Guides for restaurant owners in Dubai & the UAE
Practical, no-nonsense advice on running a restaurant in the UAE — choosing a restaurant POS, getting 5% VAT right, taking orders on WhatsApp and QR menus, running the kitchen and keeping food cost under control.
Buying guides · 6 min read
How to Choose a Restaurant POS in Dubai and the UAE: A Practical Buyer's Guide
Cloud or on-premise, per-terminal or flat fee, VAT handling, WhatsApp and QR ordering — what actually matters when you pick a restaurant POS in the UAE, and the questions to ask before you sign.
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Tax & compliance · 6 min
UAE VAT for Restaurants: 5% VAT and Tax-Inclusive Menu Pricing Explained
Most UAE menus show prices with VAT already included. Here is how to work the 5% back out of a bill, handle discounts, print compliant receipts and keep your VAT return simple.
Ordering channels · 5 min
WhatsApp Ordering for Restaurants in the UAE: How to Take Orders Without the Chaos
Your regulars already message you on WhatsApp. Here is how to turn that into a proper ordering channel — without a staff member glued to a phone, and without paying marketplace commission.
Ordering channels · 4 min
QR Code Menus and Table Ordering in Dubai: A Restaurant Owner's Guide
A QR menu can be a PDF nobody wants to zoom, or a fast ordering tool that sends orders straight to the kitchen. Here's how to get the second one right in a Dubai restaurant.
Buying guides · 5 min
Choosing a Kitchen Display System (KDS) for Your Restaurant
Paper tickets get lost, misread and buried under the rush. Here's what a kitchen display system should do, what hardware you need, and how to switch without disrupting service.
Operations · 5 min
How to Cut Food Cost and Waste with Recipe-Based Stock Control
Food cost rarely leaks in one place. Recipe-based stock control shows what you should have used, what you actually used, and where the difference went.
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