Crockery
01Dinner plates, quarter plates, platters and bowls in porcelain, ceramic, melamine, steel and sustainable materials.
For Chefs, By Chefs3 decades in kitchens
RIKAVI · the gourmet crockery store · Mumbai
Objects for the table.
Hotel crockery, kitchenware, pots and pans, glassware and café solutions for hotels, restaurants and cafés. Chosen in working kitchens, then brought to Mumbai's newest HoReCa ware store.
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- Dinner plate, rimmed No. 01
- Material
- Fine porcelain
- Collection
- Crockery
- Made for
- Fine dining · hotels · banquets
Our promise
For Chefs, By Chefs
Every plate, pan and glass at RIKAVI is chosen by people who have stood on the pass. Not by catalogues. By Chefs who have opened, run and rescued real kitchens.
3decades in kitchens
126projects with Gourmet Guys
1roof for everything
One-stop hospitality solutions
Everything a kitchen needs, under one roof.
Follow the plate from the store room to the table. Every station, back of house to front of house, kitted out by RIKAVI.
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Prep & storage
One-stop hospitality solutions
From the pass to the table.
From the first plate on the pass to the last glass at the bar. Every piece is tested in a working kitchen before it reaches our shelves.
No. 01
Crockery
Porcelain for the plate that sells the dish. Melamine for the buffet that has to survive the service. Steel for the thali that runs all day.
- In store
- Pieces
- Dinner plates · quarter plates · bowls · katoris
- Materials
- Porcelain · ceramic · melamine · steel · sustainable
- Made for
- Hotels · restaurants · cafés · canteens
No. 04 · Featured
Kitchenware
The part of the restaurant guests never see. Stainless steel sauce pots, sauce pans, fry pans and ladles, built for brigades that run twelve-hour shifts.
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Glassware
Water, wine and bar glass with the weight and clarity guests notice, and the strength your glasswasher needs.
- In store
- Pieces
- Tumblers · stemware · highballs · rocks
- Made for
- Restaurants · bars · banquets
Every plate on the pass has three jobs. Carry the food, survive the dish pit, and sell the dish.
The RIKAVI rule
Backed by Gourmet Guys
Chosen by people who run kitchens.
Chef Birendra Singh's consultancy sets up and turns around restaurants, cafés, hotels and kitchens. Every RIKAVI piece passes their kitchens first.
126restaurant & hospitality projects
3decades in professional kitchens
1roof for every hotelware need
Journal
Notes from the pass.
Fire your order
Tell the pass what you need.
Build your kitchen order ticket in four taps. Watch it print, then ring the bell to send it straight to the RIKAVI team.
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On the ticket02
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RIKAVI · Pass printerReady
Opens WhatsApp with your ticket. Quantities are a starting estimate.
Opening soon · Bhandup West
Be the first through the door.
Book a preview visit before we open, or send us your menu and we'll plan your plates, glasses and kitchenware with you.
Home / Collection
The collection.
One-stop hospitality solutions in hotelware and HoReCa ware: hotel crockery, restaurant plates, hotel crockery, porcelain and melamine crockery, restaurant cutlery, glassware, serveware, barware and kitchenware. The full range is arriving at our Bhandup West store, to see and hold before you order.
Book a preview
Cutlery
02Indian and imported cutlery, from café sets to banquet service, in weights that feel right in the hand.
Glassware
03Water, juice, wine and stemware that holds up to the glasswasher and still looks good on the table.
Kitchenware
04 · FeaturedStainless steel sauce pots, sauce pans, fry pans, stock pots and ladles for working kitchens.
Serveware
05Platters, cloches and buffet display for banquets, sharing menus and events.
Tableware
06Cups, saucers, bowls and the small pieces that finish a table.
Barware
07Shakers, jiggers, strainers and bar glass for a bar that works on its busiest night.
Chef tools
08The ladles and hand tools Chefs reach for on every shift.
In store
Brands we stock.
Our brand list is being finalised as the store is set up. Ask us what is in stock today.
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Steel that takes the heat.
Kitchenware that works as hard as your brigade: stainless steel pots and pans, stock pots, sauce pots, sauce pans, fry pans and ladles for hotel and restaurant kitchens.
Ask for sizesThree areas
Built for the brigade.
Cookware
Stock pots, sauce pots, sauce pans and fry pans that take high heat, every service.
Prep & storage
Containers and prep ware that keep mise en place organised and food-safe.
Chef tools
Ladles and hand tools for prep, portioning, plating and the pass.
Why stainless steel.
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Hard to damage
Takes knocks, drops and the dish pit without chipping.
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Easy to clean
Non-porous and hygienic for food-safe kitchens.
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Takes the heat
Built for gas ranges and long, hot services.
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Lasts for years
Buy once, then top up as the kitchen grows.
Home / Solutions
Built for your floor.
A banquet hall, a café counter and a canteen line need very different tableware. Choose your business to see how we kit it out.
How it works
From first visit to first service.
Visit or enquire
Bring your Chef and menu, or send them ahead on WhatsApp.
Shortlist & sample
Narrow the range to what suits your service, your dishwasher and your budget.
Quantities & quote
We plan quantities with you, using par levels real kitchens run on.
Order & top up
Order, then come back for matched replacements as you grow.
Home / Materials
Choose the right plate.
The right material depends on your menu, your dishwasher and how hard your team works the plates. Choose one to compare.
Porcelain
Compare at a glance.
| Material | Best for | Chip resistance | Dishwasher | Microwave | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porcelain | Fine dining, hotels, banquets | High | Yes | Yes, without metal rims | Medium |
| Ceramic | Cafés, bistros | Medium | Usually | Usually | Medium to heavy |
| Melamine | Buffets, poolside, canteens, QSR | Very high | Yes | No | Light |
| Stainless steel | Thali service, canteens | Unbreakable | Yes | No | Light to medium |
| Copper & metal | Indian fine dining | High | Hand-wash | No | Heavy |
| Sustainable | Events, outdoor, eco brands | Varies | Varies | Varies | Light |
General guidance. Always check each product's care instructions.
Home / Opening planner
Plan your opening.
Plates sit on tables, in the wash and on the pass, all at the same time. Set your covers and service style for a starting crockery order.
seats
Service style
Starting order · 60 covers · casual dining
Rule-of-thumb estimate, rounded up to full dozens. Send it to us and we'll refine it with your menu.
Home / About
For Chefs, By Chefs.
RIKAVI is a HoReCa tableware store in Bhandup West, Mumbai, and the HoReCa partner of Gourmet Guys Restaurant & Hospitality Consultants.
Why we exist
Bought from people who've worked a service.
Restaurants are often sold tableware by people who have never worked a service. We started RIKAVI so owners and Chefs can buy from people who have set up real kitchens and know what stacks, what washes and what breaks.
Picked in the kitchen
Every range is chosen for how it performs in service, not just how it looks.
See it, hold it
Handle every piece in store before you commit to volume.
Sized for service
We plan quantities for openings, refits and multi-outlet groups.
Backed by Gourmet Guys
126 projects. 3 decades. Everywhere.
Gourmet Guys, founded by Chef Birendra Singh, sets up and turns around restaurants, cafés and hotels. The formats we know inside out:
RestaurantsCafésQSRsBarsLoungesCloud kitchensHotelsResortsCanteensCorporate kitchensCateringBulk kitchens
Home / Journal
Notes from the pass.
Practical guides for owners and Chefs setting up or refitting a kitchen.
Materials · 6 min read
Melamine vs porcelain: which suits your service?
Breakage, weight, dishwashers and presentation, compared for real restaurant service.
Planning · 5 min read
Crockery for a 60-seat restaurant
How many plates, bowls, cutlery sets and glasses to order, and why sixty seats never means sixty plates.
Kitchenware · 4 min read
Stainless steel cookware for a new kitchen
The sauce pots, pans and ladles a new hotel or restaurant kitchen needs on day one.
Uncategorized · 1 min read
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Journal / Materials
Melamine vs porcelain: which suits your service?
Ask ten restaurant owners which plates to buy and you will hear two answers more than any other: porcelain or melamine. Both are excellent at the right job. The mistake is choosing one for a job it was never designed to do.
Porcelain: the presentation choice
Porcelain is fired at very high temperatures into a dense, non-porous body. That gives it a bright, smooth glaze that makes food look its best, and a hardness that resists knife scratches. It is the default in fine dining, hotels and banquets. It is dishwasher safe and, without metallic rims, microwave safe. The trade-off is breakage, so budget for replacements.
Melamine: the durability choice
Melamine crockery is a hard resin moulded into shape. It is light, very hard to break and comes in almost any colour. That makes it ideal for buffets, poolside, canteens and QSRs. It is dishwasher safe but must never go in a microwave.
Porcelain where the plate sells the dish. Melamine where the plate has to survive the service.
Side by side
| Porcelain | Melamine | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Fine dining, hotels, banquets | Buffets, outdoor, canteens, QSR |
| Breakage | Can chip or break if dropped | Very hard to break |
| Weight | Medium | Light |
| Microwave | Yes, without metallic rims | No |
Many kitchens use both
A hotel might serve porcelain in its restaurant and melamine at the pool. Plan by area of service, not by one rule for the whole business. Bring your menu to RIKAVI and we will show you both side by side.
Journal / Planning
Crockery for a 60-seat restaurant
Sixty seats sounds like sixty plates. It isn't. On a busy night the same plate can be on a table, in the dish pit and back on the pass within the hour. Order sixty and you will run out before the first service ends.
Think in par levels
Kitchens plan tableware with a par level: the number of sets you hold for every seat. Casual dining usually runs on three sets per seat. One on the table, one in the wash, one on the shelf.
One on the table, one in the wash, one on the shelf.
A starting order for 60 covers
| Item | Per cover | Pieces | Dozens |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinner plates | 3 | 180 | 15 |
| Quarter plates | 3 | 180 | 15 |
| Bowls | 4.5 | 276 | 23 |
| Cutlery sets | 3 | 180 | 15 |
| Water glasses | 3 | 180 | 15 |
Plan for breakage
Keep spare stock aside from day one, and choose ranges you can top up later with matching pieces. Check your dishwasher racks and shelving before you order.
Journal / Kitchenware
Stainless steel cookware for a new kitchen
A new kitchen can overspend on gadgets and still run short of the basics on opening night. Start with the pots, pans and ladles your menu touches on every order.
The day-one list
Stock pots for bases and gravies, sauce pots and sauce pans for sauces and dals, fry pans for every station, and ladles in the sizes your portions need. Match ladle sizes to your portion control so every plate is consistent.
Write the menu first. The cookware list follows.
Why stainless steel
It is hygienic, easy to clean, hard to damage and lasts for years. Choose heavy bases for even heat on commercial ranges.
Home / Questions
Good questions.
01When does the store open?
The RIKAVI store in Bhandup West is being set up now. Book a preview visit on WhatsApp, or send an enquiry and we will share options before we open.
02Do you supply in bulk for hotels and restaurants?
Yes. RIKAVI is a HoReCa store, so we supply crockery, cutlery, glassware, barware and kitchenware in the quantities hotels, restaurants, cafés, resorts and canteens need.
03How do I get a quote?
Send an enquiry from the Visit page or WhatsApp us. Seat count, service style and opening date help us quote faster.
04Which brands do you stock?
Our brand list is coming soon. Ask us what's in stock today.
05Do you make custom or logo crockery?
Not yet. Our current range is ready stock.
06Is melamine microwave safe?
No. Melamine is dishwasher safe but should never go in a microwave. See the material guide.
07Where is your crockery shop in Mumbai?
232/A, Bharat Industrial Premises, near Chheda Heights, LBS Road, Bhandup West, Mumbai 400078. We serve hotels, restaurants, cafés and canteens across Mumbai and beyond.
08Can you help plan quantities for a new opening?
Yes. Start with the opening planner, then send us your menu. Our range is chosen with Gourmet Guys, who have delivered 126 restaurant and hospitality projects.
Home / Visit & enquire
Come and hold it.
Our crockery shop in Bhandup West, Mumbai is being set up now. Book a preview visit or send your menu, and we'll share options as stock arrives.
Opening soon · previews by appointment
232/A
Bharat Industrial Premises
Near Chheda Heights, LBS Road
Bhandup West, Mumbai 400078
- Phone
- +91 98194 53152
- rikavicrockery@gmail.com
- Hours
- Opening soon. Book a preview on WhatsApp.
Enquiry
Tell us about your kitchen.
Seat count, service style and opening date help us suggest the right range and quantities. We reply on WhatsApp or by phone.
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Privacy policy
When you send an enquiry we collect your name, business, mobile number, business type and message. We use them only to reply, quote, arrange store visits and follow up on orders. We never sell or rent your information. To see, correct or delete your details, email rikavicrockery@gmail.com.
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Terms of use
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