Restaurant ordering & management platform · UAE
Run your restaurant from home
One platform for QR table ordering, delivery apps, walk-in takeaway, the kitchen, sales analytics and recipe-based inventory. Built for restaurants in the UAE.
- No app download for guests
- Arabic & English
- UAE VAT ready
The problem
Running a UAE restaurant today is fragmented
Owners juggle separate devices, paper and guesswork, and must be on site to know what is happening.
- 1Too many tablets
Each delivery app has its own device, menu and order screen.
- 2Slow table service
Guests wait for a waiter to take the order, and again for the bill.
- 3Stock guesswork
No one knows exactly how much rice, chicken or oil is left.
- 4Hidden waste and leakage
Purchases rarely match what was actually sold.
- 5Owner must be on site
No live view of sales, stock or staff from outside the restaurant.
A typical counter today
Every channel is a separate screen, menu and report.
The solution
Every channel, one platform
Every order, from any source, flows into one kitchen, one stock and one set of reports.
Order sources
Guests scan, order and pay from the table
Talabat, Careem, Noon Food, Keeta and more
Fast counter orders with token numbers
Restaurant control
Orders appear instantly for the chefs
Sales by dish, channel, hour and branch
Recipe-based stock deduction and reorder alerts
How it works
Three ways to order, one kitchen
No app download, no waiting for a waiter. The guest uses their own phone.
- 1Scan
Guest scans the QR code on the table
- 2Browse
Photo menu in Arabic and English
- 3Order
Add items, notes and extras, then send
- 4Kitchen
Order shows on the kitchen display with the table number
- 5Serve
Waiter is alerted when the dish is ready
- 6Pay & finish
Bill on phone, pay by card, Apple Pay or cash
Faster table turns, fewer order mistakes, less pressure on waiters at peak hours, and every order automatically recorded in sales and stock.
Stop switching between tablets. Every online order lands in the same kitchen queue.
order hub
- One menu, every platform
Change a price or mark a dish sold out once, and it updates everywhere.
- Auto-accept to kitchen
Online orders print or show on the kitchen display with no re-typing.
- Profit by platform
See sales, commission and net income for each app side by side.
- Own channel, zero commission
Your own ordering link for WhatsApp, Instagram and Google.
Platform integrations depend on each app's partner API access and will be rolled out platform by platform.
A simple counter screen for customers who walk in and order to go.
Cashier taps items on the Cinamon POS, or the customer scans a counter QR code.
Customer gets a token number, and the order goes straight to the kitchen display.
Token shows on the pickup screen, with an optional WhatsApp message.
Cash, card or Apple Pay, with a VAT invoice by print or WhatsApp.
Weekly sales by channel (AED, sample data)
Owner dashboard
Know your numbers, live
Every order from every channel feeds one owner dashboard.
- Sales by hour, day, channel and branch
- Best and worst selling dishes
- Average bill and table turn time
- Food cost % and platform commissions
- Staff and waiter performance
Recipe-based inventory
Every order automatically deducts stock
Each dish has a recipe. When it sells, the exact ingredients come out of inventory. Move the slider to try it.
- Basmati rice
- 180 g
- Chicken
- 200 g
- Onion
- 60 g
- Cooking oil
- 20 ml
- Biryani masala
- 10 g
| Item | Opening | Used | Left | Status |
|---|
Daily purchases
Track purchases and spot waste early
Vegetables, chicken, mutton, oils and masala: know what you bought, what you used and what is missing.
- Daily entries by supplier
- Quantity, unit price and total
- Photo of the supplier invoice
- Price history per item
- Expected use from sold orders
- Actual use from the daily count
- Variance flagged per item
- Spot waste, over-portioning, leakage
- Minimum level for each item
- Low-stock alerts on the phone
- Suggested order quantity
- Send the order to the supplier on WhatsApp
Orders say 9 kg of rice was used. The evening count shows 10.5 kg is gone. Cinamon flags the 1.5 kg gap so the manager can check it the same day.
Owner app
Run your restaurant from home
The Cinamon owner app puts the whole restaurant in your pocket, whether you are at home, travelling or at another branch.
- Live sales and orders from every channel
- Instant alerts for low stock, voids and discounts
- Approve purchases and refunds remotely
- Staff attendance, shifts and performance
- Daily closing report on WhatsApp or email
Today, live
AED 8,450
142 orders · avg bill AED 59
Chicken below minimum
Purchase awaiting approval
Daily report ready
And much more
Built for the UAE
Points, happy-hour pricing and promo codes
Bookings linked to table QR codes
Bilingual menus, receipts and dashboards
Tax invoices with 5% VAT calculated automatically
Cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and cash
Central menu, stock and reports for all outlets
Permissions, attendance and tip tracking
Ratings after every meal, sent to the owner
The difference
What changes for the owner
Today
- A tablet and a menu to update for every delivery app
- Waiters write orders by hand and walk them to the kitchen
- Stock is counted in a notebook, if at all
- Purchases and usage never reconciled
- Owner calls the manager to ask how the day went
With Cinamon
- One screen and one menu for every channel
- Guests order from the table; the kitchen sees it instantly
- Stock deducted automatically from every recipe
- Daily variance shows waste and leakage
- Owner sees live sales and alerts from home
Pricing
Simple monthly subscription
Proposed pricing per branch, to be confirmed with our pilot restaurants.
Starter
AED 299/branch/month
- QR table ordering
- Counter POS & takeaway
- Kitchen display
- Daily sales reports
Most popular
Growth
AED 599/branch/month
- Everything in Starter
- Delivery apps in one screen
- Recipe-based inventory
- Purchases & reorder alerts
- Owner mobile app
Pro
AED 999/branch/month
- Everything in Growth
- Multi-branch control
- Advanced analytics
- Loyalty & reservations
- Priority support
One-time setup (menu build, QR stands, staff training) and hardware (tablets, printers, kitchen screens) are quoted separately.
Why Cinamon
Most tools solve one piece. Cinamon connects them all.
| Capability | Cinamon | Typical POS | Tablets + paper |
|---|---|---|---|
| QR table ordering and payment | ✓ | Partial | — |
| All delivery apps on one screen | ✓ | Partial | — |
| Recipe-based stock deduction | ✓ | Partial | — |
| Daily purchases and waste tracking | ✓ | — | Partial |
| Owner app to run from home | ✓ | Partial | — |
| Built for the UAE: Arabic, VAT, local apps | ✓ | Partial | Partial |
Comparison reflects typical capabilities of standalone POS systems and manual setups; individual products vary.
For investors
A large, growing, digital-first market
About 1,200 new restaurant licences were issued in Dubai in 2024. Every new opening needs ordering, POS and stock tools from day one, which is the ideal moment to onboard them onto Cinamon.
Roadmap
- Phase 1 · Months 0–3Build & pilot
QR ordering, POS and kitchen display. Pilot with 5 restaurants.
- Phase 2 · Months 3–6Connect & control
First delivery app integrations, recipe inventory, owner mobile app.
- Phase 3 · Months 6–12Grow in the UAE
Sales team in Dubai & Sharjah. Target 100+ restaurants.
- Phase 4 · Year 2Expand
Abu Dhabi and northern emirates, supplier marketplace, wider GCC.
Sources: Khaleej Times (Oct 2026); Ken Research, UAE Food Delivery Apps Market 2026–2032; Ken Research, Ratio of Restaurants for UAE and Qatar Market.
Join us at the start
Book a live demo
We are looking for founding restaurant partners and early investors. Founding partners get free setup (menu, QR stands, staff training) and locked-in pricing.
- Live demo
- Pilot agreement
- Go live in 2 weeks