Bar & Beverage Consulting Company
Global beverage expertise.Distinctive concepts.Operational precision.
GBAR brings together globally recognized beverage leaders, operators, and creative specialists to build commercially successful hospitality concepts, from strategy to opening and beyond.
Track Record
Selected hotel & resort partners
Services
A complete beverage program, built end to end.
Offered end-to-end, as individual engagements, or as an ongoing retainer, built around what a property actually needs.
IConcept & Menu DevelopmentCocktail programs and menu architecture built around a story worth telling.
Cocktail development, menu structure and storytelling, glassware direction, and ingredient sourcing: the full beverage journey, designed as one coherent concept.
IITraining & Pre-Opening SupportTeams rehearsed to five-star standard before a single guest arrives.
Bartender, manager and service-team training in technical skill, product knowledge, hygiene, speed and consistency, plus pre-opening rehearsals, workflow testing and full service simulations.
IIIEquipment Planning & SupplyBar architecture engineered for volume, durability and flow.
Bar layout, equipment, tools and glassware specified alongside back-of-house requirements, planned for workflow, durability and operational efficiency.
IVMarketing & Brand DirectionPositioning that earns visibility in the rooms that matter.
Storytelling and content direction, media visibility, and alignment with awards and specialist publications relevant to a serious beverage program.
VPremium Spirits & Cigar AdvisoryRare bottle and cigar programs, handled to the letter.
Rare bottle curation and cigar programs, with regulatory compliance, storage and service rituals built to the standard of a world-class collection.
VITalent, Entertainment & Uniform AdvisoryThe people, sound and presence that complete a room.
Recruitment, music direction and entertainment concepts, guest shifts, and uniform advisory: the human and atmospheric layer of a beverage program.
Founder
Since 2004, one career built inside the world's finest bars.
An internationally recognised bartender, entrepreneur and beverage strategist, Giancarlo began his career at nineteen as the youngest bartender in the history of the King Cole Bar at The St. Regis Hotel in New York. He is the Founder and Managing Director of GiancarloBAR Ltd, delivering beverage programs for leading hospitality groups including Six Senses, Four Seasons, The Ritz-Carlton and Aman Group. He is also the founder of Mancino Vermouth and a partner in House of Negroni.
Partners
PartnerSimone RossiFormer Director of Bars at Rosewood Hong Kong, where he led DarkSide to global recognition. Named World Class Hong Kong and Macau Winner in 2018.
PartnerArkadiusz RybakFormer Bar Director for Rosewood Hotels APAC, with prior leadership roles at Zuma Bangkok and Zuma Hong Kong. Owner of Toma Toma Manila.
PartnerGiuseppe CarneliOver a decade of beverage experience across six countries, specialising in bespoke uniforms and hospitality design. Owner of Otto Bangkok.
Projects
A curated line of world-class rooms.
Eighteen flagship engagements GBAR has helped build from strategy to opening. Select any room for a closer look.
Enquiries
Tell us what you're building. We'll take it from there.
A short, conversational flow (not a form) that turns into a structured brief for GBAR and a clear summary for you.
- A short, guided conversation, not a form to fill in alone
- A structured brief sent straight to the GBAR team
- A clear summary back for you, with a reference to track it