Studio Frantzén at Harrods has closed permanently after only two years, and plans to relocate to a new address in London this summer. It will be replaced by the new in-house Grill on Fifth, which opens next week.

Swedish superstar chef Björn Frantzén’s London outlet has been the marquee attraction headlining the Knightsbridge department store’s recent emergence as a heavyweight dining hub. His pulling power required a reported fleet of 52 private jets to ferry guests to the blockbuster launch at Harrods in November 2022.

Studio Frantzén alerted followers to the planned switch on Boxing Day with an Instagram post that read: “We are in the process of closing our Harrods location and relocating to a new venue, with the grand opening scheduled for the summer of 2025.”

This week, the restaurant was listed online as “permanently closed”, while it had disappeared completely from the Harrods website. Meanwhile, Harrods has announced that the Grill on Fifth – billed as “sister restaurant” to the existing in-house Grill –  will take over the now-vacant two-floor site with a heated rooftop bar and terrace, opening on Wednesday 15 January.

Serving “everything from juicy steaks and smashed burgers to crispy chicken Caesar salad and truffled mac and cheese”, it is clearly a notch or two below its predecessor in culinary ambition. Studio Frantzén’s elevated cuisine – billed in its own publicity material as “Nordic with Asian influences” or, conversely, “French/Asian gastronomy with Nordic influences” – won impressive ratings over two years in the Harden’s guide.

Harrods has more than 20 other restaurants, cafes and bars, including its own recently relaunched The Georgian and outlets from British chefs Jason Atherton and Tom Kerridge. Björn Frantzén’s flagship is in Stockholm, with spinoffs in Marbella, Dubai, Singapore and Thailand.