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The London Steakhouse Company was originally opened as a restaurant called Lanes Restaurant & Bar in 2003 by James Mungo Ogilvie Robertson and Hamish Frapwell Smith at 109-117 Middlesex Street in London E1 7JF. In early 2008 James and his wife Rachael bought out their former business partner.

In late 2008 James collaborated with Marco Pierre White for whom he had worked from 1999 - 2003 as a General Manager of restaurants such as Titanic, Drones, and laterally Quo Vadis alongside head chef Curtis Stone. The new concept they created was initially called the Marco Pierre White Steak & Alehouse and was the blueprint Marco used to franchise a steakhouse concept he later independently rolled out.

By 2010, after the restaurant had had extraordinary success James re-named the venue as the London Steakhouse Company to avoid any confusion with the franchised restaurants that were not owner operated by himself and Marco.