Burger & Lobster

Burger & Lobster is a British restaurant chain founded in 2011 by Misha Zelman, Roman Zelman, Ilya Demichev, and George Bukhov-Weinstein. The brand was created around a deliberately focused menu pairing two headline offerings: burgers and lobster. This simple concept gives the chain a clear identity within the casual-dining and seafood-restaurant sectors, combining a familiar comfort-food item with a premium shellfish product. The business began in the United Kingdom and subsequently developed an international presence. In addition to its UK restaurants, Burger & Lobster has operated branches in Thailand, Kuwait, Malaysia, the Philippines, Qatar, and the United States. Its geographic expansion indicates an effort to transfer a recognizable restaurant format across several international markets while retaining the central burger-and-lobster proposition. The brand's name also functions as its principal positioning statement. Rather than presenting a broad, highly varied restaurant menu, Burger & Lobster emphasizes a limited and easily understood product architecture. Burgers provide a widely accessible option, while lobster supplies the more distinctive and premium element. This pairing supports a casual but elevated dining proposition, although the available reference material does not provide detailed information about pricing, restaurant formats, supply-chain arrangements, financial performance, or the precise composition of its menu over time. Misha Zelman served as chief executive officer from the company's founding period until September 2025. He was then succeeded by Dino Sura, who had been managing director for the company's UK and US sites. This leadership transition represents a notable change in the brand's management while the wider restaurant chain continues to operate internationally. Burger & Lobster is privately held based on the available reference material. No public listing, ticker, parent company, owner, official website, headquarters address, or financial figures are identified in the supplied sources. The brand's documented business scope is restaurant operation rather than packaged food, retail grocery, or a broader hospitality portfolio.

Burger & Lobster was established in the United Kingdom in 2011 by Misha Zelman, Roman Zelman, Ilya Demichev, and George Bukhov-Weinstein. From its inception, the restaurant chain was organized around a narrow and distinctive culinary idea: serving burgers and lobster as its defining core products. The concept gave the business a memorable name and a straightforward customer proposition, placing an everyday restaurant staple alongside a premium seafood item. The chain's documented development has included expansion beyond the UK. It has operated restaurants in Thailand, Kuwait, Malaysia, the Philippines, Qatar, and the United States, making Burger & Lobster an international restaurant brand rather than a solely domestic British chain. The available reference material does not specify the opening dates, number of locations, ownership arrangements, or operating structure for each market, so those details remain unconfirmed here. Leadership was initially associated with co-founder Misha Zelman, who served as chief executive for the company's early development and subsequent international operation. In September 2025, Zelman was succeeded as chief executive by Dino Sura. Before taking the top role, Sura was managing director for the company's UK and US sites. The change marked a management transition after more than a decade of operation, while the business remained active. The supplied sources provide limited detail on the chain's financial results, corporate structure, supply arrangements, advertising history, store design, or major strategic decisions. They do establish the brand's central identity: a British-founded restaurant chain with a focused burger-and-lobster proposition and an operating footprint spanning the UK, parts of Asia and the Middle East, and the United States. No evidence in the supplied material indicates that Burger & Lobster is publicly listed, part of a named parent group, or a packaged-food product brand.

1. 2025Chief executive leadership changes

   In September 2025, Dino Sura succeeded co-founder Misha Zelman as chief executive. Sura had been managing director for the UK and US sites.

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2. 2011Burger & Lobster is founded

   Misha Zelman, Roman Zelman, Ilya Demichev, and George Bukhov-Weinstein founded Burger & Lobster in the United Kingdom.

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A focused casual-dining restaurant concept pairing an accessible burger proposition with premium lobster dishes.

• BurgersRestaurant meals2011

  Burgers are one of the two defining product categories in the Burger & Lobster concept. They provide the accessible, familiar side of the brand's focused menu and form the counterpoint to its seafood-led offering. The supplied reference does not identify specific recipes, ingredients, sizes, or product variants.

• Lobster dishesSeafood restaurant meals2011

  Lobster dishes are the premium and distinctive component of the chain's core proposition. Their pairing with burgers is central to the restaurant's name and identity. Available material confirms the category but does not provide sufficiently reliable detail about preparation styles, sourcing, portion sizes, or menu variations.

• 2025Management succession following a long founding-era tenureStrategy

  After Misha Zelman served as chief executive from the company's early period through September 2025, Burger & Lobster appointed Dino Sura, previously managing director for its UK and US sites, as chief executive.

  What changed. Dino Sura succeeded Zelman as chief executive in September 2025.

  Aftermath. The available source confirms the leadership change but does not report subsequent financial, operational, or strategic effects.

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• 2025Dino Sura succeeds Misha Zelman as Burger & Lobster chief executive

  Dino Sura became chief executive in September 2025, succeeding Misha Zelman. Sura had previously been managing director for the company's UK and US sites.

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