Oblix

Rainer Becker introduces Oblix, a dual dining experience on the 32nd floor of The Shard, offering Oblix restaurant, and Oblix bar and lounge which will have live entertainment from 9pm onwards. Becker references a New York grill as the backdrop for the menu with dishes delivered in the Becker signature style of upscale, sophisticated, urban dining. Rainer explains, “Oblix offers a broad selection of dishes. The menu at its core will be a mixture of grilled and classics, offering a light tasty cuisine that guests can enjoy daily.”

In addition to the a la carte lunch and dinner offering in the restaurant, the bar and lounge will showcase an abundant selection of appetisers at lunchtime for guests to choose from, in the style of a New York delicatessen. Weekends will offer a brunch menu, accompanied by live music. A full a la carte menu is available for dinner 7 nights a week.

To head up the kitchen at Oblix, which will service both the 100-seat restaurant and 100 cover lounge and bar, Becker chose chef Fabien Beaufour. Beaufour began working in a professional kitchen at the age of 14 in his native Grenoble, France. Having worked and staged in some of the most acclaimed restaurants in the world, amongst them The French Laundry and Eleven Madison Park, Beaufour has developed a philosophy of cooking that mirrors Becker’s; quality, precision, and consistency.

Like his other establishments, Zuma, Roka and Shochu Lounge, Rainer’s success is in the detail. His creative energy runs through all aspects of Oblix and for the interiors he teamed up with architect Claudio Silvestrin, the talent behind the Armani Store in Sloane Street and the Princi café in Soho. Together they created an interior that frames and “delivers” the view to guests whilst creating a sleek dining style and low-key sophistication. The cool, calm and elegant interiors created by Rainer and Claudio’s vision are integral to the experience. The aim was to deliver a dining and bar environment that offers permanence and timeless luxury using warm earth tones and decisive geometric forms, bonding the elements of this exciting new London iconic building with the interiors.