Robert Wood to launch ambitious cocktail bar in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter

Housed in a restored factory in Newhall Square, Atelier c/o Robert Wood is being billed as a ‘creative drinks studio’ that will trade Thursday to Saturday evenings only allowing Wood ‘to express his ever-changing interests and ideas through drinks’.

Guests can expect a constantly evolving experience, with each menu available for a limited time only. 

Wood has worked in drinks for 20 years and oversees the drinks programmes for a number of Birmingham venues as well as his own highly-rated cocktails bars 18/81, and Smultronstalle.

Reservations are now open for the first menu, Terroir, which runs from 22 September to 12 November 2022. 

Terroir is an exploration and celebration of the native pantry of the British Isles, with three  experiences on offer. Terroir, 874 Miles is a seven-course cocktail tasting experience that takes guests on a journey across the UK celebrating a plethora of landscapes and their esoteric flavours and ingredients.

Alternatively, guests are invited to settle in to Atelier’s beautiful lounge and enjoy house cocktails from the Terroir a la carte menu, all of which celebrate the unexpected flavours found across the British Isles.

Guests can also opt for a more concise four-course menu or oder a la carte.

Atelier c/o Robert Wood will be co-run by Wood and his fiancée Kyndra Vorster and is supported ‘behind the scenes’ by Alex Claridge, the chef owner of high-end Birmingham restaurant The Wilderness.   

The 26-cover space blends inspiration from high-end retail, hospitality and domestic designs to create ‘relaxed, everyday luxury’.

The design is intentionally international, with a strong influence from turn-of-the-century and 60s Scandinavian design, as well as influences from Japanese fine dining, embodying the approach of Japanese minimalism.