BOX 9 unveils architecture and interiors for KID
London-based design studio BOX 9 has led the architecture and interior design for KID, a new restaurant opened in Soho in September 2026 from chef Sertaç Dirik and restaurateur David Carter...
Set within a Victorian corner building on Frith Street and Bateman Street, KID brings together two former units to create one cohesive restaurant arranged across the ground floor and lower ground. The space will seat around 120 guests, with a ground-floor dining room centred around the grill, a wine room that doubles as a private dining room, and a guest-facing lower-ground bakery and events space. “KID is built around fire, bread, memory and generosity,” says
Lou Davies, co-founder of BOX 9. “We wanted the space to feel contemporary whilst deeply rooted in historic Soho, but also layered with the warmth and craft of Turkish hospitality. The challenge was to hold those worlds together with restraint, so the references are felt through material, rhythm, texture and ritual, rather than decoration.” BOX 9 has worked with David Carter for over a decade across SMOKESTAK, MANTECA, OMA and AGORA. With KID, the studio was invited to create a distinct world for Sertaç’s first restaurant of his own, following his success at his family-run restaurant, Mangal II. The brief called for an interior that could carry Sertaç’s Turkish heritage, family food memories and culinary finesse, while belonging confidently to Soho. The menu reflects the food Sertaç grew up with: humble ingredient-led dishes rooted in the flavours of Central Anatolia, shaped by fire, bread, generosity and techniques passed down through family. David Carter comments: “It’s been a privilege to work alongside BOX
9 over the past decade, they instinctively understand how design strikes a chord not just aesthetically but emotionally. KID is our most involved collaboration yet, with Sertaç bringing rich Turkish roots and culinary heritage, but with a strong East London accent. BOX 9 have woven this narrative into the heart of Soho.“ The central idea is the meeting point between Victorian Soho and
Central Anatolia. BOX 9 distilled this into a material-led concept built around brick, fire, craft and ritual. The result is a restaurant rooted in the London street, but warmed from within by Turkish hospitality, handmade detail and the rituals of the table. The restaurant’s corner site gives KID a strong presence within the historic grain of Soho. Built in 1897, the building sits within the area’s
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