Vertical · Restaurants & Food Service

iOS & Android apps built for restaurants

Online ordering that doesn't cost 30% to third-party marketplaces. Loyalty programs customers actually use. A menu you can update in 30 seconds from your phone. Custom native apps, not white-labeled templates.

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What the big delivery apps don't tell you

15–30%

taken per order by DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats — on top of the customer delivery fee.

0%

ownership of the customer list. The marketplace keeps it. You can't re-market, you can't email, you don't even know who came back.

1

price change requires editing menus on 3+ platforms. Something inevitably gets missed.

A custom-branded ordering app is a one-time investment that replaces the marketplace commission with a flat monthly cost. Payback period is usually 2–4 months for a moderately busy spot.

What we build for restaurants

Branded online ordering

Menu, modifiers, pickup/delivery toggle, Stripe or Square payment, kitchen printer integration. Your brand, your colors, your rules.

Loyalty & rewards

Points per visit, free-item thresholds, birthday perks, tiered VIP. Push notifications for reward redemption, not spam.

Menu management from your phone

Edit items, prices, modifiers, specials, and 86-list in real-time from an owner-side tab. No waiting on a developer ticket.

Reservations & waitlist

Optional OpenTable-style table management with SMS waitlist updates. Skip OpenTable's $249/month cover fee.

Push notifications that convert

Lunch specials, happy-hour triggers, re-engagement campaigns for customers who haven't been in for 30 days. Written for hospitality, not e-commerce spam.

Sales + trend reporting

Daily / weekly / monthly dashboard for order volume, average ticket, peak hours, and loyalty redemption rate. Actual information you can act on.

Common questions

Restaurant apps typically fall in the Companion App tier ($4,500–$6,500) for ordering + loyalty that extends your existing website, or the Business Utility tier ($6,500–$9,000) for standalone apps with full ordering workflows, table management, and kitchen integrations. Web + app bundles start at $8,000. Use the app cost estimator for a rough range, or reach out for a specific quote.
Companion ordering or loyalty apps typically take 4–6 weeks. Full business utility apps with kitchen integration and table management take 8–12 weeks. Every project starts with a Discovery phase to define scope before any timeline is committed. See the full process →
Yes — the app is published to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store under your business name. Customers download it like any other app. Once downloaded, it works natively: push notifications, saved orders, loyalty balances, and one-tap reorder.
For your existing customer base, yes. A custom ordering app captures repeat orders at zero commission versus 15–30% per order on delivery platforms. It won't replace the discovery function — new customers finding you on DoorDash for the first time — but every repeat order through your own app is a full-margin order.

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Stop paying marketplace commissions. Start owning your customers.

Tell us a bit about your restaurant and we'll send back a scope + quote within 48 hours.

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