Openings and concept
Turn an idea or an empty lease into a restaurant built to run right from day one.
- Concept development and feasibility
- Menu design and costing specs
- Pre-opening systems and hiring
From Milan to the Treasure Coast
Great food fills a table once. Hospitality fills it for a lifetime.
Costiera Hospitality helps restaurant owners open, fix, and scale, with a hospitality-first system refined over 30 years, from a globally recognized Milanese fine-dining institution to South Florida.
Start where you are
What brings you here today?
One method, shaped to your moment. Tell Costiera where your restaurant stands and see the path that fits.
The improve path
Stop the bleeding, then build the floor back solid
When a restaurant is struggling, the money is almost never where the owner thinks. Costiera runs an honest audit, finds the leaks in food cost, waste, labor, and the guest experience, and installs the systems that stop them. Fast, hands-on, and tied to the numbers.
- An operational audit that finds the real leaks, not the obvious ones
- Food cost, waste, and supplier fixes that recover margin quickly
- The service and hospitality repairs that bring guests back
- Managers coached to hold the standard without you in the room
The expand path
Turn a good restaurant into a repeatable one
Growth breaks the things that made you special, unless the systems are ready for it. Costiera locks your standards into specs, training, and leadership so quality survives a second location, a bigger team, and a busier you. Scale the soul, not just the seats.
- Your standards captured in specs and playbooks that travel
- Onboarding, certification, and leadership that hold across locations
- Menu and margin engineered to stay strong as volume grows
- Systems and AI that buy back the owner's time to lead
Why Costiera
Most restaurants do not fail on flavor. They fail on the things guests feel but cannot name.
The empty second visit. The manager who cannot run the room alone. The dish that tastes different on a Tuesday. Costiera finds what is quietly costing you money and loyalty, then installs the systems that fix it for good.
i.
Feel at home
The heart of hospitality is a guest who feels cared for the moment they walk in. Costiera makes that feeling a trained standard your team delivers every shift, not a happy accident.
ii.
Spend and return
New faces are expensive. Real growth comes from guests who spend a little more and come back a little sooner. That is a system, and Costiera builds it into your service.
iii.
Run without you
A great operation holds its standards whether or not the owner is in the building. Documented specs, trained leaders, and clear numbers turn a job into an asset.
What Costiera does
A full-cycle partner, from blank space to seasoned operation
Costiera works across the entire life of a restaurant. Whether the doors have not opened yet or you are running several rooms at once, the engagement is built around what your business actually needs.
Turnaround and profit
Find the margin hiding in your menu, labor, and floor, and get it back.
- Operational audits and KPIs
- Menu engineering and food cost control
- Waste, supplier, and margin recovery
Training and culture
Build a hospitality-first team that holds the standard on its worst night.
- Onboarding and certification paths
- Manager coaching and leadership
- Upselling and service programs
Systems and AI
Put modern tools to work so no guest, call, or message ever falls through.
- AI-assisted guest communication
- Digital training and LMS rollout
- Back-office automation
The Costiera Score
Curious where your restaurant is quietly losing money?
Answer eight honest questions and get an instant, tailored readout of your operation's health, the three things Diego would fix first, and an estimate of what those gaps cost you in real dollars a year. No email required to see your score.
Diego OppoFounder and Principal
The person behind the practice
He learned hospitality where the world's most demanding guests dine
Born in Milan, Diego Oppo grew up inside a globally recognized fine-dining institution his family helped build and expand across the world. He saw every side of the business, opening, managing, improving, and selling restaurants across different cities and cultures.
Over 30 years he carried that standard through landmark hotels and multi-concept restaurant groups across South Florida, most recently as Director of Training and Operational Excellence. Costiera is where he brings all of it to owners on the Treasure Coast: the discipline of Milanese fine dining, the warmth of a host who genuinely wants you to feel at home, and a modern operator's grip on numbers and technology.
Read Diego's full story
What changes when Diego steps in
The same restaurant, ninety days apart
Nothing here is magic. It is what happens when the right systems replace guesswork. Watch the shift.
Guest welcomeDepends on who is working
The signature dishDifferent every cook
The owner's roleWorking every station, no days off
Food costA mystery that drifts each month
First-time guestsCome once, quietly never return
The dining room on a TuesdayHalf empty, and you feel it
Why owners trust Diego quickly
No jargon. No long contracts. No pressure.
01
An honest first read, free
The first conversation costs nothing and comes with no obligation. If Costiera is not right for you, Diego will say so and point you somewhere better.
02
You talk to Diego, not a junior
Thirty years of experience is who picks up and who does the work. No account managers, no handoffs, no template dressed up as strategy.
03
Plans you can actually run
You get a short, prioritized plan tied to outcomes, and a partner who stays until your team can hold the standard alone. The goal is that you stop needing him.
A guest forgets what they ate long before they forget how you made them feel. Build for the feeling, and the numbers follow.Diego Oppo, Founder of Costiera Hospitality
30Years in hospitality
3Openings at 4.8★+
GlobalFine-dining pedigree
MultiConcept and cuisine expertise
Start the conversation
Let's find out what your restaurant could be
Every engagement starts with a genuine, no-pressure conversation about your business. If Costiera is not the right fit, Diego will tell you.