The environment at NOPI echoes the menus, a mix of informal, familiar and familial. Designer Alex Meitlis took inspiration from Yotam’s food by taking high quality components - marble, brass, tiles and wood – and combining them in surprising ways. There is a lot of brass – the tabletops, bar tops, the light fixtures are a replica of an antique lamp from Jaffa’s flea market, while the 1920’s brass entrance doors are the original doors from Harvey Nichols. Like the food, the design looks deceivingly simple, but a huge amount of thinking and preparation takes place behind the scenes. NOPI is airy, laid-back and relaxed, where no details have been overlooked.

The lower ground room is a different dining experience altogether, though still serving the same menus and available for group hire of up to 28 guests. Here the diners are in the kitchen. Sitting on bar stools around large, canteen-style tables the chefs are visible and in fact walk around the diners to reach the dry store shelves running the length of the walls alongside the tables.