A fresh new look for Guernsey’s best-loved pizza restaurant

Nearly a decade after launching their popular restaurant and bar, the team at Rosso approached us with a view to refreshing and reimagining the space.

The reinvention includes beautiful, newly exposed granite and brickwork, a new bar featuring handmade terracotta tiles that echo the bricks, and a new colour palette, plus new furnishings and lighting fixtures. A lemon tree serves as a striking centrepiece for the central table. The existing, original hardwood floor has also been given a new lease of life.

Retained are the large windows that fold back flat onto the internal face of the facade. These windows – central to Chris’s original scheme when Rosso first opened in 2015 – enhance the connection to the seafront beyond. When opened up, they effectively transform the front section of the restaurant into a covered outside space, in the style of a classic European dining terrace.

Design Team: Chris Martel, Daria Iwon
Main Contractor: JW Rihoy
Photography: Etienne Laine