The Oxford Collection’s Gees Restaurant & Bar to undergo £1m refurb
The refurbishment will aim to ‘completely redesign and modernise’ the 30-year-old kitchen and back of house in order to ‘meet the needs of the 21st century’ and the enlarged business
The Oxford Collection has announced its Grade ll listed Victorian Glasshouse Gees Restaurant and Bar will be temporarily closing for eight weeks on 21 February 2022 for £1m refurbishment.
The collection said it will be combined with the property next door which has been remodelled over the last six months, to create ‘Gees Gallery and Secret Garden’, two brand-new, all-day destinations.
The refurbishment will aim to “completely redesign and modernise” the 30-year-old kitchen and back of house in order to meet the needs of the 21st century and the enlarged business.
Gees will more than double in capacity with the addition of ‘Gees Gallery’, an adjacent private dining space for up to 50 guests, and ‘Secret Garden’; a heated private terrace for up to 60 diners. Upon reopening, Gees Restaurant, Bar, Gallery and Secret Garden will accommodate over 220 guests in total across all its dining spaces.
Jeremy Mogford of the Oxford Collection said: “We are investing well over one million pounds in creating a very special and unique destination within Oxford. We are bringing Gees cooking facilities into the 21st century with the latest equipment, along with much improved working conditions for our chefs.
“I would also like to say that we are making a huge, post covid declaration of faith in the wonderful potential of our city.”