Start & Grow
Turn an idea into a venue ready to perform.
- Concept and positioning
- Pre-opening plans
- SOPs and team structure
- Launch support
Hospitality consultancy · Middle East & worldwide
The work guests never see.The results they always feel.
We help restaurants, bars and hospitality ventures launch with confidence, improve performance and create private experiences worth remembering.
Explore our servicesStrategy grounded in real operations
What we do
From opening day to the next chapter.
Practical support for hospitality businesses that need structure, direction and momentum—not another presentation that gathers dust.
Restart & Optimize
Find what is holding the business back, then fix it.
- Operational audits
- Cost and workflow review
- Service standards
- Performance action plans
Private Events
5-star luxury hospitality, wherever you choose to host.
- Homes and villas
- Yachts and private venues
- Guest journey design
- Service coordination
Behind the scenes
Great hospitality is never accidental.
When the concept is unclear, systems are improvised or the team is not aligned, guests feel it. We work backstage—where decisions, standards and routines turn ambition into a consistent experience.
- 01A promising concept without a clear operating model
- 02Costs rising while consistency falls
- 03A team working hard, but not in the same direction
The Backstage Method
Clarity first. Action next.
Listen
Understand the ambition, context and real constraints.
Diagnose
Look closely at the guest journey, numbers and operations.
Design
Build a focused plan, standards and tools for the team.
Deliver
Turn the plan into daily practice, together.
Experience in action
Early projects.Real work.Honest progress.
Detailed case studies are being documented as the portfolio grows.
Italy · Operational support
A focused two-month engagement supporting a hospitality client with practical operational direction and an on-the-ground perspective.
UAE · Private experiences
A growing portfolio of tailored private events, bringing professional hospitality standards into homes, villas and selected venues.
Founder-led
Hospitality experience, translated into useful action.
Danilo La Monica founded Backstage F&B to give hospitality businesses the structured, hands-on support that ambitious ideas need. His approach combines strategic thinking with the realities of service, teams and day-to-day operations.
Danilo La Monica · Founder & CEOBased in the UAE · working across the Middle East and internationally
Middle East first. International by design.
Local understanding. A global point of view.
We are rooted in the UAE and built to support founders, operators and private clients wherever the right project takes us.
Your next move
Let’s bring clarity to what happens backstage.
Tell us where you are today, where you want to go, and what is getting in the way.