The easiest route for wannabe restaurateurs is to hire a food consultant who will hold your hand and offer assistance right from propping up the kitchen to standardising menus to designing mood interiors.
But just in case, you want to go about doing your own thing, here are some handy tips from Delhi-based food consultants Manu and Sonia Mohindra on how to set up a restaurant in 100 days.
The Mohindras run Under One Roof Hotel Consultants, a company which has set up over 100 restaurants and industrial kitchens in the past six years.