Westminster City Council’s licensing authority has applied for a review of the premises licence at Omi, 52 Wells Street in Fitzrovia West, due to breaches of the licence and more than 50 complaints about noise from the operation of the restaurant over the past two years.
According to the application for the review: “This number of complaints received in relation to a premises that should be operating as a restaurant is disproportionately high, and reflects the public nuisance related to the way the premises are being run.”
The licensing objectives engaged by the review application are the prevention of public nuisance and the prevention of crime and disorder.
In a separate application, the owner of the business has asked for a variation of the premises licence to “implement a formal guest-list and booking-record system for all private functions” and to “support the police and licensing authorities in preventing and investigating crime and disorder”, in what appears to be a response to the application to review the licence.
To view the details and make a comment, see the applications on Westminster Council’s website.
Application to review the licence: 26/09032/LIREVP, Omi, 52 Wells Street, London W1T 3PR.
Application to vary the licence: 26/09062/LIPV, Omi, 52 Wells Street, London W1T 3PR.
A public consultation on the two applications is open until 9 December 2026.
Residents in the City of Westminster can make use of free advice from the Licensing Advice Project at Citizens Advice Westminster, and should also contact the Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association with any comments they wish to make.
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