Bespoke Hospitality Consulting Service
From concept to operational success
At Find a Restaurant, we work with a diverse selection of hospitality professionals who collectively deliver a wealth of knowledge and expertise to every corner of the hospitality industry. In partnership with you, they will identify the areas where improvements can be made, streamline your operations and suggest the strategies your business needs to grow sustainably.
The success of your hospitality business depends upon the quality of your strategic planning, creative design and efficient implementation. Whether you are opening a new establishment or looking to enhance the performance of an existing business, hospitality consulting can offer you the expertise and tailored strategies you need to help your hospitality business to thrive.
Our network of consultants are elite operators with a track record of success in helping transform startups into successful businesses. We provide consultant services across various aspects of the hospitality sector including restaurants, pubs, bars, hotels and gyms.
Crucial benefits from hiring a hospitality consultant:
- To capitalise from their extensive industry expertise, helping you to understand current market trends, customer preferences and the best practices for your business
- Hospitality consultants will bring an objective perspective, helping to identify issues from within your business, such as inefficiencies, missed opportunities or operational gaps
- A hospitality consultant can help you to identify potential cost savings, reducing unnecessary costs and to improve operational efficiency
- The hospitality sector is rife with risk, working with a hospitality consultant can help you to identify and mitigate potential risks
- No two hospitality businesses are the same, a consultant can provide bespoke solutions tailored to your restaurant, pub or hotel
Introducing our network of Hospitality Consultants
David Rawlinson
Restaurant Property
David founded Restaurant Property in 2000 and has brokered many of London’s highest profile deals, including Sexyfish, Amazonico, Ivy Asia Mayfair, Socca, Jamovar, Mimi Mayfair, Humo and NAC, among many others. His focus is dealing with the Central London area and his clients are global brand leaders and Michelin star occupiers.
Asif Muhammad
Main Course Associates
Asif Muhammad is a serial entrepreneur and investor. Having grown Main Course Associates into an international consulting business, Asif now focuses on investing in great businesses and backing entrepreneurs in hospitality, retail, fitness, consulting, property and tech.
Michael Bolland
Mill Wood Finance
Michael is the founding director of Mill Wood Finance, specialists in providing hard-to-lend finance solutions. Based in Brighton but with global reach, Michael has overseen the growth and consolidation of Mill Wood Finance into an established finance provider to the hospitality industry.
Dan Brown
Restaurant Property
Dan specialises in locating sites for large, international groups and advising leading hoteliers with their restaurant leasing. Dan’s clients include The Maybourne Hotel Group, Marriott Hotel Group, The Langham Hotel, Michelin-starred Chef Tom Brown (Cornerstone) and Sollip.
Sam Cooper
Find a Restaurant
Sam is the founding director of Find a Restaurant, playing a pivotal role in the growth of the company across the restaurant sector. With a specialism in digital marketing and lean business growth, Sam has been a guest contributor to Reader's Digest and Consumer Affairs.
David Moore
Restaurant Property - Consultant
David Moore, founder and owner of Michelin-starred restaurant Pied à Terre in Fitzrovia. Moore is regular voice on all things hospitality, he has appeared frequently on TV and Radio shows.
Justin Lester MA BA(Hons) FSAC ACIArb MRICS
Restaurant Property - Consultant
Justin has over 20 years’ experience in the property industry, undertaking rent reviews, lease renewals and resolving associated Landlord and Tenant disputes throughout the UK. Justin enjoys long term relationships with a wide range of UK-based and international clients, and is regularly retained to act for operators, private clients and property companies.
Tim Harrison
Restaurant Property - Consultant
Tim is one of the UK’s most experienced rent review surveyors and valuers. Tim represents long standing clients such as The Arts Club, Zuma, Roka, Le Petite Maison, Coya and Meraki.
Eliza Esenbek
Restaurant Property Dubai
Eliza spent quality time between the Real Estate, Financial & Offshore industries. She is inspired by the city infrastructure, and architecture and is thrilled to be part of the evolving city and its growth. Eliza is leading a Retail – F&B division at CRC (Commercial Real Estate Company) part of Better homes LLC helping many brands to secure great locations.
Nick Sadler
Restaurant Property - Consultant
Nick represents a host of independent and corporate clients on their acquisition of gyms, fitness studios and high-tech equipment.
Cosmo Montemurro
Restaurant Property New York
Cosmo founded Murro Realty in 2012 where he built a team to focus exclusively on F&B leasing. His background in hospitality is key to his ability to communicate his clients needs. Cosmo has brokered a wide range of deals to include Blue Ribbon Sushi in Rockefeller Center, Wolfgang’s Steakhouse in Herald Square and downtown Boston, Le Jardin Boucherie in South Beach, and all of Hogsalt’s restaurants in NYC to name a few.
Kareen Grewal
Restaurant Property
Working closely with David Rawlinson, Kareen bridges the gap between strategic vision and operational execution.
Our consultants provide solutions across key operational areas
The Find a Restaurant network of hospitality consultants cover a diverse range of services, from the initial ideas and planning stage through to maximising the operational efficiency of a hospitality organisation. The seven key areas of hospitality consulting that our network can provide tailored solutions for are:
Concept Development
If you are opening a new restaurant, pub or hotel or relaunching an existing one, a hospitality consultant will help you to refine your concept and brand identity. Whether it be offering advice on your theme, decor and ambience, through to menu development and service flow design, nailing the early stage concept will be key to laying successful groundworks for your business.
Operational Efficiency
A hospitality operations consultant will assess your day-to-day operations, looking for ways to streamline your operations. Key areas for improvement are often the kitchen and front-of-house operations, looking at the ways to reduce wait times and to improve your customer service. If you choose a consultant specialising in supply chain management, they can help you to negotiate better deals with your suppliers, reduce waste and to improve inventory control. A hospitality consultant with expertise in staffing can advise you on optimal staffing levels, training programmes and staff retention strategies.
Financial Management
Running a profitable hospitality business requires careful financial planning and monitoring. A hospitality finance consultant will analyse your expenses, helping you to create a budget that will maximise profitability. Menu engineering will ensure your food offerings are priced to maximise revenue without alienating your customer base.
Marketing and Branding
A hospitality marketing consultant will work with you to develop and refine your brand, ensuring it resonates with your target audience. This might involve market positioning, helping you to identify your unique selling points and how to communicate these to your audience. Customer experience enhancement will focus on how to maximise the benefits of every touchpoint, from reservations through to the follow-up visit. Understanding your digital marketing opportunities, from web design to SEO and Social Media, will help you to choose the online channels that will bring in the customers.
Property and Premises
Your premises is the home of your business; choosing the wrong location could prove fatal to the success of your business. A hospitality property consultant will help you to identify the areas best suited to your concept and budget, as well as helping you to minimise the risks involved in what is likely to be the biggest expense involved in the operation of your business.
Compliance and Risk Management
Hospitality businesses face numerous regulations and licensing requirements to keep themselves and their patrons safe. Hospitality risk consultants provide the expert advice needed to keep your business compliant with the various rules and regulations, helping you to avoid costly fines or even closure.
Staff Training and Development
Your staff are likely to be your biggest asset in turning a hospitality concept into a thriving business. Hospitality recruitment consultants will develop and implement training programmes for your staff, ensuring your team how how to provide the exceptional service that your concept requires. Leadership development programmes will help your senior team to better manage their staff.
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