A McARTHUR + COMPANY Service
Hospitality+ F&B Advisory
Hospitality and F&B consultancy for owners, developers, operators and investors across the UAE and GCC. Feasibility before capital commits, operational reviews for trading businesses, growth readiness for scaling brands, and due diligence before a deal signs.
- Restaurants
- Hotels + Hotel F&B
- Meal Plans
- Cloud Kitchens
- Central Kitchens
- Food Halls
- Mixed-Use F&B
Operator-Led
Run by People Who Have Operated These Businesses
Every engagement is led by operating experience, from the kitchen floor to the P&L, and reported through one structured framework.
- Feasibility + concept validation before capital commits
- Food cost, margin + kitchen workflow reviews
- Growth, franchise + expansion readiness
- F&B due diligence for investors + lenders
- Pre-opening readiness + project leadership
300+
Projects Delivered Globally
35
Countries Active
$25B+
In Project Investments
2011
Established in Market
F&B Is Now Inseparable from Asset Value
Across the UAE and GCC, F&B has become one of the most capital-intensive and operationally demanding components of any development. Masterplans are anchored by dining destinations. Hotels compete on their restaurants. Meal plan and cloud kitchen businesses are scaling faster than their operating models. Yet most of the advice available comes from people who have never run the businesses they assess.
McARTHUR + COMPANY has spent more than a decade advising developers on masterplans, tenant mixes and commercial viability. Hospitality + F&B Advisory adds the operating layer: the same commercial discipline, now applied by people who have built, run and scaled F&B businesses themselves. One firm covering the asset strategy and the operation inside it.
Why McARTHUR + COMPANY
A Decade Advising the Built Environment.
Now the F&B Layer Too.
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Built Environment First
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Operator Judgement
The practice is led by an operator who has built, run and sold F&B businesses. Recommendations are tested against what a live kitchen, a labour roster and a supplier bill can deliver.
One Firm, No Handoff Risk
Hospitality + F&B Advisory Services
Strategy, advisory, consultancy, project leadership and retained relationships, across the whole lifecycle of a hospitality business.
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Feasibility + Concept Validation
- Developers
- Investors
- New Entrants
Operational + Financial Reviews
- Restaurants
- Hotels
- Meal Plans
- Catering
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Growth + Expansion Readiness
- Groups
- Franchises
- Multi-Site
Due Diligence + Investment Review
- Investors
- Family Offices
- Lenders
Pre-Opening + Project Leadership
- Hotels
- Developers
- Owners
Board Advisory + Fractional Leadership
- Boards
- Owners
- Operators
Sectors We Serve
Every Format. Every Stage.
Hotels + Hotel F&B
- F&B concept and outlet strategy
- Pre-opening readiness and critical path
- Operator performance assessment
- Outlet profitability reviews
Restaurants + Groups
- Feasibility and business models
- Food cost and margin reviews
- Kitchen and workflow optimisation
- Multi-site consistency programmes
Meal Plans + Cloud Kitchens
- Capacity and production planning
- Scaling and standardisation
- Technology and reporting reviews
- Growth readiness
Central Kitchens + Catering
- Centralisation decisions
- Production efficiency reviews
- Supply and inventory control
- Labour optimisation
Developers + Mixed-Use
- F&B viability within masterplans
- Concept and tenant alignment
- Owner representation through build
- Design and commercial intent alignment
Investors + Family Offices
- Acquisition due diligence
- Operator and forecast testing
- Post-investment monitoring
- Portfolio advisory
Our Approach
How We Deliver
Every engagement runs on the BETTER framework: six disciplines from behaviour through to results, with the financial case testing the conclusion rather than leading it. Reporting follows the same structure, so a client always knows what stage the thinking is at.
Understand + Evidence
Assess + Diagnose
Recommend
Deliver + Embed
The Practice Lead
Colm Carmody
Colm is a founder and culinary and hospitality leader with a career that runs from Michelin-starred kitchens and five-star hotels across Ireland and the Middle East, including Four Seasons, to building food businesses of his own.
He founded Pura, Dubai’s award-winning healthy meal-plan company, and grew it into an AED 165 million business. He has run his own kitchen consultancy, and has bought, upgraded and sold kitchens as businesses in their own right. He has run every part of the businesses this practice advises on: the kitchen, the roster and the P&L.
Built and ran kitchens, meal-plan production and hotel F&B first-hand.
Built and ran kitchens, meal-plan production and hotel F&B first-hand.
Built and ran kitchens, meal-plan production and hotel F&B first-hand.
Built and ran kitchens, meal-plan production and hotel F&B first-hand.
Common Questions
Hospitality + F&B Advisory FAQs
What F&B consulting services do you offer in Dubai?
Feasibility studies and concept validation, operational and food cost reviews, kitchen and workflow optimisation, growth and expansion readiness, franchise consulting, F&B due diligence, pre-opening support and board advisory, across the UAE and GCC.
Do you provide restaurant feasibility studies?
Can you review food cost and margins for an existing business?
Do you carry out F&B due diligence for investors?
Do you advise cloud kitchens and meal plan businesses?
Which regions do you cover?
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Get in Touch
Tell Us About Your Business
Whether you are opening, fixing, scaling, buying or selling a hospitality business, speak to our team. We respond within one business day.
Ready to Talk Hospitality + F&B?
Speak to our team about feasibility, operations, growth or due diligence for your next project or existing business.