A NEW sushi restaurant will open its doors in Festival Place tomorrow (April 18).

KOKORO is a casual eat-in and takeaway restaurant which will be offering authentic Japanese sushi and hot food, all freshly prepared on site every day.

Situated next to Cafe Giardino in the Basingstoke shopping centre, KOKORO will offer a range of freshly made hot meals including chicken katsu curry, sweet chilli chicken and chicken teriyaki.

KOKORO will be the third sushi bar to open in the town centre since December last year.

Festival Place shopping centre director, Neil Churchill ,said: “We are very excited to welcome KOKORO to Festival Place.

“Being able to pick up really tasty, fresh Japanese food quickly and conveniently on a busy day will be a real bonus for our customers."

The brand now has 12 stores located across the south of England.