Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya announced that its first standalone restaurant, Riviera by Four Seasons, in The Avenues, Kuwait will open this July.

The Mediterranean-inspired restaurant will bring flavors from around that region under the eye of Sicilian Sebastiano Spriveri, Executive Chef at the Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya.

Riviera has been designed by Shanghai-based Kokai Studios. It has already worked with Four Seasons on highly-successful projects in Kuwait and Japan.

“The opening of Riviera demonstrates a commitment to expanding our presence in the Kuwait market,” comments Didier Jardin, general manager of the Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya. “We are continuously striving to raise the bar, which we do through our personalised and attentive service. Our culinary team’s creativity and hospitality have contributed to our well-deserved reputation as trendsetters.”

The restaurant is set in The Gardens, a brand-new area of The Avenues. Guests will be welcomed with a choice of indoor or outdoor seating. The atmosphere evokes the glamorous heydays days of Beirut, Cannes and Capri. Filippo Gabbiani, owner of Kokai Studios, acknowledges that the idea for Riviera has partly been driven by Dai Forni restaurant at Four Seasons Kuwait at Burj Alshaya.

“Dai Forni has been hugely successful,” he remarks. He also added: “We wanted to create something smaller and more casual in The Avenues, but retaining all the excellence of the original.”