Designed in partnership with San Francisco-based EDG, the newly remodeled Belvedere is a 160-seat restaurant under the direction of executive chef David Codney. Changes to the restaurant, which is located at the Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel, include new interiors, as well as a full transformation of the Mediterranean-inspired menu.
The design blends the Peninsula’s signature French country style with updated contemporary accents. Deep-tufted booths and banquettes are joined by dining tables dressed with blue and white Toile de Jouy table skirts topped with crisp white linen. Natural white oak floors are the canvas for a delicate interlacing geometric pattern.
An art collection worth several million dollars includes pieces by Yayoi Kusama, Robert Indiana, Alex Katz, and Sean Scully, joined by a polyptych of five panels by French painter Fabienne Verdier, which was specially commissioned by the Peninsula, and hangs over the restaurant’s entryway. Artwork also adorns the two private dining rooms.
The restaurant’s existing outdoor terrace has nearly doubled in size and has been transformed into a lush garden with water and fire features. Classic French-style, hammered-finished banquettes and tables are set around the focal point: a magnificent Podocarpus tree. Blackened steel French doors and windows frame this vista from the interior.
