We worked together with the team at Mason on a custom dining chair that has been tailored to their exact needs, working around the iconic Hiroshima chair but making it their own. We developed a robust yet contemporary custom cast iron café table base to suit the needs of this high traffic and ever changing restaurant layout of unpredictable flooring, paired with a natural coated teak table top. Along with a custom bar stool, large round tables using the same scaled cast iron table base as the café tables, 2.4m long communal dining tables with matching bench seats and casual modular teak sofa sectionals used throughout the location.

The handcrafted aesthetic applies as much to the mood of the 100-seat restaurant as it does to the menu. Designer Kelvin Ho has created a minimal, elegant space using concrete, stone, steel and wood – elements that convey relaxed sophistication and allow the open kitchen to be the centre of attention. A hand-chiselled concrete bar makes a handsome addition, as does the terracotta strip that leads the eye across the dining room floor and into an open-air, string-lit courtyard, the perfect spot for a cold beer, glass of wine or cocktail from the concise list of no-nonsense takes on classics like sours, Martinis and Mason’s notorious Negronis.

Bringing the hands-on approach to the kitchen, Group Chef Benjamin Cross employs ageless cooking techniques like smoking and wood fire grilling to coax maximum flavour from minimal ingredients. On the drinks menu, guests will find a curated range of fine wines, local and imported beers, and Mason’s own takes on classic cocktails.