Fast casual, healthy food chain, Leon has just opened two new restaurants across central London: Earls Court, and Hanover Square. This follows other recent high-profile London openings including Southbank and Battersea and Brixton.
The larger of the two restaurants Hanover Square (pictured) is 456.7sq/m and hosts a large seating area accommodating 100+ seated guests, there's also space for 16 outside.
The Earls Court restaurant flanks the busy entrance to Earls Court Underground Station, catering to commuters and locals alike. Situated across two floors, there are 40 internal seats.
Guests can look forward to tucking into Leon’s menu, which features all the usual favourites such as Rice Boxes filled with Italian brown rice, fresh herbs and a protein of your choice, Gluten-Free Chicken (GFC) Nuggets made with 100% chicken thigh and coated in a crispy gluten-free crumb, and iconic baked “criss-cut” waffle fries.
Start the day with a toasted sourdough muffin, freshly poached egg pots, fresh porridge and fairtrade, organic coffee which for every 7 cups sold saves 1m2 of the Peruvian rainforest. Big on taste and value, guests can also find an array of breakfast and lunchtime meal deals including the new Rice Pot & Drink offer.
Managing Director Glenn Edwards commented, “Our expansion through the years has proudly taken us throughout the UK, and even further afield, however, Leon will always have an affinity with London as it’s home to our first-ever restaurant on Carnaby Street.
'Leon will always offer an experience that is absolutely suited to city life and catering to more and more Londoners, is something that’s so exciting for us.”
Leon is also gearing up to open its first restaurant in the South West of England, on an iconic shopping street in Bath. Other regional UK locations are also under consideration, as well as openings with franchise partners in alternative locations, such as motorway service stations, which includes a recent opening in Magor, the first Leon in Wales.
EG ownership of Leon has supported a continuous pipeline of traditional high street openings, like Hanover Square and Earls Court. It has also allowed for new formats, including the Leon self-serve coffee kiosks.