11 OUTLETS IN FOUR YEARS Clarity of concept drives Karigari's success

Running a successful restaurant is not an easy task. What makes a good restaurant?

- By Jyotsna Sharma

Is it the food, the service, the ambience or the experience? It is a combination of all these factors, along with a few others, that delights customers and keeps them coming back. At BW Businessworld, we like to hear from food entrepreneurs about what makes their offering unique. We got in touch with Yogesh Sharma, Managing Director, and Chef Harpal Singh Sokhi, chefpreneur and mentor at Karigari, to understand how they are making Karigari a success

Karigari has opened 11 outlets in four years. All of these have achieved break-even, and according to Sharma, this is strong validation of their operating model and unit economics. They plan to open 25 outlets over the next three years across Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad and key Tier-2 cities.

The formula for success