The High Table

"The difference from its previous incarnation as a student pub could not be more stark."

The Times

Day-to-Night Transformation

As part of the transformation of the public spaces of the Mercure Eastgate Hotel in Oxford, Blacksheep named, branded and designed a dedicated 90-cover restaurant called ‘The High Table’.  The brief was to create a brasserie-style food offer, which had to cover the whole spectrum from breakfast buffet to morning coffees and pastries to lunches, early evening drinks and snacks and dinner.   A major challenge was to cover the restaurants 'moods' and create a relaxing ambience at night.  Lighting design in particular was the answer to this with low pendant lighting and the use of candles at dinner.