Mumbai, Aug. 15 -- US restaurant and entertainment chain Dave & Buster's opened its second India outlet in Mumbai, following its debut in Bengaluru in late 2024, and will launch in New Delhi next as the sector expands rapidly.

The company has an exclusive franchise partnership with the Malpani Group, the owners of the theme park Imagica, to expand to 15 stores over the next five to seven years. This expansion will focus on tier-1 cities before moving to tier-2 markets.

Antonio Bautista, chief international development officer at Dave & Buster's, said India was a "priority global market" given its economic growth trajectory.

"India is probably one of the most important markets in the world today. It was just a matter of finding the righ...