Popular restaurant chain to open new eatery at Wolverhampton’s Bentley Bridge Leisure Park

It will be open seven days a week and will create 67 new jobs, bringing wagamama’s total to 160 restaurants across the UK.

The chain’s latest opening will also offer the recently launched Korean-inspired menu including wagamama's first ever hot pots, a spicy broth with seasonal vegetables and tteokbokki.

The menu sees the introduction of the Korean street food favourite, k-dogs, made with a vegan twist and a crunchy noodle crumb.

Other items include the gochujang rice bowls, available to order with chicken or shichimi tofu, plus a host of fresh new sides including rotis served with raisukatsu sauce for dipping.

The opening comes after wagamama announced the special edition new plant-based dish, the new lion’s mane ‘steak’ bulgogi, for Veganuary, which is available for a limited time only.

Ahead of its opening date, the restaurant will be running two days of exclusive preview events allowing people to book in for a meal on wagamama to celebrate.

Milly Pearson, regional marketing manager for the north, said: “We are so excited to open the doors to our brand new restaurant in Wolverhampton.

"Our benches will soon be welcoming the local community and visitors to the shopping destination and we can’t wait to serve up our newest menu launch and fresh favourites.

"Our fantastic new team have been working hard to ensure we’ll bring our much loved wagamama experience to our guests and they’re so excited to land in their beautiful new restaurant once work is complete.”

The restaurant's opening hours will be 11am-10pm Monday to Thursdays and on Sundays, and 11am-11pm on Fridays and Saturdays.