Dubai-UAE: Global interior design boutique firm, Design by Mahsa, has successfully delivered an Australian native restaurant, Oporto, in Dubai Festival City. The restaurant is a franchise of well-run urban Australian restaurant Oporto, an authentic Portuguese restaurant concept which was born on Bondi Beach in 1986.
Design by Mahsa was awarded the contract based on its wealth of experience, creativity, attention to detail and track record of delivering functional quality projects within schedule; a feat the design firm has once again replicated with Oporto’s first Middle Eastern branch which is now open for business to the general public.
The scope of design for the project included the design guideline development for all branches based on extensive market studies conducted in the GCC, as well as playing the role for Interior Design Construction Supervision. A key directive was a new and fresh interior design concept, taking into consideration local market taste in the region. The design guidelines known and used in Australia was vastly different from that which was adopted for its GCC vision. From wall finishing, to layout, seating, art and ambience, the design guidelines reflect a one hundred percent representation of the local market requirements.
Design by Mahsa’s creative joint venture for the project saw a partnership with Mahsa Baraghani who also oversaw the concept creation and execution for artwork and decoration. The wall mural, visible within the rather modern and elegant interior of the restaurant tells a story about Oporto: who they are, where they come from, and everything that revolves around its popular tagline “Food for Sol.”
Oporto is widely recognised for serving sumptuous flame grilled chicken, fiery but tasty burgers and its legendary intense flavoured sauce; with all recipes first created in Bondi Beach, Australia, is now spread across all cities within the country and for the first time in the international market.
Speaking about the successful project handover, Design by Mahsa’s Founder and Design Director Mahsa Gholizadeh said: “After we submitted the initial design concept to the Oporto team in Australia for the first time, it was approved for rollout in all the upcoming GCC branches of the franchise. We then developed a full scale detailed interior design, FF &E specifications as well as the Bill of Quantities for the project. These were received by contractors, KOJ Interiors who took charge of the construction of the project. We also partnered with Furniture Supplier – Interior 360, Fabric Supplier – Squisito and our favourite paint supplier – Colortek. Dubai is a cosmopolitan city bustling with different cultures, and so I am particularly excited that for this project we successfully infused a Portuguese menu by an Australian franchise in a Middle Eastern setting through creativity and great partnerships within the local market. We were also keen in paying attention to aesthetics, the use of innovation, sustainability and functionality in making sure that no detail was left out in bringing the upscale space to life.”
Oporto restaurant’s first Middle Eastern branch is now open at Dubai Festival City, serving unpretentious ‘food to the sol” in its pleasantly cool new environment.
To enquire about how Design by Mahsa can bring your ideas into life and change the face of your space in a functional and aesthetically pleasing way, please contact them now: contact@designbymahsa.com.
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