Projects

Saffron NOLA

Categories

Interior Design, Restaurant and Bar

Location

New Orleans, LA

Size

4,000 SF

Status

Completed 2017

Saffron NOLA

The design of Saffron NOLA is a complex double balancing act. It balances the modern taste of the younger generation of its owner, the Vilkhu family, with the time-honored hospitality background of the older generation. It also takes traditionally Indian characteristics in a modern direction which reflects the fusion inherent to the restaurant’s dynamic food. The result is a space that is beautiful and timeless in palette but fresh and modern in form.

Saffron NOLA
Saffron NOLA

Copper is used in a variety of ways throughout the space in a nod to traditional Indian serveware and to add warmth to the palette. (Photo by Denny Culbert.)

Saffron NOLA

The modern architecture and furniture design of mid-twentieth century Chandigarh, India inspires the geometry and details of the back bar. (Photo by Denny Culbert.)

Saffron NOLA

Saffron-inspired art features that play with scale and repetition are an alluring reminder of the restaurant’s namesake.

Saffron NOLA
Saffron NOLA

Four booths with refined leather seats and velvet backs are an intimate seating option and divide the long room into comfortable dining areas.

Saffron NOLA
Saffron NOLA

Owners Ashwin and Arvinder Vilkhu manning the bar and greeting guests. (Photos by Denny Culbert.)

Saffron NOLA

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