This latest pub is part of a strategy for the operator to open an additional five sites in the next two years.
Lapen Inns, the community pub chain which offers Nepalese food, is run by Subodh Gautam together with business partners Ravi Acharya and Purnaman Bajcharya.
They started running their own pubs in 2021 when they took on the Star Pubs lease for the Railway, Whittlesey.
The latest pub, the Wildfowler in Kings Lynn has been renamed the Queen Elizabeth and undergone a £100,000 refurbishment by Star Pubs including new signage.
Nepalese dining
Lapens Inn estate includes: the Railway, Whittlesey; the Bell, Sawtry; the Old Crown, Girton; the Cornerhouse, Cambridge; the White Horse, Water Beach; the Angler, Oakham; and the Prince of Wales, Bromham.
Subodh said: “I came to England in 2009 as a student and worked in a Birmingham pub that offered Nepalese dining.
“Having opened a café in London and run a pub in Staffordshire, I decided to build a pub operation across the East of England offering Nepalese dining.”
Subodh said that the business model that is “perfect” for the current economic climate. The key, he said, is for the pubs to have a good local community around them and to offer great quality affordable food.
Targeted market
He added: “With each venture, we listen to what customers want, as the pubs are theirs and where they socialise.
“All seven of our trading sites are successful and I am confident the Queen Elizabeth will be so too. They all offer competitive prices, great quality food and drinks, well-maintained comfortable environments, and a high standard of service.
“They also offer takeaways, which provides an additional income stream.”
Star Pubs business development manager Nick Paul said: “Subodh and his partners know the market they are targeting and have a distinctive popular food offer which they can scale up as opportunities arise.
“The Queen Elizabeth ticks the boxes in having a great community around it, a good location and is in a good state of repair. I wish Subodh, Ravi and Purnaman success with their growth plans.”
