We offer a comprehensive bar consultancy service for new or existing venues
Award-winning consultants
Led by our award-winning team of bar consultants and hospitality professionals, we provide expert bar and beverage consulting services across Portugal. We work closely with bars, restaurants, hotels and hospitality venues to develop profitable drinks menus, optimise bar operations, implement effective staff training programmes and refine supplier strategies. With extensive experience in the Portuguese hospitality industry, we combine creativity, commercial insight and hands-on expertise to help you build a distinctive, high-performing bar concept that stands out in today’s competitive market.
Our Services
We offer professional bar and beverage consulting services for venues, hospitality businesses and event professionals looking to elevate their drinks offering. From bar concept development and menu creation to staff training, supplier sourcing and operational setup, we provide expert guidance tailored to your business goals. Whether you are launching a new bar, refreshing an existing drinks menu or improving service standards, our hospitality consulting services help you build a profitable, efficient and memorable bar experience.
Concept Creation
In an ever-changing industry, it is increasingly important to provide a unique offering. Developing a stand-alone identity is as important in distinguishing one venue from another within your hotel or resort complex as it is to elevating your destination bar or restaurant above the local competition. Our creative team offers support in both concept creation, developing a bespoke concept from scratch, and concept definition, defining a coherent beverage offering rooted in your existing venue concept.
Menu Development
Your beverage menus should be a reflection of the bar itself. Celebrating the concept, driving sales, and maintaining your guest’s curiosity. We will create a bespoke cocktail selection based on the outlet concepts, with an equal product mix of classic, contemporary, and innovative cocktails. As part of our menu development, we negotiate pricing with route to market, cost drinks to correct GP %, create cocktail specs, and training on drinks making. We assess the venue location and demographics to ensure the correct product mix is delivered and maximum profitability is achieved.
Staff Training
Consistency and standard of service is integral to a successful business. You are only as good as your weakest link. We can help you in the recruitment and development of the best bartenders, bar managers and all levels bar staff and in their development.
We train both management and staff, providing comprehensive theoretical and practical training in bar service. This includes training on service standards, product knowledge, minimising wastage, dealing with customers, and upselling.
Optimising account
It is important to build good relationships with suppliers and it works both ways. The aim is to have an organised, well run business with clear accounts. This requires efficient accounting processes from both supplier & customer. Clear processes for delivery, invoicing, and payments, will build trust and help define optimization capabilities. Where there is track record and trust, discounts and special promotions will be commonplace.
bar design
Designers do a great job of producing workable schematics focusing on how wonderful and inspiring decor and design features will be present in your bar. Our operational experts will review and validate their technical drawings in terms of layout, workability, ergonomics, and equipment specification to ensure that the efficiency of the service will be maximised. Also, we will look at number of covers, estimated footfall and guest flow, along with the staffing requirement, style of beverages served, and their specific operational requirements to ensure timely service.
mystery guest
The ideal package for the business wanting to know how it’s doing from the customer’s point of view. For this package we would visit your venue on an agreed date and evaluate the staff and service from start to finish. This can also include any additional areas you would like checked such as food standards or the booking process. Once we have visited the venue, we will send you a full report of the findings and our suggestions as to how to improve the service.
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