Poke House expands outside London

Poke House has announced it is expanding outside of London for the first time, with a new site due to open in Cambridge in early 2023.

Poke House said this will be the first of many sites outside of London to open, and the announcement follows the new opening in St Paul’s this week (4 October). This new site joins existing locations in Portobello, Covent Garden, Victoria, Spitalfields, Canary Wharf, Bank and Fitzrovia.

Poke House’s expansion will also see sites open across the capital, including Battersea Power Station which is due to open on 14 October. Further restaurant sites confirmed to open in London include Mayfair, Harvey Nichols, Borough Market and St John’s Wood. 

The latest opening in St Paul’s is physically the biggest Poke House site to open in the UK to date, with the 489 square foot location in the heart of London’s central business district. 

Poke House said it has an aggressive growth plan to continue its roll-out across the capital and the rest of the country. Since launching in the UK in September 2021 with its first site in Notting Hill on Portobello Road, the restaurant brand has now grown to eight bricks and mortar sites in London.

Holly Hilton, head of marketing at Poke House UK, said: “We’re always looking to grow the Poke House brand, with new site openings in the best and most iconic locations. We’re all thrilled with our new St Paul’s site and can’t wait to get our famous poke bowls into the hands of customers outside of London too.

“We opened a dark kitchen in Cambridge earlier in the year and the city has responded unbelievably well to our offering, hence why we’re now opening our first bricks and mortar restaurant there. It’s a very exciting time to be a part of Poke House and I’m thrilled to be working for such a visionary brand, which has such a strong proven concept.”