62 THE WORLD OF HOSPITALITY
KRICKET TVC
The new West London restaurant features a
signature communal sharing table, lovingly-
crafted from an extra- large 3.5m long slab of
live-edge wood with a collection of hand-
turned wooden lights framing it below. The
fixed seating is vintage Indian inspired with
a scalloped wood edge, aged leather seat
upholstery and a rich velvet back cushion
in Kricket’s brand colour. All the seating has
been designed to offer a comfortable place to
kick back and enjoy punchy, Indian-inspired
cocktails and sharing plates. Table-tops come
in a mix of brown Emperador Marble top, white
carrara and green Verde Rajistan Marble with
brass trim. Furniture and woodgrains range
from burnt tobacco to dark walnut. Dining
chairs are upholstered in deep, forest green
and cognac leathers, some feature woven cane
for a shot of colonial styling.
Ceilings are painted dusky blush with
hand-fired terracotta tiles wrapped around
the space’s concrete columns. The overall
decorative palette creates the perfect
backdrop for pops of Kricket’s brand
orange-red, which zings out from sections
of upholstery. A fiery glimpse of the brand
colour can also be caught when the reception
wardrobe doors open. Due to the size of the
space, some of the walls have been treated
in acoustic materials, including a black-ink
marbled cork.
The bathrooms steal a few signatures from
Soho, including pipework taps and ironwork
mirrors, but on a grander scale with a 3-metre
wide asymmetric antique mirror and blackened
steel trough sink. Harder finishes are softened
by a rich ochre palette and monochromatic
honed marble tiling.
Run For The Hill’s team of sign-writers have
hand-painted custom graphics and lettering
throughout the venue to guide customers
around the space.
LIGHTING
In terms of mood, the venue feels fresh and
earthy during the day and warmed by candle-
glow lighting at night. Given its much larger
size and the light and airy open- plan layout,
the new venue doesn’t have the compact
and cosy moodiness of Soho, but the lighting
design has been carefully detailed with
targeted lighting adding softness and warmth,
while zoning different areas within the space.
Much of the decorative light fittings have been
designed by Run For The Hills, working with
talented workshops around the UK. A cluster
of various-sized bespoke, hand-turned,
spalted beech wood cupola pendants by
Tamasine Osher sit above the communal table. into light boxes, nestled amongst glassware
and bottles on the gantry and back bar.
A suite of different-sized super-long javelin
wall lights in black iron have been woven into
a curated mix of sourced lights, including
vintage style surgical holophane pendants,
DDR strip lights originally used in Soho, and
waterfall crystal chandeliers which inject a
shot of glamour. Hanging above the reception
desk are two stunning Aston Lantern
Pendants with Skinny Rib glazing from Fritz
Fryer, a wall-mounted version takes centre
stage on the main wait station. Vintage Indian
clock boxes, as seen at the other restaurant
locations, have been customised and turned TERRACE
The TVC site, nestled between neighbours
Bluebird and Soho House Group’s latest
outpost, White City House, offers Kricket
their first outside terrace. Run For The Hills
has styled the terrace with vintage Indian
wait stations, antique bench seating, iron and
terrazzo tables, bronze wirework seating and
clashing patterned cushions.
WEBSITE: www.runforthehills.com
Rusty corten steel planters, which will flower
with fragrant jasmine, surround the perimeter.