How much does it cost to build a restaurant app?
A restaurant app is really an ordering and fulfillment engine with a menu on top. The cost is shaped by how far you go past the menu — payments, delivery, tracking, and connecting to the kitchen or POS.
In short: A restaurant or food-ordering app usually runs $8,000–$35,000 and ships in 6 weeks to 4 months. Cost is driven by menu and ordering, payments, delivery and live tracking, and POS or kitchen integrations. We have built marketplace and delivery products with ordering and local-business categories, including the live DialDAO marketplace.
What drives the cost of a restaurant app
Menu & ordering
Menus, modifiers, carts, and checkout — the core, and complexity (combos, scheduling, multi-location) adds cost.
Payments
Card payments, wallets, tips, and refunds are standard ordering plumbing.
Delivery & tracking
Driver assignment, live tracking, and delivery zones add real-time work if you fulfill orders.
POS & kitchen integration
Connecting to a POS or kitchen display system adds integration scope but streamlines operations.
Typical feature costs
Planning-grade ranges for common features. Your exact price depends on scope, platforms, and design — the calculator combines them for you.
Login & user accounts
$1,000 – $3,000
Email, social, or phone auth with secure session handling.
Payments & subscriptions
$3,000 – $8,000
Stripe, Razorpay, or in-app purchases with webhooks and receipts.
Maps & location
$2,000 – $6,000
Geolocation, routing, and map UI with a provider like Google or Mapbox.
Real-time / live data
$2,500 – $7,000
Live updates, sockets, and sync across devices.
Admin panel / dashboard
$3,000 – $9,000
Back-office to manage users, content, orders, and analytics.
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Have you built ordering or delivery apps?
Yes — DialDAO is a live local-business directory marketplace (with food & beverage categories), and HappyToDeliver includes ordering and marketplace modules we built on Laravel 12. DialDAO is live; HappyToDeliver is in active beta.
Can you build delivery with live tracking?
Yes — driver assignment, live location tracking, and delivery zones are common in our scopes when you fulfill orders yourself.
Can it integrate with my POS?
Yes. POS and kitchen-display integrations add scope but keep operations smooth. We scope the specific system on the call.
Who owns the code?
You do — 100% code ownership, no lock-in, plus 30–90 days of post-launch support.
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