The Mitre - Holland Park’s first ‘neighbourhood pub-brasserie’
The Mitre on Holland Park Avenue is to re-open having undergone a dramatic conceptual and interior refurbishment to create a new stylish ‘Neighbourhood Pub-brasserie’ that places friendly, personal service firmly on the menu.
Set in an imposing 1930’s building on the corner of Holland Park Avenue and Ladbroke Grove, The Mitre will offer a lively and warm atmosphere for those wishing to enjoy a drink combined with an extensive unpretentious modern brasserie menu of good British food throughout the day. Service will be available from breakfast and lunch through to afternoon tea and evening meals, seven days a week.
The LOOK
The refurbishment is sympathetically in keeping with the building’s art deco inspired past. Taking almost four months to complete - a touch of Holland Park grandeur is added to both the look of the exterior but also a totally new interior layout. Visitors enter through large French doors. There is an abundance of natural light with French windows running the width of the property. Sunny Autumnal days offer the potential for al fresco dining and people watching from the raised terrace overlooking one of London’s most distinguished Avenues.
The PUB
The heart of the pub-brasserie mixes old with new, incorporating a horseshoe shaped old wooden bar with a zinc top, which has been lovingly restored. There is a faint art-deco feel to the interior with locally made bespoke lanterns placed around the venue, providing ambient and relaxing light, while the central feature is a dramatic chandelier, hinting at a more opulent lifestyle. Along the walls are pictures of Holland Park as it used to be, harping back to a forgotten era but reflecting the fact that this is an offering very much focused towards the local residents.
Ales include Always 3 cask conditioned ales @£3.40, Cornish Knocker, Timothy Taylors, Old Hooky, as well as Sam Brookes Wandle Ale and Meantime Pale Ale – both London brewed beers. An extensive selection of wine starts at £14.50 with 12 whites and 12 reds by the 375 ml carafe. Terra Barossa Eden Valley Riesling will be available at £25.50, Coleridge Hill white wine from Three Choirs vineyard in Gloucestershire at £22.50, along with Felton Road Pinot Noir at £51. A refreshing Bloody Mary made with Chase vodka (English potato vodka) is available at £6.
The BRASSERIE
While there is plentiful seating around the edge of the bar area with tables and chairs throughout the room, diners benefit from a raised main seating area allowing them to watch and enjoy the hustle and bustle of the bar just below. Banquettes are in burgundy leather and with space for up to 75 covers.
In true brasserie style, the menu will be static for a two-month period and will offer breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea (using vintage crockery and tea plates) and dinner. Prices are moderate for what promises to be delicious British food. £9.50 for a Great British Breakfast to £25-30 a head, for a three-course meal.
It includes popular dishes such as Shin of Beef with Black Pepper Dumplings (£13.50), Roast Partridge (£16) and Seafood Platters for two at £20. The Mitre also offers the chance to explore new tastes including delicious starters such as Ham Hock with Fois-gras & Vegetable Terrine, with warm piccalilli (£7.50) and Duckboard (smoked duck prosciutto, rillettes, crispy duck with spiced oranges, duck liver to share - £14). Pie will also be on the menu, changing daily, but includes such delights as Rabbit, bacon and parsnip pie (£12). Distancing itself from the gastro pub experience, food will be served by smartly dressed and efficient waiting staff.
The CHEF
Menus have been produced by Head Chef Pat Lynch. Having trained at Scott of Mayfair and Le Pont de La Tour, he joined Stephen Bulls Restaurants working in his flagship restaurant in Blandford Street, then Stephen Bull Bistro in Smithfield before moving to Stephen Bull Fulham Road, which gained a Michelin star under Richard Corrigan.
He then moved to The Peoples Palace in the Royal Festival Hall as Head Chef, then The Hempel Hotel as sous-chef, which specialised in Thai, Japanese and Italian cooking. During his stay there, he worked under a Japanese sushi master and Rob Shipman who had been executive sous at Nobu, then took the Head Chef role at The Oak in Notting Hill that offered an Italian bistro downstairs and high end Mediterranean tapas dining upstairs. So diners at The Mitre are in for a treat.
For more information, visit themitrew11.co.uk.
Address: 40, Holland Park Avenue, London, W11 3QY
Opening hours: 9am – midnight Monday to Saturday, 9am – 11pm on Sundays
