Seafood restaurant opens in Queen Elizabeth II’s birthplace
Lilibet’s, a new fine-dining restaurant, has opened its doors on 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair, the very same building Queen Elizabeth II was born in 99 years earlier.
The seafood restaurant is the brainchild of Bone Daddies restauranter Ross Shonhan, and takes its name from the nickname given to the late Queen as a child.
The eatery’s interiors are designed by Russell Sage Studio (Quaglino’s, Petrus, Savoy Grill), and feature a series of intimate rooms, including botanical salons, fire-lit dining rooms and a marble cocktail bar. Overall, the restaurant can seat up to 160 diners.
“With Lilibet’s, we wanted to create an enduring restaurant that will feel as relevant in twenty years as it does today,” said Shonhan, who has previously worked as executive chef at both Nobu and Zuma. “It’s about great hospitality, British ingredients, Mediterranean influence – and doing things properly, with personality.”
The seasonal seafood menu includes oysters, anchovy eclairs and a Fish Triptych, where you choose your fish and it’s served three ways: grilled, crudo, and as a soup. The ‘Unsung Heroes’ segment features underrepresented British species; from gurnard and squat lobster to garfish.
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The cocktail bar will focus on martinis and will serve up a selection of light bites.
Lilibet’s is now open for dinner, with lunch service launching yesterday (Wednesday 1 October).
The restaurant is the latest in a slew of exciting openings to come to Mayfair, an affluent area of central London. Last month, renowned somm Isa Bal and chef Jonny Lake launched their second site, Labombe, inside the COMO Metropolitan hotel, and in May, Sketch unveiled a new drinks lab.
Last month, db also headed to May Fair Bar and discovered an international-themed drinks menu designed by head mixologist Pierpaolo Schirru to “transport guests somewhere else – even just for a few seconds”.
Any English wines on the wine list that we should know are being served?