Bone Daddies founder Ross Shonhan to open huge Mayfair seafood restaurant

Bone Daddies founder Ross Shonhan is to open a huge London seafood restaurant in the building where Queen Elizabeth II was born.

Lilibet’s will launch this month at 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair, where the late Queen once lived with her parents. Today the building is also home to Hakkasan Mayfair.

The restaurant will seat 160 diners across different areas, including an oyster bar, outdoor terrace, fireside grill and cocktail lounge.

Its menu will be inspired by an imagined tour across the Mediterranean by the young Queen Elizabeth II, with signature dishes set to include anchovy éclairs, whole turbot pil pil and lobster tails over spaghetti.

A selection of meat and poultry will also be on offer, with some dishes finished or presented tableside, and desserts including a Princess cake made with genoise sponge.

Lilibet’s has been created by Shonhan, a former executive chef at Nobu in Dallas and Zuma in London. He launched London’s Bone Daddies restaurant group in 2012, which includes the eponymous ramen bars as well as the Flesh & Buns and Shack-Fuyu concepts, before leaving the business in 2020.

“With Lilibet’s, we wanted to create an enduring place that will feel relevant in 20 years, with a real focus on great hospitality,” said Shonhan.

“This address carries an unexpected history, and that gave us the freedom to be creative. Lilibet’s will be a great seafood restaurant that respects British ingredients while also embracing flavours from further afield. The design follows the same thinking – elegant, but with a few surprises. It’s about doing things properly, but with personality.”