Dynamo LED Displays installed a wall-fixed 5.4 m × 2.36 m LED screen in the Mi Lounge whisky bar at Noble Palace, a Chinese restaurant near St James’s Park, London. Built from 63 slim DEK Series cabinets 50 mm deep, fixed straight onto a finished wall, the 2,880 × 1,260 pixel screen shows city skylines and karaoke.
Updated October 2026. Case study first published August 2022.
Project facts
| Client | Noble Palace, a Chinese restaurant and whisky lounge near St James’s Park, London |
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| Room | Mi Lounge, the basement whisky bar, with a list of more than 200 whiskies and interiors by an Italian furniture house |
| Screen | 5.4 m × 2.36 m wall-fixed indoor LED display, 2,880 × 1,260 pixels |
| Cabinets | 63 DEK Series cabinets in a 9 wide × 7 high grid, each 600 mm × 337.5 mm and 50 mm deep |
| Mounting | Fixed directly to the finished wall, power and data routed inside the cabinets |
| Content | City skyline imagery made at the native screen resolution, plus karaoke |
| Scope | Specification, supply, installation and commissioning by Dynamo LED Displays |
The brief: a screen for a finished whisky bar
Noble Palace takes its menu from dishes once served to the Qing emperors and from eight of China’s regional cuisines, and the Mi Lounge downstairs was fitted out to the same standard. The management asked Dynamo for a high-definition screen to fill one wall of the lounge with city skyline imagery, after seeing the digital art LED wall Dynamo installed at Citypoint in the City of London. The complication was that the wall was already built and decorated, so the screen had to be thin, fixed straight onto the plaster and cabled without chasing the wall.
What Dynamo installed
Slim DEK Series cabinets fixed to the wall
Dynamo used its DEK Series for the job because the cabinet is only 50 mm deep and is designed to be fixed directly to a wall rather than hung from a frame. Power and data run inside the cabinets from one to the next, so the only cable visible is the feed into the first cabinet. That kept the screen almost flush with the wall in a room where joinery and lighting had already been finished.
A 9 × 7 cabinet grid filling the wall
The owner wanted the whole wall covered, so the screen was built to the wall rather than to a television aspect ratio: 9 cabinets wide by 7 high, each 600 mm × 337.5 mm, giving 5.4 m × 2.36 m. Each cabinet carries 320 × 180 pixels, so the finished display is 2,880 × 1,260 pixels. The content was produced at exactly that size, which avoids scaling and keeps the skyline photography sharp. See our LED video walls page for how cabinet grids set the screen size.
Skylines by day, karaoke by night
The screen runs a programme of high-resolution city skylines during service, which gives the windowless basement bar a view. The general manager also uses it for karaoke sessions, which is a reminder that a restaurant LED screen earns its keep as an events screen as well as decor. Content is scheduled through the LED display CMS supplied with the screen, so the bar team can change playlists without an engineer.
Current Dynamo options for a restaurant or bar LED screen
For a wall-fixed indoor screen like this one Dynamo now specifies the DX Series, a die-cast aluminium cabinet 47 mm deep that is front serviceable and wall mounted, or the DIT Pro P1.9 where a finer pitch is wanted. The DX figures below are from the DX Series datasheet and are given per 500 × 500 mm cabinet; the DIT Pro figures are from the supplier specification.
| Model | Pixel pitch | Pixels per 500 × 500 mm | Brightness | Refresh rate | Suited to |
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| DIT Pro P1.9 | 1.95mm | 256 × 256 px | 600 nits | 3,840 Hz | Close seating, fine detail, premium bars |
| DX2.5 | 2.5mm | 200 × 200 px | 800 nits or more | 3,840 Hz or more | Lounges and dining rooms viewed from 3 m or more |
| DX2.6 | 2.6mm | 192 × 192 px | 800 nits or more | 3,840 Hz or more | Bars and sports screens |
| DX2.9 | 2.9mm | 168 × 168 px | 800 nits or more | 3,840 Hz or more | Larger walls viewed from across the room |
For the wider picture on screens in hospitality venues see LED displays for hotels and hospitality, our indoor LED displays range and the pixel pitch guide for choosing a pitch from the seating distance.
Related Dynamo hospitality and venue projects
- Sports bar LED screens: what to spec for pitch, brightness and latency
- 77 m LED ticker at Bob Bob Cité restaurant, London
- Hotel lobby LED: design trends and specification guide
- Digital art LED wall at Citypoint, London
Restaurant LED screens: frequently asked questions
How thin can a wall-mounted LED screen be?
Thin enough to fix to a finished wall. The DEK Series cabinets at Noble Palace are 50 mm deep and Dynamo’s current DX Series cabinets are 47 mm deep, both with power and data carried inside the cabinet. Add a few millimetres for the wall brackets and the screen face sits roughly 60 mm off the plaster, less than most framed televisions.
What pixel pitch does a restaurant or bar LED screen need?
Work from the nearest seat. Tables within two to three metres of the screen, as in a lounge bar, suit 1.9mm to 2.6mm so the image reads as a picture rather than a grid of dots. A screen seen across a dining room from five metres or more can use 2.9mm or 3.9mm. The Noble Palace screen was built from 1.875mm cabinets for close lounge seating.
Can an LED screen be fitted to a wall that is already finished?
Yes, and that was the case at Noble Palace, where the Mi Lounge had been decorated before the screen was ordered. Wall-fixed cabinets bolt to a thin bracket rail, cables run cabinet to cabinet inside the housings, and the only penetration is for the single power and data feed. The install took place around the finished joinery without chasing the wall.
Do you need a 16:9 screen for a restaurant LED wall?
No. LED screens are built from cabinets, so the shape follows the wall rather than a television standard. Noble Palace covered the full wall with a 9 × 7 cabinet grid, which is wider than 16:9, and had its skyline content produced at the screen’s native 2,880 × 1,260 pixels. Standard video can still be shown letterboxed or cropped by the processor.
How is content changed on a restaurant LED screen?
Through the content management system supplied with the screen. Staff upload images or video, build playlists and set a schedule from a laptop or phone, so the skyline programme runs itself during service and a karaoke or sports feed can be switched in for an event. Dynamo supplies the processor, media player and CMS with every installation and trains the venue team.
Get a quote for a restaurant or bar LED screen
Send us the wall size, a photo of the room, the distance to the nearest seats and what you want to show, and we will come back with a pitch, a cabinet layout and a written quote for supply and installation. Get a quote or call 020 3489 9878.
