The Hyde Park Garden, a unique eating space with views over London’s best Royal parkland, is where guests of Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London, may enjoy some peace and quiet while celebrating the glorious British summer.
Visitors will go through the hotel to a quiet, distinctly British garden located in the Royal Park as they arrive by the famous gate on Knightsbridge and proceed to the Hyde Park Garden. The meal was influenced by British botanicals and, if feasible, British Isles products. English sparkling wines will be celebrated on the drinks menu together with inventive cocktails created to be savoured in the tranquilly of the garden. From 10 May 2023 until September, Hyde Park Garden will be accessible from 12 p.m. to 21 p.m. every day.
Hyde Park Garden, which was created to blend in with the surrounding environment, will reflect the views of the royal park and offer the ideal venue for lunches, summertime cocktails, or an early-evening snack in the shade of the nearby trees. With wineries from Hampshire to Kent being included on the menu, English wines will be the star of the show. The Balfour Estate in Kent, which makes an award-winning Brut Rose, Rathfinny Estate in Sussex, a family-run business recognised for making some of the finest English sparkling wine, and Simpsons Wine Estate, a family-run estate famed for its English still wines are just a few examples of the hand-picked vendors. Leading mixologists at Mandarin Oriental have created inventive variations on traditional spritzes for these delightful drinks, which draw inspiration from nearby Hyde Park. Cocktails available to guests include the “Rose Garden” and the “Rosemary Margarita.”
The Dinner by Heston Blumenthal team carefully studied the menu, visiting Kew Gardens and Hampton Court to find classic yet slightly unexplored foods. The meal will also include UK-native botanicals. Gentleman’s Relish is one of the signature meals. The gardener’s harvest included native lobster and pickled lemon, mint and pea and gammon salad mustard. Along with the main courses, a generous salad cart will be provided around the dining area. The menu will also include a variety of Porthilly oysters, including natural, Land and Sea, and the iconic Hyde Park Garden Oysters. Throughout the evening, visitors may choose from a variety of shared appetisers, including charcuterie and cheese platters that go great with spritz and wines.
The hotel has teamed up with classic British apparel company Hackett Saville Row to create the staff costumes, and N.Peal cashmere shawls will be available for guests to stay warm as the evenings draw in. The workforce now gets fashionable hats from Lock & Co. Hatters so they can stay cool all summer long.
Reiko Kaneko, a renowned ceramicist and designer, has created tableware with patterns that feature Hyde Park flowers in the distinctive hotel green. The table setting will be finished with leather place mats and wooden and straw serviette holders, which will compliment the soft natural tones with flashes of pink, salmon and fuchsia. During the day, glass watering-can carafes will be placed next to pots of local herbs and wildflowers on the tables, and at night, golden lamp shades will provide warmth.
Hyde Park Garden will feature Summer Sessions, a series of unique events from May to September, throughout the summer. A Meet The Makers wine event, a lobster and chips feast with Rathfinny Wine Estate, and game evenings with luxury gamer and designer, Alexandra Llewellyn are just a few of the events that guests may purchase tickets for to celebrate English Sparkling Wines.
The Hyde Park Garden is open every day from 12 p.m. to 21 p.m. Lunch is provided from 12 p.m. to 15 p.m., followed by beverages and small nibbles from 16 p.m. to 21 p.m. Table reservations will be available two weeks in advance, while Summer Sessions reservations will be available one month in advance.
Source: breakingtravelnews