The Crown Estate has agreed a lease with the internationally renowned Greek seafood restaurant Milos for a new 8,000 sq ft flagship at No 1 Regent Street.
Milos offers a contemporary, fine dining experience and was founded by Costas Spiliadis in 1979 with its first restaurant opening in Montreal, Canada. Milos now also has critically acclaimed restaurants in New York, Las Vegas, Miami and Athens.
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The deal marks the latest major flagship restaurant to sign up to St James’s, following in the footsteps of Philippe Le Roux’s Villandry, Angela Hartnett’s Café Murano and San Carlo Group’s Cicchetti, all of which have opened in St James’s over the last six months.
Cron Estates commented: “Enhancing St James’s reputation as a world renowned destination for quality dining forms part of our £500m investment strategy, which is also developing the area’s position as a leading location for business and retail.
“As well as bringing new, flagship restaurants to St James’s, our investment is creating new restaurant space through redevelopments of our properties. Along with our joint venture partner, Oxford Properties, we are currently delivering the £320m St James’s Market redevelopment between Regent Street and Haymarket, which will create a 10,000 sq ft public square as the centrepiece of a new shopping and dining destination in the heart of St James’s.”
Costas Spiliadis, Owner of Milos said: “London is the natural destination for our expansion, and we are really excited to bring our fresh contemporary take on Greek seafood to the UK. St James’s was the perfect choice for us, representing the kind of cosmopolitan, refined characteristics that we think fit perfectly with our own brand.”