Big Mamma confirms January opening for Jacuzzi
First announced back in October and described as a 'four-storied pleasure palace', Jacuzzi will hold 170 covers in total and feature a menu of indulgent Italian dishes typical of the brand.
Big Mamma, which is run by Tigrane Seydoux and Victor Lugger, launched in the capital in early 2019 with the opening of the 172-cover Gloria in Shoreditch. This was followed up with the opening of 300-cover Circolo Popolare in Fitzrovia’s Rathbone Place, which also opened in 2019; and Ave Mario, which opened in Covent Garden last summer.
Housed in a former bank, Jacuzzi will be spread across a 4,000sq ft space and will include a botanical mezzanine with retractable glass ceiling; alabaster walls; and stucco ceilings. The basement level will feature the group's first 'disco toilet', complete with glitter ball and a 'cove of mirrors'.
Manuel Prota will lead the kitchen with dishes on the menu to include starters of cured ham from Onesto Ghiradi served with gnocchi fritti; burrata with fresh seasonal truffle; and pizzette topped with truffle, caviar and bottarga.
Mains will feature lobster risotto with half lobster, clams, red gurnard and cuttlefish; and a sharing plate of truffle pasta with fresh black truffle, truffle cream and parmigiano foam, which is prepared tableside in a 4kg wheel of pecorino.
Desserts, meanwhile, will include a 'decadent' chocolate fondue for two made with half a kilo of Valrhona chocolate.
As well as its individual restaurants, Big Mamma also runs pizza delivery concept Napoli Gang in the capital, which has a single site in Ladbroke Grove.
