Ais York Almahdi

A New York Native, Ais Almahdi has found success in numerous endeavors. A bar and Restaurant industry owner and expert, he currently serves as the founder, CEO and managing partner of S.A.H.P Group (Service and Hospitality Professionals) and a Restaurant and bar training school. He also invests, operates and consultant for restaurants, bars, lounges and nightclubs in many major American cities including Atlanta, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Charlotte, and Las Vegas. Successful consultations have grown to become popular venues including but not limited to Oak Atlanta, Café Circa Atlanta, The El Felix Restaurant (Atlanta), Traffik (Atlanta), Suede (Brooklyn), Caribbean Social (Brooklyn), and Deltas Restaurant (New Jersey), generating a collective revenue of over 15 million dollars. 

Ais Almahdi also works as COO and managing partner for Formula Hospitality Group, a hospitality group in Miami, Florida that owns and operates over 5 restaurant, nightclub and lounge concepts in Miami Beach, generating over 25 million dollars in revenue each year.  

Ais comes from over 30 years of experience under the tutelage of restauranteur, Coretta King of Deltas Restaurant and Later Daniels, general manager of the Hyatt Hotel in New Brunswick, New Jersey. While attending Rutgers University – New Brunswick, is stayed with Delta’s restaurant, sharpening his service and hospitality skills. Later in his career, Ais went on to work with large restaurant groups such as Chef Ford Fry’s Rocket Farm Restaurant Group, and many more. Ais opened up his first restaurant and nightclub in Atlanta, Georgia, then New York in 2009. Since then, he has been consulting on many projects from restaurant and bar projects in Brooklyn, New York, to nightclub and lounge projects in Miami, Florida. Finally, with the help of The National Restaurant Association, and The American Hotel and Lodging Association, Ais, opened the first full-service bar and restaurant industry school in Atlanta, Georgia. He has assisted individuals with attaining the proper industry standard training and nationally recognized certifications.  

Ais aims to cultivate and improve on all of the restaurants and bars in his portfolio. While expanding the school online and into many different markets while creating industry standard operations, professionalism and 5-star service and hospitality, while arming the industry with a work ready work force.