Brewers Fayre shutting 89 restaurants today — list of every location affected

The restaurant is closing its doors for good.

All 89 Brewers Fayre restaurants are shutting their doors today, signalling the end of the beloved pub chain. With locations spread throughout the UK, confirmation of the closures was announced earlier this year.

Whitbread, the company behind the Premier Inn hotel brand, revealed in April that the restaurant chain would be wound down as part of a wider business strategy, alongside the closure of Beefeater.

All 106 Beefeater restaurants will shut on Thursday, 10 September, while Brewers Fayre closes just days prior on Monday, 7 September. Approximately 30,000 members of staff are employed across both brands.

Whitbread chief executive Dominic Paul stated at the time: “We plan to convert all our remaining branded restaurants to an integrated food and beverage offer that is preferred by our hotel guests and will unlock the addition of more highly profitable extension rooms.”

“Our continued efforts to drive our commercial plan and efficiencies will extend our market-leading position and allow us to take share from our competitors, many of which are struggling to grow.”

Whitbread confirmed that a number of Beefeater and Brewers Fayre sites would be transformed into approximately 600 additional Premier Inn bedrooms.

It further stated that the remainder is “expected to be sold as going concerns”.

Speaking of the impact on its staff, Whitbread said: “We recognise the impact of this proposal on colleagues who work at the affected sites.

“As a business which recruits around 15,000 people every year, we expect to be able to retain a significant proportion of those affected and will be looking to redeploy as many of our impacted colleagues as possible.

“However, we do anticipate that the proposed changes, which are subject to consultation, would result in a reduction of around 3,800 roles of a total UK and Ireland workforce of around 30,000. We will do all we can to support those colleagues affected.”

On Thursday, all 106 Beefeater restaurants will close. Fans of the restaurant chains have shared their sadness at the closures.

One said: “Until I went to university, the only restaurant I’d ever been to was a Beefeater. We’d go for various family birthdays. I absolutely loved it. A steak or a mixed grill which I never got at home, followed by a Knickerbocker Glory. Fantastic times.

“I went back a couple of years ago. The place looked run down. I feel sad about this but I guess the fact I hadn’t been to one for 30 years is part of the problem.”

Another added: “My favourite restaurant when I was little, the one in Bath specifically. But I haven’t been to one in years.”

As someone else added: “We’ve gone there for any family gathering in the last 30 years. It was like an automatic meeting spot if someone was coming back into town.”

Brewers Fayre closures on September 7:

• Abergavenny (Abergavenny).
• Afon Conwy (Conwy).
• Aire & Calder (Yorkshire).
• Bankhead Gate (Fife).
• Barrow-in-Furness (Cumbria).
• Barry Island (Vale of Glamorgan).
• Bedford South (Bedfordshire).
• Bicester (Oxfordshire).
• Bideford (Devon).
• Bobbing Apple (Kent).
• Brampton Hut (Cambridgeshire).
• Brookers Oast (Kent).
• Burton House (Lincolnshire).
• The Carousel (Yorkshire).
• Castlewood (Derbyshire).
• Central Park (Warwickshire).
• Cepen Park (Wiltshire).
• Chafford Hundred (Essex).
• Chequers Corner (Essex).
• Cheswold Lodge (Yorkshire).
• The Clarence Pier (Hampshire).
• Cockermouth (Cumbria).
• Cottams Field (Lancashire).
• Craig House (Edinburgh).
• Crossways (Caerphilly).
• Dalesway (Yorkshire).
• Derry City (Northern Ireland).
• The Drove (Sussex).
• Duke of York (Kent).
• Exeter (Devon).
• The Farrier (Lincolnshire).
• Flagstaff Island (Leicestershire).
• Freebridge Farm (Norfolk).
• Glastonbury (Somerset).
• Gordano Gate (Bristol).
• The Hampton (Peterborough).
• Hanley (Staffordshire).
• The Harbour (Northern Ireland).
• The Howgate (Cumbria).
• Inn On The Quay (Devon).
• Inshes Gate (Highland).
• Kembrey Inn (Wiltshire).
• Kincardine Way (Falkirk).
• King William IV (Nottinghamshire).
• Lakeland Gate (Cumbria).
• Lewins Mead (Bristol).
• Lock Keeper (Derbyshire).
• Lodmoor (Dorset).
• Loggans Moor (Cornwall).
• Mains of Balquharn (Aberdeenshire).
• The Marina (Leicestershire).
• The Mayflower (Essex).
• Minehead (Somerset).
• Monkey Puzzle (Hampshire).
• Mulberry Tree (Essex).
• Newhaven Quay (Edinburgh).
• Oakenhurst Farm (Lancashire).
• Oaks (Norfolk).
• Ocean Park (Cardiff).
• Ocean Plaza (Merseyside).
• Old Nelson (Gloucestershire).
• Old West Quay (County Durham).
• Orbital (Staffordshire).
• Papermill (Buckinghamshire).
• Pirnhall Inn (Stirlingshire).
• Queens Crossing (Edinburgh).
• The Redwood (Staffordshire).
• Rhubarb Triangle (Yorkshire).
• Rising Sun (Hertfordshire).
• Royal Quays (Newcastle).
• The Sandpiper (Carmarthenshire).
• Stable Gate (Lancashire).
• The Swallow (Suffolk).
• Swansea Vale (Swansea).
• Telford Lodge (Northamptonshire).
• Tindale Crossing (County Durham).
• Tirfounder Fields (Rhondda Cynon Taff).
• Turnpike (Yorkshire).
• Victoria Park (Gwent).
• Walsall (West Midlands).
• Water Mill (Yorkshire).
• The Wessex Flyer (Bristol).
• The Wessington (Sunderland).
• Wheatlea Park (Lancashire).
• Whittle Inn (Gloucestershire).
• Widnes (Cheshire).
• Willen Dragon (Buckinghamshire).
• The Windmill (Sussex).
• Winsor House (Beckton, London)