About The Nitty Gritty

Built around the reality
of hospitality.

The welcome. The rhythm of service. The way a team works together. The decisions behind the numbers.

Adam Lewis, founder of The Nitty Gritty
Adam Lewis · Founder and hospitality operator

Founder, The Nitty Gritty

Hi, I’m Adam.

I started in hospitality at 18 and have spent my career running venues, leading teams, improving performance and taking ideas from a conversation to an opening night.

That has included small businesses with only a handful of people, large operations with multiple revenue streams and regional responsibility for annual turnover in excess of £10 million.

My experience covers the day-to-day operation and the bigger projects around it: people, systems, financial performance, refurbishments, builds, brands, concepts and menus.

I created The Nitty Gritty to give hospitality owners and operators the kind of support that is useful after the meeting has finished.

Straight talking

Clear advice, understandable reasons and no unnecessary theatre.

Respect for your business

We work with what makes your venue yours, then help strengthen the operation behind it.

Useful beyond the meeting

Practical support, systems and plans that still work when service gets busy.

Practical advice. Proper partnership.

Good advice only matters when it becomes real action.

We help hospitality businesses build better systems, stronger teams and healthier profits.

We help owners and operators step back, see what needs attention and move forward with purpose. Whether you are improving an established business or shaping something new, our focus is on the details that make the whole business stronger.

Experience across the industry

Different businesses.
The same fundamentals.

Greene King · Revolution Bars Group · Deltic · Stonegate · Showcase Cinema de Lux

Start with a conversation

Tell me what is happening in your business.

Book a free 20-minute conversation