How to start a restaurant in Dubai?
Dubai being one of the most advanced and developed places on the globe, coupled with the unquestionable ambience and experience it provides, there is no better choice of location to start a restaurant business in Dubai. Dubai has world-class standard delicacies that attract many international visitors and cuisine enthusiasts from different countries. The potential of a restaurant business in Dubai is limitless, and many business-minded people want to start a business in Dubai.
If you have the desire to establish, the drive to cook, and an elite taste for food and you want to start a restaurant in Dubai, you will have to know the procedures and costs of starting one in Dubai. Let’s take a look at the process.
1. Getting the Licences and maintaining codes
Trade Licence
The department of Tourism and Commerce is the issuing authority for Trade licences for all business setups in Dubai. By registering your restaurant business under the regulations of the Department of Economic Development (DED), you can get your restaurant licence.
For the trade license, you need to go through much more procedures, such as establishing the company name, deciding on your company’s behaviour, preparing many necessary documents, etc. The whole process can be completed with ease with the help of experts in the field who can guide you through the whole process and help you arrange the necessary documents and facilities required. Before taking the trading license, you also have to decide whether you are starting your business on the mainland or in the freezone.
Food Code
Food licence
Before applying for the food licence, you need to get the trade license; after that, the blueprint and plans of your restaurant’s ambience have to be submitted to the Food Department. The next step is to get approval of the food code from the Food Control Department and finally make sure that your blueprints meet the standards and regulations set by the Food Department of Dubai. It will be better to take advice from experienced personnel in the field of setting up businesses to make sure you don’t miss anything important or spend too much of your valuable time on simple procedures.
2. Setting up location and architecture for your restaurant business
There is no denying that Dubai is a beautiful place, and it has a lot to offer in terms of ambience and experience for both the locals and the international tourists. Even then, choosing the right place that will fit your business is important to make sure your restaurant thrives and shines among the others. For a restaurant, the ambience and comfort it provides is as important as the delicacies served there.
Other than the aesthetic aspect is the business advantages of setting up business in freezones and the Mainland. The freezones in Dubai allow you to keep hundred percent share of your business without involving someone from outside, while the mainland has its own advantages, like the facilities and infrastructure specific to mainland Dubai.
Besides that, there are the architectural regulations that the restaurant has to follow to get their food licence and start the business. These rules have to be carefully studied and kept while designing the architecture of the restaurant which can be taken care of by experienced architectures who have enough experience to give you the design you want while keeping to the regulations.
3. The cost of setting up a restaurant business in Dubai
It’s a smart idea to know how much you will have to spend on setting up and running your restaurant business in Dubai, the costs vary depending on the type of restaurant you are planning to start and the services you intend to provide. On average, we can say that the cost of running a restaurant in Dubai ranges from AED 200,000 to AED 350,000. The costs are not fixed because they vary depending on the type of hotel you want to open; some examples are
Full-service restaurant: has the full eat-in experience and provides all the services of a restaurant and maintains huge dining spaces, parking, etc.; costs between AED 300,000 – AED 500,000
Delivery restaurant- Delivery restaurant or dark restaurants have no need for dining space and needs the space for cooking up dishes and the means to deliver them. – Costs between AED 100,000 – 170,000
There are many more types, and each one necessitates unique procedures to set up. It is important to plan out what you need from your restaurant and what kind of service it will provide.
Why Alchemist Corporate Services?
With this, you will get a clear idea of how to start a restaurant in Dubai and realise the importance of each step. Getting help from professional and experienced experts will help you realise your dream of starting your restaurant business in Dubai faster and more smoothly.
Alchemist Corporate Services is an establishment driven to help new business ventures to setup business in Dubai or UAE easily and assist them with the procedure to make sure you get to setup your business with no problems both in the present and the future.
For any assistance and help you may require during the business setup process, Alchemist Corporate Services will be here to assist you. Call +971556205750 to reach out to us.
