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HEY MEMBERS ,
DON'T YOU WANT A NEW CONCEPT RESTAURANT IN YOUR CITY?

TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT TO EAT?

WHAT ABOUT STIR-FRY LOW CARBOHYDRATE FOOD IN DUBAI?

I AM PLANNING FOR IT .

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

OR ANY OTHER EXCITING IDEA? APART FROM BIRYANI.

THANKS

errr..... there are new restaurants opening in dubai every month. At its peak between 2006-2008 there was a new restaurant opening every day !

Face stiff competition, high rents, low skilled workers problems in terms of hiring recruiting etc. Your food sounds like the stuff I did eat for lunch not more than 12-20 dirhams or roughly two shawarmas and a bebsi or a sheesh tawook and fries with a bebsi.

Best of luck don't let me demoralise you, coz there are thousands of profitable restaurants out there in dxb.....the opposite holds true also

I appreciate your fair comments and I understand these facts. That's why asking you people what do you think Dubai needs to eat to feel fresh and Yummy!

You are welcome to suggest anything you want.

Thanks.

no worries.

You can PM me for more info about the business scene in dubai. At the moment, I feel from malaysia authentic satays can be localized to the arab palate and is cheap enough to procure.

In terms of health consciousness lol borderline risky with stir fry. Vegetables cost a bomb too, hence in most lebanese/arab restaurants like automatic they charge if you touch the salad plate which in essence is complimentary in s.e.a.

CHEF wrote:I appreciate your fair comments and I understand these facts. That's why asking you people what do you think Dubai needs to eat to feel fresh and Yummy!

You are welcome to suggest anything you want.

Thanks.

Your first problem is location.

You need to be in a high visibility, hight traffic area. The ground rents on these are exceptionally high. Even space in a mall food court will put the pressure on a new business immediately. They are also very choosy as to the type of food on offer as it must appeal to their target audience.

If you go to a lower rent location, the next problem becomes one of recognition and reputation. I have a street near me that is filled with small and medium sized restaurants offering everything from Chinese to Lebanese, Iranian, Iraqi, Indian, Pakistani...pizza, vegetarian, ice cream parlours, KFC...you name it. The road is crowded almost all the time with people who go there and then just browse until they choose whatever their taste buds tell them at the time.

None of it is healthy. People want quick, convenient and cheap.

I prefer to cook at home and yes, a low carb vegetable stir fry is much healthier than junk food, but it also only takes 5 minutes to knock up and the ingredients are very cheap here.

You need to offer something really different and unusual to make a big splash here. The major celebrity chefs of the world have restaurants here and even they struggle to sell a bowl of soup. (Maybe because they try to charge $50 for the privilege, when the same can be bought just down the street for $5!)

Keep thinking!



Knight