Somewhere Hotels is intending to revisit the Nay restaurant concept of its Deira hotel apartment, after the refurbishment and relaunch of the Nay restaurant in its Barsha Heights hotel. The mid-market hotel company’s executive chef Samer Othman revealed in an interview with Hotelier Express that a few months after Nay’s relaunch in the Barsha Heights hotel, the plan will be to revisit the original Mediterranean concept of Nay concept in Deira, transplant the new Lebanese concept of the restaurant in the Barsha Heights hotel over to the restaurant in the Deira hotel apartment , albeit with slight adjustments.
“After the relaunch of Nay here in Barsha Heights, we aim to bring it back there but in a very different way. The cuisine there is Mediterranean so we will bring it back exactly like here, traditional, authentic Lebanese cuisine in a modern way with very affordable, adequate prices that everybody should be able to afford,” Othman said.
He explained further: “This concept, therefore, should be able to attract all levels, people with salaries of AED 2,000 (US$ 545) or people with salaries of AED 20,000 ($5,446). It can be the same menu in both places but the portioning can be different to reflect the selling price. But the quality, the taste should be the same. It will be challenging but it will work. We are planning to bring this concept back to Deira after summer, by August or September this year.”
Nay restaurant at Somewhere Hotel Barsha Heights re-opened its doors to the public on May 20, 2017 with a complete concept change and now offers “traditional, authentic Lebanese cuisine with a ‘twist’, Othman said. Along with the food, the 225 square metre space has also undergone change, with the addition of new furniture and seating arrangements for both the indoor and outdoor area of the restaurant., with shisha and alcohol-friendly services in its outdoor terrace.
More insights from from Othman’s interview, along with details about Nay’s refurbishment and relaunch, will be revealed in the July 2017 issue of Hotelier Express.
