House of Gods opens in Canary Wharf with Sacred Garden

House of Gods, the maximalist hotel brand founded in Edinburgh, opened its third property in Canary Wharf on 21 September, anchored by Sacred Garden, a 300-cover rooftop restaurant.

The 79-room hotel follows sites in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and marks the Imbiba-backed group's first move into London. Its design leans into the brand's theatrical signature: classic rooms alongside two suites with roll-top baths and private balconies, built to work as a destination in their own right rather than a place guests simply pass through.

Sacred Garden serves Mediterranean-inspired food, with a cocktail programme its operators say draws on music, fashion and popular culture rather than a conventional bar list. At 300 covers, the rooftop restaurant is by far the largest dining room the group has opened.

A 300-cover rooftop bet that Canary Wharf's evenings are finally worth showing up for.

A third site, a bigger bet

"Opening in London is a hugely significant moment for House of Gods," said Justine Conway, the group's chief executive. The brand was founded by brothers Mike and Ross Baxter in 2019, and its expansion into Canary Wharf tests whether a boutique-hotel formula built in Scotland's two biggest cities translates to a far larger and more competitive capital market.

The group's stated approach centres on "memorable experiences rather than simply bedrooms", a strategy that puts as much weight on Sacred Garden's food and drink as on the rooms upstairs. For a docklands district still working to build an evening and weekend crowd beyond office hours, a 300-cover rooftop venue is a sizeable wager on demand that doesn't yet fully exist.

Canary Wharf's changing evening trade

The opening adds to a run of new sites reshaping how London eats out this month, from Cassette in Covent Garden to the AA's 2026 rosette awards for the capital's fine-dining kitchens.

Canary Wharf has spent several years trying to shake its reputation as a district that empties out once the trading floors close, adding residential towers and leisure space alongside the offices. Sacred Garden's bet is that a large, design-led rooftop restaurant can help hold people there after 6pm, not just feed them at lunch.