Turning Japanese: the new restaurant marks a new direction for LSL Capital
(Picture: Press handout)In what appears to a busy year for her, MiMi Mei Fair founder Samyukta Nair has announced she is to open Koyn, a new upmarket izakaya — or what’s sometimes loosely translated as a “Japanese pub”, where drinks are combined with a tapas-style menu. Given, though, Nair’s track record of high-end fine dining and Koyn’s Mayfair location, it’s expected any resemblance to a pub will be slight.
The restaurateur, who at the start of this year announced she was opening Mediterranean bistro Socca with celebrated chef Claude Bosi — set to launch late summer — will make her first foray into Japanese cooking with Koyn, which opens on Grosvenor Square on September 9 in a building that, variously, has housed the American Embassy and the Canadian High Commission.
