Aki’s unofficial London Fashion Week after-party

The last show has finished. Your phone is full of runway images, your feet have had enough of concrete, and the next question is less about where to be seen than where to sit down properly.

London Fashion Week brings its share of launches, parties and crowded rooms. But after a day of shows, presentations and appointments, there is another version of the evening: Japanese food, a well-made drink, a table where conversation does not have to compete with the room, and the option to let the night continue at its own pace.

At Aki in Marylebone, dinner leads naturally into drinks at Kiyori, our cocktail bar beneath the former banking hall. For editors, buyers, designers, visiting teams and anyone looking for a composed post-show table, it is a quieter way to spend London Fashion Week.

A quieter London Fashion Week after-party alternative

London Fashion Week is full of reasons to go out. It does not always offer a reason to slow down. After a day of crowded venues, fast introductions and show schedules that change by the minute, the right dinner table can feel like the most useful invitation of the night.

At Aki, contemporary Japanese cooking gives the evening its first chapter; Kiyori, the cocktail bar set within the original bank vaults below, offers a natural second. It is a place for post-show catch-ups, buyer dinners, team celebrations and the conversations that need to continue after the official programme has finished.

“The atmosphere is fantastic: a beautiful, well-thought-out interior with a stylish, upscale feel. It’s clear that a lot of care and taste went into the design.”

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For show teams, press dinners and private celebrations

London Fashion Week creates its own reasons to gather: a buyer dinner after the showroom, a team table after a presentation, a brand toast, or a quieter conversation before the evening takes over. Aki can accommodate restaurant reservations as well as private dining formats shaped around the size and pace of your group.

For larger plans, enquire about The Atrium, Aki’s private dining and events space with its own dining room, bar and terrace. For a smaller post-show table, reserve in the main restaurant and continue at Kiyori after dinner.

Japanese food for after the shows

After a day built around schedules, fittings, coffees and standing-room presentations, dinner should restore rather than overwhelm. Aki’s kitchen gives the table room to begin lightly with sashimi and sushi, then move into robata cooking and wagyu when the evening asks for something more substantial.

The cooking is rooted in Japanese technique and close attention to ingredients: clean fish, warm rice, fresh wasabi, thoughtful seasoning and the depth of binchotan charcoal. It is food with enough precision for a post-show dinner and enough generosity for the end of a long day.

After dinner, cocktails at Kiyori

Dinner need not be the end of the plan. Downstairs, Kiyori brings Japanese spirits, cocktail craft and the atmosphere of the original bank vaults into the later part of the evening. It is a natural next stop for a post-show drink, a final round with the team, or the conversation that deserves another hour.

The bar’s menu changes with the season, but the point remains the same: well-made drinks built with Japanese ingredients and technique, served in a setting that feels removed from the street above.

Discover Kiyori Bar and make a reservation for dinner at Aki before continuing downstairs.

Plan your London Fashion Week table

London Fashion Week runs from Thursday 17 to Monday 21 September 2026, bringing five days of shows, presentations, appointments and industry gatherings to the city. The published schedule is provisional, so exact timings and venues may change as the event approaches.

For restaurant reservations, book your preferred evening table early. For hosted dinners, press gatherings and private events, contact the Aki events team with your date, guest numbers and preferred format, and they can advise on the best arrangement for your group.

A considered way to end show day

London Fashion Week will bring five days of shows, appointments, presentations and late nights to the city from 17 to 21 September. When the day is over, the best plan is not always the loudest room on the list.

Sometimes it is dinner with the people you came to see, a serious cocktail downstairs, and enough space for the conversation to outlast the schedule. Aki offers that version of the night in Marylebone.

Aki is at 1 Cavendish Square, Marylebone, London W1G 0LA. London Fashion Week takes place from Thursday 17 to Monday 21 September 2026. For restaurant reservations, book online. For private dining and event enquiries during show week, contact the Aki events team.