Prezzo Italian restaurant returns to Norwich after years away

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 15 Oct, 07:02 · Archive

Italian casual dining chain Prezzo is opening on Wherry Road at Riverside, Norwich, in the former Pizza Hut site.

Italian casual dining chain Prezzo is set to reopen in Norwich at the former Pizza Hut site on Wherry Road at Riverside. A premises licence application to Norwich City Council has revealed operational details for the new restaurant.

The restaurant will occupy two floors of Unit 3A on Wherry Road and operate between 11am and 11.30pm daily. It will serve pizza and pasta dishes and hold a licence to sell alcohol during opening hours.

Prezzo previously operated multiple sites across Norwich but closed its Thorpe Road location in 2018, followed by outlets in Tombland and Dereham by 2021. The chain currently has only one branch in Norfolk, in King's Lynn, before this reopening. The Thorpe Road site was later taken over by Gem of Norwich, a family-run Turkish restaurant that opened in 2019. Pizza Hut occupied the Wherry Road site for approximately 26 years before closing permanently in October 2025.

How it is being reported

• More details revealed for return of popular Italian restaurant chain to cityA premises licence has emerged as Prezzo prepares to takeover the former Pizza Hut site on Wherry Road at Riverside.Norwich Evening News · 15 Oct, 06:00
• More details revealed for return of popular Italian restaurant chain to cityA premises licence has emerged as Prezzo prepares to takeover the former Pizza Hut site on Wherry Road at Riverside.Eastern Daily Press · 15 Oct, 06:00

In this story: Prezzo · Norwich · Norwich City Council · Pizza Hut · Wherry Road · King's Lynn · Gem of Norwich

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