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Altamira Experience
A garden reception under a white canopy: set tables, glassware and flowers before the guests arrive.
Behind the experienceQuito — Ecuador

We build what makeshospitality work.

Altamira

Plate 01 — The visible side

02 — BehindAltamira Experience

Behind everyexperience.

Behind every experience.

Every place has a visible side.And another one that makes everything work.

  • People.01
  • Operations.02
  • Logistics.03
  • Management.04
  • Design.05

Altamira works there.

A cook in a tall white hat working at a field station behind the garden hedge.

Plate 02 — Behind the hedgeField kitchen

A set table: grey plates, folded linen napkins, carved glassware and woven placemats.

What you see.

  • The place
  • The food
  • The service
  • The atmosphere
  • The moment

What makesit work.

04 — CapabilitiesFour disciplines, one structure

What we do.

What we do

01 — Operations

We make complexity simple.

Service flows, standards and routines that let a team deliver the same experience on a Tuesday lunch and a Saturday night.

  • People01
  • Process02
  • Service03
  • Inventory04
  • Standards05
  • Technology06
Three cooks in red aprons serving from a line of chafing dishes.

Fig. 01People · Process · Service

02 — Management

The business behind the experience.

Planning, cost control and performance, read every week, so that a place that is loved is also a place that lasts.

  • Planning01
  • Performance02
  • People03
  • Costs04
  • Processes05
  • Growth06
A printed buffet menu resting on a plate, flowers behind.

Fig. 02Planning · Performance · People

A row of steel chafing dishes and stacked plates ready for service.

03 — Logistics

Everything has to arrive at the right time.

Suppliers, purchasing and distribution designed as one chain, from the producer to the pass.

  • Suppliers01
  • Purchasing02
  • Inventory03
  • Distribution04
  • Ingredients05
  • Equipment06
A place setting under the canopy: linen, glass, flowers and woven textures.
A layered cake topped with violet flowers.

04 — Design & Experience

The experience starts before the first bite.

Concept, space and service designed together, so that what the guest feels is exactly what the operation can deliver.

  • Concept01
  • Space02
  • Identity03
  • Service04
  • Atmosphere05
  • Guest journey06
05 — A day in AltamiraLocal time · Quito 05:30

A day in Altamira.

Guests arrive at eight. The experience started at half past five, with a delivery nobody sees.

06:00

A wooden board of charcuterie and cheese among flowers.

Arrival

Ingredients in. Temperatures logged at the door.

08:30

A place setting under the canopy: linen, glass, flowers and woven textures.

Setting

Tables measured, linen pressed, glass checked against the light.

11:00

A chef finishing a tray of food at a wooden station.

Mise en place

Every station prepared to the same standard.

13:00

A cook plating food from chafing dishes at the line.

Service

The line runs. The floor reads the room.

16:00

A cup of coffee with latte art on a black bar mat beside cutlery.

The pause

Staff meal, briefing, the numbers of lunch.

19:30

A trio playing guitar, cello and clarinet.

Atmosphere

Light lowered, music up, doors open.

21:00

Cooks and service staff working a buffet line as guests are served.

Full house

Three hundred plates, one rhythm.

23:30

A printed buffet menu resting on a plate, flowers behind.

Close

Counts, waste logged, orders placed for tomorrow.

The Altamira MethodWhat repeats behind every day

Understand. Design. Operate.Optimize. Evolve.

  1. 01

    Understand

    We study the place, the numbers and the people before we touch anything.

  2. 02

    Design

    Concept, space, service and systems drawn as one structure.

  3. 03

    Operate

    We run it with the team, on the floor, until it runs without us.

  4. 04

    Optimize

    Weekly data, small corrections, measurable standards.

  5. 05

    Evolve

    Places change. We keep them alive without losing what made them work.

06 — Experiences04 places

Experiences

Places we help bring to life.

Experiences
A long aisle of wooden chairs under a timber pergola leading into a garden.

Project 01 — Private Celebration

Jardín

Quito, EcuadorOperations / Management / Logistics

A garden wedding run like a restaurant: one kitchen in the field, one service standard, every guest served on time.

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A cup of coffee with latte art on a black bar mat beside cutlery.

Project 02 — Bar & Kitchen

Barra Lumbre

Cumbayá, EcuadorDesign & Experience / Operations

A coffee and bar program designed around one long counter, where the back bar is the architecture.

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Guests gathering around a buffet table under a timber pergola.

Project 03 — Hospitality Project

Pérgola

Guayaquil, EcuadorManagement / Logistics

An open-air events operation run on a supply chain built for heat, humidity and volume.

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A grazing board of cured meats, cheeses and fruit on wood.

Project 04 — Wine Cellar & Private Dining

Bodega Tierra

Tumbaco, EcuadorDesign & Experience / Management

Private dining for twelve guests, designed down to the timing of each plate and pour.

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07 — In numbersDraft figures — to be confirmed

What the system adds up to.

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Events and services operated

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Covers served

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Local producers and suppliers

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Average reduction in food waste

08 — PeopleChefs · Managers · Service · Suppliers
Cooks and service staff working a buffet line as guests are served.

Peoplemake places.

People make places.
A cook plating food from chafing dishes at the line.

The line

A guest serving herself from the buffet.

The guest

We operatebeyond the obvious.

Altamira connects operations, management, logistics, hospitality and design to develop businesses and experiences that work from the inside out. We are not a restaurant group and not an agency. We are the structure behind the places people love.

09 — JournalNotes on making places work

10 — Contact

Let's buildsomething worthexperiencing.

Let's build something worth experiencing.

hola@altamiraexperience.com
Quito — Ecuador