Bonata is a Middle Eastern Mediterranean fusion grab and go concept that offers fresh and unique flavours from locally-sourced ingredients. We believe that fast food doesn't have to be unhealthy, and we're committed to providing fresh, delicious food that's madefrom high-quality, locally-sourced ingredients. Our aim is to provide healthy meal options with no fried food, for the growing population of health-conscious customers and professionals working in the area.
Our menu features a variety of options to suit every taste and dietary preference, including grain bowls, a build-your-own tray system witha variety of delicious base options, mains, sides, and sauces to choose from, and pita sandwiches. Customers can create their own meals by choosing from a range of fresh and healthy ingredients. We also serve breakfast pitas, grain bowls, salad trays, and more.
The restaurant aesthetic is modern and sleek with a twist of heritage and playfulness.
We aim to create a new model for Mediterranean cuisine that can be enjoyed and desired by the UK population and can be rolled out easily and effectively to 3-5 new locations by end of 2024.
Through our brand identity, Bonata also becomes depicted in a 'Bonita' female persona, inspired by the Greek Goddess Demeter, who is the Goddess of harvest, agriculture, food & prosperity. In our design the female is holding a basket of freshly-picked lemons in one arm as she harvests the lemons.
The significance of using the lemon as a prominent part of our identity is because lemons were actually first brought to the European Mediterranean region by Arab traders in 10th century AD. They were the clear status symbols of nobility in the ancient Mediterranean, as it appears that the citron was considered a valuable commodity due to its healing qualities, symbolic use, pleasant odour and rarity. It is also a symbol of freshness, the sun, summer and is vastly used in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisines.
