Silverfox Studios collaborates with the superstar chef on a curious Macanese landmark.

Silverfox Studios | The Londoner Macau, on the famous Cotai Strip, faces a row of curious constructions: its sibling properties are the Venetian, the Sands, the Plaza, and the Parisian. All of these resorts are appropriately themed: the Venetian has recreated the canals and architecture of Venice, while the Parisian has a half-scale Eiffel Tower.

The Londoner, with four towers of hotel space and an integrated resort, has the iconic grey facade of the Houses of Parliament, complete with its own Big Ben. The lobby, marked with the glass windows of Victoria Station, opens into the Crystal Palace atrium, with a replica of the Diamond Jubilee State Coach in its glittering center.

Suitably, it’s attracted several British-inspired dining concepts to feel right at home. The hotel’s four-meal restaurant, Churchill’s Table, serves breakfast in the morning, tea in the afternoon, and Sir Winston’s favourite cocktails at night. G Bear Cafe is a fashionable coffee lounge headed by the Londoner’s No.1 Ambassador and Chief Experience Officer, the teddy bear mascot G Bear. To round out the collection, The Londoner elects to bring in a heavyweight: celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, of the three Michelin-starred Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea. Ramsay, who was appointed an OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in 2006, has gone from Hell’s Kitchen to cultural ambassador, opening British restaurants all over the world.

The Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill is the anchor restaurant of the Londoner, down the corridor from Churchill’s Table. The gastropub and steakhouse serves Ramsay’s signatures, like beef wellington and fish and chips, with exclusively-sourced, charcoal-fired steaks. For this project, Silverfox Studios received a LIV Award (Winner, Interior Design & Pub) in 2024.

The studio, tasked with bringing a vision of a homely yet impressive space to life, chose to model the restaurant after London’s industrial age. Warm and luxurious, the restaurant has a bar lounge, main dining room with a vaulted ceiling, and a private dining room.

The exterior of the restaurant is highly visible, and Silverfox has made it an effortless extension of the Londoner’s distinctive facade. Large arched windows show the Dining Hall and its historically-inspired interiors, with an entrance guarded by two miniature towers.

Past the cloak room, guests pass the shopfront seats to enter the Bar Lounge. This area contains a main bar, a U-shaped marble counter for making and serving drinks, and a carpeted lounge area. Aged leather upholstery, brass hardware, open lamps and tables with exposed beams add industrial detail.

Semi-private booths line the way to the Main Dining Hall. The ceiling is directly inspired by the Wharncliffe Viaduct in Ealing, West London, the first viaduct to be completed for the Great Western Railway in 1836. The very first major structural design by famous engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), it became a Grade 1 listed building in 1949.

Circular pendant chandeliers, set with lights, descend from this ceiling. All around, historical elements are balanced with modern ones: red brick walls reminiscent of engineering brick are decorated with commissioned photographs of London street scenes. On the far end of the Main Dining Hall, a classic fireplace is lit with a steam fire: a projection of light onto mist that produces no heat, safely creating the visual effect of flames.

The Private Dining Room is accessible behind the fireplace, separated from the Main Dining Hall by red curtains. A round timber table is surrounded by pop-art portraits: exposed lamps hang down from beams on the ceiling.

Project: Gordon Ramsay Pub & Bar, The Londoner Macau
Location: Macau
Design Studio: Silverfox Studios
Photo Credits: Edmon Leong
Website: silverfoxstudios.design