AO by Daniel Rogan will open on 21 November and mark the next chapter for Rogan and his restaurant, which opened in the city in 2022 but closed a year later.
Rogan, who is the son of multi-Michelin starred chef Simon Rogan, revealed back in October that he had found a new home for his restaurant. He has now revealed it will open in a Victorian building dating back to 1846 on Southampton’s Oxford Street.
The restaurant will seat 26 guests and will serve a tasting menu available in both a seven and 10-course format. Seasonal dishes will include dry-aged loin of beef with coal oil, black garlic and tarragon; charred Jerusalem artichoke with herb verde cream; salt-baked celeriac with smoked eel, pancetta and apple jam; and Cornish cod with burnt leek, mussel butter and vanilla; English duck with cauliflower, beetroot and cabbage; and Hampshire yoghurt with pear cider.
Alongside this, there will also be a three-course lunch menu featuring dishes such as cured Chalk Stream trout with cucumber dashi and dill, and rolled duck leg with cauliflower and beetroot.
The seven-course menu is priced at £95 per person, and the 10-course menu is priced at £125. The three-course lunch menu is priced at £55.
The design of the restaurant has been conceived by the chef and draws inspiration from the building’s heritage with anthracite greys and black tones twinned with oak tables and tanned leather chairs.
“AO has always been a very personal project for me,” says Rogan. “It carries the names of my children, and represents a deep connection to where I’m from.
“This move allows us to grow into a space that reflects who we are today, still small and focused, with even more intent behind the details.”
Rogan has previously worked alongside his father Simon at his restaurants, including L’Enclume and Rogan & Co, as well as at Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley and three Michelin-starred Restaurant Gordon Ramsay.