Restbite
| Locations: | 21 |
| Often accompanied by: | reStore |
| Related names: | reStore |
| Used by: | Roadchef |
| Introduced: | 2007 |
| Removed: | 2020 |
| Predecessors: | onRoute, Delice de France |
| Successors: | Chozen Noodle, Fresh Food Café, Hot Food Co. |
www.roadchef.com/brands/restbite
Restbite was an own brand restaurant name used at service stations twice. Initially, it was briefly used by Top Rank's One Stop as the name of their table service restaurant.
However, Restbite is probably better known as the last of Roadchef's buffet-style restaurants. It was used for 13 years, but mostly bridged the gap between onRoute, their old buffet restaurant name, and the likes of Fresh Food Café, which used a single ordering point and therefore required major changes to each site.
Initially Restbite used a distinctive green colour scheme, which later became black and white. While it did receive some refurbishment, this was on a small scale which usually left it with a smaller serving area. Major refurbishments would see it either replaced with the newer Fresh Food Café, or just become part of a larger McDonald's.
There were four Restbite restaurants still open in 2017. By 2020, only Bothwell, notorious for being left out of refurbishment schemes, still had a Restbite. This closed under the guise of the COVID-19 lockdown, and was left empty for some time.
Locations
Roadchef Restbite used to be found at the following service areas:
- Annandale Water (A74(M))
- Bothwell (M74)
- Chester (M56)
- Clacket Lane (M25)
- Durham (A1(M))
- Hamilton (M74)
- Killington Lake (M6)
- Magor (M4)
- Maidstone (M20)
- Northampton (M1/A43)
- Norton Canes (M6 Toll)
- Pont Abraham (M4)
- Rownhams (M27)
- Sandbach (M6)
- Sedgemoor southbound (M5)
- Stafford southbound (M6)
- Strensham (M5)
- Taunton Deane (M5)
- Tibshelf (M1)
- Watford Gap (M1)
- Winchester (M3)
One Stop Restbite used to be found at the following service areas: