Ireland's largest restaurant opened new premises in Belfast yesterday (November 5th), creating 60 full and part-time hospitality jobs.The new Bengal Brasserie restaurant on the Lisburn Road occupies 2,000 sq ft and seats 164 people, making it Ireland's biggest eatery. This is the second Bengal Brasserie to open in Belfast with its Ormeau Road premises set to celebrate its twentieth anniversary later this month.
Owner Nigel Rahman, 33, who moved to Belfast from Bangladesh over a decade ago, told the Belfast Telegraph that the new restaurant represents a £2 million investment in the city. Mr Rahman said that Bengal Brasserie is committed to re-investing within the city to bring an imaginative cooking style to the Lisburn Road. "The Bengal will offer a distinctive dining experience for food lovers as well as state-of-the-art business and conferencing facilities for more than 60 people," he said.
The original restaurant was located in the Ormeau Bakery but moved for re-development in 2007 to new lodgings further up the road.
