First look: Savile Row’s first coffee shop launched by local tailor and entrepreneur

The Service, a new coffee shop “reflective of Savile Row and Mayfair lifestyle” has opened at no. 19 Savile Row, the only coffee shop on ‘The Row’.

From the team behind local bespoke tailor shop Cad & The Dandy, and in collaboration with Bristot Coffee, The Service aims to be a “welcoming hub where visitors to Savile Row can relax, meet and socialise, whilst enjoying the finest coffee and pastries around”.

Reflective of Cad & The Dandy, the coffee shop has been created to bring a more “contemporary style and younger audience” to Savile Row and is the result of many conversations between James Sleater, co-founder at Cad & The Dandy, the team at Cad & The Dandy and their customers.

Cad & The Dandy was launched in 2008 by James Sleater and Ian Meiers and brings a “modern yet classic” style to the famed bespoke tailoring street.

With a celebrity client list including the likes of Samuel L Jackson and Joaquin Phoenix, Cad & The Dandy is now regarded as “the most successful bespoke tailor on Savile Row”, with further sites in New York and Stockholm.

James Sleater, co-founder at The Service and Cad & The Dandy, commented: “We wanted to bring a new concept to Savile Row to give our customers and visitors a place where they can take time out of their day to relax and enjoy some of the best coffee available in London.

“A lot of people think Savile Row is an intimidating place and hopefully, we can break this barrier down and welcome many more people to this wonderful part of London.”

The interior styling of the venue is said to be “warm yet minimalist”. Dark wood furniture and ambient lighting provides a premium, “members club feel”, while the yellow La Marzocco machines, coffee cups and greenery add pops of colour to provide a “contemporary edge”.

In homage to Savile Row’s history and craft, two long, antique cutting tables, supplied by British cloth merchant Dugdales, form part of the indoor seating.

Savile Row is one of the most famous streets in the world and often referred to as the “mecca for aficionados of bespoke tailoring”. It was created during the development of the Burlington Estate in the early 1730s and named after the Earl of Burlington’s wife, Lady Dorothy Savile.

By Matthew Neville – Correspondent, Bdaily

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