The new fine bathing & dining club, SONARA, will open within the landmark One Twenty development on King’s Road, Chelsea in late 2026, introducing a new category of hospitality to London.
Spanning more than 1,500sq m across two floors, SONARA draws on centuries-old bathing traditions to create a new way to spend time well. Rather than treating bathing, treatments and dining as separate experiences, SONARA brings them together in one considered rhythm.
SONARA begins with a simple belief: restoration was never meant to be solitary. At a time when modern wellbeing often asks us to withdraw, SONARA takes a different view: that time spent with others can itself be restorative and that conversation, laughter, food and shared experience all have a place within wellbeing.
For centuries, communal bathing brought people together to restore the body, exchange ideas, conduct business and spend time in company. SONARA continues this tradition with skill, care and contemporary relevance, returning wellbeing to its social roots. The SONARA experience will unfold through heat, steam, cold, rest, treatments and dining. Guests will be free to pause, return and repeat, allowing every visit to follow its own rhythm. On arrival, guests will change into swimwear and a robe before settling at their table in the restaurant. Reserved for the duration of the visit, the table becomes their own base within the club. From there, the ritual begins.
At the heart of SONARA will be London’s largest traditional oak-lined Banya Chamber, accommodating up to 30 guests. Here, highly trained Steam Masters will lead Parenie, a traditional whisk-steaming ritual performed with handcrafted veniki made from birch, oak or fir. Through rhythmic movement and gentle contact, the veniki gather and direct steam around the body, intensifying the heat to encourage circulation, ease muscular tension and leave the body feeling deeply warmed and restored. Each cycle of heat will be followed by cold immersion and periods of rest, creating a repeated rhythm of contrast and recovery.
