mattlegends
18-07-2011, 17:09
Hi all
new to the site and impressed :-)
i am asking for advice from consumers and / or fellow bar owners regarding a new idea my business partner has had.
Before I continue, please note I completely disagree with what is being suggested, I will explain as I go along.
Basically, our venue does not normally serve hot food (only occasionally when we host special events such as pool or darts compettions) - i have always said we should serve food,
even if it's only basic burger and chips or such like.
Now, my business partner has seen these new "steakstones" on holiday. If you haven't heard of them, they are basically a pre-heated hot stone for cooking meats etc on.
The idea is that the customer enjoys the experience of cooking their own food on the special stones, as opposed to the usual chef cooking the steak etc for them.
I think it is a silly idea, in our town you can go to any pub and get steak and chips, cooked for you, for about £10 (£12 with a pint). My business partner's plan is to charge £9 for
steak and chips (with veg) but cooked on the steakstones. I argue that a majority of consumers would rather pay the extra couple of quid most of the time and get it cooked for them.
On holiday I can see the theory behind these stones, it's a bit of a gimmic, but I can't see people coming back regularly, and I am a firm believer that bars & pubs rely on
regular trade, not "once in a blue moon" trade. A big restaurant in the city would be succesful with this idea, but we are a sports bar, with 12 pool tables and 3 dart boards, we are not
a restaurant. I argue that, as we are going to have to cook chips and veg etc anyway, why not simply start with the basic food and then if and when it becomes successful, expand
and do the steak stones as a gimmic and an add-on to the run of the mill food.
It would be great if anyone can offer their thoguhts / advice on this, every piece of feedback would be great.
new to the site and impressed :-)
i am asking for advice from consumers and / or fellow bar owners regarding a new idea my business partner has had.
Before I continue, please note I completely disagree with what is being suggested, I will explain as I go along.
Basically, our venue does not normally serve hot food (only occasionally when we host special events such as pool or darts compettions) - i have always said we should serve food,
even if it's only basic burger and chips or such like.
Now, my business partner has seen these new "steakstones" on holiday. If you haven't heard of them, they are basically a pre-heated hot stone for cooking meats etc on.
The idea is that the customer enjoys the experience of cooking their own food on the special stones, as opposed to the usual chef cooking the steak etc for them.
I think it is a silly idea, in our town you can go to any pub and get steak and chips, cooked for you, for about £10 (£12 with a pint). My business partner's plan is to charge £9 for
steak and chips (with veg) but cooked on the steakstones. I argue that a majority of consumers would rather pay the extra couple of quid most of the time and get it cooked for them.
On holiday I can see the theory behind these stones, it's a bit of a gimmic, but I can't see people coming back regularly, and I am a firm believer that bars & pubs rely on
regular trade, not "once in a blue moon" trade. A big restaurant in the city would be succesful with this idea, but we are a sports bar, with 12 pool tables and 3 dart boards, we are not
a restaurant. I argue that, as we are going to have to cook chips and veg etc anyway, why not simply start with the basic food and then if and when it becomes successful, expand
and do the steak stones as a gimmic and an add-on to the run of the mill food.
It would be great if anyone can offer their thoguhts / advice on this, every piece of feedback would be great.