Inside Annabel’s after its £55m redesign

Legendary members’ club Annabel’s in Mayfair has re-opened after a lavish £55 million redesign masterminded by man of the moment Martin Brudnizki.

The decadent new incarnation of the club has opened two doors down from the original inside an 18^th century Grade One listed townhouse in Berkeley Square.

Housed in a larger space, in addition to carrying on its tradition as a nightclub, the new look Annabel’s boasts four restaurants and no less than seven bars spread across four floors. It also features a pair of private dining rooms and a cigar salon.

Founded in 1963 by Mark Birley, private members’ club Annabel’s, named after Birely’s then wife, Lady Annabel Goldsmith, has served as a den of decadence for thrill-seeking celebrities and royalty for the last 55 years.

Everyone from Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Taylor have graced its dance floor and in 2003 the Queen even paid Annabel’s a visit in her first and only outing to a nightclub.

Keen to preserve the building’s period charm, Brudnizki, who has also worked his magic on The Ivy and Sexy Fish, has painstakingly restored original features including a grand stone staircase, elaborate plaster ceilings and Rococo fireplaces.

Click through for a pictorial tour of the club’s opulent new interiors.

Each room pays homage to gardens depicted throughout history, and the wild beasts that roamed in them. The decadent design details begin in the reception, where a pair of giant crystal candelabra that appeared in the Audrey Hepburn flick Paris, When it Sizzles take pride of place.

Also brightening the reception is Picasso’s Girl with a Red beret and Pompom, which was bought by Annabel’s owner Richard Caring for around £25 million last year.

The showstopper at the club is The Garden, a stunning 120-cover flower filled space featuring a retractable glass roof meaning that guests can dine al fresco all year round.

The room, which spans the length of the townhouse, features a hand-painted mural of an English country garden brimming with birds by artist Gary Myatt, a pair of pink tulip Murano chandeliers and a pink marble bar.

In the white hallway you’ll find a floating Jules Verne-inspired hot air balloon, and dangling from it, a sculpture of Pegasus decorated with red tassels.

The cigar lounge features green leather wall panelling, an original fireplace and a mirror-fronted humidor adorned with fire-breathing dragons.

Inspired by the painting Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II riding his prized elephant, Atash Khan by Farrukh Beg, the Elephant Room is decorated with patterned furniture, timber tables and antique floor lamps, and features jungle-themed wallpaper inspired by French Primitive artist Henri Rousseau.

One of the private dining rooms features eight Lalique-inspired eglomise panels, depicting nude figures in classical poses. The other is decorated with thousands of handmade ceramic flowers.

The focal point in the Mexican Bar is its copper-leaf ceiling and a print of El baile de Tehuantepec by Diego Rivera, husband of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and a respected muralist in his own right.

The highlight of the Annabel’s redesign, which is set to become an Instagram sensation, is the ladies power room, a heavenly riot of pink marble. With a ceiling covered in pale pink silk flowers and brass blossom-shaped wall lights, the pink marble theme even stretches to the floor.

The men’s bathrooms meanwhile, are inspired by a woodland scene with panels depicting owls, foxes, badgers and bears.

Revelry is encouraged in the basement club, where interiors include floor to ceiling palm tree lights and a gold gorilla siting on an upholstered plinth.

Elephant heads and a glowing onyx bar takes centre stage in the exotic Jungle Bar, which also boasts a patterned monkey and elephant wool carpet.