A STEAKHOUSE chain will shut all of its UK restaurants in September as part of a major hospitality restructure, including two in Scotland.
Bar + Block, which currently operates 20 sites across the UK, will close its doors as part of Whitbread’s decision to shut all of its standalone branded restaurants.
Other chains affected include Table Table, which will close 32 restaurants on September 3, while Cookhouse + Pub will shut the doors of 14 restaurants on the same day.
Brewers Fayre will close 89 locations on September 7 and Beefeater will close 106 restaurants on September 10.
The closures follow Whitbread’s April announcement of plans to cut around 3800 jobs in the UK and Ireland as part of a five-year strategy to save £250 million.
Whitbread will replace the closed restaurants with restaurants inside Premier Inn hotels.
Whitbread chief executive Dominic Paul previously said: "We always challenge ourselves to improve and, in light of significant cost increases in the form of business rates and national insurance, as well as the implied market discount to our inherent value, we’ve looked hard at the options open to us to maximise value creation over the medium and long-term.
"This plan will transform Whitbread into a higher-margin, higher-returning pure-play hotel business."
Edinburgh and Glasgow Bar + Block restaurants to close in September
The two Scottish Bar + Block restaurants closing are located in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Edinburgh’s Bar + Block restaurant can be found at 121 Princes Street (EH2 4AD), while the Glasgow one is located at 24 Howard Street (G1 4AG).
Both restaurants have received praise from customers on Tripadvisor, with the Edinburgh site boasting a 4.5-star rating while Glasgow has a slightly higher rating of 4.6.
Full list of Bar + Block restaurants in the UK
All 20 Bar + Block restaurants in the UK will close for good on September 3.
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The locations of these restaurants are:
- Bath
- Belfast
- Birmingham (Exchange Square)
- Birmingham (Waterloo Street)
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
- Leamington Spa
- London (Aldgate)
- London (Hammersmith)
- London (Kings Cross)
- London (Paddington)
- London (Southwark)
- London (Sutton)
- London (Wimbledon)
- Milton Keynes
- Newcastle
- Nottingham
- Portsmouth
- Whiteley
- Winnersh
JD Wetherspoon to open new Edinburgh restaurant
Despite the Bar + Block restaurant closing in Edinburgh, JD Wetherspoon will open a pub in the city before the end of the year.
The William Chambers will open at 30a Chambers Street on November 3, 2026.
It comes as JD Wetherspoon announces plans to open 12 new pubs in the coming months, including one in Spain and 11 in the UK.
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