Ghia Holding

What Ghia Holding does

Ghia Holding is a privately held Lebanese restaurant holding company headquartered in Furn El-Chebbak, Lebanon, that owns and operates five distinct hospitality concepts. Its flagship, Abd El Wahab, is a Lebanese fine-dining brand founded in 1999 on Inglizi Street in Beirut and subsequently expanded across the Middle East (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Bahrain) and into London's Belgravia district, including locations inside St Regis and Shangri-La hotels in Dubai. The remaining four concepts are Ahwak Café (casual Lebanese dining with shisha), DUO (a multi-cuisine restaurant combining French, Italian, and Japanese cuisines with reported 80%+ repeat-customer rates), El Denye hek (traditional Lebanese cuisine in a historical cave-like setting with live oud and drum performances), and Fabrk (a Mar Mikhael rooftop lounge serving cocktails and finger food).

The company has no disclosed proprietary technology stack; the underlying offering is the physical venues, their atmospheres, menu curation, and in-venue services (dine-in, takeaway, delivery, shisha, live music, catering). Distribution is entirely direct-to-consumer through owned locations spanning malls (ABC Ashrafieh, Verdun, Dbayeh), Beirut districts (Mar Mikhael, Sodeco), and the Backyard Hazmieh complex, with international expansion concentrated through the Abd El Wahab brand. The group markets through its corporate website, individual brand landing pages with downloadable menus, and standard location-based discovery channels.

Revenue is generated through food and beverage sales at each restaurant location on a pay-as-you-go basis. Pricing is menu-specific and varies by concept — Abd El Wahab offers set menus, à la carte, and delivery options, while Ahwak Café and Fabrk operate in the casual segment and DUO occupies the multi-cuisine premium tier. Customer segmentation is primarily B2C, serving individual diners, repeat customers, hotel guests at international locations, and patrons drawn to the company's distinctive atmospheric venues. Ghia Holding appears to be founder/family-owned with no disclosed external investors, parent company, franchise model, or public listing.

Name

Ghia Holding

Legal name

Ghia Holding

Website

https://ghiaholding.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Ghia Holding is a privately held Lebanese restaurant group operating five hospitality brands — Abd El Wahab, Ahwak Café, DUO, El Denye hek, and Fabrk — serving individual diners across Lebanon, the Middle East, and London with Lebanese, French, Italian, and Japanese cuisine.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Restaurant Hospitality

NAICS

Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251), Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Fast Casual (THAFABAD)

Keywords

• Restaurant hospitality
• Lebanese cuisine
• Fine dining
• Casual dining
• Multi-cuisine restaurants

Headquarters

HQ city

Beirut

HQ country

Lebanon

HQ region

Middle East

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Restaurant Dining Services: Revenue is generated through food and beverage sales at restaurant locations including Abd El Wahab, Ahwak Café, DUO, El Denye hek, and Fabrk. The company operates multiple dining formats from casual cafés to upscale restaurants, serving Lebanese and international cuisines.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Ghia Holding operates a portfolio of five owned restaurant and café brands — Abd El Wahab, Ahwak Café, DUO, El Denye hek, and Fabrk — offering Lebanese fine dining, casual Lebanese dining, multi-cuisine (French, Italian, Japanese), traditional Lebanese in historical settings, and rooftop lounge experiences. The company sells dine-in food and beverage services, shisha/narghile, delivery (notably Abd El Wahab), and takeaway across locations in Lebanon, the broader Middle East, and London.

Product overview

Ghia Holding is a Lebanese restaurant hospitality company operating a portfolio of five distinct dining concepts. The portfolio includes the flagship Abd El Wahab brand (premium Lebanese cuisine with Middle East and London expansion), Ahwak Café (casual sister concept), DUO (multi-cuisine combining French, Italian, and Japanese), El Denye hek (traditional historical Lebanese setting), and Fabrk (rooftop lounge). These brands range from fine dining to casual café and nightlife venues, primarily located in Beirut with international presence in the Middle East and Europe.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Abd El Wahab: Flagship Lebanese fine dining restaurant chain with international locations
• Ahwak Café
• DUO
• El Denye hek
• Fabrk

Products and services

• Abd El Wahab Flagship Lebanese fine dining restaurant brand offering authentic Lebanese cuisine, shisha/narghile, delivery, and à la carte dining. Operates across Lebanon, the UAE (Dubai including St Regis and Shangrila locations overlooking Burj Khalifa and Dubai Fountains), Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Bahrain, and London (Belgravia).
• Ahwak Café Casual Lebanese dining café offering a relaxed version of Abd El Wahab's cuisine with modern presentation, terraces, shisha, and a family-friendly atmosphere with card and backgammon games.
• DUO Multi-cuisine restaurant combining French, Italian, and Japanese (sushi) cuisines under one roof, situated in trendy urban locations such as ABC Ashrafieh, ABC Verdun, ABC Dbayeh, and Broumana, and reporting over 80% repeat customer rate.
• El Denye hek Traditional Lebanese restaurant set in a historical cave-like setting with old-world charm (ancient well viewed through a glass floor and small caves), offering Lebanese cuisine, shisha/narghile, and live traditional music featuring oud and drums.
• Fabrk Rooftop bar and lounge in Mar Mikhael, Beirut, featuring cocktails, appetizers, finger food, and evening entertainment with music and dancing during summer months, accessed via a glass elevator from an Arabesque doorway.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Americana Group: Kuwait-headquartered, publicly listed food operator with master franchise rights for KFC, Pizza Hut, and other QSR brands across the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia — a broader incumbent in MENA foodservice operating multi-brand, multi-country concepts at much larger scale.
• Landmark Group: UAE-based conglomerate operating multi-brand hospitality and retail concepts (including F&B) across the MENA region and India — comparable as a privately held multi-format operator with regional retail-real-estate scale, though broader than Ghia Holding's hospitality-only focus.
• Alshaya Group: Kuwait-based, family-owned retail and hospitality conglomerate operating franchise brands (food, fashion, pharmacy) across the Middle East and beyond — a broad incumbent comparable in private, multi-brand, multi-country structure, though with significantly larger scale and a more diversified portfolio.
• Le Pain Quotidien: International bakery-café concept with locations across the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas — comparable to Ahwak Café as a casual, multi-format, internationally distributed café brand, though broader in geographic footprint and cuisine category.
• Al Hokair Group: Saudi-listed hospitality and leisure group operating hotels, restaurants, and entertainment venues across Saudi Arabia and the wider region — a broad incumbent in MENA hospitality with comparable multi-brand and multi-country structure, though with greater scale and a different geographic anchor.

Direct peers

• Em Sherif: Lebanese fine-dining brand with multiple locations across Lebanon and international outposts (Paris, London, Dubai), directly comparable to Abd El Wahab as an upscale Lebanese cuisine operator targeting the same diaspora and luxury-tourist customer base.
• LPM Restaurant & Bar: Mediterranean/Middle Eastern fine-dining restaurant group with locations in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Miami, London, and Riyadh — directly comparable to Abd El Wahab and DUO as an internationally expanding, upscale-casual Mediterranean concept targeting the same luxury-tourist and high-end local diner segments.
• Cipriani Hospitality: Family-run international fine-dining and hospitality brand with locations in London, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and other major cities — directly comparable to Ghia Holding's flagship Abd El Wahab as a family-owned, internationally expanding upscale dining brand anchored in trophy real estate.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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