the theatrics of eating, drinking, and socializing.

The design facade restaurants is indeed a nod towards the historic structures surrounding the site. A series of blackened bronze metal frames act as a stitching strategy, redefining the restaurant’s threshold with a modern touch while maintaining the proportions and details of the existing facade. Within these frames, a combination of transparent and translucent glass ensures visual continuity between diners and the life of the street beyond.

The restaurant concept within the ground floor spaces the inviting atmosphere is reminiscent of entering the chef’s own home, and feels as easy as falling into familiar dialogue with an old friend. Through contemporary and abstracted reinterpretations of Old English details the continuous wood wainscot wrapping each space, the Chesterfield inspired banquettes, or the green glass P Lamps at the bar. Neri & Hu has crafted an ambiance that is at once casually domestic yet still retaining the elegance of fine dining. The Dramatic ceiling openings above flood the spaces with light and mark special dining areas, while jeweled pendant lights scattered throughout captivate the eye as food delights the palate as a part restaurant concept.