A smash-hit Watford restaurant has had queues stretching around the corner “every day since opening”, staff have said.

American chicken chain Wingstop continued its rapid UK expansion with a new opening in the former Honest Burger unit in Market Street on Saturday (March 30).

Pictures from the launch show a level of popularity that defied all expectations as the first 100 customers received free wings and the chance to try Wingstop’s new ‘voodoo loaded fries’.

Watford Observer: Watford Wingstop on opening day.Watford Wingstop on opening day. (Image: Wingstop)

Busy staff told the Watford Observer that they were “really happy” with the level of demand in the town. The opening day was apparently not a flash in the pan either as the store has repeated the feat with queues stretching outside each day since.

“We’ve been a huge success, we had a large crowd of eager customers on opening day,” a member of staff added.

Watford Observer: Watford Wingstop on opening day.Watford Wingstop on opening day. (Image: Wingstop)

“To be honest we’ve had a queue of customers every day we’ve been open.”

The unit, which used to be a Post Office, had been occupied by burger chain Honest Burgers since April 2022, but closed on January 25 “due to a change in customer demand in the area”.