Meraki

What Meraki does

Meraki is a privately held Greek-Mediterranean restaurant group founded in 2017 by Peter Waney (alongside his brother Arjun Waney), with bar co-owners Adam Bel Hadj and Alain Dona. The group operates a portfolio of premium hospitality venues anchored by the flagship Meraki Restaurant and Meraki Bar in Fitzrovia, London (80-82 Great Titchfield Street and 30 Foley Street), and has extended internationally with sites in Mykonos, Greece, and Porto Cervo, Sardinia. The concept spans a full evening economy — sit-down restaurant, cocktail bar, the VIP "Living Room" lounge, live DJ programming, private/group dining, and Meraki at Home delivery — built around a Greek-Mediterranean menu with set menus priced £29-£35 and à la carte mains reaching £79.

The business generates revenue primarily through food and beverage transactions across its physical venues, supplemented by private and corporate event bookings, branded delivery, and ancillary lifestyle programming. Reservations are managed through the SevenRooms platform, which provides guest CRM and booking infrastructure. The customer base is a mix of high-spend individual diners (London, Mykonos, Porto Cervo) and named corporate clients including Christian Dior Couture, Moet Hennessy, Lacoste UK, and TikTok, the latter anchoring a group dining and private events arm.

The group operates without external disclosed funding, employing 300+ staff across its venues, and pursues an organically financed multi-geography, multi-concept growth strategy rather than a venture-backed scale model. Brand and marketing are distributed across Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, email, earned media/PR, and live events.

Name

Meraki

Legal name

Meraki (Restaurants) Ltd

Website

https://meraki-restaurant.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Meraki is a privately held Greek-Mediterranean restaurant group operating premium dining and bar venues in London (Fitzrovia), Mykonos, and Porto Cervo, serving individual diners, corporate event clients, and delivery customers with a layered evening-economy concept.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Upscale Greek Mediterranean Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224), Caterers (722320)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Fast Casual (THAFABAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Special Occasion & Destination Restaurants (THAFACAK), Beverage Services (Bar Catering, Mixology, Beverage Programs) (THAHAKAJ)

Keywords

• Greek Mediterranean restaurant
• Fine dining services
• Cocktail bar lounge
• Private dining events
• Food and beverage hospitality

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Restaurant Dining: Revenue from food and beverage sales through table service dining in the main restaurant, bar areas, and private dining spaces including The Living Room and The Caves.
2. Group Events & Private Dining: Revenue from bookings for groups of 9+ for seated lunches/dinners, drinks receptions, and private events with custom menus and minimum spend requirements.
3. Delivery & Collection: Meraki at Home delivery and collection service operating Tuesday to Saturday from 12 noon to 3pm and 6pm to 10pm.
4. Bar Service & Cocktails: Revenue from bar sales including creative cocktails inspired by Cyclades stories, aperitivo service, and bottle service in The Living Room.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Meraki is a Greek Mediterranean restaurant and bar group in London's Fitzrovia offering full-service fine dining, a dedicated cocktail bar, VIP private dining rooms, and group/venue hire for private and corporate events. The menu features chargrilled meats, whole fish dishes prepared tableside, and mezze plates using ingredients sourced directly from Greek regions. Complementary services include a delivery/collection offering (Meraki at Home), curated cocktails inspired by the Cyclades islands, and Saturday DJ events.

Product overview

Meraki is a Greek Mediterranean restaurant group offering a multi-concept dining portfolio. The core offering comprises Meraki Restaurant (Fitzrovia) featuring seasonally changing sharing mezze dishes, chargrilled meats, and tableside whole fish preparations, alongside Meraki Bar (30 Foley Street) with creative Cyclades-inspired cocktails and light bites. The portfolio extends to The Living Room—a Mykonos club-inspired VIP private dining space with DJ sets and bottle service—and Meraki at Home delivery/collection service. Event venues include The Caves (exclusive booths for 8), Lower Restaurant (semi-private up to 68 guests), and full venue hire. The group operates under the Waney family's restaurant portfolio alongside Zuma, Roka, Oblix at The Shard, and Coya.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Living Room: A VIP experience and secret party space within Meraki London, featuring live DJ sets with afrobeat and house music.
• Meraki Bar
• Meraki Music

Products and services

• Meraki Restaurant Fitzrovia Main Greek Mediterranean restaurant in Fitzrovia, London offering seasonally changing sharing mezze, chargrilled meats, and whole fish dishes prepared tableside with ingredients sourced from Greek regions including Bottarga from Mesologgi, tomatoes from Santorini, and butter from Crete. Open Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner.
• Meraki Bar Two-floor standalone cocktail bar at 30 Foley Street, Fitzrovia with a separate entrance, featuring creative cocktails inspired by 'Pretty Stories from the Cyclades', a light bites menu, and an upstairs bar for after-work aperitivo service.
• The Living Room VIP private dining experience within Meraki London with a Mykonos club-inspired atmosphere featuring live DJ sets (afrobeat and house music), bottle service, and exclusive cave booths for up to 8 guests; available mid-week with dancing from 10:30pm until 1am Thursday through Saturday.
• Meraki at Home Delivery and collection service offering the restaurant's Greek Mediterranean menu for at-home dining, operating Tuesday to Saturday from 12 noon to 3pm and 6pm to 10pm.
• Group Dining and Private Events Private and semi-private event spaces including The Caves (up to 8 guests with £100pp minimum spend), The Living Room (up to 45 standing/28 seated), Lower Restaurant (up to 68 guests), and full venue hire, with bespoke group menus and event planning services for corporate bookings, drinks receptions, and private celebrations of 9+ guests.

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Zuma and RokaminorOthersThese are the Waney family's previous restaurant ventures that established their expertise in the London restaurant market before opening Meraki. They represent foundational experience rather than active partnerships.
• The Arts Club (Dover Street)minorOthersThe Waney family acquired and revamped this award-winning, internationally renowned private members club as part of their restaurant group portfolio.
• Oblix at The ShardminorOthersPart of the Waney family's restaurant portfolio, located in The Shard building in London.
• CoyaminorOthersPart of the Waney family's restaurant portfolio - a Latin American restaurant brand.
• TonteriaminorOthersBar brand previously built by Meraki Bar owners Adam Bel Hadj & Alain Dona before creating Meraki Bar.
• SevenRoomscoreTechnology or IntegrationOnline reservation platform used for managing bookings. The website links to SevenRooms for event lineups and bookings.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Roka: Another Waney-family London concept focused on Japanese robatayaki, sharing group ownership, operational backbone and the same high-end corporate hospitality positioning as Meraki.
• The Arts Club: Waney-family private members club on Dover Street. Comparable London luxury hospitality venue serving overlapping corporate, fashion and entertainment clientele.
• Opso: Greek/Mediterranean restaurant in Marylebone with overlapping cuisine category and central-London premium dining positioning targeting similar foodie clientele.
• The Palomar: Modern Levantine/Mediterranean restaurant in Soho with similar cuisine geography to Meraki's Greek offering, comparable price point and premium casual-dining positioning in central London.
• Galvin La Chapelle: Established upscale French/Mediterranean restaurant near Spitalfields with comparable London fine-dining service model, private dining rooms and corporate-event trade.
• Zuma: Sister Waney-family restaurant in London offering upscale Japanese robatayaki in a comparable premium destination-dining format with strong corporate and celebrity client base.
• Coya: Latin American fine-dining brand also owned by the Waney family. Directly comparable premium London destination restaurant with VIP/Pacha-style nightlife component mirroring Meraki's Living Room.
• Oblix: Waney-family grill and bar at The Shard; same ownership group, comparable upscale London dining model and corporate-event focus.

Broad incumbents

• Sexy Fish: Adjacent Mayfair upscale dining destination with bar, DJ programming and corporate hospitality trade. Comparable London luxury dining-nightlife hybrid, though cuisine and ownership differ.
• Scott's Mayfair: Iconic Mayfair upscale seafood restaurant with comparable private dining, corporate entertaining and destination-dining positioning in the London premium segment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/merakiRestaurantLondon
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/meraki-restaurants
• Instagraminstagram.com/merakilondon
• TikToktiktok.com/@meraki_london

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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