Reinforcing locality, Wilkins worked with a Florida-based artisan to customise the plaster finish on the walls using foraged flora, rocks and crushed shells. “Our plaster artist brought us fruits and leaves from their amazing garden, which we pushed into the plaster to make our own settings,” she says. From afar, it’s “very tactile and natural”, and up close, the outline of these delicate impressions can be traced like drawings in the sand.The programming is straightforward and intentional, with a sushi counter, timber-clad booths, central tables below copper pendants and a corner banquette in the shade of an Isamu Noguchi light sculpture. “It was important to us that every seat would feel like the best in the house.” This sentiment extends to the private dining room, which – despite having its own sense of space – feels open, airy and blends into the main room.
