BY SUSAN YOUNG to ensure that when the new Angels opened the service reflected its transformation. Says Siobhan, “We have brought the whole operation slightly more upmarket. The brief to designer Dominic Paul was to do two things. Firstly we wanted to retain our existing clientele and secondly, we wanted to encourage the clientele we were definitely missing out on.” She explains, “We were missing out on the the 30\40-year-old plus market or the couples market, that didn’t want to get rushed out of their dining experience when they came to Angels. We didn’t have bar space in the old dining room so once they ate there was nowhere they could move to. Our newly refurbished bar and restaurant now caters to this clientele, and since we re-opened I have seen customers here who we haven’t seen for years.” Mind you they probably didn’t recognise the restaurant because the only thing remaining is the bar itself.The original dining area is now unrecognisable. In fact, it has been taken right back to the bare bones, and even the doors have been replaced. Now when you turn into the bar and restaurant the room design runs left to right. A new bar area has been created on the left, and on the right, there is a completely new build conservatory. In the middle of the room, there is a central seating area which runs from the bar area to nearly the conservatory and this layout is mirrored on the other side. The bench seating here has houndstooth backs and toning leather-like seating in shades of cream and ALL IMAGES USED © COPYRIGHT OF DOMINIC PAUL OF IBDP
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