The Coffee Club is coming to Rotorua and is planning to open two restaurants - one at Redwood Centre and the other in the central city - creating up to 30 new jobs.
The company's network property director, Brad Jacobs, said they were working with a couple of parties to determine a franchisee for the Redwood Centre which they hoped to do by the end of the month.
They planned to open the cafe at the retail complex at the intersection of Tarawera and Te Ngae Rds early next year as they needed time to apply for a building consent and fit out the restaurant.
Mr Jacobs said they wanted to open another restaurant in Rotorua's CBD within the next two years.
The Coffee Club has 47 cafes in New Zealand including 30 in Auckland and the remaining in other centres including Tauranga, Taupo, Palmerston North and Hamilton. It opened its first restaurant in New Zealand in 2005.