I think we would all agree when I say that time is money, and money is time in a restaurant opening project. Without a dependable opening date, your entire project can become a total failure ? all that hard work for nothing. This is why it is important to consider potential opening dates and list down all the work that has to be done during the restaurant design process. If you fall behind the timeline even by a day, it will have a negative impact on your potential patrons and cost you extra bucks that can bust your budget.
To convey the importance of meeting your restaurant?s opening date, let me share a few experiences of my own. It was midnight when I got a call from a client. He asked us about replacing the counter bar cladding with a new one because they couldn?t find the one they wanted. Nothing in the market came in the color scheme used in the restaurant, so it was starting to seem like a total logistics disaster.
The restaurant in question was an Eco-friendly establishment in Southington, USA. We?d been working with the client from the moment he?d rented the place, till it was completed 16 months later. The restaurant design process for this project included the interior design, tendering and execution. However, the problem arose because the client failed to discuss their budget constraints with the fit-out company he had hired. As a result, most of the design had to be changed drastically, which led to a 2-month delay of t...