Marceline French Grand Brasserie will be the next floating Canary Wharf restaurant

If you’ve been to Wood Wharf in recent years, you’ll be familiar with the huge floating restaurant that is Hawksmoor. However, you will also have noticed that there is another similar floating building right next to it. We knew that Hovarda took over the ground floor there, and now we know what’s coming to the top floor: a large brasserie called Marceline.

Marceline comes from the same people behind Hovarda, but it’s a very different, and very French affair – something we’ve noticed is becoming a bit of a trend in London lately.

The restaurant is inspired by both Parisian and New York brasseries and responsible for the menus is Robert Aikens (who happens to be Tom Aikens’ twin brother). He started as a chef at the Roux Brothers, but really grew his career in New York, most recently as part of the team behind the latest iteration of legendary restaurant Pastis. His menu at Marceline sounds very tempting, with dishes such as:

• Eclair with duck liver mousse
• Skateskiev with pumpkin puree
• Ravioles du dauphine (i.e. the pasta sheet terribly trendy at the moment)

They will also be serving French classics, so the menu will include steak tartare, tuna niçoise, escargots de Bourgogne and French onion soup.

In addition to the main restaurant, there will be a terrace and a bar called Salon Marceline. The wine list will be predominantly European and they will have 30 wines by the glass, so this will also be a very handy new bar if you are in the Canary Wharf area. As for cocktails, they promise to serve these at the table as well as at the bar and this will be the latest London opening to add mini cocktails to the menu with a “two sip martini” costing £6.

More about Marceline

Where is it? Wood Wharf, 10 Water St, London, E14 5GX

When does it open? August 2024

Find out more: Visit their website or follow them on Instagram @marceline.london.

Photos by Bennie Curnow

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