Lunette Restaurant Florence Knight: The Sessions Arts Club chef launches her first restaurant on the 11th floor of London’s new Strand hotel with season-driven cooking at autumn’s most-watched table.
Florence Knight has opened Lunette, her debut solo restaurant, on the 11th floor of St. Clement Hotel, a newly completed property on the Strand in central London. The move marks Knight’s departure from Sessions Arts Club, where she built a reputation for precise, ingredient-focused cooking. Lunette operates as the hotel’s signature dining venue, with floor-to-ceiling views across the city and a kitchen designed around seasonal British produce and Knight’s distinctive culinary approach.
The restaurant has become one of autumn’s most anticipated reservations before even fully settling into service. Knight’s track record at Sessions, a members’ club known for elevated but approachable food, created immediate momentum around her independent venture. At Lunette, that philosophy translates into a menu structured around what’s available at peak ripeness rather than fixed offerings, a discipline that has gained traction among London’s more discerning diners in recent years. The kitchen operates without the constraints of a members-only model, making the restaurant accessible to the broader London dining public.
St. Clement Hotel itself represents a notable addition to London’s hospitality landscape, with Lunette restaurant as its culinary anchor. The location on the Strand places Lunette in central London’s tourist and business corridor while maintaining enough distance from the Covent Garden restaurant cluster to operate as a genuine destination rather than a casual walk-in. The 11th-floor positioning, rare for London’s dining scene, creates a distinct atmosphere separate from street-level hustle. Knight’s move from the contained world of a members’ club to a hotel restaurant open to the public represents a significant career step, testing whether her cooking translates beyond.
