Vapiano is to double its London estate with three new openings in 2018, MCA understands.
The Phil Sermon-led group has launches lined up at the Centre Point development on Tottenham Court Road as well as Canary Wharf and Tower Bridge
The Centre Point site will be the first to open this summer, taking Vapiano’s UK portfolio to seven. The site is 10,000 sq ft space with around 280 covers, and terrace seating, facing Centre Point Square, a new piazza with direct access to the new Crossrail station and new four-way crossing opening up Oxford Street, New Oxford Street, Charing Cross Road and Tottenham Court Road.
Vapiano Tower Bridge, at Berkeley’s One Tower Bridge development will have 311 covers in a 9,000 sq ft space, with a mezzanine plus an outdoor terrace and is also scheduled to open summer 2018.
The Canary Wharf restaurant, at 8,300 sq ft, and 284 covers, spans two levels and will open August 2018 in the Cabot Square area of Canary Wharf.
Vapiano managing director Phil Sermon said: “We are incredibly proud to have secured these three impressive new sites, which underlines our strategy to both open in high profile, high footfall locations and continue to grow our exceptional business within the UK. Whilst we are announcing these three now, we expect to announce more in the next few months.”
The Italian casual dining chain was founded in Hamburg in 2002 and now operates over 205 restaurants in more than 33 countries on 5 continents.
