Cafe Murano

What Cafe Murano does

Cafe Murano is a privately-held London restaurant group operating four Italian restaurants in St James's, Covent Garden, Bermondsey, and Marylebone. The business was founded in 2013 by chef Angela Hartnett MBE as a more accessible, brasserie-style sibling to her Michelin-starred Murano in Mayfair. Each site has a distinct character and layout, but shares a common operational backbone centred on fresh handmade pasta produced in-house at least twice daily using '00' Gran Mugnaio flour and eggs from Fluffets Farm, alongside a 100% Italian wine list focused on smaller quality producers.

The core product is full-service Italian dining (a la carte, seasonal set menus, breakfast at Marylebone, weekend brunch at Bermondsey, pre- and post-theatre dining at St James's), supplemented by private dining rooms seating 10-50 guests, ticketed events (wine dinners, Regional Supper Clubs, Book Club evenings), pasta masterclasses, retail pasta and menu boxes delivered nationwide, gift hampers, restaurant vouchers, and Angela Hartnett cookbooks. The Covent Garden location also houses an integrated pasta shop and deli (Pastificio). Supply relationships with Lake District Farmers, Flying Fish, La Sovrana, Ham and Cheese Co., and Fluffets Farm underpin the quality positioning.

Revenue is generated across multiple streams — dine-in, private events, retail boxes, gift hampers, ticketed events, masterclasses, and wine — with pricing structured as unit-based pay-as-you-go across all categories. GTM is direct-to-consumer across physical locations plus an own-website e-commerce channel for retail products. The business is owned by Angela Hartnett, with Shaun Francome as Group Executive Chef overseeing multiple kitchens; no parent company, private equity backing, or institutional investment is disclosed. Group headcount is in the 11-50 range, consistent with a small multi-site independent operator.

Name

Cafe Murano

Legal name

Cafe Murano

Website

https://cafemurano.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cafe Murano is a privately-held London restaurant group founded in 2013 by chef Angela Hartnett MBE, operating four Italian restaurants (St James's, Covent Garden, Bermondsey, Marylebone) with fresh handmade pasta, private dining, events, masterclasses, and nationwide retail pasta boxes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

All-Day Dining Restaurants (THAFACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Special Occasion & Destination Restaurants (THAFACAK)

Keywords

• Italian restaurants
• Handmade pasta
• Private dining events
• Wine dinners
• London dining

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Restaurant Dining: Full-service Italian restaurant dining across four London locations. Revenue generated from a la carte menus, seasonal set menus, and specialty menus (breakfast, brunch, terrace dining, theatre dining).
2. Private Dining & Events: Corporate hire and private events across dedicated dining rooms at all four locations. Revenue from group bookings, corporate events, and celebrations.
3. Retail Products: Sale of gift hampers, pasta boxes, restaurant vouchers, and Angela Hartnett recipe books delivered nationwide.
4. Ticketed Events: Wine dinners, Regional Supper Clubs, Book Club evenings, and pasta masterclasses sold as tickets. Prices range from £90-160 per person.
5. Wine Sales: 100% Italian wine list featuring wines from smaller quality-focused winemakers. Includes regularly changing limited-quantity wines available only at specific locations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Cafe Murano operates four Italian restaurants across London (St James's, Covent Garden, Bermondsey, Marylebone) serving handmade pasta, seasonal Italian menus, and a 100% Italian wine list. Beyond dine-in service, the business offers private dining rooms for corporate and group events, ticketed events (wine dinners, supper clubs, book clubs, pasta masterclasses), and an online retail shop selling gift hampers, pasta boxes, restaurant vouchers and Angela Hartnett recipe books.

Product overview

Cafe Murano is a group of four Italian restaurants in London (St James's, Covent Garden, Bermondsey, and Marylebone), founded and curated by Chef Angela Hartnett. The core offering is authentic Italian dining featuring handmade pasta, seasonal menus, and classic dishes like Chicken Milanese and Osso Bucco Risotto. Beyond dine-in service, the business extends to at-home dining through Restaurant Boxes and Angela Hartnett Pasta Boxes, private dining rooms at each location, regular events (Wine Dinners, Book Club, Regional Supper Clubs), pasta masterclasses, gift hampers, restaurant vouchers, and recipe books. Each restaurant maintains its own distinct character while sharing the common focus on quality Italian cuisine, sustainable sourcing, and relaxed hospitality.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments4 records

API detail

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Tenuta FertunacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTuscan estate producing Angela Hartnett's own wines and olive oils used across Cafe Murano and Murano restaurants. Produces Droppello Metodo Classico, Vermentino Orange, rosé wines, Lodai Rosso, and Messiio Rosso. Olive oils are a staple across all restaurants. First wine dinner held at Marylebone in October.
• The Regent Street & St James's Food Waste PledgeminorOthersCafe Murano signed up to achieve a collective 25% reduction in food waste as part of this sustainability initiative covering Regent Street and St James's area businesses.
• Lake District FarmerscoreOthersGroup of farmers providing high quality meat with animal welfare as paramount priority. Farmers collaborate to create a sustainable community delivering consistent quality.
• Flying FishcoreOthersSeafood supplier prioritising the best of western coastlines. Ability to trace any fish back to the boat it came from with keen knowledge of waters and seasonal availability.
• La SovranacoreOthersFamily-run business supplying fresh and unique Italian produce. Alfonso and Salvatore run English operations at New Covent Garden Market while brother Pierpaolo manages Italian farm in Battipaglia. Seasonality is main focus.
• Ham and Cheese Co.coreOthersSupplier ensuring best flavour through carefully sourced producers and pig rearers. Example: farmer Massimo Corra of Coppa has pigs specially reared with specific requirements and open space.
• Fluffets FarmcoreOthersFarm supplying specially sourced eggs used in Cafe Murano's handmade pasta production. Eggs are a key ingredient alongside '00' Gran Mugnaio pasta flour.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Lina Stores: Heritage Italian deli and restaurant group (Soho, King's Cross, Marylebone) with a strong handmade pasta and Italian deli offering. Highly comparable to Cafe Murano on Italian heritage positioning, fresh pasta focus, and multi-site London presence, and overlaps geographically at Marylebone.
• Bocca di Lupo: Long-established regional Italian restaurant in Soho known for deep regional Italian cooking and Italian wine list. Comparable to Cafe Murano's regional supper club programming and 100% Italian wine focus, and competes for the same London diners seeking authentic regional Italian cuisine.
• Padella: London handmade pasta restaurant with locations in Shoreditch and Borough, founded by Tim Siadatan. Directly competes on the handmade fresh pasta proposition, comparable London price points, and similar design-led casual dining positioning, making it Cafe Murano's most direct head-to-head competitor in the premium London pasta category.
• Bancone: London fresh pasta specialist with sites in Covent Garden, Soho and Borough. Competes directly with Cafe Murano on handmade pasta-led menus, similar mid-premium price points, and a comparable neighbourhood trattoria aesthetic, particularly relevant given the Covent Garden geographic overlap.
• Polpo: Multi-site London Italian restaurant group serving Venetian-style cicchetti and pasta at premium-casual price points. Comparable to Cafe Murano on Italian small-plates/cicchetti menus, multiple London locations, and design-led casual positioning.
• Murano: Angela Hartnett's Michelin-starred fine dining restaurant in Mayfair, directly linked to Cafe Murano as the 'older sister' brand. Operates under the same founder with overlapping menu philosophy and team, and is explicitly referenced on Cafe Murano's website, making it the closest peer by brand lineage, founder and culinary direction.

Broad incumbents

• Restaurant Gordon Ramsay: Three Michelin-starred flagship restaurant of the Gordon Ramsay group. Angela Hartnett trained under Gordon Ramsay at The Connaught, creating direct lineage to this broader Ramsay restaurant portfolio which operates multiple premium and casual London dining concepts under one of the UK's most powerful chef brands.
• Theo Randall at The InterContinental: Chef-driven Italian fine dining restaurant inside The InterContinental Park Lane. Comparable to Cafe Murano on Italian regional cuisine, premium positioning, and hotel/tourism-adjacent London location, but operates as a single hotel-anchored venue rather than a multi-site group.

Others

• Daylesford: Organic farm shop and cafe brand with multiple London locations and a strong farm-to-fork ethos. Comparable to Cafe Murano on premium quality ingredient sourcing, London footprint, and sustainability/ethical supplier positioning, and overlaps with Cafe Murano's at-home retail/gift hampers offering.

Emerging players

• Caravan Restaurants: Multi-site London restaurant group serving globally-inspired all-day dining. Comparable to Cafe Murano on the all-day dining model (breakfast through dinner), multi-site London footprint, and design-led casual positioning, though not Italian-focused.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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