The room’s infused with an atmosphere of refined indulgence and merriment, with a string trio playing everything from classical chamber music to Eleanor Rigby. Served daily between 11.30am and 4.30pm, afternoon tea at Sketch is a deeply luxurious affair. For dessert, you can’t really go wrong with their Sketch Chocolate, whose meringue shell conceals dark chocolate mousse & dark chocolate ice cream together with crushed hazelnuts, cocoa jelly, and strawberry ganache.īut the Gallery really comes into its own for… SKETCH’S FAMOUS AFTERNOON TEA
There’s even a double tartare with both hand-chopped beef and tuna. Main courses are no less spectacular, ranging from sautéed squid with ink, parmesan crisps and aubergine ‘caviar’ all the way to guinea fowl breast stuffed with almond and pistachio cream. The menu on offer in The Gallery includes generously portioned starters like beetroot, served three different ways alongside Campari burrata ice cream thinly sliced veal shank with raspberry and canteloupe and even breaded frog legs with a green spelt risotto. Shonibare created 14 new works of art exclusively for the space, comprising hand-painted wooden masks and quilted portraits referencing the African art that inspired Picasso, while new crockery, uniforms and light fittings have been commissioned from master craftspeople and designers around the world.
It’s the work of designer India Mahdavi and artist Yinka Shonibare, who together have lavished the space in golden, sunny hues under the title of Modern Magic. However, the place was recently given a top-to-toe makeover – and yes, it’s pretty stunning. Here’s what you can expect to find in its five restaurants and bars… THE GALLERYįor many years Sketch was famous for its iconic pink interiors, with the pastel walls of its flagship restaurant space covered in original David Shrigley artwork.
It makes for a venue that looks like nowhere else in the city, or – dare we say it – the world… It’s infused in the walls, the floors, the bathrooms, and in the food itself. But keep your eyes up, or you’ll miss the glitter-smothered portrait of the late Queen just to your left, or the hypnotic mechanical sculpture down the stairs at the back. Heading inside Sketch, you’ll immediately feel your feet being drawn into step along the hopscotch court painted onto the floor. All he did know what that is was a) beautiful, b) over its 220 year history, home to an extraordinary lineup of societies & institutions, including cyclists, balloonists, psychologists, and the Suffragette movement and c) his. Originally set up in 2003 by an envelope-pushing Algerian restaurateur named Mourad Mazouz (AKA “Momo”, who made his name in Paris, opening acclaimed restaurant Au Bascou when he was a precocious 26 year old), he found the stunning venue in a dilapidated state, and bought the deed without even knowing what he would do with it. Take a stroll down Mayfair’s Conduit Street and, just before you’re swept up in the buzz of Oxford Circus, you’ll spot Sketch London housed within a rather grand three-story Georgian townhouse.Ĭongratulations, you’ve just arrived at one of the quirkiest venues in London – and one which lays a solid claim to being the most beautiful, too.
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