VAPIANO to open its first restaurant in the Czech Republic

PRAGUE, 24 May, 2017 – VAPIANO, the fast casual dining restaurant chain offering trendy, modern Italian inspired cuisine cooked à la minute and in front of the guest, will open its first location in the Czech Republic in July of this year. The restaurant will be located on the premises of Prague’s Quadrio shopping centre. Cushman & Wakefield facilitated the lease of the premises for VAPIANO.

“We are happy to bring another international brand to the Czech Republic, which will contribute to a greater variety of good quality food. New catering concepts attract more customers to shopping centres in their search for a broader offer of an entertainment, gastronomy and services,” said Jan Kotrbáček, Partner and the Head of Cushman & Wakefield’s CEE Retail Agency team.

VAPIANO has extensive track record in expanding its restaurant network. Since its launch in Hamburg, Germany, in 2002, the company has grown to more than 180 restaurants spread across over 30 countries on five continents.

Mario C. Bauer, Member of the Board of VAPIANO, said: “VAPIANO has become a very popular dining concept all over the world. Our customers enjoy the relaxed, Mediterranean atmosphere of our restaurants and appreciate our dedication to using the freshest, high quality ingredients to prepare our pasta, pizzas, salads and antipasti. While the restaurant scene in Prague has developed significantly over the past years, we believe that VAPIANO can fill a gap in the local market. We look forward to welcoming our guests in Prague when we open our doors later this summer.”

The restaurant’s signature interior design by Italian architect and designer Matteo Thun features wooden floors, long oak tables and red details underpinning the Mediterranean atmosphere. In addition, every restaurant includes a hundred year-old olive tree and a ‘green wall’ vertical herb garden.

VAPIANO is an internationally renowned restaurant chain with the goal of delivering fresh ingredients and flavours at attractive prices in a stylish atmosphere. Pasta, pizza dough and sauces are prepared fresh in each restaurant, often in the glassed-in manifattura located in many VAPIANOs. Guests can enjoy freshly made pizza, homemade pasta and fresh salads, all cooked right in front of their eyes and customised to their wishes.

“VAPIANO is the first out of the six planned restaurants to open in Quadrio this summer. VAPIANO will occupy over 600 square meters out of approximately 3,500 square meters of food and beverage space available. We are very pleased that this unique lifestyle brand has chosen our shopping centre to enter the Czech Republic market. Quadrio offers a great city centre location, right above a major transportation hub,” said Petr Brabec, Head of Asset Management Shopping Centres at CPI Property Group.