Restaurant & Hospitality Consultants · Mumbai, India

We cook up restaurants people queue for.

From first sketch to full house. We set up and turn around restaurants, cafés and QSRs across India and abroad: concept, menu, kitchen, team and launch, all from one crew of working chefs.

Let's cook → See our packages

Restaurant setup ✦Fewer dishes, more love ✦Café setup ✦Ketchup is not a sauce strategy ✦QSR setup ✦Zero bland ✦Restaurant turnaround ✦Recipe R&D ✦Chef approved ✦Food trials ✦Staff training ✦Restaurant setup ✦Fewer dishes, more love ✦Café setup ✦Ketchup is not a sauce strategy ✦QSR setup ✦Zero bland ✦Restaurant turnaround ✦Recipe R&D ✦Chef approved ✦Food trials ✦Staff training ✦

25+

years of hospitality behind every plan

130+

restaurants, cafés and QSRs delivered

cities across India, the UAE and Tanzania

Where we've cooked

Mumbai · Pune · Ahmedabad · Rajkot · Bhubaneswar · Panchgani · Mahabaleshwar · Nashik · Raipur · Goa · Dar es Salaam · Dubai

A 12-second story

How a restaurant is born.

Drop in an idea, a menu, a kitchen and a team. Stir with 25 years of experience. Serve to a queue.

Meet the U-bowl, the hardest-working letter in our logo.

Meet the founder

Chef Birendra Singh

Chef Birendra Singh has spent more than 25 years in hospitality kitchens. He founded Gourmet Guys to give restaurant owners a working chef in their corner, from the first business plan to opening night.

He still builds menus, refines concepts and sources suppliers himself, and has led 130+ projects across India, Dubai and Dar es Salaam.

“You imagine it. We cook it.”Chef Birendra Singh · Founder & Head Consultant

Read his story →

Pick your plate.

Start with a complete, ready-to-open setup, or pick just the dish you need.

Turnkey restaurant consulting

Restaurant Setup

Feasibility, concept, kitchen, menu, team and pre-opening support, delivered ready to open.

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Café Setup

Coffee, bakes and a space people want to post, end to end.

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QSR Setup

SOP-driven QSR and fast casual outlets, built on strong unit economics from day one.

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Consulting & support

All services →

04Restaurant TurnaroundRestaurant on life support? We do CPR: Culinary Profit Recovery.05Recipe R&D & Food TrialsNew dishes, tested on real humans before they hit your menu.06Staff TrainingSOPs so solid your team nails service even when you're on holiday.07Technology SupportPOS, billing and online orders set up. Goodbye, "system is down, sir".08Vendor SupportTrusted suppliers for everything from crockery to coriander.09Cloud Kitchen ConsultingDelivery-first brands built to win the app scroll.10Lounge Bar ConsultingBars that stay buzzing long after the last song.11Hotel ConsultingHotel F&B guests actually talk about at checkout.12Central Kitchen ConsultingOne kitchen, many outlets, zero chaos.13Menu EngineeringA 120-item menu is not a personality.14Food CostingYour margins called. They're crying. We'll fix it.15Food FestivalsFestival menus that make a Tuesday feel like Saturday.16Corporate CafeteriasOffice food nobody complains about in the group chat.

Ways to work with us

Pick a package.

Three clear ways to bring Gourmet Guys in. Every package starts with a free first call and a written proposal with scope, timeline and fee.

For new openings

Turnkey Setup

“The full thali”

Restaurant, café or QSR, from idea to opening night.

Typical timeline3–6 months to opening

Feasibility study and business plan
Concept, menu and recipe R&D
Kitchen design and equipment list
Food trials and tastings
Vendor and technology setup
Hiring support, training and SOPs
Pre-opening and launch support

Plan my opening →

For open restaurants

Turnaround

“The glow-up”

Losing money or footfall? We find the leaks and fix them.

Typical timeline8–12 weeks

Full audit of menu, food cost, kitchen and service
Menu re-engineering and repricing
New dishes from recipe R&D and food trials
Cost control and vendor review
Staff retraining and SOPs
Relaunch plan and progress reviews

Fix my restaurant →

Monthly retainer

Advisory

“Chef on speed dial”

A chef in your corner, month after month.

Typical timelineMonthly, minimum 3 months

Regular visits or video reviews
Seasonal menu updates
Monthly food cost review
New dish R&D
Vendor and technology support
Training refreshers for your team

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World on a plate · Concept Lab

You imagine it. We cook it.

Any cuisine · Any concept · Any place

Fusion, modern, progressive, one regional cuisine or a one-dish brand: our chefs research it, map the flavours, trial it in the kitchen and turn it into a menu your team can cook every single day.

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Fusion cuisine

Two food cultures, one plate that actually makes sense.

Indian × JapaneseMexican × Mumbai street

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Modern cuisine

Classic and regional recipes, rebuilt with modern technique and plating.

Modern IndianNew-age European

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Progressive cuisine

Tasting menus, technique and a little theatre for fine dining.

Tasting menusChef’s table

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Specialised cuisines

Deep-dive menus most kitchens are scared of, done properly.

MalaSichuanBurmesePeruvian

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Heritage revival

Lost regional recipes and grandma’s secrets, brought back to the menu.

Heirloom grainsRegional recipesNani’s kitchen

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Single-dish concepts

One hero dish, made better than anyone else in the city.

BiryaniRamenSmash burgers

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Future food

Menus for what diners want next, without losing the flavour.

Plant-basedFermentationHigh-protein

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Your wild idea

Haven’t seen it anywhere yet? Perfect. That’s our favourite brief.

Try the mixer ↓

Our R&D protocol

01Brief & researchMarket, trends, competition, price point
02Flavour mappingBase, heat, acid, texture, signature
03Kitchen trialsIterate until every dish is right
04Tasting panelReal diners score every plate
05Standardise & costRecipe cards, portions, food cost %
06Train & launchTeam trained, menu live, results tracked

Concept Mixer

Think of anything. We'll make it happen.

Pick a cuisine, a format and a twist, or hit shuffle and let fate decide.

From our pass

Plated by our chefs.

Fourteen dishes from our kitchens and menu trials, swapping in and out. Hover a plate to pause it.

Kitchens we've helped fire up

130+ brands. One crew.

From Mumbai to Dubai and Dar es Salaam. Meet the team →

Free tools

Free stuff, because we like you.

Three quick tools for restaurant founders. No sign-up needed for two of them.

20-second quizRestaurant red flagsHow spicy is your situation?Take the quiz → Free PDFStartup checklistEvery step to opening night, in order.Get it → CalculatorFood cost calculatorWhat does your dish really earn?Try it →

HORECA partner

Crockery, cutlery, glassware and kitchenware for restaurants, cafés and hotels. Store in Bhandup West, Mumbai.

Ask about RIKAVI →

Got a restaurant dream? Let's plate it.

Big idea, tiny budget, or somewhere in between: tell us. We reply faster than a hungry delivery rider.

Send a 60-second brief Slide into our WhatsApp Book a chai-and-chat call

Not ready to talk yet? Get our free Restaurant Startup Checklist →

Studio

232, Bharat Industrial Premises, Near Chheda Heights, LBS Road, Bhandup West, Mumbai 400078

Hours

Mon–Sun · 9:00 AM – 9:30 PM

gourmetguysmumbai@gmail.com