2 Queensway, London, W2 3RX
This Bayswater all-day restaurant is all about a new-world brasserie where American glamour meets British warmth.
The Park is STUDIO Shayne Brady’s most contemporary expression of the grand café, designed in close creative collaboration with longtime partner Jeremy King.
Set within a new development overlooking Hyde Park, the restaurant balances softness and strength. The interior draws on the sweeping forms of nature and the clean geometry of modern architecture.
| Covers | Size | Timeline | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 150 | 4500 Sqft | 18 Months | 2024 |
Soft caramel hues create a space that feels fresh by morning and sultry by night. The layout makes subtle theatre of every table: no seat is secondary, no corner under-considered. A custom petal parquet floor adds movement underfoot, complemented by curved limba timber panelling, alabaster pill lights and terrazzo floors in the bar. The furniture nods to mid-century America, while bespoke fixed stools and a sweeping timber bar bring a sense of ritual to the everyday.
Throughout, artworks are integrated into the architecture, with Le Corbusier, Alex Katz and Horst P. Horst curated into recessed niches and quiet focal points.
Nothing feels overly styled, but everything holds its place. The Park is at once grand and grounded. A confident reimagining of the brasserie for today, where design meets daylight, detail meets ease and hospitality feels effortlessly timeless.
A mural by artist Michael May wraps the ceiling of the private dining room in an abstracted vision of Central Park.
“What makes a great designer? Yes of course, the creativity, ability, ingenuity are crucial components, but the truth is that unless there is a positive and trusting relationship with the client they only make for a good designer. Shayne is a great designer because of his ability to understand his clients and his inherent ability to grasp their dreams and aspirations and make them real – in truth better than imagined possible.
I think The Park shows all his skills to the full, but his strength is that he can achieve wonderful results in any idiom”
Jeremy King