Longrain

Name

Longrain

Website

https://longrain.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Longrain is a privately held Australian restaurant group founded in 1999 by Sam Christie, operating dine-in Thai and Japanese restaurants in Melbourne and Tokyo, with the original Sydney location now closed.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Asian Restaurant Dining

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Ethnic & Regional Cuisine Restaurants (THAFACAD)

Keywords

• Thai restaurant dining
• Japanese restaurant dining
• Asian cuisine dining
• Sit-down restaurant service
• International restaurant brand

Headquarters

HQ city

Melbourne

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Restaurant Dining: Longrain generates revenue through dine-in restaurant service at its Melbourne and Tokyo locations, operating as a Thai and Japanese cuisine establishment.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Longrain operates dine-in Asian restaurants serving Thai cuisine in Melbourne and Japanese cuisine in Tokyo. Founded in 1999 by Sam Christie, the brand provides in-person dining experiences at its physical restaurant locations across Australia and Japan, with the Melbourne and Tokyo locations continuing to operate after the closure of the original Sydney site.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Longrain Melbourne Thai restaurant located on Little Bourke Street in Melbourne, Australia, serving dine-in Thai cuisine. Continues to operate as one of the brand's two active dining establishments for individual diners and small groups.
• Longrain Tokyo Japanese outpost of the Longrain brand located in the Ebisu district of Tokyo, operated in partnership with Transit. Serves dine-in Japanese cuisine to individual consumers and continues to operate.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TransitcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2017Transit is a business partner in the Longrain Tokyo operation. Longrain opened its Japanese outpost in August 2017 in the Ebisu district of Tokyo in partnership with Transit, representing a joint venture for international expansion into the Japanese market.

Scale indicators1 record

Regional players

• Mr. Wong: Upscale Cantonese-leaning restaurant in Sydney operated by Merivale. Comparable to Longrain as a long-running, design-led Asian full-service restaurant in Australia targeting similar premium dining demographics.
• Coda: Modern Asian-fusion restaurant in Melbourne run by chef Adam D'Sylva. Comparable to Longrain Melbourne in cuisine category, modern Asian full-service approach, and Melbourne CBD clientele.
• Tetsuya's: Iconic Japanese fine-dining restaurant in Sydney. Comparable to Longrain Tokyo on Japanese cuisine, full-service model, and premium positioning, while not directly competing in the same city.
• Attica: Highly acclaimed modern Australian restaurant in Melbourne. Comparable to Longrain Melbourne as a long-running, heritage premium dining brand in the same city, though operating in a different cuisine category.
• Chin Chin: Long-established, high-volume Asian-inspired (Thai/Vietnamese-leaning) full-service restaurant group in Melbourne, founded by the Rockpool Dining Group. Directly comparable to Longrain Melbourne on cuisine category, city, and full-service dining model.

Broad incumbents

• Rockpool Bar & Grill: Neil Perry's flagship Australian fine-dining steakhouse group. Comparable to Longrain as an established Australian chef-driven full-service dining brand with multi-city presence.
• Spice Temple: Neil Perry's Asian fine dining restaurant group (Rockpool) in Sydney and Melbourne. Comparable to Longrain as a high-end Asian-cuisine full-service brand targeting the same premium dining consumers in Australia.

Direct peers

• Cookie: Cookbook-driven Thai-influenced cocktail and dining bar in Melbourne opened by chef Karen Martini (with Martin Boetz). Highly comparable to Longrain Melbourne on Thai leaning menu, Melbourne CBD setting, and full-service bar-restaurant model.
• Long Song: David Thompson's Thai restaurant in Sydney, sharing Longrain's niche of upscale Thai cuisine in Australia. Direct category peer for Thai fine dining in the same home country.

Emerging players

• Transit (im-transit): Tokyo-based hospitality operator partnering with Longrain to run the Tokyo outpost. Relevant as both a partner and a comparable design-led Tokyo restaurant group targeting a similar international clientele.

Market position

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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