One of the most glamorous dining rooms in London has shut without warning
Victor Garvey at the Midland Grand launched at the start of the year, taking over the space previously known as the Midland Grand Dining Room. The restaurant, which is part of the St Pancras London hotel, has apparently stopped taking bookings and staff members have confirmed to the Caterer that the restaurant closed on July 15.
Chef Victor Garvey, who is also behind Soho's Michelin starred spot Sola, took over the restaurant from chef Patrick Powell, who was behind the iconic room's relaunch in 2023, but left in 2024. Powell is currently cooking at One Club Row in Shoreditch.
The relaunched Midland Grand promised a modern take on classic French cooking under Garvey, who is yet to remark on the closure of the restaurant. Time Out has reached out to the Midland Grand for comment. On the restaurant's launch, Garvey told the Caterer: 'A chef only gets an opportunity like this, where they are offered a big dining room, once or twice in their life. It happened to Joël Robuchon, to Alain Ducasse, all the big guys, and I'm very excited.'
The glitzy room was home to Marcus Wareing's The Gilbert Scott for a decade until the pandemic. The George Gilbert Scott -designed hotel opened in 1873 and was known as the Midland Grand Hotel until it closed in 1935. The building was then used as railway offices until reopening as a hotel in 2011.
The restaurant's adjoining Gothic Bar – also designed by Gilbert Scott – remains open. 'We challenge you to find a more spectacular drinking den in all of London,' says the Time Out review. 'A majestic, ludicrously high-ceilinged space… the Gothic Bar is a feat of Victorian architectural sass.'
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