Nando's to open its doors in Launceston following years of waiting (4/6/25)

Ten years after Nando's first looked at expanding into Launceston, its new restaurant is set to open on June 5. Video by Aaron Smith (4/6/25)

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00:00So we started looking for a site up here around 2015.

00:05It's been a very interesting and exciting journey to this point in that we found and

00:10saw multiple sites that weren't suitable until this one became available which is 182 Brisbane

00:15Street.

00:16It was once upon a time an old tyre shop and then a red herring and then it moved into

00:21a pizza heart and pizza capers and finally Nando's.

00:26The building itself lends itself to having upstairs downstairs seating which is unique

00:32to Nando's.

00:33There's only one other restaurant in Australia that has upstairs and this will bring a whole

00:38different dining experience for consumers coming in and I'm sure there's going to be a lot

00:44of first date nights upstairs which is really good.

00:47We'll bring out some candles, smooth them up a bit but it's going to be really exciting

00:51to be able to get customers in and just experience the whole building.

00:55That extra bit of detail I think goes a long way which is very unique to Nando's.

00:59We are a restaurant, we're not a fast food business.

01:03We're moving into that sort of really healthy option for our customers and getting people

01:08in to try our great product and being innovative and unique to what we provide.

01:14So that whole experience from when the customer walks in the door, whether it is date night

01:19couples or people celebrating parties or birthdays to just having a meal after a sporting game,

01:26we're here for them.

01:27We're here for them.

01:28We're here for them.