For client Levy Restaurants, SHH re-branded and refurbished the hospitality area at Sandown Park Racecourse, creating ‘Equus’: a buzzing new high-quality bar and restaurant. The space needed finesse at every level to achieve an overall champagne bar feel and also had to be flexible enough to attract premium quality events and conferences on non-race days.
Entrance
Bar Area by Entrance
High material quality (from leather saddle-stitching details on the front of the bar to the carrera marble bartop), along with subtle branding and signage, communicate upmarket intent from the moment race-goers arrive. The board of trustees said the new design had made ‘a remarkable difference’ and given the space a ‘west end feel’, which perfectly hit the target of creating the look and atmosphere of a standalone bar/restaurant.
Bar brick wall tiling detail
Equus Staff
Staff preparing for service
Looking back towards the bar
Ceiling lights detail
Lights over table
Private dining area to left of main space
Windows along one elevation with views onto racecourse
Voiles surround columns in – dark carpeted area
Waiter stations behind voiles
waiter stations in covered mode
Private dining booth
Bar seating area
Bar area wall lights
Equus menu
Equus identity
