All 60 branches of Chiquito across the UK are closing permanently.
Back in February, The Restaurant Group - which runs Frankie & Benny's, Chiquito and Wagamama - said it would soon be announcing closures.
And the latest news come comes as coronavirus has a devastating impact upon the wider food industry.
Mirror Online reports around 1,500 jobs are likely to be affected and the move comes less than a week after the company said sales plummeted 12.5% over two weeks.
There were too Chiquito restaurants around Bristol - one in Hanham and one at The Mall in Cribbs Causeway.
The Restaurant Group has also announced it will be closing the Food and Fuel chain of pubs in London.
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A spokesperson said: "Covid-19 has had an immediate and significant impact on trading across the Group.
"We have conducted a review of the performance of our business divisions, with a particular focus on the expected future cash generation profile of each of our business units."
He added both chains are expected to hit losses this year, "as a result, the Group has taken the very difficult decision to appoint administrators for Food & Fuel Limited and filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator for Chiquito Limited.
"The decisions have been incredibly difficult and we recognise the significant impact on all of our colleagues that are affected.
"We thank them for their hard work and commitment during these very testing times."
