Bandol
semi-screened wine-store/dining areas is in the
form of hand-blown, smoked glass pendants from
Curiousa & Curiousa.
Tables in the main restaurant space are in bespoke,
patinated zinc, with natural wood and pale grey
chairs from Hay, from the J104 series. There are
also lower wicker chairs in the centre from Cox
& Cox, as well as two bespoke sets of banquettes.
The first of these runs down the whole length of
the rear right space of the restaurant, below the
pale salmon plaster wall and is made of a mild
steel frame with light tan leather upholstery,
whilst directly opposite on the left side is a series
of three booth areas, where the banquette seating
is finished in buttoned light blue leather. All the
banquettes were manufactured by Penwith to
KKD’s design. The ledge behind the booths is
punctuated by small lemon trees in terracotta
plants, further underlining the ‘outside-in’ feel.
Two semi-private dining areas on the left of the
restaurant are enclosed by floor-to-ceiling screens
with mild steel frames and copper mesh and
can each seat up to 6 people. Smaller versions
of the screens also feature in other parts of the
restaurant, above the left-side banquette seating,
for example and to shield a waiter station to
the right of the restaurant, helping add a subtly
industrial and contemporary edge to the space.
Empty, reclaimed riddling racks, sourced
from France and traditionally used to house
champagne, are used in these dining areas as a
form of wall-panelling. The furniture treatment
is also slightly different in these two rooms and
includes bespoke bamboo table tops and black
leather, steel-framed dining chairs from Rockett
St George.
The first of the areas, encased in an aged
brick surround, also wraps neatly around the
restaurant’s central service core, where the food
hoist is located, along with a wine storage system
built into its outside wall, featuring LED uplighting and allowing full access from the bar area.
Unisex toilets on the lower-ground floor continue
the industrial feel, via Belfast basins and bespoke,
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surface-mounted taps and toilet roll holders made
from copper piping. The space is tiled in white
to the half-way point with very pale sea blue
paintwork used from there to the ceiling. Flooring
is the same hexagonal concrete tiling as used for
the bar surround, but on this occasion minus the
red grout.
Client and owner Sylvia Kontek commented on
the design: ‘The aim with Bandol was to continue
with the urban design of our sister restaurant
Margaux, while making it lighter, airier and
bringing in some natural elements to reflect the
outdoors feel of Provence. The challenge was how
to combine the urban and the rural and still keep
it authentic and harmonious. KKD have achieved
an incredible transformation of the place and
managed not only to create much bigger, brighter
and inviting premises, but, with their choice of
materials, textures, colours and selection of living
plants, they managed the impossible – marrying
the industrial with the rustic countryside in a
warm, welcoming space that is both chic and cozy.’