Gino's Restaurant

What Gino's Restaurant does

Gino's Restaurant is a privately held, single-location Italian restaurant operating from 4 Claremont Road in Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom. Founded in 1991, the restaurant has served the local community for over three decades, offering dine-in service Tuesday through Saturday evenings (5:00 pm–9:30 pm) alongside a separate takeaway menu. All dishes and pizzas are prepared from scratch in the restaurant's own kitchens using fresh produce and quality ingredients, with no disclosed use of proprietary technology, third-party platforms, or digital ordering infrastructure.

The business targets local residents of Seaford and surrounding East Sussex, families, couples, and groups of friends, as well as tourists visiting the seaside town. Revenue is generated entirely through two physical channels: on-premise dining and in-person collection of pre-ordered takeaway food. The restaurant's digital presence is limited to a basic 123-reg hosted website with downloadable PDF menus, supplemented by phone (01323 890711), email ([email protected]), and WhatsApp contact channels. No delivery service, mobile app, online booking system, or loyalty program is in evidence.

The company is founder-owned with no disclosed institutional investment, subsidiaries, parent organization, or external funding. It employs 14 staff and operates with an unusually narrow weekly service window of approximately 22.5 hours, which structurally constrains revenue capacity. There is no evidence of corporate restructuring, M&A activity, partnerships, accreditations, regulatory actions, or any technology platform underlying the business — the operation is a traditional, owner-operated independent restaurant.

Name

Gino's Restaurant

Legal name

Gino's Italian Restaurant

Website

https://ginosseaford.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gino's Restaurant is a privately owned Italian restaurant in Seaford, East Sussex, operating a single dine-in and takeaway location since 1991, serving local residents, families, couples, and tourists with scratch-made Italian cuisine.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Casual Italian Dining

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Family-Style Restaurants (THAFACAC)

Keywords

• Italian restaurant dining
• Casual dining services
• Takeaway food service
• Pizza and pasta
• Seaside restaurant

Headquarters

HQ city

Seaford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Restaurant Services: Traditional dine-in restaurant operations where customers are served Italian cuisine on-site at the restaurant location in Seaford. Customers pay for meals consumed at the table during operating hours (Tuesday to Saturday, 5:00 pm - 9:30 pm).
2. Takeaway Services: Customers place orders for Italian dishes and pizzas prepared in the restaurant's own kitchens for collection. The takeaway menu is available as a separate menu offering, enabling customers to purchase food for off-premise consumption.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Gino's Restaurant operates a single-location Italian restaurant in Seaford, East Sussex, providing traditional dine-in service and a separate takeaway collection service. All dishes and pizzas are made from scratch in the restaurant's own kitchens using fresh produce and quality ingredients. The restaurant has been serving local residents, families, couples, and tourists since 1991, operating Tuesday to Saturday from 5:00 pm to 9:30 pm.

Product overview

Gino's Restaurant is a single-location Italian restaurant offering dine-in and takeaway services. The restaurant operates two distinct menus: the Restaurant Menu for dine-in service and the Takeaway Menu for collection orders. All dishes and pizzas are prepared from scratch in-house using fresh produce and quality ingredients. The restaurant has been established since 1991 and is located in Seaford, East Sussex.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Restaurant Menu (Dine-in Service) Italian dine-in restaurant menu featuring dishes and pizzas made from scratch in the restaurant's own kitchens using fresh, quality ingredients. Served on-premise to customers dining at the restaurant.
• Takeaway Menu (Collection Service) Italian takeaway menu offering dishes and pizzas available for collection. Customers phone ahead or order in person for food prepared in the same kitchens as dine-in dishes, enabling off-premise consumption.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Pizza Express: National UK casual dining chain specializing in Italian-style pizza and pasta with dine-in and takeaway service. Comparable to Gino's Restaurant as a broad incumbent offering Italian casual dining across multiple locations, but operating at significantly larger scale than Gino's single seaside site.
• Bella Italia: UK chain serving Italian pizza, pasta, and grill dishes in a casual family-friendly dining format with multiple sites. Comparable to Gino's Restaurant as a broad incumbent in the family-style Italian casual dining segment.
• ASK Italian: National Italian restaurant chain in the UK offering dine-in and takeaway across multiple locations. Comparable to Gino's Restaurant in the Italian family-style dining category but as a larger multi-site operator.
• Zizzi: UK Italian casual dining chain with dine-in, takeaway, and delivery options across multiple sites. Comparable as a broad incumbent operating in the same Italian family-style casual dining category as Gino's Restaurant, though at national chain scale.
• Frankie & Benny's: UK casual dining chain offering Italian-American inspired menu in a family-friendly setting across multiple sites. Comparable to Gino's Restaurant as a broad incumbent in the family-friendly casual Italian dining category.
• Prezzo: UK-based Italian casual dining chain with dine-in service at multiple locations. Comparable to Gino's Restaurant as a broad incumbent in the Italian family-style restaurant category.
• Carluccio's: UK Italian casual dining chain focused on fresh, from-scratch Italian cooking with dine-in service. Closely comparable to Gino's Restaurant on the 'from-scratch fresh ingredients' value proposition, though operating as a multi-site chain rather than an independent single location.
• Strada: UK Italian restaurant chain serving pizza, pasta, and Italian small plates at multiple locations. Comparable to Gino's Restaurant as a broad incumbent operating in the Italian casual dining category in the UK.

Others

• Just Eat (delivery platform): Major UK online food delivery marketplace connecting independent restaurants with takeaway customers. Adjacent ecosystem participant for Gino's Restaurant's takeaway channel — listing on Just Eat could materially expand the takeaway customer base that currently relies on phone ordering.

Regional players

• Independent Italian Restaurants in East Sussex: Other small independent Italian and Italian-inspired restaurants operating across East Sussex seaside and market towns. Direct local competitors to Gino's Restaurant for both local residents and tourist dining occasions, though none are individually identifiable at scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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