The new Southern French restaurant, Riviera, located on St James's Street, where Angela Hartnett's Cafe Murano is located, means that the new Mediterranean hotspot is in esteemed company, transporting discerning Mayfairers to summers on their glamorous yachts all year round - and frankly Londoners could do with some virtual Saint-Tropez sunshine even in July. Located in the former site of the Hakkasan Group's Sake No Hana, Riviera is the latest London restaurant venture by brothers Arian and Alberto Zandi of Emerald Hospitality Group, and following on from the acclaimed El Norte, Zuaya and Como Garden, it's impossible not to have high expectations as you ascend the escalator or elevator to arrive at the second floor dining room where the calming cream and beige interior with azure and accents, chic cocktail bar, open kitchen, clubby armchairs and panoramic floor to ceiling windows had me at hello. This sophisticated space, inspired by the first half of the 20th cent
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