Check Your Restaurant Lease — UAE
Upload your restaurant lease. AI checks kitchen extraction rights, grease trap costs, food licence terms, and F&B-specific risks in 30 seconds.
What TenderScan checks in your restaurant lease:
What We Find
Critical F&B-specific risks our AI flags in restaurant leases
Grease Trap & Exhaust Costs
Lease silent on who pays for grease trap installation, kitchen exhaust systems, and fire suppression. These cost AED 50,000-200,000 and are often left entirely to the tenant.
No Kitchen Extraction Rights
Missing or restricted exhaust ducting permissions. Without confirmed extraction routes, you may be unable to operate a full kitchen — discovered only after signing and fit-out.
Municipality Licence Dependency
Lease contingent on obtaining a food trade licence, but no landlord assistance clause. If the municipality rejects your application, you are stuck paying rent on unusable space.
Odour & Noise Restrictions
Strict clauses on cooking odours and noise levels that may make certain cuisines impossible to serve. Grilling, frying, and late-night operations may violate building rules.
Delivery & Loading Access
No guaranteed delivery access or loading bay allocation. Without contractual delivery hours and bay access, your supply chain depends on landlord goodwill.
Percentage Rent on F&B Revenue
Turnover rent on gross F&B revenue including delivery app sales (Talabat, Deliveroo). With thin restaurant margins of 10-15%, percentage rent can eliminate your entire profit.
Real Finding
We found “no external kitchen exhaust ducting permitted — all cooking fumes must be treated internally” in 23% of restaurant leases analysed. This effectively prevents any serious cooking operation and limits you to cold food only.