Recipe Sheet

Tips to start a successful café/restaurant.

Find a good location

Location is the key factor for a successful restaurant or café. In addition to concept of your outlet and menu, location plays a vital role in your success. Easily accessible & visibly good location attracts more crowd.

Create a Meaningful concept

With the right ambience and comfortable atmosphere your customer feels attached to your restaurant/café. A delicious menu complimented by a vibrant ambience makes your outlet an instant HIT.

TIP-Don't spend too much on flashy interior works. Create a meaningful ambience theme and spend the money in marketing activities for your outlet.

Equipment's & Machinery

Kitchen is where the magic happens and kitchen gives life to your food business dream. Hence it is important to design a convenient kitchen. Buy multipurpose kitchen equipment's and spend wise. As you grow invest in your kitchen and upgrade it periodically.

Menu Planning

Start with a compact menu.

Having a huge menu will increase the stock purchase cost each month. Its better to have a crisp menu and based on the customer feedback you can innovate the menu, analyze the best sellers and slow performers in the menu and plan your menu expansion accordingly.

Create a recipe sheet and procedure list which should be followed by all kitchen staffs regularly . This will help to improve and maintain the food quality, reduces stock wastage, maintains a healthy profit margin.

Staffing

Hire qualified and proper staffs to maintain the quality level of your café/restaurant. At least 1/3rd of the staffs who handle the customer service should posses good sales skill.

Kitchen staffs should always follow the recipes and other Standard Operating Procedures(SOP) to ensure a smooth and quality output.

Reward your staff when their performance meets your target.