A city centre restaurant has been shut down, just a year after opening.

Vapiano, on Buchanan Street, has closed with immediate effect leaving customers disappointed.

Bosses said the decision was taken for 'commercial' reasons and described Glasgow as the 'wrong location'.

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The Italian eatery opened in the former George Hotel building in January last year.

The launch created 55 jobs and followed the earlier opening of an Edinburgh branch, the firm’s first outlet in Scotland.

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A refurbishment of the building saw developers create a 293-seated capacity restaurant, complete with restored Victorian stained-glass windows.

One disappointed dinner took to social media to express his disappointed at the news.

Alan Harper said: "Such a shame to see that the Vapiano in Glasgow has now closed.

"From being at their launch party a year ago to being there just last Monday it was a lovely friendly restaurant.

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"We’ll still visit the Berlin branches, but we’ll certainly miss the Glasgow branch."

A spokeswoman for Vapiano, said: "We would not have enjoyed this past year without the local community here in Glasgow many of whom are now friends, and we do appreciate how important Vapiano has been to many regulars and tourists visiting the city, however while this is very sad, we believe this is the right commercial decision for the long term benefit of the UK business- it was quite simply the wrong location.

"We are in discussions with our team about the future, having already assured them they will be looked after. 

"Vapiano will focus on their existing restaurants in Edinburgh, Manchester and London which are trading well above expectation serving over 45,000 guests a week collectively."