Broadway at The Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental

The outlet is at the Palace Hotel Abu Dhabi, but was conceived as a stand-alone bar and restaurant adjacent to the main Palace Hotel’s Theatre which is connected by a courtyard arrival. The narrative therefore draws upon the New York Theatre district. New York has many re-purposed warehouse buildings, we have used one of these 1920’s warehouses to become the home of our Bar and Brasserie, allowing us to have a multi-layered industrial building with a purpose built elegant interior experience. The warehouse is now occupied by a European chef who has a passion for brewing beer on site, with the vats and barrels and cases on show and surround the guest as they journey through the many interior experiences and spaces. The entrance has signage on fire escape steel structures, the cat walks above you as you enter compress space, and the main Bar has a huge brass barrel suspended within the gantry display shelving. We have a tasting bar behind the DJ stand, and a raised lounge seating bar corner adjacent, a series of booths accessed via the bar back of house. Beyond which we enter a brick built vaulted called the Cellar, this space can be used as a private lounge. There are ghost art depictions of theatrical productions on the walls and ceilings. The Cellar has access to an outside terrace overlooking the sea. The columns throughout the project have ghost artwork painted onto slip bricks which depict 1920’s Broadway street scenes.