Marlow

At the heart of Mareterra, the new six-hectare district reclaimed from the sea, the Marlow café-lounge is evolving, warm and sophisticated, with a touch of eccentricity.

Interior design by Hugo Toro

With more than 300 sq.m on the ground floor, a 100 sq.m terrace and a basement of almost 100 sq.m, the atmosphere starts off quiet, then becomes studious, convivial, joyful and festive. This is how Marlow lives through the hours of the day and night.

The architecture and interior design were entrusted to the energetic and dazzling Hugo Toro. The thirty-something Franco-Mexican has decorated the restaurants Gigi and Perruche on the roof of the Printemps Homme department store in Paris, La Table des Pins and the Hôtel Mas Candille in Mougins, as well as the Midland Dining Room and the Gothic bar in London.

For Marlow, he designed a décor around a central bar, enhanced by natural materials, warm colours, light marble and enveloping furniture. Objects create an atmosphere that art books and biographies of English lords aim to make authentic...

The elegance and impertinence of a Lady

One man is at the helm to run the establishment and guarantee its British touch: Bryan Gaillard. After his studies in Paris, he mainly worked in London's famous clubs and restaurants.

It is he, the master of the house, who welcomes customers as guests of a whimsical lady with indomitable charms. Because Marlow (named after the English town on the banks of the Thames) tells a story whose common thread is hedonism in all its guises. Elegance flirts with impertinence. Marlow is quite simply irresistible...

Customers can enjoy a relaxed English breakfast, savoury or sweet, in the dining room or on the terrace, which can be transformed into a brunch on a lazy Sunday morning. At lunch, the dish of the day offers a typical Anglo-Saxon experience, with a lobster roll accompanied by a glass of champagne, for example. But there is also the choice of local Mediterranean products of course. At tea time, it's time to relax in an armchair like a soft cocoon. And in the evening, after a cocktail or an old whisky, it's time for some tasty dishes.

There's also a takeaway service for those who prefer to take Marlow home with them.