Rias is a pizza and wine restaurant on All Saints Road in Notting Hill. LACD refurbished the basement service area, the stair and the customer toilet area, and added storage in the rear courtyard. The restaurant stayed open throughout the works.
Project facts
- Location: All Saints Road, Notting Hill, London
- Property: restaurant with basement service area and rear courtyard
- Work: restaurant refurbishment in a trading venue
- Services: commercial refurbishment, joinery
Scope of works
Protection and strip-out
- Temporary protection to all working areas
- Existing floor finishes and light fittings removed
- Two toilet doors, a cupboard front and shelving removed
Flooring
- New timber flooring to the basement service area
- New timber flooring to the upstairs customer toilet area
- Stair nosings cleaned
Kitchen pass and panelling
- Full-height tongue-and-groove panelled wall enclosing the kitchen pass
- Small opening for food service
- Panelling matched to the existing restaurant interior
Joinery
- Two new sliding doors
- Corner banquette seating in MDF and tongue-and-groove, matching the upstairs design
- Two oak shelves and two oak counters, cut to size and fixed on brackets
- Vented casing around the air-conditioning unit
Decoration
- Walls and ceiling painted in the basement service area
- Staircase repaired and refinished
- Wall and ceiling repairs and painting in the stair area
- Chequer pattern painted on the floor tiles
Lighting
- Six new light fittings in the basement service area, using the existing trunking
- Two new light fittings at existing positions in the stair area
- Replacement floor-level lighting
Courtyard storage
- New metal storage shed installed in the rear courtyard
What mattered on this project
- The restaurant kept trading. The restaurant’s operation was not interrupted at any point while the works were carried out.
- Matching what was already there. The new panelling, banquette, shelves and counters follow the design of the existing upstairs interior, so the refurbished areas read as part of the same restaurant.
- Client-supplied materials. Floor boards, oak worktops, light fittings and the courtyard shed were supplied by the client and installed by LACD.
