Raz Group
RAZ GROUP
ENTREPRENEURSHIP & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
RAZ Group is a leading restaurant, nightlife and hospitality company that develops, owns and operates many of the most successful food, beverage and nightlife entertainment venues in the Tel Aviv & New York
RAZ Group is a holding, management and strategic consulting company for the food, beverage & service industries.
Established in 1997 by Ori Raz, who's been its CEO ever since.
RAZ Group brings to the table unique expertise that span from conceptualizing, building and managing restaurants from the ground up, to creating and implementing market penetration and branding strategies for global brands. It’s this singular experience that positions RAZ Group as a top choice for leading wide-scale projects in the food, beverage and service industries.
Our award-winning culinary innovation, hospitality, and personalized services are the foundation of what makes us a leader in the premium segment of the restaurant industry. Our connection to culture and the arts is also a fundamental component of our company.
RAZ Group was built on the belief that culinary excellence is an art form, and that a superb visit to a cultural venue should be matched with equally inspired cuisine. Museums, cultural centers, and art-filled landmark locations provide the ideal environments for experiencing our high level of quality and service.
RAZ Group founder, celebrated restaurateur Ori Raz, have a vision of a premium, world-class restaurant and food service company.
OR Group has presented the world with an unsurpassed level of service and unrivaled culinary talent.
The RAZ Group consists of three main divisions:
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Strategic Consulting | Concept, guest experience day-to-day operation (logistics and finance), market penetration and branding.
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Restaurant Operations & Management | Hands-on implementation and long-term management of the Strategic Division’s work.
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Holding | Ownership of a wide range of restaurants, in Tel Aviv & NYC (expansion to Berlin & London in 2018)
Strategic Consulting division
RAZ Group provides highly personalized consulting services to hospitality corporations, independent restaurant groups, restaurateurs, and entrepreneurs who are planning the development of their first or next restaurant concept - whether full service, fast casual, or hybrid.
We also excel in turnarounds of distressed individual properties, faltering divisions or entire companies. In these challenging times, our wealth of business experience and specifically tailored financial models will help you analyze your financial issues and then make sound strategic decisions and adjustments. At its simplest, our goal is to help you reduce costs and be more profitable by providing high-quality analysis and decision support.
With innovative thinking delivered by world-class talent, Restaurant Strategies provides an expedited, cost-effective, customizable, and transparent resource for each client.
As we exceed the aspirations of each client, we help each one of them achieve the unique goals of their crucial project.
Some of our Strategic Clients:
Segafredo | 2002 - 2007
Implementing a new branding strategy in 600 branches and franchises worldwide; creating a new customer experience; devising on a new design direction; preparing the ground for U.S. market penetration, including: buyout of a large coffee shop chain, opening a flagship store in NYC, crafting franchise program, negotiating deal for joint franchise in W hotels.
Illy | 2005 - 2008
Market penetration strategy for the U.S. market
Amy Business Center | 2016 - current
ABC specializes in building and operating of shopping malls. Strategy for food courts and restaurants in upcoming malls, includes marketing, branding and design apparatuses, management and day-to-day operation.
Restaurant Operations & Management
We Know How to Run a Winning Playbook
Incorporating appropriate systems throughout a restaurant or food service outlet allows for streamlined operations with measurable financial results. Successfully executed day-to-day operations require sound management. And from inside out, we understand how to achieve top results at every step of the way.
We’re operators. We’re owners. We’re objective … We’ve gotten results for our clients worldwide.
Operating a Restaurant System
We design and implement systems for day-to-day operations that cover front of house, back office, front desk, bar, service/training, line prep, and receiving programs. Where your business is weak, we work to repair, strengthen, and improve it. Each operation is measured against our Profit Architecture™ foundational standards, allowing us to engineer profitable systems that deliver on your bottom line.
Expert Restaurant Management Support
We’re restaurant operators and managers ourselves so when we work with you, the advice and strategies we offer are tried-and-tested from our own experiences. However, we know that no two restaurants or food and beverage service businesses are the same, so when we work with you we evaluate your restaurant top-to-bottom, inside-and-out to find the best strategies for the management of your restaurant.
Holding Division
RAZ Group is a leading restaurant and nightlife company that develops, owns and operates many of the most successful food, beverage and nightlife entertainment venues in the Tel Aviv & New York
Social Club | Tel Aviv
Chef-bistro
220 seats, 500 sqm, indoors & outdoors, 100 employees.
High-end Mediterranean cuisine, full-blown bar experience, lively atmosphere
Perfect combination of culinary excellence, stunning decor & music
Dinner time starts off chilled & relaxed and the vibe picks up into the night
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CoCo BamBino | Tel Aviv
Festa Italiana
100 seats, 220 sqm, indoors & outdoors, 60 employees.
High-end Italian Mediterranean cuisine in a dinner party atmosphere
Sharing style dishes & live DJ every night
A perfect combination of culinary excellence and a fun party style vibe
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Republic | Hod Hasharon
Chef-brasserie
200 seats, 500 sqm, indoors & outdoors, 100 employees.
High-end Mediterranean cuisine, full-blown bar experience, lively atmosphere
A perfect combination of culinary excellence, stunning decor & music
Dinner time starts off chilled & relaxed and the vibe picks up into the night
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Piazza | Tel Aviv
Italian chef’s kitchen
160 seats, 300 sqm, indoors & outdoors, 80 employees.
Casual atmosphere, reasonably priced, everyday noon to midnight
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Fat Cow | Tel Aviv
Butcher Burger
70 seats, 100sqm, with a balcony, 30 employees.
Slow food style butcher burger
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Jango | Rishon Le Zion
Steaks & Burger
100 seats, 300sqm, 50 employees.
Steaks & burger Dinner
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Mocca | TriBeCa, NYC
Bistro-café
120 seats, 200 sqm, 100 employees.
Lunch, Happy Hour, Dinner, After Hours
Menu & atmosphere changes along the day & night, maximizing the potential of the place.
Voted Best Cafe of 2004 By the NY Times
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223 | Tel Aviv
Upscale Cocktail Bar
40 employees.
Introduced to Tel Aviv the SpeakEasy concept
Authentic experience of a genuine cocktail bar, down to vintage shakers and waitresses outfits
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Francheska | Rishon Le Zion
Chef-driven Italian concept
160 seats, 350 sqm, 70 employees.
Traditional home cooking served in nightlife surroundings
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Gastropub | Tel Aviv
Food Bar
130 seats, 200 sqm, indoors & outdoors, 50 employees.
Urban affair soaked in alcohol, friendly & approachable
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Pappas | Tel Aviv
Chef-driven Italian concept
120 seats, 250 sqm, with a balcony, 60 employees.
Chef style Italian cuisine served in nightlife surroundings
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Triger - Meat & Wine | Tel Aviv
Premium Met & wine restaurant
75 seats, 200sqm, 35 employees.
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