All Bar One opens first new site in two years

Mitchells & Butlers-owned bar-restaurant brand All Bar One has returned to the expansion trail with a site in Richmond, south-west London.
The Kew Road venture marks a return to the town for the brand which operated a site there up until 2017 (©All Bar One)

Mitchells & Butlers-owned bar-restaurant brand All Bar One has returned to the expansion trail with a site in Richmond, south-west London.

It is the first site the brand – which recently celebrated its 30th birthday – has launched since 2022.

Located just opposite Richmond station, the Kew Road venture marks a return to the area for the brand which operated a site in the town up to 2017.

The site was once the famed Crawdaddy Club where The Rolling Stones started out.

The renovations celebrate this musical history with a picture wall on the first floor, highlighting the building’s former life.

The interior redesign ‘brings a contemporary elegance to the bar’, with booth seating, parquet flooring, and ambient lighting in warm tones of blush pink, dark green, and copper accents.

All Bar One has a total of 47 locations across the UK and says it has several new sites in the pipeline and that its expansion is targeted on transport hubs.

The All Bar One concept was conceived by Bass as a ‘female friendly’ bar at a time when pubs were seen intimidating places for single women to go and drink or eat.

Design details including large glass frontages, open plans and large wooden tables have been replicated by many other pub and bar brands looking to attract a more diverse audience.