“The government of India has taken a very good and bold decision to lower the taxation for the consumer and this will go a long way in the eating out,” Anjan Chatterjee, Founder & MD of Speciality Restaurants told CNBC-TV18.

Worst getting over & we should be bouncing back soon: Speciality Restaurants

Speciality Restaurants has reported a weak set of Q1 earnings despite the stock being 68 percent up in the last one year. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Anjan Chatterjee, Founder & MD of Speciality Restaurants discussed his company's performance in detail.

Worst behind the company; things should look up in FY18: Speciality Restaurants

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Rajesh Kumar Mohta, CFO of Speciality Restaurants spoke about the latest happenings in the company and the rollout of goods and services tax (GST).

Hope to turn profitable in FY18: Speciality Restaurants

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Rajesh Kumar Mohta, CFO of Speciality Restaurants spoke about the results and his outlook for the company.

Speciality Restaurants eyeing smaller format to reduce costs

Speciality Restaurants is looking at smaller format to help reduce manpower costs, electricity cost and other indirect cost. The company is in the process of revamping Mainland China and changing its name to Asia Kitchen by Mainland China.

Customers have all rights not to pay service charge: Speciality

The government has said that paying service charge on food bill is not compulsory and customers can choose to have it waived if not satisfied with the experience. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Anjan Chatterjee, Founder & MD of Speciality Restaurants shared his views on this particular directive from the government.

EBITDA profitability of Speciality Restaurants is sustainable

Rajesh Kumar Mohta, CFO, Speciality Restaurants, shared details on the company's June quarter earnings and future outlook.

Model Shop & Establishment Act gets all-clear

The move will help bring incremental tax income into the government's kitty and generate employment, says Kumar Rajagopalan of Retailer Association of India.

Trying to consolidate existing revenue & bottomline: Speciality

Anjan Chatterjee, founder and MD of Speciality Restaurants says the fourth quarter so far is panning out to be flattish since discretionary spends are not very encouraging

Rationalising costs vital to cut losses: Speciality Restaurants

Exercise of rationalisation of costs is a continuous process, said Rajesh Kumar Mohta, CFO, Speciality Restaurants so that good money does not get turned into bad money.

To focus on 'fun dining' segment: Speciality Restaurants

Anjan Chatterjee, Founder & Managing Director of Speciality Restaurants says that the focus, he says, is shifting from ‘fine dining‘ to ‘fun dining‘, which will be an important focus area for the company.

Plan to open new restaurants; Q3 to be better: Speciality

Rajesh Kumar Mohta, CFO of Speciality Restaurants expects a better third quarter ahead. The company plans to set up restaurants in strategic locations, he said.

Hoppipola, Mezzuna to aid Q2 growth: Speciality Restaurants

Anjan Chatterjee, Founder and MD, Speciality Restaurants says the restaurant in Doha is about to start while the one in London- oh Calcutta- is still stranded as the UK government is not allowing people and Indian grown cooks to work there.

Monsoons, pricing key in FY16: Speciality Restaurants

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Rajesh Mohta, CFO, Speciality Restaurants discusses the quarterly results and future plans.

To target rev growth rate of 20% for FY16: Speciality Rest

Speaking to CNBC-TV18, CFO Rajesh Kumar Mohta says the weekday spending from corporates has been quite sluggish and despite a fall in food inflation, momentum on ground is yet to pick up.

See good demand scenario for 2015: Speciality Restaurants

According to Anjan Chatterjee of Speciality Restaurants the third quarter showed a marked improvement after many sluggish quarters.

To launch 12-15 stores this year: Speciality Restaurants

The company, for the quarter ended September, reported a net profit of Rs 2.4 crore versus Rs 4 crore for a year ago period.

Looking to add 12-16 new restaurants: Speciality

The company's revenues for the December quarter grew 18 percent to Rs 77.2 crore, and operating profit (EBITDA) grew 8 percent to Rs 13.67. However, net profit was flat at Rs 6.69 crore.

5% price hike soon, H2 looks good: Speciality Restaurants

Indraneil Palit says the company is planning to open four more restaurants in Q2 and have also tied up with the Future Restaurants and is therefore, likely to achieve its expansion plan of adding another 15-16 restaurants in FY14 and FY15.

Speciality Restaurants to hike prices by 5-7% post July

Speciality Restaurants opened 14 new stores last year, but its same store sales growth remained flat in this quarter.

Speciality Restaurant to launch 4-5 new stores by Q4

Speciality Restaurants that runs Mainland China posted a 14 percent rise in revenue for the quarter ending December 31 at Rs 61 crore against Rs 53.53 crore yoy. Anjan Chatterjee, MD, Specialty Restaurants told CNBC-TV18 that the company is adding 16 stores this year.

Speciality Restaurants eyes over 19% EBITDA margins in Q3

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Anjan Chatterjee gives an insight on how their food business has been performing. He says their discretionary spending has been under pressure.