Being a proud owner of a restaurant, cum bar is the best business ever because the profit rate is very high in bar restaurants. The best way to become the richest person in your area is with a glamorous job.  Opening your own restaurant is indeed a financially rewarding business with high returns and is also considered easier and more fascinating than most jobs. However, glorious as it may seem, it is also one of the most tedious businesses out there, with high risks. In fact, 60% of all restaurants shut down within the first year of operations. Therefore, it is important to have a clear plan and understanding of the business before you venture out into the restaurant industry. 

How to open a restaurant cum bar? 

In this particular article, today we discuss how to open a successful restaurant cum bar. You will know everything, about investment, what kind of location you need the required workforce, and the licenses needed for opening and running a restaurant cum bar. However, before you move ahead, you need to decide what kind of bar cum restaurant you are going to open. There are six types of bar cum restaurant formats, namely-

• Club

• Specialty Bar

• Brewpub or Beer Bar

• Sports Bar

• Neighborhood Bar

• Franchise bar

Now I will tell you how to open a restaurant cum bar in a few steps.

1. Location.

The main part of your restaurant cum bar is the location where you started your business this is very important, you need space around 5000 sqFT to 10000 sqFT, ideal spared one or two floors. At present, the trends open in highly crowded areas, near office complexes, in front of the mall so people enjoy both the work and take relaxation in your restaurant cum bar because some people have required relaxation after their work. 

 

According to the expert's location near the office, the complex has to give you a list of 2000 customers daily the fixed customer.

It's not an easy man if you have your own property to open a restaurant cum bar according to my article, so you have very easy to start your restaurant cum bar, in another side, if you have not your own property you take 5000 sqFT to 10000 sqFT, on rent so you rent at list 1 to 1.5 lakh monthly. It's not easy but after 1 or 2 month’s starting your restaurant cum bar, it becomes easy to pay rent whatever.

                           

2. The right kitchen equipment and raw materials.

Now it is essential to have a sturdy backend for your restaurant cum bar. Buy the best kitchen equipment and good quality raw material to help smooth backend functioning.

According to industry experts, if you purchase the right equipment, such as burners, fryers, and ovens, very helpful for your chef staff member, the best thing about this type of equipment is to save your staff time and give them wings to do work fast. The raw material like chairs, tables, and racks this equipment you can buy and use that save your money, and also buy good quality crockery to pay your customer attention.

According to experts, the total value to buy this equipment and the raw material is about 10 to 12 lakh because you choose the best quality.

3. Decide what type of service is given to the customer.

The main things customers visit restro-bar area are to relax and have a good time. So, you decide how to make happy your customers because the first impression is the last, make a good interior of your restaurant cum bar and the best furniture established in your restro-bar, that makes your customer happy. You can hire a good interior designer that’s very helpful to make your restro-bar very beautiful, the cost of all setup is about 15 to 17 lakh, including the fees of an interior designer.

Now, make all types of food menu and also make the menu off all types of drink the cocktail and mocktails, for your restro-bar. List those food items or drink items made by your chaff and drink maker specialist.

4.  Licenses and registration need for the restaurant bar.

Before starting your restro-bar you need a license and approval for your restro-bar business than any other restaurant formate. You need a minimum of 6 Licenses to open your restro-bar.

• Liquor License.

                         

• Restaurant cum bar established License.

• Local municipal authority License.

• Police eating at house License.

• Gst registration.

• FSSAI License.

Here is a detailed list of what type of License you need to open your restaurant cum bar.

 

                       

5. Select staff and chef for your restaurant bar.

An average of 25 to 30 staff you need to run your restaurant cum bar smoothly, this may be including, the head chef, ched de Partie, common level chef, helpers, waiters, captain, bartenders, and bouncers. The salary of your staff is decided by the work or experience.

6. Select staff uniforms.

A well maintain dressed uniform for your staff, that leaves a good impression of your restaurant cum bar in front of your customer. Because a restaurant cum bar is a big establishment, it is most important to look your staff sharp. For waiters, you go with shirt and trousers, for a kitchen staff t-shirt and chef coat, on the uniform keep the branding of your restaurant cum bar decide the level of work. The minimum value of buying this staff uniform is set at about 75000 and lasts for at least six months of the operations.

7. 

   Marketing in the best way. 

All things are done now how to be marketing your restaurant cum bar, the small but main detailed often missed, for example, you may consider your menu to be a piece of paper with your dishes and drinks listed on it, but it is so much more than that.

I advised you to hire a professional designer who give you the well-designed light board, the menu for the tables, and pamphlets for offline marketing. If you have the budget so you can go with paid ads and a campaign on social media for digital marketing.

8. List of types of equipment needed.

Here are some small but must needed equipment for your restaurant cum bar.

• Freezer, refrigerator, and Ice maker.

• Microwaves.

• Food processor, blender, and mixers.

• Food prep surface.

• Bar accessories.

• Utensils, napkins, aprons, and linen.

• Food prep equipment, such as knives, cutting boards, pots, and pains.

• Keg equipment.

• Range gas/induction.

So, this is my article for, how to open restaurant cum bar.

                                 Content writer- ARYAN KUMAR.

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