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30th June 2017   Rosa’s Thai Cafe, the London Thai restaurant concept, is to open a site in Seven Dials.   The company, founded by Alex and Saiphin Moore in Brick Lane in 2006, will open the venue in Earlham Street. It will be the group’s tenth restaurant following recent openings in Brixton and West Hampstead.   […]

29th June 2017   Tattu Chinese restaurant based in Manchester, and led by brothers Adam and Drew Jones, has opened a sister site in Leeds.  The pair have opened the restaurant at a 5,500 square foot ground-floor unit in the Bond Court development creating 80 jobs.   The 180-cover, split-level restaurant also has seating, while Tattu

28th June 2017   Chinese Buffet,  founded in Bolton by Peter Wu and Paolo and David Hu in 2006, is to open its 11th site.  The company has acquired the former Damon’s restaurant in Speke, its first site in Liverpool.  The pair plan to invest more than £1m in Speke Boulevard property that was home to

27th June 2017   Chinese buffet brand Cosmo is reopening its Leeds restaurant in Boar Lane under a new luxury concept following a major refurbishment. The Cosmo Luxe restaurant will provide guests with a “more upmarket dining experience incorporating elegant surroundings with gourmet dishes”.   Diners will be able to choose from more than 150 dishes

26th June 2017   Wagamama has launched a picnic range to cater to the growing demand for summer take-outs.   The range – the restaurant’s first in its 25-year history – has been deemed the “hipnic” by executive chef Steve Mangleshot, as the hipster trend continues to influence culture and the way customers order food.  

25th June 2017   Hony Capital, owner of Pizza Express to launch its Chinese brand Beijing Hehegu to the UK. Hony Capital,  one of China’s biggest private equity firms, aims to boost its global network of 850 outlets to more than 10,000 over the next decade, in its  bid to be a top world food and beverages player. Operating through

22nd June 2017     Adding to its venues in South Kensington and Soho, Tombo is to open a third Japanese inspired poké and matcha bar, with a 38-cover venue in Windmill Street, in London in July, with ambitions to more than double its existing estate in the next three years.   Behind the design and creation of the new

15th June 2017   Indian Accent, the New Dehli restaurant, ranked as one of the best in the world, is to open in London.  Chef Manish Mehotra is currently recruiting a general manager, assistant manager, head chef, sous chefs and chefs de partie, sommeliers, and a front of house team.   The company also has

  10th June 2017 Street Feast resident Rola Wala is to open its debut London site in Spitalfields.  The restaurant will offer a menu of healthy everyday Indian fast food, including handmade sourdough naan rolls and seasonal grain bowls. Meaning ‘man that rolls’ in Hindi, Rola Wala’s menu is inspired by founder Mark Wright’s travels

9th June 2017   Sino-Japanese fusion Restaurant Mei Ume has opened in the Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square.   The kitchen is led by head chef Tony Truong, previously of Royal China, alongside former Sake No Hana sushi chef Mun Seok Choi and dim sum chef Liang Kian Cheng.   The venue