Sexy Fish

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Sexy Fish is a restaurant at Berkeley Square House, Mayfair in London, United Kingdom, on the south-east corner of Berkeley Square. [1] The restaurant is part of the Caprice Holdings group, whose chairman is Richard Caring. [2] Sexy Fish opened to the public on 19 October 2015. [3] The restaurant serves Asian fish and seafood and seats up to 200 people in the main restaurant on ground level. [4]

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Art and design

Sexy Fish was designed by Martin Brudnizki Design Studio. [5] The restaurant houses installations from international names in the worlds of architecture, art, and fashion, including 19 of Frank Gehry’s iconic Fish Lamps, which hang above the bar and a 4-metre-long (13 ft) glossy black silicone crocodile also designed by the architect. [6] Two patinated bronze mermaids as well as a large bronze relief panel by Damien Hirst adorn the bar. [7] The ceiling mural was designed by Michael Roberts, [8] who served as Style Editor-at-Large of Vanity Fair. [9] The restaurant also has floors of Esmeralda onyx marble from Iran. [10]

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