Weston-super-Mare Driftwood restaurant goes up for sale

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A popular Weston-super-Mare restaurant with panoramic coastal views has gone up for sale shortly after celebrating its second anniversary.

Driftwood Restaurant and Wine Bar, on Birnbeck Road, is being marketed as a leasehold business for £68,000.

Its owners marked two years at the restaurant on October 22, thanking regular diners and local people for their support.

The commercial listing says the business is being sold because of ill health, with its owners prepared to provide a full handover and training to the buyer.

Driftwood Restaurant and Wine Bar is on Birnbeck Road. (Image: Rightbiz)

The restaurant remains open and the listing promotes the opportunity as a fully equipped trading business rather than a vacant premises.

Driftwood occupies an elevated position overlooking Marine Lake and Weston Bay.

It features a split-level restaurant and bar, commercial kitchen and private sea-view terrace.

Driftwood’s terrace offers panoramic views across Weston Bay (Image: Rightbiz)

The dining room currently accommodates 32 customers, while the terrace provides seating for another 10.

The agent says there is space to increase both capacities.

Annual turnover is advertised as approximately £120,000, with rent of £15,000 a year.

The current lease began in September 2024 and runs for 12 years.

The listing says a buyer could increase trading by extending the opening hours or operating seven days a week during busy holiday periods.

It also suggests a new owner could expand the restaurant’s drinks offering or introduce a different style of food.

Owners Andy and Lynne previously thanked customers while celebrating the restaurant’s anniversary.

They said: “Thank you to all our regular diners who continue to come back and support us.

“We seriously couldn’t still be here if it wasn’t for you.

“We look forward to welcoming back our regulars and hope to make some more in our third year.”

The restaurant holds a five-star food hygiene rating and received a Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award for 2026.

Its Tripadvisor page currently carries a rating of 4.9 out of five from 99 reviews.

The business was added to Rightbiz by commercial agent Stonesmith on November 3.

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