Restaurants on the menu for Leeds with growth in the sector
LEEDS has seen a major rise in branded restaurants, with 24 new openings in the last four years.
This showed a 209% rise from the 22 that opened in 2012.
New entrants including Bill’s, Gusto and Turtle Bay, with the number of units occupied more than doubled from 25 to 52 during that time.
The Casual Dining in the UK report from Savills showed that Leeds now has the second highest total supply of branded casual dining restaurants of any place outside of London (only Manchester has more with 78).
York ranked 19th in the UK’s top 50 casual dining towns in terms of supply, with 23 branded restaurants, and Harrogate moving swiftly up in the rankings.
Steve Henderson, retail director at Savills, said: “The casual dining scene in Leeds has swung from mass market to aspirational, with Busaba Eathai, Friends of Ham, Steve Pilling’s Dockyard, tapas bar 53 Degrees North and renowned chefs including Marco Pierre White all due to open in the city over the next 12 months. While mass market brands still have their place and perform well, consumers are consistently seeking something different which will drive further growth in branded restaurants in Leeds as well as Yorkshire’s other big towns and cities for the foreseeable future.”
