Opening a restaurant in the UAE
Start with the pillar guide, then go deep on whichever piece matters most for where you are right now.
Licence costs, the real timeline, VAT invoice rules and the technology that has to be live before service — for anyone opening a restaurant in Dubai.
A week-by-week technology plan for opening a restaurant in Dubai, mapped to the real DET, Dubai Municipality and FTA licensing timeline. Every claim sourced.
Published pricing for restaurant POS systems in Dubai and the UAE, with vendor sources — plus the hardware, terminal and contract costs quotes leave out.
Simplified vs full tax invoices, why the AED 10,000 threshold almost never applies to restaurant receipts, the 14-day rule, and what e-invoicing does not cover.
No Dubai licence asks which POS you use. Here is when a traditional POS is still the right call, when a lighter setup gets you open faster, and why.
Arabic is legally required on consumer-facing information across the UAE. What that means for restaurant menus, what Dubai adds, and how to set it up.
What a table QR actually encodes, how to place and test the codes, where payment fits — and an honest account of the venues where QR ordering is the wrong call.
Switching from another POS
Step-by-step migration guides for restaurants moving off another system, with zero downtime.
CSV exports for products, modifiers, and customers from the Foodics Console.
Item Library and Customer Directory exports from your Square Dashboard.
Menu, item list, and customer exports from the Lightspeed Back Office.
A short request flow — Posist support handles the data export for you.
Coordinated export with your IT team or Oracle reseller — we guide them through it.