Evolv to evolve 100-year-old Quaglino's

The Evolv Collection has revealed plans to refurbish Quaglino's in St James's, nearly 100 years after the central London restaurant opened its doors.

The work will also include a newly commissioned collection of art and a menu that traces the journey of its founder Giovanni Quaglino.

Evolv says the restoration will honour the room's "art deco bones" and its famous staircase, while introducing a reimagined day-to-night experience.

At its centre is a menu that follows Quaglino's own journey from Piedmont to Cannes by way of The Savoy, bringing together Italian provenance, French classical technique and British traditional dining. 

In addition to the site's Q Bar, three new bars are being added in: The Champagne bar; offering 24 champagnes by the glass and bottle; a Fruits de Mar seafood counter; and a Dessert bar, which takes the form of a Cannes ‘Tabac’, offering smoke-filled edible helium balloons, cannoli cigars and chocolate ashtrays). 

Entertainment will also returns to the heart of the room, with a new stage bringing cabaret and live music closer to guests via theatrical raised booths around the perimeter of the dining room.

"Quaglino's isn't simply a restaurant; it's a part of London's story," says Martin Williams, chief executive of The Evolv Collection. "Our job was never to reinvent it, but to return it restored, alive and every bit as glamorous as the room Giovanni Quaglino opened in 1929. 

"When Sir Terence Conran brought Quaglino's back in 1993, he understood that real glamour should be open to everyone. Few rooms in London carry the history that Quaglino's does, the royalty, the music, the feeling that anything might happen after midnight. We haven't changed what Quaglino's is; we've simply reminded London why it fell for it in the first place." 

Quaglino’s will reopen its doors on 7 October 2026. 

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