Restaurant App Development Services

Basic demo application can help you get an idea of the application, agree on design and internal testing. It includes the most basic functionality. Scope of work and features for such app may include:

1. Tech and graphical design — ER and StateChart diagram, DevOps, Wireframes, prototype, design, design slicing — all technical and design works that form general look and body of the app

2. Simple menu — list of products, product images, price, description

3. Online ordering — place an order, list of items ordered, total calculation, callback request — manual backend.

4. Contact us — feedback: problems, suggestions, contacts

We know some rules and tricks to shape the user experience in a way that minimizes users leaving your app. All buttons and menu should look appealing, be clear and simple for the user. For example:

- Never create obligatory registration and never ask your client to register before payment - this way you’ll lose about 35% of customers.

- The price should be as clear as possible to the customer. 25% of the clients will leave if they cannot see the price when they expect to.

- The checkout procedure should be as fast and convenient as possible. 23% of clients leave the app because of an overly long or complicated checkout process.

— In order for the app to become successful you have to pay a lot of attention to details, especially before releasing the application. Do not overload the app with functions that you don’t actually need. Choose only those features that solve customers’ problems or are advantageous for you.

Getting back to basic demo application - the approximate price for such prototype would be $6960 for one platform (iOS or Android) or around $9990 — for both (iOS and Android) and prototype can be developed within 4–5 weeks.

It’s important to understand: MVP is not a synonym for an unfinished or primitive product that was created in a hurry. By creating an MVP, you can better understand the needs and expectations of your audience and modify your app to satisfy them.

1. The same foundation as the basic demo app.

2. Menu - categories, search, filters - to help the user navigate your menu confidently

3. Ordering - payment type (by card or by cash), other order info, thank you for ordering screen, order confirmation notification by e-mail.

4. Log in / Sign up. Users can optionally sign in or sign up with email/password or a mobile number, reset their password, or continue without logging in

5. Table booking - set date, set number of people, manual confirmation by admin. Booking confirmation notification by e-mail.

6. User account settings - add/edit user info, photo, contacts, set notification settings, log out.

7. User order history - Users can view their orders, general info, details, overview

8. Loyalty - users accomplish goals set by admin, get discounts, can overview loyalty progress in history screen

9. Push notifications - by geolocation. Invite your users to your restaurants when they are nearby, give them special offers or remind them about loyalty program.

10. Advanced contacts - call from the app, leave feedback, advanced problem reporting - during the MVP stage it's extremely important to gather all the feedback we can from users in order to make their experience better and to make the application fit within all the expectations.

11. Social sharing - share and recommend your app on the social networks they use, thus adding promotional value to your app.

12. Admin web interface - it is actually another application made for managing content and users of a mobile app. We highly recommend building it at an early stage in order to help you manage your app in the right and simple way. Here are the basic web app features:

- customer database management

- menu management

- loyalty programs, special offers management

- push notification management

— As you can see, MVP model includes only those features that are necessary to bring value both to the user and the application owner.

To build an MVP for restaurant mobile application, we recommend to set a budget around $27,500 for both Android and iOS mobile platforms + web admin interface. Building an MVP usually takes about 3–4 months.

Yet, this is only rough estimate of the development costs, it also depends on the size of your business, number and type of restaurants. In addition, you can always delete or add different features in your project at any stage.

In case you have a big network of restaurants and you exactly know user needs and business processes that you want to automate, you may consider building advanced digital system that will include user mobile applications and manager dashboards.

If you really want to go digital, you can save millions of dirhams annually by cutting operating costs for managing your customers, venues, and loyalty, and bringing customers back again and again to your restaurants.

1. Same foundation as 1. Basic demo + 2. MVP

2. Advanced Menu - set restaurant, suggestions, suggestions by geolocation, special offers by geolocation, ratings, search by geolocation, map view.

3. Online payments - set payment type, pay through the app, auto payments, receipt sent by email.

4. Log in / Sign up - login/sign up with social media: Facebook, Google account, etc.

5. Table booking - real-time table map, real-time table verification, mobile calendar synchronization

6. User account settings and history - gamification settings, diagrams, status.

7. Loyalty - user points, gamification - user engagement that can produce priceless value.

8. Events - organize and promote events and celebrations with your app.

9. Push-notifications - Advanced animated notifications in order to invite your users to your restaurants when they are nearby, give them special offers, or remind them about loyalty program, events promotion and many more.

10. Advanced contacts - ratings, call from the app, online consultant/chatbot

11. Social sharing - share the event, share invitation for table booking, gamification progress sharing, Instagram integration.

12. Admin web interface - Advanced application made for managing content and users of mobile app, and setting roles to the restaurants admins. Necessary features for managing big systems and multiple restaurants:

- customer database management

- menu management

- loyalty programs, special offers and events management

- push notification management

- table booking real-time automated system

- setting roles to managers, multiple users

- improved analytics system

13. POS integration - integrate your systems and automate processes.

14. Trip Advisor and other APIs - gather ratings, improve user experience.

The system potential of user experience improvement and business operations automation truly has no limits. Moreover, high-quality mobile apps can themselves become an advertisement for your brand.

The price for developing full system for restaurant business depends on the size of business and features selected. The budget for full mobile applications and a web management system can start at $40 000.

You can also add advanced delivery tracking and management features to your restaurant application.