Hi all,
I am asking advice/ help: I am a restaurateur/ chef in search of a location to lease, or take over and existing operation and change the concept. I have opened and operated 6 restaurants (all successful) and I am looking to change the dining scene in CVO. Reading some of the reviews, I must say it seems as if there is a need for some change??
Cheers!

good luck

Gusteau wrote: Reading some of the reviews, I must say it seems as if there is a need for some change??
Cheers!

I don't know, apart from one, most of the reviews/comments are pretty positive.

Im sure a vela is for sale / lease , on the outroad at the bottom of dourado .

Yes it is. Spoke to them about it in May/June.
There are a few up for sale, I suggest you ask any of the proprieters as they may want to sell. Choose a bar/ restuarant you like and go and ask them.

Let it be O Boteco, it would be lovely to see that restaurant turned around.

Why do you want to change the dining scene in Carvoeiro? It seems to me that it offers a wide choice of restaurants and cafe's at different prices and styles of food & service.

I think there is scope for some alternatives - whilst there are definitely the speciality cuisine restaurants, and a couple of venues that stand out in terms of quality and service, for the most part - much of the rest are interchangeable, they have almost identical menus and prices and we just each have our favourites for any number of reasons - not all of them to do with the food e.g. they remember you and pop a free bottle of something on the table, they are particularly kind to the kids, the view is great etc

Maddi

blue wrote:Let it be O Boteco, it would be lovely to see that restaurant turned around.

Oh, I couldn't agree more....that place, if turned round and re-imaged could make an absolute fortune. It could also give us another upmarket restarant in the village. Competition to Elle & Ella.

Another kebab/prawn and stone steak joint would be lost in the mass of similar joints up and down the restaurant hill.

I thought Medina might do it, but still seems to be hedging its bets and not striking out and being REALLY different. To be fair, that's understandable.

I dont think Solferias will sell....but what a prospect that could be!!!

I don't think they'll sell either which is such a shame, they hardly make the best of it & it's a complete waste of the best spot in Carvoeiro. I'd love it, mind you I'd hate to think of what it would cost.

widge wrote:Why do you want to change the dining scene in Carvoeiro? It seems to me that it offers a wide choice of restaurants and cafe's at different prices and styles of food & service.

Okay, change is an operative word. How about, "have a positive impact" on? There seems to be a common vein of similar cuisine offerings. I would strive to be different and offer items not found in other locales.
My appproach and vision is, I believe, different from the others in my style and what I am looking to start and maintain. It comes down to location, location, location...
Thank you for all of the input!!
Gusteau

O Boteco, O Boteco, O Boteco!

But they won't sell.

Haven't there been a couple of places that closed recently because of music licence problems?? If you want to run a restaurant and not a music/bar then maybe they would be suitable. Just a thought

good luck Gusteau, be interested in your thought on something different to serve, sound exciting.
Gaynor

Gusteau, Your not Gordon Ramsey in disguise are you