Restaurant dubbed one of ‘Britain’s best’ by BBC show closes down as ‘gutted’ fans cry it’s ‘such a shame’

A RESTAURANT dubbed 1 of "Britain's best" has announced it's closing down, sparking cries from "gutted" fans.

The Swansea venue is owned by mates April and Chris Napier who featured connected BBC's Britain's Top Takeaways successful 2022, representing their erstwhile venture.

Their existent restaurant, Bangkok, is present acceptable to adjacent astatine the commencement of adjacent period to the disappointment of galore fans.

Diners were heartbroken astatine the quality and took to social media to explicit their sadness.

Under the restaurant's announcement connected Facebook, 1 idiosyncratic said: "Such a shame.

"It was beauteous watching you guys grow."

Another added: "Gutted, to spot you adjacent ever beauteous nutrient and fantastic service."

Other commenters expressed however "sad" they were astatine the announcement and for the nonaccomplishment of the "amazing food" it provides.

Many adjacent tagged their friends and family successful the anticipation to sojourn the edifice "one past time" earlier it shuts for goods.

The edifice made its closure announcement connected Facebook yesterday.

The post read: "It is with a dense bosom and this whitethorn travel arsenic a daze that we denote the closing of our restaurant.

"As overmuch arsenic we person loved serving you implicit the years (5 years successful the takeaway and 2 years successful the restaurant), we person made the hard determination to measurement distant arsenic we person sacrificed a batch of household times and present we would emotion to absorption connected our family/work beingness balance.

"Thank you truthful overmuch for your unthinkable enactment to our small household business and for being a portion of our journey.

"We tin honestly accidental we’ve made tons of large memories and achieved truthful overmuch during the years arsenic good arsenic immoderate customers that we’ve travel to beryllium friends with.

"These volition beryllium treasured forever."

The restaurant's last time of work volition beryllium connected Sunday November 3.

However, the venue confirmed that this is "not the end" for the Thai nutrient joint.

It said it plans to instrumentality with pop-ups successful the "near future".

The edifice added: "[We] can't hold to stock much meals and moments with you."