NYC steakhouse Smith & Wollensky is to open its first non-US operation: in the Adelphi, just off the Strand. The massive – 300-cover – restaurant will occupy the ground floor of one of the capital’s most impressive ’30s office buildings, the upper floors of which overlook the Thames.

The two level restaurant will cover 15,000 square feet – half the size of the same group’s Las Vegas site. It will boast private-event rooms, two bars with full service dining, plus a butcher shop and on-site dry-aging room.

For more details on Smith & Wollensky see our earlier story.

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