Your own restaurant app

The app for your restaurant — guests order from you. Not from a platform.

The phone rings off the hook at noon while a platform takes a cut of every order? Your own app takes pickup orders while you cook — with 0% commission.

30-second check · free, no strings attached · answer usually the same day

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Miller's Tavern
MainsDessertsDrinks
Wiener schnitzelwith potato salad · $11.901
Beef goulashwith a bread dumpling · $14.501
Grilled chicken saladwith garden vegetables · $13.900
Pickup at the barWe'll message you the moment everything is ready.
Ordered recentlylast 30 days
Beef goulash with a bread dumpling in a bowlDaily special pre-orderedBeef goulash · picked up 11:45 AM$14.50

Tap around — this is roughly how your future app will feel.

Free estimate

What should your restaurant app do?

5 questions · 30 seconds · then a concrete proposal with a fixed price.

Step 1 of 5

What should your app be able to do?

Pick what would help your restaurant the most.pick as many as you like, every feature shows what it adds.

Always included: an iPhone and Android app in the stores, a web version, release under your own name, hosting, updates and support.

Part of the base packagetake as many as you like — it stays at $4,000
Extensions — extra modulesaround +$900 per module
Deeply wired — integrations & AIaround +$2,500 per integration

Pick a feature — we will explain right here what it does day to day.

$4,000$6,500Base package · fixed price after our call
01One order, three points of view

From the guest's phone to the handover.

The same order — from three perspectives. Tap through:

One order, zero phone calls — and nobody is waiting at the register.

02Feature by feature

What the app for your restaurant can do.

From a tavern to a lunch counter — tap through the building blocks; on the right you see how it looks in your app.

Miller's TavernPickup orders
Order #221$26.40
Wiener schnitzel with a lemon wedge and potato salad1× Wiener schnitzelwith potato salad$11.90
Beef goulash with a bread dumpling in a bowl1× Beef goulashwith a bread dumpling$14.50
Paid in the appPickup 12:30 PM — handover without the register.
In the kitchenStep 2 of 3
Miller's Tavernnow

Order accepted

#221 · pickup 12:30 PM.

03Never print again

Menu changed. At 5:02 PM. In one minute.

Play the owner: tap a change on the left — your guests see it on the right immediately.

Your admin panel

One tap — saved. No printer, no PDF, no call to a web designer.

Live for every guest

Miller's Tavern · menu

Daily special · beef goulash with a dumpling

$14.50

Server carrying two plates through a busy dining room at lunchtime
Scene: lunch service12:30 PM

Full patio, kitchen at its limit — and that's exactly when table seven would rather order for itself.

Guest, kitchen and front of house see the same thing — orders move without anyone walking the floor three times.

From the field

Noon is when you find out whether an app is any good.

Most restaurant owners don't want an app. They want fewer things to go wrong between 11:30 and 1:30: less phone between the pan and the register, less waiting in line to pay, fewer rounds of “sorry, the soup is gone today.” Whether an app manages that isn't decided in a demo — it's decided during service.

≈ $2,500commission a year on 800 orders at $24
0%commission when the same order comes through your app
from $4,000a full app: menu, pre-ordering, push

The lunch rush is the honest test

At 11:32 the phone rings while a server is ringing someone up and the next plate is coming off the pass. In that exact moment, a pre-order that appears quietly on the kitchen tablet is worth more than any feature list: order #218, pickup 12:15, paid. Nobody has to pick up, nobody scribbles on a slip that later disappears under the receipt roll.

The real gain isn't in the ordering, though — it's in the paying. Whoever paid in the app gets their bag handed over the counter in twenty seconds: no card terminal, no change, no line stretching to the door. Don't convert that into revenue, convert it into minutes — they're exactly the ones your staff spends standing still today.

It isn't the ordering that eats the lunch rush — it's the paying.

The quiet Tuesday and the one message

The second argument for your own app isn't in the kitchen at noon; it's on a Tuesday afternoon when the dining room is half empty. A push at ten in the morning — “Rib night on Friday, from 5 PM on the patio” — lands on the lock screen of people who already like you. No ad budget, no algorithm deciding who gets to see your post.

Said honestly: one message doesn't fill an empty house. It moves guests — from “sometime again” to a specific Friday. And it only works as long as you're sparing with it. Two pushes a week and people turn notifications off; one with a real reason and the patio is full that night. When in doubt, send one fewer.

What the app can't do

It doesn't replace a server. A phone greets nobody, recommends no wine and doesn't notice that the corner table is missing something. It also won't bring in guests who've never heard of you — that's what platforms, search and the neighborhood are for. And it doesn't make the kitchen faster: when everything is due at quarter past twelve, no screen helps. What the app does is keep the line to your regulars open and take away the motions nobody enjoys — the phone, the slips, the change, the same allergen question three times.

The cheapest route onto your guests' phones is already on the table, by the way: the QR code that opens the menu today can open the app tomorrow — one tap and your restaurant sits on the home screen. We'd still start with the smallest tier, and that isn't a trial version but a finished app in the store under your restaurant's name: digital menu, pre-ordering and push to regulars from $4,000, launch-ready in two weeks. What comes later is more technology — reservations, points, the connection to your POS — and your guests decide that, not a brochure.

You know where it jams between 11:30 and 1:30. We know what an app takes off your hands — and what it doesn't.

04No buzzwords — do the math

What does platform commission really cost?

Move the sliders and the total follows.Worked example
Regulars' orders per year800
Average order value$24
Regulars' orders through platforms800 a year at $24
Commission that stays there~ 13%

≈ $2,500 a year — for orders from guests who wanted to order from you anyway.

Through your own app: 0% commission. Platforms stay for catching new guests — regulars order direct.

Half a minute · you end up with a proposal and a fixed price

One project. Every device.

This is how the listing for your app will look once we submit it. Type in your name, pick a color — the preview on the right picks up both straight away.

Your brand color
iPhone appListed in the App Store, under your name
Android appOn Google Play, with your logo and your colors
Browser & adminAccess with nothing to install, plus your own admin area
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19 RATINGS4.8★★★★★AGE4+Years OldCATEGORYFood & DrinkDEVELOPERMiller's Tavern LLC
Miller's Tavern
Search dishes …
MainsDessertsDrinks
Lunch menuuntil 2 PM
Wiener schnitzel with a lemon wedge and potato saladWiener schnitzelwith potato salad · $11.901+
Beef goulash with a bread dumpling in a bowlBeef goulashwith a bread dumpling · $14.501+
Bowl of green salad with grilled chicken strips, tomatoes and cucumberGrilled chicken saladwith garden vegetables and feta$13.90
Torn skillet pancake dusted with powdered sugar, plum compote on the sideSkillet pancakewith plum compote$9.80
Go to the order — $26.40Pickup today 12:15 PM · pay in the app
Pickup at the barWe'll message you the moment everything is ready.
White wine spritzer with ice and a slice of orange
With that: wine spritzer8 oz, well chilled$4.20
Miller's Tavern
LunchEvening
Wiener schnitzel with a lemon wedge and potato salad
Schnitzel day: Wiener schnitzeltoday −20% · instead of $11.90$9.50
Lunch menu11 AM–2 PM
Beef goulash with a bread dumpling in a bowlBeef goulashDaily special$14.50
Bowl of green salad with grilled chicken strips, tomatoes and cucumberGrilled chicken saladwith garden vegetables and feta$13.90
Torn skillet pancake dusted with powdered sugar, plum compote on the sideSkillet pancakewith plum compote$9.80
Pumpkin soup: sold out todayTaken off the menu at 10:42 AM.
In the evening
Set tables on the patio under string lightsRib night on the patioon the patio · grab a tablefrom 5 PM
White wine spritzer with ice and a slice of orangeWine spritzer8 oz, well chilled$4.20
Miller's Tavern
Set tables on the patio under string lights
PatioSeats outdoors · kitchen until 9 PM
Thu20Fri21Sat22Sun23
6:00 PM6:30 PM7:00 PM7:30 PM8:00 PM8:30 PM
Book a tableFriday 7:30 PM · 4 people · patio
Miller's Tavern5:00 PM

Reminder: tonight 7:30 PM

Table for 4 on the patio.

Notifications
Table reminderon the day of the reservation
Daily special & offersweekdays at 10 AM

The menu from Miller's Tavern on your phone — with the daily special, prices and what's already sold out. Book a table on the patio, pre-order your food and pick it up at 12:15 without waiting. You pay in the app, and regulars hear about offers first. more

Ratings & ReviewsSee All
4.819 Ratings
No line at lunch2 weeks ago
F. Sterling

Pre-ordered at half past ten, everything was packed and ready at 12:15. I paid in the app and just picked it up at the bar.

The menu is always right1 month ago
kathy_68

I finally see what the daily special is and what's already gone. Booked the patio table for Friday in two minutes, and the afternoon reminder is handy.

What’s NewVersion History

Version 1.2

Menu in real time: the daily special and deals like schnitzel day at $9.50 instead of $11.90 show up in the app immediately — sold-out dishes disappear by themselves.

Just a preview — your name, your logo, your colors. Screenshots come from the app on this page; figures and reviews are placeholders.

Built once, available everywhere: your customers download the app from the store, you run everything from a browser.

05Proof, not promises

What we build is out in the app stores.

Six apps of our own, used by real people every day. What you see here are the untouched store screenshots and preview videos — exactly what anyone downloading them gets. Click through the shelf.

ScanFood — original App Store screenshot 1ScanFood — original App Store screenshot 2ScanFood — original App Store screenshot 3
ScanFoodFood scanner

Scan a barcode and see at a glance what is actually inside: nutrition, additives, a clear verdict — and AI that recognizes whole meals from a photo.

Real listings — the buttons open the actual store pages.

Amazing how it turns my phone into a fully working security camera
Cam&Cam · plumblv · App Store
No frills, intuitive - does exactly what it should
ScanFood · Kassiwest · App Store
This app is far better than any baby monitor. Outstanding support!!!
LooLoo · Egkel · App Store

Reviews taken from the App Store, word for word.

Your app goes out the very same way: under your name, with your logo.

06Behind the studio

Who actually builds your app?

No off-the-shelf builder, no chain of anonymous contractors: an owner-run development studio that designs, codes and looks after apps for restaurants and bars itself.

20 yrs web · 8 yrs apps 6 apps of our own iOS · Android · web Fixed price in writing

Have a nice day — an owner-run development studio: the person you deal with is the developer himself.

We are in the stores ourselvesWe publish and operate our own apps — you can see which ones further up. Going through store review month after month teaches you what really matters.
Everything under one roofConcept, design, code, store submission and day-to-day operation — nothing is handed to subcontractors or shipped offshore. If it says Have a nice day, Have a nice day did the work.
You talk to the developerAt the other end sits the person who actually writes your app. No ticket system, no call center — in German, English or Russian.
More than 20 years of experienceOver 20 years of web development and 8 years of apps for iOS and Android — the ones in the stores above are the latest result of that work.
A fixed price before we startWhat the project costs is agreed in writing before the first line of code exists. No surprises from a timesheet.
Speed from modern toolingWe work with current technology and AI assistance. That is why we measure projects in weeks rather than quarters and stay below what agencies charge — every single line still gets reviewed by us.

Orders, reservations or regulars — what would help your place most?

5 questions, 30 seconds — then you get a concrete proposal with a fixed price. No commission model.

Free, no strings attached · usually an answer the same day

07The road to your app

From the idea to an ordering app.

1

Tell us about your place

Kitchen, how service runs, what the app should do — one conversation between two services is enough.

2

Proposal and fixed price

Concrete: what the app does, how it looks, what it costs. No percentage of your revenue.

3

Preview on your own phone

You and your team tap through it — we adjust until it fits.

4

Into the stores

We handle the App Store and Google Play — under your restaurant's name.

5

We stay on it

New menu, new ideas, seasonal changes — a direct line to us.

08Set packages, set prices

What does it all cost?

There is no hourly billing and nothing added on afterwards: you choose a package, you get a fixed price for it, and you know in advance what is included. Even Start is a complete app — the larger packages add features and deeper technology, not better quality.

Included everywhere: App Store, Google Play and the browser — along with hosting, updates and support. The only difference is the feature set.

Start

A complete app, not a stripped-down version

from $4,000

ready to submit in 2 weeks

  • In the App Store, on Google Play and in the browser
  • Published under your own name
  • Every core feature of your trade, fully built
  • Push messages to your customers
  • Hosting, updates and support included
The most common choice

Business

More features, more automation

from $10,000

usually 3–4 weeks

  • Everything in Start
  • Extra modules, cut to fit how you work
  • Admin area: edit content and offers yourself
  • Reminders and routines that run on their own

Complete

Woven tightly into your systems

from $20,000

from 4 weeks, depending on scope

  • Everything in Business
  • Connections to your point of sale, calendar, inventory system and more
  • AI features, custom interfaces, an area for your staff
  • Continuous further development

Rather not pay a large sum up front? Then subscribe.

from $199 / month

  • We build it, run it and maintain it; you pay monthly
  • Updates, new features and support are part of it
  • The source code stays with us at first and becomes yours once it is paid off in full

Depending on the feature set, projects land between $4,000 and roughly $30,000 — how far your app goes is your call. We name the fixed price after a short conversation, free and without obligation.

The three packages are typical sizes; anything in between is possible too. The math: base package $4,000, each additional module about +$900, each connection to an existing system about +$2,500. The shows what every single feature costs.

Where do the speed and the price come from? We work with current tooling, AI included — the time we save goes back into the price, the care stays handmade.

09What people ask us

Common questions about a restaurant app

The next lunch order comes without a phone call.

A free first conversation — no sales pressure, just an honest proposal with a fixed price for your restaurant.

Rather talk it through

We usually reply the same day · your fixed price comes in writing — then take your time to decide.

Full terrace under string lights, guests at dinner, a relaxed server with a tray, mountains behind
Scene: evening on the terrace8:15 PM

Your restaurant app

Free, no strings attached