
A softly glowing glass façade with the back-lit sign "Labombe by Trivet" assures us we are in the right place when a friend and I stop by for dinner at Jonny Lake and Isa Bal's newly unveiled, 'wine-forward' Mayfair restaurant on a mid-week September evening.
Behind it, guests, strategically seated across the eatery's sophisticated dining room — a dotted-with-artworks, buttery environment that Derin Yeşil architects' Umay Çeviker tells me strives to "merge Nordic clarity with Mediterranean warmth" — enjoy their meals at a nonchalant pace.