Since they reopened in June after the second wave of Covid, the restaurant and bar in Noida had struggled to revive the business due to weekend curvacies in city restrictions and time (now they can remain open until 10pm).
After more than a month it was reopened with 50% occupancy, the restaurant and bar in Noida finally got relieved because they were now allowed to keep open on Saturday.
However, they are still allowed to keep open until 10pm and will still be closed on Sundays.
Even some of the help from weekend wednesday will increase income for 20% for our business: Restaurateurseven this partial assistance from weekend lockdown is positive news for business, said restaurant owner, which makes a lot of attraction for the authorities to let them remain open at the end week.
“We wrote to the minister’s head over and also to the governor who asked them to allow us to run restaurants and bars on weekends.
About 50% of our business comes from weekends and if we are not allowed to remain open on weekends which means nothing business for us.
Run a restaurant with weekend wednesday, restrictions on 10 nights and 50% occupancy is a big challenge for us.
The latest order that allows us to run on Saturdays definitely bring help and we hope there will be at least 20% of business improvement now .
After this relaxation in the regulations, we hope that we will soon be allowed to run the operation on Sunday as well, “said Varun Khera, Chief Noida chapter of the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAY) and owner VIBA and kaffiiaa in Noida.
Vikrant Batra, owner, Café Delhi Heights added, “There is a big difference between sales of business days and weekends because most people come out to dine on Saturday.
We suffer a big loss because of the pandemic and even when we opened, in Noida there was almost no business Even, mostly due to weekend mold and time limit.
Now, at least we hope that we will not continue to run the operation while causing losses.
“Nida Diners don’t need to go to Delhi and Gurgaon for the eweekend weekend sightseeing in Noida means many people from Noida drives into neighboring cities such as Delhi and Gurgaon for weekend events.
Restaurant owners hope now at least on Saturday, noida people can look for dining options in their own city.
“Since we know that we can now run operations on Saturday, we have promoted it on social media.
Saturday night always means a good business for most restaurants in Noida.
We plan to start our Live music session on this Saturday.
We too Accustomed to getting so many questions from guests who asked if we were open on Saturday.
For everyone, this is a great news that the restaurant will now continue to be open on Saturday.
We have started getting some reservation requests for this Saturday, “Sharad said Madan, Co-Founder, Imperfecto in Noida.
‘Time limitation (up to 10pm) is still a deterrent for business.
Now restaurants and bars are allowed to keep open on Saturday, the restaurant owner says that their next attraction for the authorities is letting them stay open on Sundays and give them some relaxation in opening hours.
“Gurgaon recently allowed all restaurants and bars to keep open until 1 in the morning, while in Delhi and Noida restaurants can still be open until 10pm.
We will urge authorities to try and ensure our timing is equivalent to neighboring cities .
We appreciate the support of the authorities so far and we urge them to also consider giving us an extension on a schedule, which can be proven to be a lifeline for today’s business, “said Gaurav Dhingra, partner, Alma Bakery & Café.
Vicky Saluja, CEO, Baby Dragon Bar & Restaurant, added, “We continued to receive calls from guests who asked about time and 10:00 were preventing.
Most of the guests preferred to come to dinner between 8:30-9 nights and due to time limitations At present, we need to take the last order around 9pm.
Because other countries provide relaxation in time, we hope that we will also be given some extension in time.
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