Restaurant consulting for busy restaurants with thin margins

We review menu, purchasing, labour and service to find where money is lost and fix it with you.

Hostelella restaurant consulting reviews the four areas where a restaurant makes or loses money: menu, purchasing, labour and service. It is designed for owners and managers who fill tables but do not see it in the bank account. A team with hospitality experience measures each area, agrees with you what to change first and puts it in place with your staff.

There is rarely a single culprit. More often it is a sum of small things: a best-selling dish with an outdated price, a supplier that raised prices without notice, a Tuesday shift staffed like a Saturday. Each one looks minor; together they eat the profit for the month.

We start with a free assessment and, if there is a fit, send you a tailored proposal. We work with margin targets and a monthly review. There is no lock-in, and one clear rule: in your restaurant, you decide. You do not need to change your POS or your suppliers to get started.

Menu

Your menu is your main pricing tool, not just a list of dishes.

  • We calculate what each dish earns and compare it with how often it sells.
  • We spot dishes that sell a lot and earn little, and profitable dishes almost nobody notices.
  • We propose changes to price, portion, position or description, dish by dish.
  • We trim items that complicate the kitchen without adding sales.

Purchasing

What you pay for product changes every month; your menu prices rarely do.

  • We compare prices and terms across suppliers for the same product.
  • We organise ordering: who orders, when and against which par levels.
  • We check that what arrives matches what was ordered and what was invoiced.
  • We track price increases so you do not find out at the end of the quarter.

Labour

The goal is not fewer people, but people on shift when they are needed.

  • We compare scheduled hours with sales for each daypart and each day.
  • We adjust shifts to real demand rather than habit.
  • We define who does what at opening, during service and at close.

Service

What happens on the floor and in the kitchen shows up in the profit and loss too.

  • Ticket times and table times during the busiest hours.
  • Order errors, comps and returned dishes: how many there are and why.
  • Suggestive selling of drinks, starters and desserts without pressuring the guest.

Questions before starting

What does a restaurant consultant do?

A restaurant consultant looks at how the restaurant works from the inside (menu, purchasing, labour and service) and recommends changes so it earns more from what it already sells. At Hostelella we go beyond recommendations: our team puts the changes in place with you and reviews them every month.

When is it worth hiring a restaurant consultant?

When sales are good but profit does not follow, when you do not know which dishes make you money, when labour cost has drifted, or when you are about to open another site and want to do it with a method. If you only need to organise paperwork and numbers, the app may be enough.

Do I have to change my POS or my suppliers?

Not to get started. We first work with the data and tools you already have. If a change is worth it later, we show you the numbers and you decide.

Will you change my menu?

We propose changes with the numbers in front of you: prices, portions, dishes to drop or to highlight. The menu is yours and so is the decision. We do not touch your cooking or your concept unless you want us to.

How much does restaurant consulting cost?

It depends on the size of the restaurant and the scope. After the free assessment you receive a specific proposal with scope and price, with no lock-in.

How long does it take to see results?

We do not promise timelines, because they depend on your starting point. What we do is set margin targets with dates and review them with you every month, so you can see early whether things are on track or need a change of direction.

Find out which part of your restaurant is not turning into profit

Request a free assessment and we will go through menu, purchasing, labour and service with you.