{"id":1040958,"date":"2026-06-21T14:06:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T14:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1040958\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T14:06:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T14:06:58","slug":"award-winning-restaurant-loved-in-solihull-to-open-birmingham-city-centre-branch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1040958\/","title":{"rendered":"Award-winning restaurant loved in Solihull to open Birmingham city centre branch"},"content":{"rendered":"

A restaurant chain with a popular branch in Solihull is to open a branch in Birmingham city centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n

KIBOU Kitchen and Bar will open its seventh restaurant this autumn at 61-63 Temple Row.<\/p>\n

It’ll replace Riva Blu which will serve its final diners this Sunday, June 21.<\/p>\n

Read more: <\/strong>Closures, new openings and all the Birmingham food and drink news from this week<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

It will have space for 200 diners with a bar, lounge, main restaurant and private dining space.<\/p>\n

It will have an open sushi kitchen and a standalone bar opposite Cathedral Square – better known in Brum as Pigeon Park.<\/p>\n

As well as sushi and sashimi, expect Japanese sharing plates of chicken karaage, spiced pork gyoza and tempura as well as ramen, katsu curry, teriyaki and A5 Joshu wagyu beef.<\/p>\n

Cocktails are on the menu too, with Japenese whisky, umeshu and sake on the list.<\/p>\n

KIBOU says that it has just had its strongest trading year on record with ‘significant’ year-on-year revenue growth.<\/p>\n

They’re investing in their new restaurant with a fresh Japanese-inspired look, which will feature hand-painted and digital murals, with bold, colourful designs.<\/p>\n

As well as Birmingham<\/a> and Solihull<\/a>, KIBOU has restaurants in Battersea, Cheltenham, Cambridge, Oxford and Bristol.<\/p>\n

Sam Horswill, managing director at KIBOU Restaurants Ltd, said: “We’ve had our eye on Birmingham for a long time and we’re so excited to be growing our brand and opening our newest site in the heart of the city.<\/p>\n

“Some people may be familiar with KIBOU after having visited our nearby Solihull restaurant and we can’t wait to become part of the Birmingham community too.<\/p>\n

“Following exceptional growth across the business, this marks a real step change in our ambitions and an exciting new chapter for the brand.”<\/p>\n

We’ll share more on the open date as we get it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A restaurant chain with a popular branch in Solihull is to open a branch in Birmingham city centre.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1040959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,983,748,393,4884,286719,2671,16,15],"class_list":["post-1040958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-birmingham","tag-birmingham","tag-birmingham-city-centre","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-restaurant-chain","tag-solihull","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116788490826311074","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1040958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1040958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1040958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1040959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1040958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1040958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1040958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}