Team behind the Water House Project to open new London restaurant next month

Gabriel Waterhouse and Patricia Wakaimba are to open Waterhouse in London’s Columbia Road Flower Market next month, two months after the pair closed their restaurant in London’s Bethnal Green.

The Water House Project operated as a ‘social fine dining’ concept for five years, but closed its doors in June after the restaurant’s lease came to an end.

From 6 August, the husband and wife team will welcome diners to their new restaurant, wine bar and garden located within a Victorian warehouse on Ezra Street.

Waterhouse will celebrate Waterhouse’s upbringing in Northumberland and showcase the contemporary food cultures of the North East, Scotland and the broader northern coastline.

Produce such as Lindisfarne oysters, hand-dived scallops, Lake District Herdwick hogget and seasonal honey harvested in Northumberland will take centre stage, complementing a selection of vinegars, kombuchas, garums and misos that will be preserved by the team themselves throughout the year.

The restaurant’s own garden will also supply various herbs and wild flowers.

Guests will be invited into a 24-cover dining room, originally home to a potter’s studio, while a pair of Crittall glass doors will lead the way to the main bar, which will open in September, offering a range of wines, cocktails and snacks such as Craster kippers with kipper butter and crumpet.

The 11-course dinner menu with five wine pairings is priced at £125, while the eight-course lunch menu with four wine pairings is priced at £75.

Prior to opening the Water House Project, Waterhouse hosted supper clubs in his east London flat and worked at Galvin La Chapelle.