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The Hudson Rooms Capella HANOI
Words: Eleanor Howard Photography: © Studio Periphery
IN A BITE Owner / Developer: Sun Hospitality Group Operator: Capella Hotel Group Interior Design: Brewin Design Office F&B Manager: William Pravda www.capellahotels.com
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apella Hanoi is taking an epicurean
window frames presented an opportunity to fit
pilgrimage to New York with The Hudson
a complex vaulted ceiling system into the large
Rooms, a 120-seat rooftop restaurant
room. The ceilings are inspired by the Grand
and oyster bar inspired by the aesthetics of
Central Oyster Bar, one of New York’s first
1920s New York and the renaissance of travel.
proper seafood restaurants that opened in the
Envisioned by Hong Kong and Singapore-
1920s, and the design naturally flows from this
based Brewin Design Office, The Hudson
anchor reference. Our scheme is designed to
Rooms is divided into two areas with the main
be reminiscent of this era with details such as
restaurant characterised by archways, vaulted
trims and stepping motifs.”
ceilings and highly-reflective materials. “Our
Reflecting the glamour of the interiors,
aim was to bring out the golden late afternoon
the F&B offering takes guests on a culinary
light,” explains Nicole Misir, Director of Brewin
voyage similar to the one made by explorer
Design Office. “Hence we clad the length of the
Henry Hudson upon his arrival to New York.
south-facing wall with frosted bronze-tinted
The elevated seafood menu pays homage to
mirrors to reflect the sun that pours in through
traditional recipes from the golden era of the
arch-framed windows.” Contrastingly, the
‘Big Oyster’, prepared with a contemporary
members’ lounge uses darker-toned timber,
twist. The beverage programme, curated by
stone and stucco to cultivate a more intimate
William Pravda, follows the same approach and
and cosy atmosphere.
includes a vibrant cocktail menu that follows
“The building’s architecture was a big
the routes of the legendary trains that departed
influence for the design of The Hudson Rooms,”
from Grand Central’s platforms to weave their
reveals Misir. “The gracious height of the glass
way across North America throughout the 1920s
enclosure on the roof and the vertical mullioned
and 1930s, from Chicago and Miami to Canada.