City Grill Group, the largest restaurant chain with Romanian capital, reports a consolidated turnover of EUR 90 million for the year 2025 and aims to reach a turnover of EUR 100 million in 2026. Against the backdrop of this growth, the group is allocating an investment budget of EUR 6.5 million for 2026, prioritized towards locations with a strong identity. The central pillar of this strategy is the historic restaurant Hanul lui Manuc, which marks 220 years of documented history through a long-term positioning campaign, according to data published by Revista Biz.<\/p>\n
The Traditional\/Classic segment \u2013 consisting of Hanu’ lui Manuc, Hanu’ Berarilor, and Caru’ cu Bere \u2013 represents the performance engine of City Grill Group, consistently generating the highest average ticket values in the network and attracting a significant volume of foreign tourists and local customers. In this strategic context, the group allocated EUR 550 thousand in 2025 exclusively for Hanu’ lui Manuc, out of a total modernization budget of EUR 3 million. The anniversary of the historic monument on Francez\u0103 Street, built between 1806 and 1808 by the Armenian diplomat Emanuel M\u00e2rzaian (Manuc Bei), is commercially leveraged in 2026 through the campaign “220 years of culinary tradition at Manuc”, which reintroduces reinterpreted historical recipes to the menu and includes monthly events with traditional l\u0103utari music in the inner courtyard.<\/p>\n
Founded in 2004 by Drago\u0219 Petrescu, City Grill Group currently operates brands such as Caru’ cu Bere, Hanu’ lui Manuc, Hanu’ Berarilor, Pesc\u0103ru\u0219, Buongiorno.Italian, City Grill, La Boheme hotel, alongside recent projects Aubergine, Marty Restaurants, and the Zooma events complex. The Hanul lui Manuc building is owned by the Cantacuzino family, having been definitively retroceded in 2007 to Constantin-\u0218erban Cantacuzino, after a restitution process that began in 1997. The historic property thus consolidates its role as a strategic business asset in the HoReCa operator’s portfolio, by aligning cultural heritage with the group’s sales objectives.<\/p>\n
What is City Grill Group’s investment budget for 2026?<\/strong><\/p>\n City Grill Group is allocating an investment budget of EUR 6.5 million for the year 2026, prioritized towards locations with a strong identity.<\/p>\n What is the central pillar of City Grill’s strategy in 2026?<\/strong><\/p>\n The central pillar is the historic restaurant Hanul lui Manuc, which marks 220 years of documented history through a special campaign.<\/p>\n Who owns the Hanul lui Manuc building?<\/strong><\/p>\n The building is owned by the Cantacuzino family, having been definitively retroceded in 2007 to Constantin-\u0218erban Cantacuzino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" City Grill Group, the largest restaurant chain with Romanian capital, reports a consolidated turnover of EUR 90 million for the year 2025 and aims to reach a turnover of EUR 100 million in 2026. Against the backdrop of this growth, the group is allocating an investment budget of EUR 6.5 million for 2026, prioritized towards…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":126626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2859],"tags":[5343],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-126603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stirea-editiei-en","tag-city-grill-group"],"article_style_override":"on","post-style":"style2","post_via":[{"title":"revistabiz.ro | 08.06","post_source_url":"https:\/\/www.revistabiz.ro"}],"post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hoteluri-si-resturante-category-picture.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126628,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126603\/revisions\/126628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126603"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=126603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}