Solo founder looking for UAE restaurants to pilot Order Ready for free (a digital waitlist & pickup flow, no hardware, no app downloads)
Hey everyone,
So I've been heads down building something for the past few months and I've reached the point where I need to test it in real environments. Figured this community was the right place to share it.
The product is called Order Ready. The core idea came from a pretty simple observation: most restaurants and cafés still manage wait times in ways that just don't match the experience they're trying to offer. Paper lists, staff calling out names, or those old pager devices that cost a lot, break constantly, and honestly look out of place in a premium venue.
What I built is a web-based flow that replaces all of that. A customer scans a QR at the counter or the entrance, follows their status from their own phone, and gets notified the moment their order or table is ready. No app to download. Nothing to install. Just a link that opens in the browser.
There are two versions depending on the type of place:
Pickup Flow is for cafés and fast casual spots where people wait for their order at the counter. The staff marks it ready from a dashboard, the customer gets the notification instantly.
Waitlist Flow is for restaurants, rooftops, or beach clubs where guests are waiting for a table. Instead of hovering near the entrance, they can grab a drink at the bar and get a notification when their table is ready.
From the operator side, there's a real-time dashboard showing active orders, average wait times, and peak hour data. The customer-facing experience is also fully branded, so they see the venue's identity throughout, not mine.
I'm one person building this. It's early, and I'm not going to pretend otherwise. What I need right now is a handful of venues willing to actually run it during service and tell me what works and what doesn't.
What you'd get out of it: Full access to the platform at no cost during the pilot, direct support from me throughout the whole thing, and your feedback will genuinely influence how the product develops.
What I'd ask in return: Real usage during actual service hours, honest feedback (the good and the bad), and a short call at the end to go through what you experienced.
No cost, no contract, no commitment beyond that.
If you run or manage a spot in the UAE that deals with any kind of wait, I'd love to hear from you. Drop a comment or send me a DM.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/santiagogregorinizampatti/