4th November 2023 The owner of Japanese restaurant Blue Sakura, at the Merrion Centre in Leeds, has opened a luxury Chinese restaurant and karaoke venue at the site. About £3m has been invested in Blue Pavilion, on Merrion Street, creating up to 50 jobs. The restaurant will occupy more than 7,100 square feet of space […]
3rd November 2023 Asian street food concept Chi, which has plans to grow to 20 sites by 2025, has opened in Derby for its tenth site. The brainchild of Aidan Tjinakiet and Lamen Reddy, the concept has launched the grab-and-go site on level two of the Derbion shopping centre. The company operates four sites under
2nd November 2023 Taiwanese dessert concept Meet Fresh is to open its third site, in Leeds – with two more outlets set to open. Meet Fresh is opening in the Merrion Centre in the Arena Quarter having agreed a deal with owner Town Centre Securities. The venue will offer Meet Fresh’s range of Taro ball
1st November 2023 You Me Sushi, the London restaurant and takeaway brand, is set for new openings as it expands through franchising. Since launching its flagship Marylebone store in 2008, the company now boasts 21 sites in its estate, with many more to follow. Its latest site has opened at the Lakeside shopping centre “where
21st November 2023 Quick service restaurant brand Chopstix has said it has seen “exceptional results” for the first two Chozen Noodle sites it has converted to the Chopstix brand. The group acquired its competitor, the 27-strong Chozen Noodle, in March this year. The Beaconsfield Extra MSA Group store was the first to be converted, in
30th October 2023 Restaurant goers are tipping almost 40% less than a year ago as the cost-of-living crisis tightens its stranglehold on the economy. SumUp, contactless payment device maker, has reported the average value of tips given to cafés, restaurants, hairdressers and other small businesses that use its payment system has plunged from £4.65 in
25th October 2023 Indian street food concept My Delhi is planning nationwide expansion after opening the first site outside the North East. Owners Shah and Elahi Amin, Gaurav Dayal and Garry and Neha Goyal have launched the venue in a former Zizzi site in Leicester, which closed in 2020. It is the third branch for
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With adjacent Coupette French cocktail bar 3rd October 2023 Biryani Kebab Chai (BKC) in London, which won ‘Newcome of the Year’ at the Asian Catering Federation’s Asian Restaurant Awards in Manchester last month, has opened a second site, marking the start of a “major expansion plan”. The original site at Marble Arch focuses on Awadhi
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28th September 2023 Restaurateur Samyukta Nair is to take two of her concepts to Dubai. Launching this winter, Nair, who runs the LSL Capital hospitality group with her father Dinesh, will introduce its Michelin-starred pan-Indian restaurant Jamavar and its Chinese dining destination MiMi Mei Fair to Dubai’s dining scene. “Dubai is renowned as a worldwide
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26th September 2023 Indian restaurant group Dishoom MD Brian Trollop , has said they are “starting to feel the joy” in hospitality again, but that Christmas train strikes could “nail the sector”. “It’s been difficult trying to get on the front foot again, but it feels like the ground is starting to firm up under
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