By Angela Green: Six unveils Edinburgh investment plans.
Six Company, the Scottish firm that owns the Six by Nico restaurants, has unveiled ambitious development and investment plans for Edinburgh, including the introduction of Somewhere by Nico.
Chief executive and founder Nico Simeone confirmed two new Edinburgh openings and a two million pound investment into the city’s restaurant scene including a new Six by Nico restaurant location in the capital’s West End as well as introducing Somewhere by Nico Edinburgh – an immersive cocktail venue that aims to reinvent the traditional bar experience by combining multisensory, mixology and storytelling.
After six years of operations in Scotland’s capital and the opening of sixteen sites throughout the UK and Ireland since 2017, the brand is moving into a new phase with a new look for Edinburgh customers. Six by Nico Edinburgh West End and will provide the experience guests all they know and love in elegant surroundings that compliment all aspects of their product. The brand’s current Six by Nico location on Hanover Street remains open to guests offering two city locations for diners. Six by Nico Edinburgh West End will open on Queensferry Street in June 2024.
The second investment for Scotland’s capital will bring a new cocktail tasting experience to Edinburgh’s West End. Somewhere by Nico Edinburgh is an innovative cocktail experience that will redefine what a bar and cocktail experience looks like by blending storytelling, multi-sensory mixology and experience together. The first location launched in Glasgow in January 2024 and is inspired by Six by Nico. Every six weeks, it develops a six-stage cocktail experience inspired by a ‘themed world’ that will become Somewhere.
With storytelling at the heart of the experience, guests are transformed into adventurers, with mixologists becoming the narrator, through enhanced narratives in every drink. Its mystical decor will transport you to a dream world that will challenge all your senses throughout a carefully curated two hour cocktail experience for £65pp. Somewhere by Nico Edinburgh will open in early June 2024 directly beside the new Six by Nico Edinburgh West End on Queensferry Street in the former Foundry 39 building at 39A Queensferry Rd, Edinburgh EH2 4RA.
Six Company Chief Executive and founder Nico Simeone said: “Our team is driven daily by the challenge to constantly create and reinvent. We are dedicated to being different, never resting on our laurels, and continuously striving to create the best customer experiences. Our second Six by Nico site in Edinburgh City Centre underlines our commitments to the city and provides our guests with more dining options, as well as the introduction of Somewhere by Nico, our latest brand that reinvents the conventional cocktail experience.”
Since launching their first restaurant in Glasgow in 2017, Six by Nico has served over 12 million dishes in sixteen city locations across the UK and Ireland, as well as creating 49 different tasting menus for customers to dine on. Around 60 new jobs will be created across both Six by Nico Edinburgh West End and Somewhere by Nico Edinburgh projects.
For further details on the two new locations and to sign up for first access to Six by Nico Edinburgh West End and Somewhere by Nico Edinburgh please visit here.
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