Despite sharing its name with Big Mamma’s Hamburg-based pizza brand, the group has said that London’s Edmondo will be an all-new concept.
Pizza won’t be on the menu and the look and feel of the restaurant will be ‘completely different’, with the London site taking inspiration from its The City surroundings.
A LinkedIn job listing for the new venue states that Edmondo will open in Bank in October. The post comes more than a year-and-a-half after it was first revealed that it was looking at a site in the Square Mile.
The new 200-cover restaurant will ‘channel the golden age of Milan’ with a menu created by head chef Alfonso.
Dishes will include XL focaccia, creamy gnocchi al Gorgonzola and the group’s largest selection of Italian grilled steaks, supplied by Phillip Warren. Pastry chef Angelina will oversee the dessert menu, with highlights including an Italian chocolate cake with a melting centre and an ‘elevated’ affogato.
Set in a Grade II-listed building, the interiors will take inspiration from Villa Necchi Campiglio, combining Art Deco with Italian influences.
A central bar will offer a spot for pre- and post-dinner drinks, with a menu created by Bar Manager Ilaria. The space will also include an open kitchen with counter seating. Edmondo London will also mark the first Big Mamma restaurant to feature fully private dining spaces, with three individual rooms seating between 10 and 24 guests.
The London opening will become Big Mamma’s seventh restaurant in the capital and follows the opening of Barbarella in Canary Wharf, which opened last year.
Edmondo Hamburg, which opened in 2023, serves classic Italian cuisine, including a selection of pizzas and fresh pasta, alongside dishes such as risotto with langoustine bisque, grilled sea bass with clams; and beef carpaccio with confit tomatoes, rocket and Parmigiano Reggiano.
Founded by Victor Lugger and Tigrane Seydoux, Big Mamma operates more than 35 restaurants across Europe, with eight sites in the UK. The group revealed earlier this year plans to open its first restaurant in the US at Juno Beach, South Florida, which it will open as part of a 50/50 partnership with Chicago-based group Ballyhoo Hospitality.