A WIDNES restaurant has joined the viral game everyone is talking about.

Pesto is giving customers the chance to win whilst they hunt with its very own Pokemon Go competition.

Game players visiting the Italian eatery on Birchfield Road will get the chance to win a meal for two if they take a photo or screen grab of themselves catching a pokemon character whilst dining at the restaurant.

General manager at Pesto Gizela Kalkucka said: “We’ve already had customers catching pikachus next to pizzas and charmanders on the chairs so thought this hunt would be great fun to give any Pokemon Go players a tasty bonus for playing.”

Restaurant goers can snap a squirtle or take a picture of a pidgey and send it to Pesto’s facebook, twitter or e-mail before August 28.

Anyone who gets a Pesto menu or sign in the background will receive a a bonus entry.

The game has had five million UK downloads already.

The winner will be drawn in early September and will receive a meal for two to the value of £40 plus a bottle of house wine.