Lock, Stock and Barrel is one of Dubai’s most popular bar chains – and fans will be pleased to hear a third branch is planned to open in the city next year. With wildly popular venues in JBR and Barsha Heights, a third will be opening in Downtown Dubai next year.
The bar started out in 2016 in Barsha Heights, before expanding to a huge site in Rixos Premium Dubai in JBR in 2017. It’s become known for its lively party brunches (complete with sumo wrestling), massive post-brunch parties, live music and more – and is a multiple winner at the Time Out Dubai Music & Nightlife Awards. It even picked up a Highly Commended gong in our Bar of the Year.
CEO Paul Evans, who is launching a book called When I Woke Up, told our sister site Arabian Business that it will also set up shop in London by late summer, too, while there’s potential to have a further opening in Amsterdam. There is already a branch in Russia. He said that more than 80,000 people visited the venues last month, and added: “Next year could be Abu Dhabi, Downtown Dubai, London and Amsterdam. What a year that would be. It would be amazing.”
The group has grown massively since opening Q43 in Dubai’s Media One Hotel in 2014. Solutions Leisure currently operates nine venues including Q43, Karma Kafé, District and Asia Asia as well as the super-popular STK, which has branches in Downtown Dubai and is a neighbour to LSB in Rixos Premium JBR.
Source: www.timeoutdubai.com
