Plans to bring one of the North East’s top pan-Asian restaurants to Sunderland are moving closer after a planning application was submitted outlining details of the scheme.
The Muddler – which operates a successful venue in Newcastle – is taking over a unit at Keel Square, on the ground floor of the Holiday Inn.
Full details of the proposed restaurant and cocktail bar are now set to go before Sunderland City Council’s planning committee.
The application outlines the plans for both the interior of the building and an outside terrace, which will be landscaped to offer an outdoor dining and drinking space.
The restaurant will accommodate more than 150 diners, with a cocktail bar area for those just wanting to enjoy drinks, spread across the ground floor and first floor levels, plus an outside seating area for 110 covers.
The interiors will replicate the opulent style that visitors to the Tyneside restaurant are familiar with, decorated in black and gold and offering a menu of Asian-inspired dishes and sushi.
An opening date for the restaurant and cocktail bar will be confirmed once planning permission has been secured and construction work has begun.
