Fourth Wall Restaurants president Michael Stillman and chef/partner Craig Koketsu have teamed up to open the 350-seat Hurricane Club in Manhattan’s NoMad neighborhood. The AvroKO-designed space envisions a modern adaptation of a Polynesian supper club through unique themed rooms, a striking central bar, and labyrinthine lounges.
Frosted-glass revolving doors invite guests into a foyer where massive wooden doors studded with small Gargoyle-like brass leopard heads stand strong. Rattan screens partition the restaurant into individual dining areas, where fresh-cut palm fronds, orchids, and an assortment of island flora introduce cohesion among the spaces. The main room, named the Hurricane Room, features butternut wood millwork, butternut caning panels, supple forest-green banquettes, and multiple crystal chandeliers, while butternut wood tabletops and brass hurricane lamps evoke elegance in the luminescent setting. The tiki-style central bar sits beneath a crystal chandelier, enveloped by a multi-tiered, cascading gold-chained fixture.
To the left of the entrance, the Lagoon Lounge is home to an oversized white coral fireplace, a black-and-white herringbone patterned marble floor, and an elaborate golden-hued chandelier fashioned out of cast glass and shells. Wrapping around the southern edge of the club, the Cave Rooms have low-hung, hand-sculpted, high-gloss black lacquered ceiling panels that resemble Polynesian-inspired lattice screens, each supported by lacquered branches. Handblown incandescent glass fixtures saturate the rooms in glowing red and complement the chic tiki style. Just past the bar, the Volcano Room showcases walls clad in classic glossy red lacquer wood paneling and wallpaper evoking native Polynesian tattoo patterns.
