Restaurants

The Restaurants section on Catering Today delivers comprehensive coverage of the UK restaurant industry, from independent operators to national chains. It reports on business performance, openings, acquisitions, and leadership changes, alongside analysis of market trends, menu innovation, and consumer behaviour. With insight into finance, operations, technology, and sustainability, Catering Today provides hospitality professionals with the intelligence and updates shaping commercial strategy across the UK dining landscape.

Dec- 2020 -

8 December

Tomahawk debuts London restaurant

Tomahawk, a steakhouse chain, has established its first London restaurant with the opening of a new Hoxton site. It marks the tenth nationwide establishment for the chain, after a new site in York launched at the end of August. Set over two floors, the 88-cover “gem” of a restaurant will…
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7 December

The Bleeding Heart Group to close two sites under CVA

The Bleeding Heart Restaurant Group has announced it is to undergo a CVA which will see the closure of two of its sites. The group is set to close its the Don and the Bleeding Heart restaurants as part of the restructuring in order for its The Bleeding Heart Tavern…
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7 December

RA Group closes Roux at Parliament Square

Roux at Parliament Square, a Westminster restaurant, has announced its permanent closure in a statement on its website. The 60-cover restaurant is part of RA Group’s fine dining and public restaurants operations that is run in partnership with the Roux family. The website’s statement said: “Our restaurant has regrettably suffered…
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7 December

Wahaca to launch UK’s first AR menu

Wahaca has announced it has partnered with Poplar Studio to launch a new augmented reality (AR) menu to showcase its dishes and create an “interactive customer experience”. The Web AR effect will reportedly enable customers to interact with the menu making it the first of its kind in the UK.…
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4 December

London restaurant Arros QD CVA receives approval

Mediterranean restaurant and bar Arros in London’s Fitzrovia has seen its creditors approve its CVA proposal. Accountancy firm RSM advised on the restructuring of the sister company to the Iberica group of restaurants. The CVA was approved on 30 November achieving 100% support from voting creditors. The firm said the…
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4 December

Cocotte Rotisserie opens fourth London restaurant

Cocotte Rotisserie, a farm-to-table restaurant chain, has opened its fourth site in Queens Park, north-west London. The establishment, which opened for takeaway and dine-in on 2 December, joined Cocotte’s existing portfolio in Notting Hill, Shoreditch, and Parsons Green. The 40-cover restaurant has been designed with “chich, welcoming interiors”, alongside the…
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4 December

Slough restaurant fined for Covid breach

The Grill Garden in Slough has been fined £1000 after being found by local council officers to be open during lockdown. According to council reports, officers from the licensing team and Thames Valley Police visited Grill Garden on 13 November 2020 and found the “business open as a restaurant” with…
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3 December

Cain International snaps up Prezzo

Italian restaurant chain Prezzo has been acquired by the privately held investment firm, Cain International, for an undisclosed fee. A self-proclaimed “long-term investor”, Cain’s existing portfolio in the hospitality industry includes Swingers, Maslow’s Group, and The AllBright. While the sector is currently enduring a difficult period, the investment firm said…
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2 December

Loungers posts 33% revenue drop

Loungers, the owner of Lounge and Cosy Club, has reported that revenue fell by a third for the 24 weeks ended 4 October, when compared to the same period last year. The group claimed that the drop in revenue of £26.3m to £53.5m was a direct result of the national…
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1 December

Langan’s set for grand reopening Autumn 2021

Restaurateurs Graziano Arricale and James Hitchen have announced that Langan’s will reopen as a french brasserie in Autumn 2021. Founded by Irish restaurateur Peter Langan in 1976, in partnership with actor Sir Michael Caine and former head chef of the Michelin-starred Capital Hotel, Richard Shepherd, Langan’s in Mayfair was a…
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