About
Built for founders.
Focused on profit.
Restaurant Minds supports restaurant founders and operators across the UAE, KSA, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, and selected markets across the Middle East.
We help them improve profitability, structure operations, and scale with clarity.
While many restaurants grow, few are built on strong financial and operational foundations.
Restaurant Minds addresses that gap through structured advisory, performance visibility, and founder-level guidance.
What makes
us different
Unlike traditional consulting, Restaurant Minds works directly with founders through structured advisory engagements.
The objective is not to produce reports, but to:
Strengthen margins and financial performance
Improve unit economics and drive sustainable profitability.
Improve operational structure and decision-making
Build clarity, streamline operations, and make better decisions, faster.
Build systems that support sustainable growth
Create scalable processes and strong foundations for long-term success.
Structured advisory for modern restaurant businesses
Restaurant Minds supports restaurant founders seeking greater clarity across profitability,
operations, and growth.
We work directly with founders through structured advisory engagements focused on
performance and operational visibility.
Designed for
Restaurant
founders
Multi-unit
operators
Hospitality
entrepreneurs
Helping founders perform better
Improve
profitability
Gain stronger
control
Prepare for
expansion
Strengthen
decision-making
Founder & Advisor
Elie Merhy
Founder & Advisor, Restaurant Minds
Co-Founder, Food Forward Consulting
Elie works directly with restaurant founders, F&B groups, and operators across the GCC, advising on profitability, operational structure, and business performance.
His work focuses on simplifying operational complexity, improving visibility, and helping founders make stronger strategic decisions.
Restaurant Minds was built to bring more clarity, structure, and measurable performance into modern restaurant businesses.