Thread: best place to open a restaurant in bali?

Ali, one out of 50 I might accurately access can truly make a decent living owning a restaurant. Problem is.......TOO MANY AMAZING restaurants, warangs therefore, I believe the issue is number of tourists as compared to the number of restaurants to choice from in any given area. Live in Bali on and off for three years check it out yourself not merely one month one year. Save yourself alot of heartache. Then after you have observed first hand yourself, done a length analysis, lived in Bali for over three years, on and off then go for it.

Sorry people wrote to fast. choose not choice

SPICYAYAM, HAFRI AND JUDI,

Thank you all. I feel a lot better reading your comments already. Now this is more realistic. To tell you the truth, I have a BA in Hotel and Hospitality management from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. I have experience establishing restaurants here and there for my clients. I have lived in the region before, not Bali but KL and I'm sure the differences are vast in culture, business and so on. I've decided to look for a nice place, a holiday destination that enjoys a much more relaxed lifestyle than back home. My friends kept telling me about Bali and I really want to try it out over there. But I will take your word for it and travel first and see whats happening over there.

I am thinking opening an Iranian restaurant in Kuta. From my surveys on the internet and over here I've realized that most of the tourists that travel to Bali come from Australia and the Pacific region. So I'm modifying and playing with my menu to both be faithful to Iranian cuisine and at the same time please the bulk of tourists coming from those regions. If all goes well, I will visit Bali in a few months to come and take it from there.

Hafri Thanks, I will send you a private message and ask as many questions as I can before I wear you out with my curiosity.

Thank you all,

Ali

Hello Ali, there is a Persian restaurant "Passargad" in Jl. Dhyna Pura. opened a few month ago.
It seems not very busy even the food is nice and good. But if you come to Bali you should have a look at it (if its still there).

Werner

WEPRO hi,

I know this is asking too much, but can I ask you to give me "Passargad's" contact details? Even in KL where the number of Iranians is very high Persian Restaurants have a difficulty attracting customers.

Most common problems restaurant owners wether Persian, Aussie, Italian...face might be the following:

a)No university degree in a related field

b)No prior experience to opening up their own shop

c)Lack of professional management

d) No market research and market study

e)Bad choice of location (location concerning the restaurant concept, size, etc. has to be different)

f)Miscalculation of start-up costs, sales forecasting, Pricing

g)Lack of menu engineering

and so on

I think I know the reasons why "Passargad" isn't attracting business even though as you said the food is nice. Contacting them might give me a broader insight to the situation I will be

facing when I open shop in Bali.

Thanks again for everything,

Ali

Tried googling it? There are some links, including this one Bali Indonesian Restaurants and Food Guide - Dining, Eating out, Cafes, Bars, Cuisine, Locations, Reviews

Thank you Pa_Yan,

I got the details through the link you showed me.

Best of luck,

Ali