In addition to the opening of Ya Hala restaurant last week, Facilities & Community is pleased to announce the latest retail news for the KAUST community.
February Opening
IL Villagio – Italian Restaurant
Harbor Walk, next door to Ronin Restaurant.
Coming 2015
Domino’s Pizza, Subway, Faris Breakfast, Fishman Restaurant, Kudu and Patchi Chocolates have all signed lease agreement with KAUST and will soon start preparing fit out designs and plans; so please watch out for upcoming announcements in the LENS and the F&C Focus monthly newsletter for all the latest developments.
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Il Villagio is *always* “about to open”. I hope this time it’s for real.
I don’t understand why we are bringing another fast food pizza place, another fast food sandwich place, and another fast food burger place. Instead of duplicating, why not follow KAEC’s lead and bring in something with different cuisine, like Yalla Walla3ha (Mexican)?
Kudu my best restaurant 🙂
Dear David
Thank you for taking the time to reply to our Retail Update post, we appreciate all comments both good and bad.
Currently a restaurant Food Plaza is being planned that will include Mexican, Lebanese, Arabic/Iranian and Healthy Choice restaurants as well as a high-end bakery. As soon as we have further information we will let the community know.
Once again, thank you for taking the time to reply to our announcement.
Regards
Hi Omar, can you give more information about this food plaza? Would it be in the square or elsewhere? Also, I strongly support the healthy choice restaurants you mentioned! Very exciting 🙂
Dear Alaa
Thank you for taking the time to comment and for your great enthusiasm. The food plaza will be located along the Harbor Walk; at the present time we cannot confirm any further details but do keep an eye on The Lens and the monthly F&C Focus magazine for future updates.
Regards
Dear Mr. Omar,
Will we have the chance to see anytime soon non-food retailers? Apart from restaurants and tamimi we have no alternative…thank you.
Dear Jana
Thank you for your question regarding non-food retailers here at KAUST. There is a master plan for non-food based retailers at KAUST but at present no contracts have been signed. Once more information is available we will share the news with Community.
Again, thank you for taking the time to respond to this post.
Regards
Omar
Hi Mr Omar
When will we have other restaurants mentioned in the announcement?
Dear Ahfaz
Thank you for taking the time to respond to this announcement. Retail will provide the community with an update once definitive opening dates are agreed with the retailers.
Regards
Omar
I just wanted to follow up on my earlier, somewhat pessimistic post to say, kudos to the facilities team for getting Il Villagio here (*almost* for a February opening, as promised). It was worth the wait. I hope we can look forward to more healthy, affordable, high-quality restaurant options like it.
When will we have KUDU Open????
Greetings,,
Still there no exact date.The retail team will update the community with the definitive dates once available as still the bldgs are under the town center upgrade project.
Regards,
Omar