Vapiano, the Italian fresh casual dining restaurant group opened its new restaurant on 24 June.
It is the third Vapiano restaurant in the UK and the 150th to open worldwide, is located in Wardour Street, Soho, and managed by Alex Fisher (pictured above), previously GM at Vapiano in Great Portland Street.
Vapiano has recruited and trained 80 Vapianistii for the restaurant, which has a guest area of 7,000 square foot and capacity for up to 250 diners.
The restaurant serves fresh pasta, pizza, antipasti and salad; all prepared and made in house to order by chefs interacting with guests.
Guests will be able to see the pasta and dolci being made fresh each day in the glassed-in manifattura in the restaurant.
Another feature of the restaurant is the fresh rosemary and basil on the tables, for guests to pick and use on their food as they wish.
Guests pay using Vapiano’s smart card payment system, allowing them to pay for their food and drink at the front desk when they are ready to leave the restaurant.
Vapiano Managing Director, Phil Sermon, said: “We are proud and delighted to open our new restaurant in the heart of Soho.
“It joins our existing London restaurants which are extremely popular and I am confident that the new outlet will be a great asset to the area’s eating out scene.
“We would like to open many more Vapiano restaurants in prime locations across London and the UK.”
The company’s existing restaurants in London are located at Great Portland Street and Bankside.