A popular restaurant in Caversham has announced that it will most likely be expanding into the next-door unit the following year. 

Alto Lounge has revealed its plans after a notice was spotted on the Thames Hospice charity shop stating that planning was underway to extend the restaurant. 

A spokesperson for Loungers says: “We are in advanced negotiations on a site adjacent to Alto Lounge in Caversham. 

"We are hoping to be able to expand Alto Lounge into this additional space sometime in 2025.”

The restaurant is a chain bar and kitchen which serves up brunches, mains, sandwiches, and salads, as well as a range of beers, wines, cocktails, and spirits.

As previously reported, the bar and kitchen could stay open longer if an application for extended activities is granted.

The operators have applied to sell alcohol from 10 am to midnight each night, and continue serving food and soft drinks until 12.30 am at night as well.

Operationally, a Loungers spokesperson clarified that alcohol service would typically begin at 12pm each day.

For these sales to go ahead, the operators require an updated premises licence from Reading Borough Council.

A statutory consultation into the application has begun. You can comment on it by emailing licensing@reading.gov.uk.

The deadline for representations is Friday, November 1.

The Lounge brand has a presence in many of the towns in Berkshire.

Other sites include the Bosco Lounge in Woodley, Sedero Lounge in Wokingham and the Cobrizo Lounge in Newbury.