Wagamama is the latest popular food and beverage brand set to open at The Springs retail and leisure centre at Thorpe Park Leeds. The Pan-Asian inspired restaurant group has agreed a 15-year lease to open a new 3,482 sq ft outlet just opposite ODEON and Nandos at The Springs.
The Springs Leeds marks wagamama’s 10th new opening in 2024. Since launching its first restaurant in London over 30 years ago, wagamama has become a household name with 169 locations across the UK. The stylish new restaurant is set to open in October providing 120 internal covers and 30 external covers. Open seven days a week, it will create 52 new jobs for the area.
Milly Pearson, Regional Marketing Manager at Wagamama, said:
“We are so excited to open the doors to our brand-new restaurant in Leeds this Autumn. Our benches will welcome the local community and visitors to The Springs, and we can’t wait to serve up some of our newest dishes and fresh favourites!”
In July, wagamama announced the launch of ‘soul club’, its first-ever loyalty programme, a unique platform where soul club members can redeem free menu items, exclusive content and engage with a new line up of ambassadors. By downloading the soul club app, guests kick off a journey to redeem mouth-watering sides and mains with a bowl of edamame claimable instantly. For every visit, guests receive a stamp in their digital stamp-book, inspired by the Japanese tradition of hanko stamps.
Rachel Vickers, Senior Commercial Manager at Scarborough Group International (SGI), developer and asset manager of The Springs and Thorpe Park Leeds, said:
“We ’e delighted to announce that Wagamama is coming to The Springs Leeds. This incredibly popular brand perfectly complements our customer base, enhancing our status as a vibrant destination for food and drink. The Springs has established itself as the go to place for shopping and leisure, not least because of its highly accessible location thanks to recent major improvements to local infrastructure.
“The Springs is one the best performing out of town locations across the entire UK for many of our store operators. This is because we have a transient visitor profile as well as an established working community of over 7,500 people on the business park. New neighbouring residential communities, both existing and planned, alongside 150 acres of community parkland and green open spaces, make our offer even more compelling.
The deal with Wagamama follows a series of exciting new openings at The Springs with Starbucks, TUI, Hotel Chocolat and handmade frozen food expert, Cook being the most recent. Pret a Manger and Loungers also opened last year, enhancing the food and beverage offering for visitors.
The Springs is a 350,000 sq ft shopping and leisure attraction located at the heart of award-winning business destination, Thorpe Park Leeds at Junction 46 of the M1. Brands include Next, Boots, M&S, TK Maxx, The Range, H&M, Pure Gym, Nandos and many more.
Because of its unique and highly-modern environment, The Springs has been used as a springboard for new concepts by a number of operators. These include the UK’s first purpose-designed ODEON Luxe cinema, a new concept store for The Range, as well as Vitruvian dental practice.