The Goring to launch first restaurant in 109 years

Five-star hotel The Goring, Belgravia will open a new Siren restaurant,on 12 June whilst also relaunching The Goring Bar. Siren will be the first new restaurant at the hotel in more than 109 years, with CEO Jeremy Goring looking to create a second more casual dining option; a seafood restaurant inspired by the family’s strong ties to Cornwall. Meanwhile, The Goring Bar will provide both hotel guests and visitors with a new destination for cocktails, food and entertainment. The Siren menu will offer starters such as cured monkfish, ginger, fennel and yoghurt and cuttlefish black pudding, apple and kohlrabi. A concise list of main courses will include turbot herbed and battered with warm tartare sauce and red mullet with devilled shrimp butter and chicory. These will sit alongside a wide range of daily specials that reflect the freshest fish available direct from Cornwall each day, such as Lobster grilled over fire with herbs and garlic and Grilled whole monkfish for two to share. Nostalgic English flavours will be reinvented in desserts including Gooseberry pavlova with custard ice cream and Strawberry tart with yoghurt sorbet. Reflecting The Goring’s “dedication to presenting an impeccably English experience”, the cocktail list will focus on British spirits and will incorporate a wide variety of herbs sourced from the hotel’s garden. From the menu, the elegant Rosehip Royale will see Pimm’s No. 6 Cup combined with Sacred Rosehip Cup and a summer sherbet of strawberries, cucumber, mint and rose, then topped with Champagne. The list will also feature the likes of Garden Gimlet, a floral and layered take on the classic, and The Madness of King George, King George III’s favourite whisky turned into an apple Manhattan. Alongside the cocktails, guests will be able to enjoy bar bites including Lobster scampi with chilli and pepper jam and Crab scones. The architecture and interior design for Siren and The Goring Bar have been led by Russell Sage, who has worked with many renowned British designers and craftspeople to create an eccentric, uplifting space. The Cornish inspiration for the project will be realised in features such as a hand-crafted plasterwork wall, separating the bar from the restaurant and depicting mythical sea creatures and marine life.