references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . january 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message cosmo type buffet restaurant founded 2003 headquarters london united kingdom number of locations 19 website www.cosmo restaurants.co.uk cosmo is a chain of 19 buffet restaurants in the united kingdom . its branch in valley leisure park croydon was formerly the uk s biggest restaurant . 1 the first location opened in 2003 in eastbourne and now the chain operates 19 restaurants 14 in england three in scotland and one each in wales and northern ireland . the restaurants include live cooking stations where customers can have food freshly cooked . 2 contents 1 history 2 menu 3 locations 3.1 england 3.2 scotland 3.3 wales 3.4 northern ireland 4 references 5 external links history edit the first cosmo restaurant opened in eastbourne in 2003 and since then has enjoyed continuous growth and expansion . between 2003 and june 2012 cosmo opened in bristol chatham coventry croydon romford royal tunbridge wells wolverhampton and swansea . a branch opened in croydon in november 2011 and at the time was britain s biggest restaurant with a seating capacity of 800 . 3 in july 2012 cosmo opened restaurants in reading aberdeen and belfast . this year alone 2016 it has opened a new branch in oxford and will be opening in dublin and southampton come november and december respectively . its new oxford branch has won very positive reviews . the oxford mail said cosmo definitely has the wow factor june 23 2016 while monthly glossy ox magazine said there is serious fun and genuinely great food to be had august 2016 . in 2015 cosmo was officially voted 3rd in the cga peach brand track survey out of the top 40 restaurant brands in the uk for customer satisfaction and 2nd for value for money . menu edit the restaurant serves up more 150 dishes from around the world including china japan korea malaysia thailand mongolia singapore vietnam england and india . 4 examples of dishes include sushi sweet and sour pork pizza salmon fillet in black bean sauce and chicken korma . 5 locations edit england edit bristol coventry derby doncaster eastbourne leeds norwich nottingham oxford reading romford sheffield wolverhampton york scotland edit aberdeen edinburgh glasgow wales edit swansea northern ireland edit belfast references edit jeffries stuart 19 november 2010 . feeding frenzy britain s biggest restaurant opens for business . the guardian . london . union square cosmo don t fancy doing the washing up much britain s biggest restaurant throws open its doors to 2 100 diners a night . daily mail . london . 29 november 2011 . cosmo cosmo external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to cosmo restaurant . official website v t e food chains in the united kingdom casual dining angus steakhouse ask beefeater grill bella italia brewers fayre byron hamburgers caf rouge carluccio s chiquito damon s ed s easy diner frankie & benny s giraffe gourmet burger kitchen harry ramsden s harvester hungry horse la tasca little chef loch fyne restaurants nando s ok diner pizza hut pizzaexpress prezzo strada table table taybarns t.g.i. friday s toby carvery tony roma s wagamama wahaca wildwood kitchen zizzi fast food barburrito burger king chicken cottage chipotle mexican grill dixy chicken domino s pizza five guys kfc mcdonald s morley s papa john s pizza sam s chicken sbarro southern fried chicken subway taco bell tops pizza tortilla wasabi wimpy yo sushi baked goods auntie anne s cinnabon cooplands ditsch dunkin donuts eat greggs krispy kreme millie s cookies patisserie valerie pret a manger sayers spudulike upper crust the west cornwall pasty company coffee shops and tea rooms amt coffee betty s caff nero caff ritazza coffee 1 coffee republic costa coffee harris hoole starbucks dairy baskin robbins ben & jerry s kaspa s shakeaway pub chains all bar one chef & brewer o neill s scream pubs slug and lettuce walkabout wetherspoons yates s retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cosmo restaurant & oldid 737663163 categories restaurant groups in the united kingdomrestaurants established in 2003hidden categories articles lacking reliable references from january 2013all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 september 2016 at 08 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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