Fine dining restaurant interior — Nest Hospitality Solutions, Melbourne hospitality consultancy
Melbourne · Australia

Venues that perform don't happen by accident.

Nest Hospitality Solutions works with venue owners, F&B operators, and hotel GMs to identify exactly where performance is leaking — and fix it.

0+

Years in hospitality operations

Cunard Line · P&O Cruises · The Little Nell, Aspen
5★

Five-star, five-diamond background

Relais & Châteaux · Forbes Five-Star
AU

Melbourne-based, working nationally

B2B consultancy · direct access · no delegation
Nest Hospitality Solutions — About
About

Problems fixed.
Revenue recovered.

I'm Radu Ciprian Popa, founder of Nest Hospitality Solutions. Over 25 years I've worked inside some of the world's most demanding hospitality environments — from Cunard Line to a five-diamond mountain resort in Aspen.

Most venue problems aren't mysteries. They're visible in the numbers, the floor behaviour, the beverage margins, and the shift structure — if you know where to look.

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

Experience includes
Cunard Line — White Star Service standards
P&O Cruises — large-scale F&B operations
The Little Nell, Aspen — Relais & Châteaux, Forbes Five-Star
Full Story
25+
Years hospitality operations
5★
Five-star, five-diamond background
AU
National reach, Melbourne-based
1
Practitioner — always the principal
The NEST Method

A structured path from audit to transformation.

01
N
Navigate
Map the venue's current state. Find where friction, waste, and underperformance actually live.
02
E
Evaluate
Analyse the data — labour ratios, beverage margins, cover turns. Build a clear picture of what's working.
03
S
Strengthen
Implement targeted fixes. SOPs, staff optimisation, menu structure — changes that show results fast.
04
T
Transform
Embed the changes. Build systems that sustain performance after the engagement ends.
The NEST Ecosystem

One company. Four disciplines.

Every product under NEST is built around the same methodology. Each brand owns a specific role in the operator's journey.

01
Consultancy
NEST Hospitality
Solutions
The full-service consultancy. Venue audits, SOPs, and live engagements — covering all four stages of the NEST Method.
Services →
02
Technology
The SentriX
Suite
AI-powered hospitality tools. Training assistant, beverage inventory management, and the full operations platform — built for venues.
Explore Suite →
03
Content & Education
Venue X
The education channel. Tools, frameworks, and content built for operators who want to strengthen performance themselves.
Explore →
04
Physical Product
NEST Elements
Premium physical product for venues. Merino garments and operational infrastructure — the layer that holds transformation in place.
Coming Soon →
Services

Where we work
together.

Book a Call
I.
Venue Performance Audit
50-point structured assessment. Scored report and prioritised action list, with a 60-minute debrief call.
Enquire
II.
Beverage Performance
Audit your GP%, pour costs, and menu structure. Recover the margin quietly leaking from your beverage program.
Enquire
III.
Pre-Opening Consulting
The decisions made in the first 90 days are the hardest to undo. Build it right from concept to opening week.
Enquire
IV.
Art of Hospitality Masterclasses
High-impact FOH training. Service craft, upselling, complaint resolution — applied directly on the floor.
Enquire
V.
SentriX Suite
AI-powered hospitality tools — training assistant, inventory management, and the full operations platform.
Explore →
VI.
SentriX VP
Free venue performance dashboard. Enter your numbers, see where your margin leaks — labour, beverage, menu, service.
Open Dashboard →
VII.
Free Stock Assessment
12 questions. Find out if your stock numbers are lying to you — and whether SENTRIX ST is warranted.
Take the Assessment
Free Tools

Not ready to
book a call yet?

Start with the free tools. SentriX VP shows you exactly where your venue's margin sits — labour, beverage, menu engineering, service efficiency. The Stock Assessment tells you if your inventory numbers are lying to you.

No signup required for either. See your numbers first, then decide if you want help fixing them.

Open VP Dashboard Stock Assessment →
What the assessment covers
Stock Variance — are your counts matching your sales?
Pour Costs — where is your beverage margin going?
Ordering Patterns — reactive or controlled?
Wastage & Spillage — counted and controlled?
Stocktake Process — frequency, method, accountability
Margin Recovery — what levers are you not pulling?
12 questions · 3 minutes · No signup Free
Contact

Your venue's performance ceiling is higher than you think.

30 minutes. No pitch. A direct conversation about where your venue is losing money — and what to do about it.

Melbourne, VIC · Australia

I respond to every enquiry personally, usually within 24 hours.

Book a Free Call