This high-end Italian restaurant group, based in London, which has branches in Barcelona, Berlin, Istanbul, Miami and West Hollywood, has planted its flag in Brooklyn. Nick Jones, the founder of Soho House, which owns the restaurant group, decided on Brooklyn because he wanted a location with outdoor seating and great views.

“Brooklyn has all that and lots of people who live there and visit,” he said. It’s a spacious, elegant restaurant with a brick-walled main dining room, arched windows and starched linens. The barroom, paved with black-and-white tile, has a generous central counter and gleaming chandeliers. A large terrace abuts the waterfront with a Manhattan vista.