For founders looking at a shop for rent in Dubai for a restaurant or café
Before you sign the lease on a shop in Dubai, know whether your sales can carry the rent.
The lease is the longest commitment in your business and the hardest mistake to undo. Send us the shop you have found. We build the restaurant on it, on paper, and give you a clear verdict: Go, Go with Conditions, or Don’t Go.
Fifteen minutes with the founder, no obligation. Studies at one fixed, published price from USD 999, about AED 3,670.
Every study ends in one word.
No vague reports and no flattery. When the numbers say no, we say it plainly, before the market says it for you after the lease is signed.
What the study does for you
Six questions the study answers before you sign the lease.
See yourself here? This was built for you.
Pick your situation and watch its film in under a minute.
What you receive
Not paper for a drawer. A financial model you open and test yourself.
These are pages from a real study, published in full. They are not marketing mock-ups.
- Sales forecast day by day: seats, turns, average spend.
- Capital required line by line, with break-even and payback.
- Five years of profit and loss, tested against the worst cases.
- The verdict, with next steps and the Thesis that explains the logic behind every number.
A real feasibility study: look through six pages
Tap any page to enlarge it.
The same mistake, at two prices.
Three steps, and it starts with a call.
The Verdict
For food trucks, kiosks, delivery-only cloud kitchens and small quick-service outlets.
About AED 3,670
Delivered in three working days
Order the Verdict Or talk to Ralph firstThe Proof
For full restaurants and cafés, one location. A complete financial model to put in front of a partner or a lender.
About AED 7,340
Delivered in seven working days
Order the Proof Or talk to Ralph first
“I opened my first restaurant at fifteen. Three hundred projects and six Gulf markets later, I know where the mistakes hide. I want you to see them on paper, not in your bank account.”Ralph Homer, Founder and CEO, Praxis Model
Ran restaurants and a consultancy turning over AED 150 to 180 million a yearProjects in all six Gulf markets50 years of life in the Gulf
AED 60 million raised for his own ventures in four rounds in under two years: 80% from investors and 20% from financial institutions. All of it on financial studies and business plans he prepared himself.
And if the numbers say no? Ralph sits with you and shows you what has to change: the size, the location, the rent, the concept or the budget. With us, a no is advice. It is not the end of the road.
This site does not list shops. It tests the one you found.
There are no property adverts here. There is the step that comes just before you sign: a calculation that tells you whether this shop, at this rent, works for your restaurant or café. Find the shop on a property portal or through an agent, then come to us before you sign.
How much rent can your restaurant carry?
A common rule in the restaurant trade is that rent and the charges that come with it should stay at around a tenth of sales. Turn the rule round and it tells you what the shop demands of you. If the rent is AED 30,000 a month, you need sales of about AED 300,000 a month for that rent to sit comfortably. Divide by the days in the month and by your average spend, and you have the number of guests who must walk in every day. The figures are an illustration. The method works for any shop.
Checklist before you sign a lease in Dubai
| Check | Ask |
|---|---|
| Footfall | How many people pass at your meal times, not only at the busiest hour? |
| Visibility and access | Can the frontage be seen from the road, and is there parking? |
| Neighbours | Who competes with you, and who brings you customers? |
| Condition of the unit | Is there kitchen extraction, drainage, gas and enough power, or will you pay for them? |
| Lease terms | Rent-free fit-out period, annual increases, length of lease and exit terms. |
| Charges on top of rent | Service charges, deposits, and any share of sales the landlord takes. |
| Permitted use | Confirm with the landlord and the authority concerned that a restaurant is allowed in the unit. |
If the shop passes all of these, one question remains that a viewing cannot answer: will the expected sales cover rent, wages and food and still leave a profit? That is what the study works out.
Send us the details of the shop. We build your restaurant on it in days.
Book a free consultationWhat does a location study cost?
At Praxis Model the price is fixed and published. It does not change from client to client:
| Study | Price | Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| The Verdict, for small formats | USD 999, about AED 3,670 | Three working days |
| The Proof, one location | USD 1,999, about AED 7,340 | Seven working days |
| The Proof, two locations | USD 2,999, about AED 11,010 | Seven working days |
Timing runs from your completed questionnaire. AED figures are approximate at 3.6725 to the dollar. The Verdict is a full study with real numbers; it costs less because it is built for small formats.
If you are choosing between two shops, the Proof for two locations compares them with the same numbers.
Where we work
Praxis Model prepares feasibility studies for restaurants and food businesses in all six Gulf countries: the United Arab Emirates (Dubai and Abu Dhabi), Saudi Arabia (Riyadh and Jeddah), Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman. Every study is built on the local currency, rents and costs. See how we work in Dubai.
Common questions
Do you list shops for rent in Dubai?
No. We are not a property portal or an agent. We test, with numbers, the shop you have found, before you sign its lease.
I am deciding between two shops. Can you help?
That is the best time to commission a study. We build the same model on both shops, with their rents, footfall and expected sales, and show you which one pays back its capital sooner.
The landlord wants a quick answer. Can you keep up?
The Verdict is delivered in three working days and the Proof in seven. Three days is short next to a lease that runs for years.
Do you study every kind of business?
No. We work only on restaurants, cafés, cloud kitchens, food trucks and other hospitality concepts, in the six Gulf markets.
What does a study cost and how long does it take?
The price is fixed and published. The Verdict is USD 999 and is delivered in three working days. The Proof is USD 1,999 for one location and is delivered in seven working days. Timing runs from your completed questionnaire.
Which countries do you cover?
The six Gulf markets: the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman. Every study is built on the currency, costs and habits of its own market.
Can I talk to someone before I order?
Yes. Book a free 15-minute consultation with the founder, or message us on WhatsApp. No obligation.
What if the study says Don’t Go?
That is the most valuable answer you can get. A no on paper keeps your capital whole, and it shows you which number has to change before the concept can work.
Make every mistake on paper.
Never with your money.
Talk to the founder for fifteen minutes, free, and find out where to start.