MAM Vietnamese Restaurant

We want to share with you an exciting project we were involved with recently at MAM Vietnamese restaurant in Notting Hill.?

The Task

Refuze were asked to create a Vietnamese barbeque restaurant in London split into a casual bar area at the front and a dining room conservatory at the back. The brief was to echo the charm of the northern riverside town of Hoi An in Vietnam and included large-scale plants, rattan and reclaimed wooden benches, along with mid-century teak cabinets. The décor was finished off with feature graphic posters to complement the overall design.

The Challenge

This was to bring to life a well thought out vision of a Vietnamese restaurant and to do it justice.?

The Obstacles

The bar top was to be created out of concrete, as was a table in the bar. This meant that we had to source an expert who could cast and polish both the bar and table in situ. There was also a requirement for a large amount of reclaimed timber which we obtained from a contact with extensive stocks in London.

Wall lighting was custom made from noodle bowls connected by brass rods, and the upholstery by another contact who created the seating and throw pillows. In the rear dining area, we laid Terrazzo tiles specially sourced from Italy and the exterior logo was laser cut from sheet brass. This task was made harder by the extensive planning required to erect scaffolding on the street to install the sign and paint the frontage.

To ensure the smooth running of the project, we employed the services of ten additional specialists that we have worked with before and that we could trust to perform specific tasks. Obviously, this incurred additional expense but because of our experience in this area we had already factored this into the budget, something a non-specialist company would not have known.

The Result

MAM London opened to rave reviews and has given customers the ambiance of Hoi An, and a dining experience that pays homage to the barbeque street food stalls found all over Vietnam.