Smarter Dining: Pre-Order, Book and Dine App
Budget / Salary₹37,500–75,000
TypeFreelance project
LocationRemote
Posted3 hours ago
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Build a complete restaurant discovery, food pre-ordering, smart table-booking and dining platform inspired by the functionality of Dineout, but with completely original branding, UI/UX and business logic.
CORE CONCEPT:
The main USP is: **Select Food → Book Table → System Calculates Customer ETA → Restaurant Prepares Food at the Correct Time → Customer Arrives → Food Is Ready → Dine Without Waiting.**
The customer must select food FIRST and table SECOND.
CUSTOMER APP:
1. Registration/Login
* Mobile OTP, email login
* Customer profile
* Saved locations
* GPS permission
2. Home
* Detect customer location using GPS
* Show nearby restaurants
* Show restaurant distance and estimated travel time
* Search restaurants and food
* Cuisine/category filters
* Offers and recommended restaurants
3. Restaurant Page
Show restaurant name, photos, rating, reviews, location, opening hours, offers, distance, live ETA, table availability and complete food menu.
4. FOOD MENU – FIRST STEP
Customer must select food before table booking.
Each food item should have:
* Image
* Name
* Description
* Price
* Veg/non-veg indicator
* Preparation time
* Add-ons/customization
* Quantity
* Availability
* Special instructions
Example:
Chicken Biryani – ₹280 – Preparation 20 min
Butter Naan – ₹60 – Preparation 8 min
Chicken Tikka – ₹320 – Preparation 25 min
Customer adds items to cart and sees:
* Item total
* Taxes/charges
* Discount
* Coupon
* Final amount
Then show:
**CONTINUE TO TABLE BOOKING**
5. TABLE BOOKING – SECOND STEP
After food selection, customer selects:
* Date
* Number of guests
* Available table
* Expected arrival time
Only genuinely available tables should be displayed. Prevent double booking.
6. SMART ETA SYSTEM – MAIN FEATURE
After food and table selection, the system calculates the customer's travel ETA using GPS and a route/maps API.
Example:
Customer is 18 km from restaurant.
GPS/Maps ETA = 35 minutes.
Selected food requires approximately 25 minutes preparation.
Safety buffer = 10 minutes.
The system calculates the correct preparation schedule automatically.
Formula:
**Preparation Start = Expected Arrival Time − Food Preparation Time − Safety Buffer**
The system should use road travel time, not straight-line distance.
7. LIVE ETA TRACKING
After confirmation, continuously calculate:
* Customer location
* Distance remaining
* Traffic/route ETA
* Expected arrival time
* Food preparation status
Example:
18 km / 35 min ETA
↓
12 km / 27 min
↓
7 km / 18 min
↓
2 km / 5 min
The restaurant dashboard must receive meaningful ETA updates.
8. DYNAMIC FOOD PREPARATION
The restaurant should NOT immediately prepare the food if the customer is still far away.
Example:
Customer ETA = 35 minutes
Food preparation = 25 minutes
Buffer = 10 minutes
System schedules preparation at the appropriate time so food is ready close to the customer's arrival.
If ETA changes:
* Customer delayed by traffic → postpone preparation if necessary
* Customer arrives earlier → prioritize preparation
* Customer stops → recalculate ETA
* Route changes → recalculate ETA
Restaurant receives automatic instructions such as:
**"Start preparing Rahul's order now."**
**"Customer ETA changed to 20 minutes. Please prioritize this order."**
9. CUSTOMER ORDER STATUS
Show:
* Booking Confirmed
* Preparation Scheduled
* Preparing
* Almost Ready
* Ready
* Customer Nearby
* Customer Arrived
* Served
* Completed
10. CUSTOMER ARRIVAL
When customer approaches the restaurant, use GPS geofencing/ETA alerts.
Example:
500m away → Restaurant notified
100m away → Restaurant notified
Arrived → Customer checks in
Customer displays a unique QR/booking code. Restaurant scans it to verify:
* Customer
* Booking
* Table
* Food order
* Payment
* Number of guests
Then customer is seated at the reserved table and food is served.
11. RESTAURANT APP/DASHBOARD
Restaurant should see:
* New bookings
* Customer name
* Distance
* Live ETA
* Expected arrival
* Number of guests
* Reserved table
* Complete pre-order
* Food preparation time
* Preparation countdown
* Current order status
Order status:
Confirmed → Scheduled → Preparing → Ready → Customer Nearby → Customer Arrived → Served → Completed
Restaurant features:
* Registration/KYC
* Restaurant profile
* Menu management
* Food images/prices
* Food preparation times
* Availability
* Table management
* Booking management
* Order management
* Offers/coupons
* Payment tracking
* Settlements
* Customer history
* Reports/analytics
12. TABLE MANAGEMENT
Restaurant can configure:
Table 1 – 2 seats
Table 2 – 2 seats
Table 3 – 4 seats
Table 4 – 6 seats
Statuses:
Available / Reserved / Customer Arriving / Occupied / Cleaning / Unavailable
13. MENU MANAGEMENT
Restaurant can:
* Add/edit/delete food
* Upload images
* Set price
* Set preparation time
* Set availability
* Add categories
* Add variants
* Add-ons
* Customizations
* Special instructions
14. ADDITIONAL ORDER
After arrival, customer can order additional food/drinks from the app. Restaurant receives the new order separately and prepares it normally.
15. ADMIN WEB PANEL
Admin dashboard must include:
* Users
* Restaurants
* Restaurant KYC/approval
* Menus/categories
* Tables
* Bookings
* Food orders
* Live orders
* Payments
* Refunds
* Commission
* Settlements
* Coupons/offers
* Reviews
* Complaints
* Notifications
* Banners
* Analytics
* Reports
* Role-based admin access
16. PAYMENT
Integrate secure payment gateway supporting UPI, cards, net banking and other supported methods.
Payment statuses:
Pending / Processing / Successful / Failed / Refunded / Partially Refunded
Never store raw card details.
17. OFFERS
Support:
* Percentage discounts
* Flat discounts
* Restaurant offers
* Food-specific offers
* Coupon codes
* First-booking offers
* Time-based offers
18. NOTIFICATIONS
Customer:
* Booking confirmed
* Payment successful
* Restaurant confirmed
* Preparation scheduled
* Food preparing
* Food ready
* Restaurant approaching
* Booking reminder
* Cancellation/refund
Restaurant:
* New booking
* New pre-order
* Customer ETA changed
* Customer approaching
* Customer arrived
* Additional order
* Payment received
* Cancellation
19. SMART ETA ENGINE
Create a backend service that calculates:
* Customer coordinates
* Restaurant coordinates
* Road distance
* Travel ETA
* Food preparation time
* Restaurant workload
* Kitchen queue
* Safety buffer
* Preparation start time
* Target food-ready time
Recalculate when the customer's ETA changes significantly.
20. EDGE CASES
Handle:
* Customer cancellation
* Restaurant rejection
* Food item unavailable
* Customer late
* Customer early
* Traffic delay
* Restaurant kitchen delay
* Customer no-show
* Payment failure
* Refund
* Internet disconnection
* Double-booking prevention
If an item becomes unavailable after payment, notify the customer and provide replacement/removal/refund options.
21. GPS & MAPS
Use a reliable maps/route API for:
* Current location
* Restaurant location
* Road distance
* Travel ETA
* Route
* Traffic-aware ETA where supported
* Navigation
Location tracking must require user permission and follow applicable privacy requirements.
22. TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE
Build:
* Customer Android/iOS app
* Restaurant Android/iOS app or responsive merchant app
* Admin web panel
* Scalable backend/API
* Secure database
* Real-time WebSocket/event system
* Authentication
* Payment integration
* Maps/ETA integration
* Push notifications
* QR verification
Every booking/order status change must be stored with timestamp and synchronized across customer, restaurant and admin systems.
23. UI/UX
Modern, premium, simple and mobile-first design. The most important information should always be visible:
**Food Selected**
**Table Reserved**
**Customer ETA**
**Food Preparation**
**Food Ready**
**Customer Arrived**
FINAL USER FLOW:
GPS Location
→ Nearby Restaurants
→ Select Restaurant
→ Select Food
→ Cart
→ Select Table
→ Select Guests/Arrival
→ GPS Calculates ETA
→ Payment
→ Booking Confirmed
→ Restaurant Gets Order
→ System Schedules Preparation
→ Food Preparing
→ Customer Approaching
→ Food Ready
→ Customer Arrives
→ QR Check-in
→ Reserved Table
→ Food Served
→ Dine
→ Additional Order if Required
→ Complete
→ Rating/Review
MAIN USP:
**"Select your food before you arrive. Book your table. We track your ETA and prepare your food at the right time, so when you reach the restaurant, your food is ready and you don't have to wait."**
Build the application as a production-ready, secure, scalable platform that can expand to multiple cities and thousands of restaurants.
Build a complete restaurant discovery, food pre-ordering, smart table-booking and dining platform inspired by the functionality of Dineout, but with completely original branding, UI/UX and business logic.
CORE CONCEPT:
The main USP is: **Select Food → Book Table → System Calculates Customer ETA → Restaurant Prepares Food at the Correct Time → Customer Arrives → Food Is Ready → Dine Without Waiting.**
The customer must select food FIRST and table SECOND.
CUSTOMER APP:
1. Registration/Login
* Mobile OTP, email login
* Customer profile
* Saved locations
* GPS permission
2. Home
* Detect customer location using GPS
* Show nearby restaurants
* Show restaurant distance and estimated travel time
* Search restaurants and food
* Cuisine/category filters
* Offers and recommended restaurants
3. Restaurant Page
Show restaurant name, photos, rating, reviews, location, opening hours, offers, distance, live ETA, table availability and complete food menu.
4. FOOD MENU – FIRST STEP
Customer must select food before table booking.
Each food item should have:
* Image
* Name
* Description
* Price
* Veg/non-veg indicator
* Preparation time
* Add-ons/customization
* Quantity
* Availability
* Special instructions
Example:
Chicken Biryani – ₹280 – Preparation 20 min
Butter Naan – ₹60 – Preparation 8 min
Chicken Tikka – ₹320 – Preparation 25 min
Customer adds items to cart and sees:
* Item total
* Taxes/charges
* Discount
* Coupon
* Final amount
Then show:
**CONTINUE TO TABLE BOOKING**
5. TABLE BOOKING – SECOND STEP
After food selection, customer selects:
* Date
* Number of guests
* Available table
* Expected arrival time
Only genuinely available tables should be displayed. Prevent double booking.
6. SMART ETA SYSTEM – MAIN FEATURE
After food and table selection, the system calculates the customer's travel ETA using GPS and a route/maps API.
Example:
Customer is 18 km from restaurant.
GPS/Maps ETA = 35 minutes.
Selected food requires approximately 25 minutes preparation.
Safety buffer = 10 minutes.
The system calculates the correct preparation schedule automatically.
Formula:
**Preparation Start = Expected Arrival Time − Food Preparation Time − Safety Buffer**
The system should use road travel time, not straight-line distance.
7. LIVE ETA TRACKING
After confirmation, continuously calculate:
* Customer location
* Distance remaining
* Traffic/route ETA
* Expected arrival time
* Food preparation status
Example:
18 km / 35 min ETA
↓
12 km / 27 min
↓
7 km / 18 min
↓
2 km / 5 min
The restaurant dashboard must receive meaningful ETA updates.
8. DYNAMIC FOOD PREPARATION
The restaurant should NOT immediately prepare the food if the customer is still far away.
Example:
Customer ETA = 35 minutes
Food preparation = 25 minutes
Buffer = 10 minutes
System schedules preparation at the appropriate time so food is ready close to the customer's arrival.
If ETA changes:
* Customer delayed by traffic → postpone preparation if necessary
* Customer arrives earlier → prioritize preparation
* Customer stops → recalculate ETA
* Route changes → recalculate ETA
Restaurant receives automatic instructions such as:
**"Start preparing Rahul's order now."**
**"Customer ETA changed to 20 minutes. Please prioritize this order."**
9. CUSTOMER ORDER STATUS
Show:
* Booking Confirmed
* Preparation Scheduled
* Preparing
* Almost Ready
* Ready
* Customer Nearby
* Customer Arrived
* Served
* Completed
10. CUSTOMER ARRIVAL
When customer approaches the restaurant, use GPS geofencing/ETA alerts.
Example:
500m away → Restaurant notified
100m away → Restaurant notified
Arrived → Customer checks in
Customer displays a unique QR/booking code. Restaurant scans it to verify:
* Customer
* Booking
* Table
* Food order
* Payment
* Number of guests
Then customer is seated at the reserved table and food is served.
11. RESTAURANT APP/DASHBOARD
Restaurant should see:
* New bookings
* Customer name
* Distance
* Live ETA
* Expected arrival
* Number of guests
* Reserved table
* Complete pre-order
* Food preparation time
* Preparation countdown
* Current order status
Order status:
Confirmed → Scheduled → Preparing → Ready → Customer Nearby → Customer Arrived → Served → Completed
Restaurant features:
* Registration/KYC
* Restaurant profile
* Menu management
* Food images/prices
* Food preparation times
* Availability
* Table management
* Booking management
* Order management
* Offers/coupons
* Payment tracking
* Settlements
* Customer history
* Reports/analytics
12. TABLE MANAGEMENT
Restaurant can configure:
Table 1 – 2 seats
Table 2 – 2 seats
Table 3 – 4 seats
Table 4 – 6 seats
Statuses:
Available / Reserved / Customer Arriving / Occupied / Cleaning / Unavailable
13. MENU MANAGEMENT
Restaurant can:
* Add/edit/delete food
* Upload images
* Set price
* Set preparation time
* Set availability
* Add categories
* Add variants
* Add-ons
* Customizations
* Special instructions
14. ADDITIONAL ORDER
After arrival, customer can order additional food/drinks from the app. Restaurant receives the new order separately and prepares it normally.
15. ADMIN WEB PANEL
Admin dashboard must include:
* Users
* Restaurants
* Restaurant KYC/approval
* Menus/categories
* Tables
* Bookings
* Food orders
* Live orders
* Payments
* Refunds
* Commission
* Settlements
* Coupons/offers
* Reviews
* Complaints
* Notifications
* Banners
* Analytics
* Reports
* Role-based admin access
16. PAYMENT
Integrate secure payment gateway supporting UPI, cards, net banking and other supported methods.
Payment statuses:
Pending / Processing / Successful / Failed / Refunded / Partially Refunded
Never store raw card details.
17. OFFERS
Support:
* Percentage discounts
* Flat discounts
* Restaurant offers
* Food-specific offers
* Coupon codes
* First-booking offers
* Time-based offers
18. NOTIFICATIONS
Customer:
* Booking confirmed
* Payment successful
* Restaurant confirmed
* Preparation scheduled
* Food preparing
* Food ready
* Restaurant approaching
* Booking reminder
* Cancellation/refund
Restaurant:
* New booking
* New pre-order
* Customer ETA changed
* Customer approaching
* Customer arrived
* Additional order
* Payment received
* Cancellation
19. SMART ETA ENGINE
Create a backend service that calculates:
* Customer coordinates
* Restaurant coordinates
* Road distance
* Travel ETA
* Food preparation time
* Restaurant workload
* Kitchen queue
* Safety buffer
* Preparation start time
* Target food-ready time
Recalculate when the customer's ETA changes significantly.
20. EDGE CASES
Handle:
* Customer cancellation
* Restaurant rejection
* Food item unavailable
* Customer late
* Customer early
* Traffic delay
* Restaurant kitchen delay
* Customer no-show
* Payment failure
* Refund
* Internet disconnection
* Double-booking prevention
If an item becomes unavailable after payment, notify the customer and provide replacement/removal/refund options.
21. GPS & MAPS
Use a reliable maps/route API for:
* Current location
* Restaurant location
* Road distance
* Travel ETA
* Route
* Traffic-aware ETA where supported
* Navigation
Location tracking must require user permission and follow applicable privacy requirements.
22. TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE
Build:
* Customer Android/iOS app
* Restaurant Android/iOS app or responsive merchant app
* Admin web panel
* Scalable backend/API
* Secure database
* Real-time WebSocket/event system
* Authentication
* Payment integration
* Maps/ETA integration
* Push notifications
* QR verification
Every booking/order status change must be stored with timestamp and synchronized across customer, restaurant and admin systems.
23. UI/UX
Modern, premium, simple and mobile-first design. The most important information should always be visible:
**Food Selected**
**Table Reserved**
**Customer ETA**
**Food Preparation**
**Food Ready**
**Customer Arrived**
FINAL USER FLOW:
GPS Location
→ Nearby Restaurants
→ Select Restaurant
→ Select Food
→ Cart
→ Select Table
→ Select Guests/Arrival
→ GPS Calculates ETA
→ Payment
→ Booking Confirmed
→ Restaurant Gets Order
→ System Schedules Preparation
→ Food Preparing
→ Customer Approaching
→ Food Ready
→ Customer Arrives
→ QR Check-in
→ Reserved Table
→ Food Served
→ Dine
→ Additional Order if Required
→ Complete
→ Rating/Review
MAIN USP:
**"Select your food before you arrive. Book your table. We track your ETA and prepare your food at the right time, so when you reach the restaurant, your food is ready and you don't have to wait."**
Build the application as a production-ready, secure, scalable platform that can expand to multiple cities and thousands of restaurants.
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