How to Choose the Best Bar and Restaurant Consultant?

1. How to Choose the Best Bar and Restaurant Consultant? Starting a restaurant business can be as daunting and challenging as starting any other business. This is exactly why industry and trade experts advise that new restaurant business owners should hire the services of bar and restaurant consultants who have a proven track record in offering such services. Just like any other sector, when one embarks on finding the right and the best bar and restaurant consultant, selecting the best one can become a mind-boggling task. These are the steps that should be typically followed when choosing the right consultant for your new restaurant business: · The first step in the process is invariably centred around preparing a list of credible consultants in the region or the country of operations. Two ways of going about doing this includes – a. speaking to industry colleagues, friends, trade experts and also industry-specific trade associations; b. conduct extensive search online. · Once the list is ready, each consultant’s quality of work needs to be assessed and evaluated individually. It is good to involve key members from the project – if they are already hired or are in the process of being hired. The purpose of the exhaustive study would be to identify two to three best-suited consultants for the new project. · When the list narrows down to two or three top consultants, it is time to go ahead and contact them. Whether on phone, electronically or meeting personally, this is the time to share the project idea with the consultants and ask them for their presentations, brochures, and details of work done. · Once thoroughly satisfied with the company information of the bar and restaurant consultants, it is time to meet them one-to-one and discuss in length the details of the upcoming project. Here, consultants are requested to send in their quotations and detailed proposals. This is one step short of the final process of hiring the right consultant for your business. · The next step should typically be a time-consuming process. Each proposal needs to be studied thoroughly and in-depth. One needs to go through the list of references too at length. Based on this analysis, the final selection of the consultant is done. About the author RBnH Solutions is an experienced food and beverage consultancy firm in Dubai. We have international exposure to some of the most exquisite hotel companies and FB brands in the world. We guide you on your hospitality journey every step of the way. From concept development to operational audit, we can fulfill any requirement within the food and beverage domain. https://www.rbnhsolutions.com/ RBnH Solutions | Dubai, UAE | +971 55 529 1034 | koen@rbnhsolutions.com