Yamamori Izakaya issue statement amid Hoxton Hotel protests

The newly opened hotel is seeking a High Court injunction against the late night venue over noise.

Protests have been plentiful following Trinity Hospitality, who are behind the newly opened Hoxton Hotel on George's Street, seeking a High Court injunction against Yamamori Izakaya over noise levels.

The family-run Japanese venue has now 'utterly' rejected the hospitality group’s comments, claiming current owners ‘chose to convert this area into bedrooms despite our concerns which were known to them’.

The hotel claims that noise has made 31 of its 129 rooms unusable.

They also say that since the hotel closed for refurbishment, late-night DJ events moved from the basement to the ground-floor restaurant, which they say lacks the structural-acoustic measures to handle the noise.

Trinity Hospitality claim their proceedings are not seeking to close the venue, but rather to advance a testing and resolution process.

In a statement today, Yamamori Izakaya has disputed these claims, stating that during construction in 2023, they commissioned an expert report to measure sound levels and shared it with the company to assist them in installing necessary sound attenuation measure.

Sound levels were found to be well below typical late-night venues, and a sound limiter was installed in December of last year to ensure such levels were not exceeded.

When Trinity Hospitality raised the matter in November 2025, Yamamori Izakaya agreed to a meeting to discuss the issues and requested information about the sound attenuation measures in the hotel.

The hospitality group agreed to provide such information, however Yamamori Izakaya claimed they only received it today, February 17.

Yamamori Izakaya added in their statement: "It is the opinion of our expert that this information was and still is essential to progress matters.

"Rather than provide this information in a timely manner the Company sought an injunction. It chose not to provide the requested information which would have facilitated a meeting between the respective experts."

The injunction has sparked major uproar from the public, with several protests taking place over the weekend.

Yamamori Izakaya further commented that it is hard to accept that the company is 'not seeking to curtail cultural or nightlife activity, nor that they 'had no choice but to seek the injunction'.

"The Company’s claim that we have not engaged and have acted unreasonably is incorrect and should not have been made," they continued.

Yamamori Izakaya highlighted that agreed testing over the weekend was of limited use and brought up several issues yet to be clarified by Trinity Hospitality.

"We are now analysing the technical data that we had originally asked for in November last year," they concluded.