Pizza Express eyes new Odyssey restaurant

An application has been placed to open a new Pizza Express restaurant at the Odyssey in Belfast.

According to a notice placed in the Belfast Telegraph, Pizza Express is also applying for a liquor licence.

The chain, which has more than 360 restaurants in the UK and Ireland, already boasts outlets several Belfast outlets, inlcuding Bedford Street, Victoria Square, Lisburn Road and Ballyhackamore in the east of the city.

In addition to dine-in and delivery, over 30 million PizzaExpress pizzas are sold in UK supermarkets every year.

The planned restaurant comes in the wake of a £2.4m investment by Hollywood Bowl at the Odyssey.

The new centre will feature 20 lanes, including four VIP lanes, amusements and an American-style diner.

It is the first of its kind to be launched by Hollywood Bowl Group in Northern Ireland.