A Russian restaurant group is to open its first restaurant in central London.
Novikov Restaurant Group, which is headed by entrepreneur Arkady Novikov, has just secured a 19,000 sq ft site in the heart of Mayfair.
The restaurant in Berkeley Street is scheduled to open for business in 2011 and will be divided into two concepts - one specialising in Asian seafood and the other offering Mediterranean cuisine.
There will also be a Far Eastern-themed bar under the same roof.
The Berkeley Street site has been vacant for the past three years after the previous leaseholder, restaurant group Hakkasan, chose not to proceed with plans to open a new restaurant on the premises.