Cycene
Reservations are currently open through July 2025.
Please contact the restaurant before making a reservation if you have any dietary requirements.
cycene@bluemountain.school
A restaurant by Blue Mountain School.
Cycene – meaning kitchen in Old English – emulates the feeling of dinner in a private home. The nine-course menu extracts optimum flavour from the simplest of ingredients, marrying classic techniques with subtle influences whilst drawing on a passion for local seafood and game.
Cycene provides a dining experience that captures the warmth and intimacy of a private home. Named after the Old English word for “kitchen,” Cycene offers a thoughtfully curated nine-course menu that reflects a dedication to quality and craftsmanship. We embrace the natural rhythm of the seasons, highlighting the freshest local produce alongside the finest seafood and game. Through honoured techniques, we create dishes that balance subtle influences with deep, satisfying flavours. Each course is a tribute to simplicity and care, ensuring a dining experience that is both genuine and memorable.
Krug in the Kitchen
The Carrot Chapter
The eleventh edition in a special series of curated single-ingredient dinners, Krug in the Kitchen brings together Krug and Cycene for a summer menu inspired by the carrot, thoughtfully paired with each expression of Krug Grande Cuvée and Krug Rosé.
Celebrating craftsmanship, simplicity, and timeless cooking, the multi-course menu is designed by Head Chef Taz Sarhane as an ode to the humble yet versatile vegetable. Krug Champagne Ambassador Jacqueline Kobald has selected a pairing of Krug Cuvées to complement the experience.
The Carrot Chapter is both an invitation and a challenge: to create diverse flavour profiles from a single ingredient, a concept closely aligned with Cycene’s ethos. At the heart of Sarhane’s cooking lies a deep respect for local, seasonal produce, harvested in harmony with nature to highlight its subtleties. Whether turned into a rich miso, barbecued, preserved, or puréed, the carrot becomes a canvas for creative expression.
A celebration of storytelling, seasonality, and the quiet brilliance of a single ingredient, The Carrot Chapter will take place on 10 July 2025. Warm and convivial, the evening begins at 6.30PM in Cycene’s dining room and concludes with an offering of Vintage Cuvées by the glass and panoramic views of London from the rooftop terrace at Blue Mountain School.
10 July 2025 | 6.30PM | £325pp
Experience
Dining Room
Guests begin their evening at Cycene within the ground floor bar which offers a succinct list of apéritifs, minimal intervention wines and kombuchas, alongside a first course of house-made bread and a seasonal broth served in Steve Harrison’s artisanal clay beakers.
Guests continue their meal within Cycene’s 16–cover, first floor dining room, accommodating tables of up to four covers.
Menu £195 pp
Hearth Room
For larger groups, our Hearth Room table adjoins the kitchen, offering a chef-led experience for four to six guests.
Menu £195 pp
Saturday Luncheons
Join us for a relaxed and vibrant Saturday lunch service, celebrating seasonal ingredients from carefully selected, small-scale British market gardens and farms with a changing menu, always led by the bounty of each week.
Enjoy a curated set menu, designed around the finest offerings from the current harvest with a central sharing dish of exceptional cuts from Farmer Tom Jones and complemented by a variety of delicate seafood from Henderson’s.
Cycene’s Saturday luncheon experience begins in the bar with a casual reception of oysters and a glass of English sparkling from Sugrue, South Downs. In the dining room, our sommelier will be on hand to offer a selection of wines from Cycene’s cellar, available for purchase by the glass or bottle.
Bookings are open for groups of 2 to 4 in the main dining room for one sitting from 12.30 – 3pm
£95pp
Pairings
The wine list at Cycene comprises coveted estates practising minimalist, terroir driven winemaking practices. The list changes regularly with rare and unique bottles rotated from the offsite cellar.
Cycene Pairing £180 pp
British Pairing £125 pp
Half & Half £110 pp
Soft Pairing £95 pp