He's a great guy on and off the ice. We got along and became really good friends. On and off the ice he's a leader. |
I know that this issue has already generated (letters to the editor) that in my opinion are unnecessary, |
I think music is so important in somewhere like this. |
It's intimate, like a boudoir. You can pre-order the Champagne and have it waiting for you when you arrive. |
One customer rolled out of a taxi late because he didn't know where it was, ... but we turned a negative into a positive - he had a really good night. |
The piano is for live entertainment on Tuesday evenings and Saturday afternoons - the idea being to create a kind of cocktail culture. |
We did wine-tasting in the morning and spent night after night looking at books of wallpaper. |
When we first opened we wanted the restaurant to be slow- paced, the bar area with its couches to be medium-paced and this bit to be fast-paced. That's why we had square tables and wooden padded chairs here. The furniture wasn't bad but it was harder than it is now. Then we had a rethink and decided that really we didn't want anywhere in here to feel as though there should be a quick turnaround, so we moved in round tables and curved, leather seats. |