extremelygolden:
It also depends on the quality of the food you want to be selling and your targeted customers. For instance, we might be running the same business in the same location, while you opt to selling a plate of rice, let's say for N250.00, I might decide to sell mine for N1000.00. Sometimes your own food might even be sweeter, but my packaging and/or branding might make a certain class prefer my resturant, even when your service seem far cheaper.

Everything depends on how you want it, bros. And you must heed the advise given to you earlier about registering your business cos you never can tell when you'll really need it (i.e. if you think otherwise now).

I wish you God's favour.

mashnino:


Thanks for the advice.... I appreciate

mashnino:


Thanks man... it will be a classy restaurant... not as expensive as the most expensvie

and not as cheap as the most cheap...

I want the pricing to be optimal.. so that all class of the society can come in

although... will it be bad if i had a VIP section in the restaurant..?

dont want to be the segregate type... but i feel some people fall for VIP things...

Once more..Thanks for your advice

naijainfogalery:
this isnt the best place to ask the question or lemme say before someone can give you a reasonable answer you need to provide some details . For example the amount you will use to build a restaurant in Egbeda might not even rent a building in Victoria island. So provide the following \
- Location
- Are you looking at a fast food or restaurant
- Are you renting or buying or building
- When u mean restaurant, you need to give a proper description cos when you say restaurant it means diferent thing to different people for me the idea of a proper restaurant is yellow chillis, rodizio, jevenik, ocean basket etc
- What kind of food are you looking at continental dishes, local, foreign etc cos that will determine a lot of things like the interior, location, furniture, etc

if you can supply this answers then may be we can help you

MaleoPearls:
First and foremost, the location matters. If it is in a big City, then you need big capital. But if it is in a remote place, then 50K is enough. IMHO

olexjay:
@ op, Let me give u a good tip: Try to visit some restaurant with a pen and paper then buy little food or snack, sit down and then you put down some of the things you saw there, you move future by knowing the price of those equipments and this will help you in making some estimation.

Most people here which are giving you advice don't own just a mini-mart shop not to talk of restaurant or eatry.

Going to some eatry/restaurant with help you make a good estimation on how much siting one will cost you.

And mostly the area where you will like to site the restaurant will also determine, meaning how much they will lease a land for you and how much you will spend on the building to use...

Best of wishes.

cescky:
you can start without registering but the down side may be quite heavy

if your business becomes a success, people will forget the food you sell and will be sold onto your brand ie people will be coming because of the brand name not the food, just like every one calls detergents ''omo''even when they want something else, or tooth paste ''close up'' when they want another''

also if your registerd in the event of success you can always sell your name as a franchise....if not any one can drag your name and rteputation through the mud and claim its you

booqee:
Good initiative but i have no idea. Just felt like commending you.

helphelp:
1k sha

Start by selling pure water...from there..ehen

fpeter:
what you should be looking at first is location.
1. Rental
2. Furniture and Decor
3. Cooking Utensils and Kitchen Wares
4. Deep freezer and good refrigerator
5. At least 2 Microwaves
6. A/C units
7. Cable TV
8. At least 2 staff to help you (start them up with 20-30k)

Above all make sure you are extremely hygienic and your food has quality and is affordable.

mashnino:


Thank you...been doing dat for close to 2 years now...all dat is left is to make inquiries about the items...

But i am still lost about the kitchen items though..neva bin to one before

TDonald:
2billion

extremelygolden:




If it's a storey building you can manage the segregation, but if it's just on the same floor, honestly I don't know how that will work cos I can't imagine myself walking in and probably because of my physical appearance which might be a misconception (let's say on my way from a function I checked in to have a bite) and you serve me a bit higher than I can afford, or vice versa, you know that wouldn't really go well. But if's a storey building, of course, it'll be easier to put things in their right place (if you understand what I mean).

olexjay:
make the inquiries very fast bro and about the kitchen items take away the fear in you, try to talk to any of a restaurant attendant, let him know ur aim so he can link u up with the chef working in the particular restaurant and he/she will enlighten u more.... Always take a step bro.

AAinEqGuinea:
Research will by far be your biggest asset.

I'm in the States and occasionally assists a relative who wants to start a restaurant aggregate data of socioeconomic factors which will impact their proposed business.

I've heard that, at minimum, a year of planning and research is recommended before signing any leases or beginning construction.

mashnino:


Hmmm.. i hope the manager doesnt come out to break my head oooo...

I will give it a go... Thanks man

mashnino:


The location will be Kaduna for now..but i plan to expand to other part of the north

I am looking at a classy restaurant like what they have in VI/Ikoyi not a fast food

I will have to rent a place for start before i can have enough to buy or build my own place

I mean a real restaurant that run on cashless policy and provide good service

Continental dishes but just Nigerian continental dishes though... i feel like other tribes need to taste some or most of other people's delicacies

So.....is this enough information?....

waiting in anticipation for your reply

mabeni:
it depense

femlordus:
My dear, it is better you start as a roadside food vendor first

mashnino:


Nope...i am lost. plz explain to me

talktrue1:


Lol. Thats when he expects GEJ to come and eat there, you know he budgets N2b for food

fpeter:

when people use words a lot without bothering to know their spellings.
DEPENDS

MaleoPearls:
First and foremost, the location matters. If it is in a big City, then you need big capital. But if it is in a remote place, then 50K is enough. IMHO