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You Don't Own Your Business. The Community Does: Rabih Yanni on 33 Years in Hospitality
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- Make Restaurants Profitable
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- May 12, 2026
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Summary
Rabih Yanni has spent 33 years in hospitality. Nine venues across nine different postcodes. Currently runs Botanical Hotel in South Yarra — the iconic Melbourne pub he's brought back to life since 2019. Founded South Yarra Deli during COVID and took it national. He's the kind of operator who can walk into a venue, look around, and tell you in five minutes what's broken and how to fix it. But the line that stopped Tim in this conversation was this: "You never own a business. The community d...