Located at 27 Cale Street, the restaurant will occupy the former Beefbar site in Chelsea, which closed earlier this year before relocating to within Broadwick Soho’s Dear Jackie restaurant in August.
The new restaurant will combine signature dishes and cocktails from Lucca by the Sea in Bodrum with the ‘fun and neighbourhood spirit’ of the group’s original Bebek site in Istanbul.
Lucca’s current menu in Turkey features starters such as spiced potato chips; beetroot carpaccio; and popcorn shrimp. Main courses include vodka pasta; duck pappardelle; and lemon sea bass with mint risotto, while desserts range from pumpkin tart and persimmon panna cotta to chocolate cake.
Founded in 2004, Lucca first opened in the Istanbul neighbourhood of Bebek, before expanding to Bodrum, where it operates two further venues.