Restaurant operator NATTY SWANKY Holdings Co., based in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, said on the 22nd that its subsidiary Dandadan will open its first store in Bangkok, marking the brand’s first overseas location. The gyoza izakaya, branded as “Dandadan of Juicy Gyoza Dumplings,” is scheduled to open in late July.
The store will be on the fifth floor of Cloud 11, a large mixed-use complex in eastern Bangkok, in a rooftop garden area. The shop will cover 100 square meters. As in Japan, the signature item will be pan-fried “juicy gyoza,” while the menu will be localized for Thailand. The company expects average spending per customer to be about 1.3 times the level in Japan.
A Dandadan spokesperson told NNA, “We will enter the Thai market in cooperation with a local partner.” The company will prioritize stabilizing operations at the first store and will decide on any further openings after assessing conditions.
Dandadan has 131 locations in Japan. It previously ran a one-year, limited-time store in Malaysia as a test of overseas operations. The spokesperson said completing that Malaysia operation without major problems helped inform the decision to expand into Thailand.
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