Reopening the business after this year’s locker may be a challenge for restaurant owners and bars in several cities due to restrictions on operating hours, but restaurant owners in Gurgaon said they managed to get stable footsteps in the past two months because they were given an extension of operational hours gradually.
On the latest order by the Haryana government that comes on Sunday, there is no time limit at the hours of opening restaurants and bars now.
They can now open until 1 in the morning.
Until last week they were allowed to stay open until 11pm.
However, they can only operate with 50% of their actual seating capacity.
Extension in operating hours means more business for restaurants and bars with this extension in operating hours, restaurant owners hope there will be a significant increase in income.
“This is a welcome step because Covid active cases are very low and reasonable to unlock now and we hope that Noida and Delhi also follow the example of Gurgaon soon.
This will result in a sales increase of 15-20%,” Amit Bagga said, CO -Founder, DaryGanj in Ambience Mall, Gurgaon.
Vishal Anand, Founder, Moonshine Food Ventures (who has a saga in Sohna Road, Café Staywoke at the Golf Course Road and PA PA yes in the Sector 65 in Gurgaon), said that this time extension means an additional 20-30% for them.
“We will be able to change the table twice for guests now in additional hours,” he said.
Zorawar calra, founder, a large restaurant that has a brand like Farzi Café and made in Punjab in the cyber hub, added, “This is a very welcome step and proactively by the authorities and will act like a shot in the surrounding industry.
This will also help Ensuring social distance is maintained even better because reservations can be placed.
Finally, with this step the feasibility of opening a restaurant in Gurgaon is no longer a question mark.
Also, all stakeholders including the government, employees, customers and industry will benefit.
“More restaurant bars for Opened in Gurgaon in the coming days permitted for up to 11 nights.
Now when the outlet can run operations at the usual time until 1 morning, it makes sense to reopen, say the restaurant owner.
“The corporate crowd is used to form the main part of our footsteps in Gurgaon, but in the work of the house scenario, the guest category is lost during the afternoon, so I decided not to reopen my restaurant.
Now there is no limit on the timing, I will reopen again My gurgaon outlet in the next 10 days.
I hope it will bring 70% of the business of what we usually get before with some people from Delhi also drive to Gurgaon for dinner and late at night, “said Dinesh Arora, a page owner who didn’t Revoked at Udyog Vihar.
Following all the strict safety steps will remain our priority: restaurant owner because they will open for several additional hours at night, restaurant owners urge customers not to let go of safety steps because they plan to come to eat in advance bookings and reservations will Help them operate smoothly with 50% seating capacity.
“The main thing for restaurants and customers to be followed is serving and acting responsibly.
Covid norms and seating limits of seating must be strictly followed.
Previous reservations will help in avoiding density because the restaurant cannot control the road.
Longer portion time will be It is very important in exploring this order.
Customers must also be responsible and follow the waiting time in restaurants with patience and avoid violating social blasphemy norms when they wait, “Zorawar said.
Vishal added that while they would continue to follow all the norms of safety, they urged visitors to follow the safety regulations and support the hospitality industry.
“In India, most guests do not like to order tables in advance, but have changed during a pandemic.
We have seen people make a reservation before, we also limit the walk-in.
Reservations help us in allocating and planning a table better with distance norms Social.
We urge guests to celebrate responsibly.
While we follow the rules, guests must follow the norms of safety and support the hospitality industry, “he said.