Palestinian American Muna Mustafa is the co founder of SupperClub Middle East (along with Mehreen Omar). She now lives in Abu Dhabi. Business is in her blood: “I always learned good lessons from Mom. She’s an excellent businesswoman and invested in her business early on and ran it successfully for 25 years. She continued to invest in property and now owns real estate in many countries.” It’s not all about money though. “The most valuable things in life were given to us free at birth: our body, mind and soul. Everything material, including money, can easily be replaced multiple times. You can lose and remake a fortune, but the things we got at birth can never be replaced and are actually what really matters.”
The fine living platform has an ever growing international reach. Expanding its portfolio of discounted luxury experiences with new collaborations in Africa, Europe and South Asia, the world is SupperClub’s oyster. As a Pakistani now living in Abu Dhabi, Mehreen says, “Bringing SupperClub to Pakistan last June felt like a full circle moment for me! It’s a country with a deep love for food, culture and connection. We are thrilled to have introduced something we built to the people who understand the joy of dining best. SupperClub gives locals and expats in Pakistan exclusive offers to their favourite restaurants in a way that feels elevated, effortless and just a little more special.”
Which brings us rather nicely to lunch at Oxo Tower Brasserie and Bar on London’s Southbank. We’re physically elevated (eighth floor dining) and with SupperClub’s ever smooth Concierge Service, it’s an effortless occasion. We’ve been frequenting Oxo Tower for more than two decades but today is just that little more special as we’re soaking up the rays on the sun drenched terrace. It’s the first day of the second heatwave of 2026. St Paul’s Cathedral shines brightly across the River Thames. Following a Leaders of London networking brunch, handily also on the eighth floor of Oxo Tower, lunch is a relaxed affair.
“The top floor restaurant, brasserie and bar are all owned by Harvey Nichols,” explains the manager. “They opened in September 1996. Fridays are like a ghost town in London. Mondays are getting busier but most of our business is now Tuesday to Thursday.” We’re happy to be ghosts if it means enjoying a more chilled ambience. A corollary of changing urban lifestyles. We’re all on for small plates not for sharing. A hand dived Orkney scallop chinooked in from the islands off the Scottish coast is accompanied by lemon butter. Crisp courgette flowers come with Rachel cheese and truffle honey. Chalk streamed trout is decorated with fennel and pickled lime. Traditional millionaire’s shortbread comes with childhood favourite popping candy. Looks good, tastes good, feels good.
Body, mind and soul are well catered for on the eighth floor. Oxo Tower is currently the ultimate mixed use building. The ground floor and galleried first floor are filled with cafés, shops and art galleries. An event space and studios occupy the second floor. There are 78 apartments on the third to seventh floors. The wonderfully not over restored Bargehouse to the rear has four levels of flexible exhibition space. The history of Oxo Tower is equally mixed use: constructed in the late 19th century as a power station, it was taken over as a cold store in the 1920s by the Liebig Extract of Meat Company who manufactured Oxo beef stock cubes.
The building was redesigned by Liebig’s architect Albert Moore in a modish Art Deco style. Skyline advertising was banned along Southbank so Albert came up with an innovative solution. He designed a tower rising over the centre of the rebuilt power station with three vertically aligned windows on each side in the shapes of a circle, a cross and a circle. Sometimes the best design solutions come from leapfrogging over regulations. Oxo Tower was restored and converted to multiple purpose occupation in the 1990s as part of a 5.3 hectare site redeveloped by the non profit Coin Street Community Builders. The architects were Lifschutz Davidson.
