UAE’s Just Falafel Enters India, Opens First Restaurant In Bangalore

UAE-based Just Falafel announced that it has opened its first outlet in India, in the Southern city of Bangalore.

The rapidly-expanding fast food chain has teamed up with property developer and hospitality company Prism Properties to open the store.

Just Falafel will offer its core menu, but will also include the “flavours of Bangalore” to deliver an “authentic street food offering,” the company said in a statement.

Suvidh Chordia, director of operations, said he sees “growing demand for eating healthy, organic and wholesome food making Just Falafel an attractive brand for the Indian market.”

Mohamad Bitar, founder of Just Falafel, added: “Since the beginning it has been our dream to deliver old world flavours derived from the street to a global audience.”

Just Falafel, is aggressively expanding and is set to roll out in 18 countries across the globe.

Last week, the company announced that it plans to open 10 new outlets in Oman over the next five years. The new stores will be located across the country with the first two outlets opening doors in Muscat.

Just Falafel is also growing its presence in the UK and North America – it plans to open 160 new restaurants across the US and Canada over the next five years, it revealed in January.

The restaurant chain has also signed franchise agreements to open 57 restaurants in the Benelux region, which includes Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, and has opened two restaurants in Australia.

Just Falafel, which began with a single store in Abu Dhabi in 2007, offers ethnic varieties of the Middle Eastern snack falafel.