Food delivery built for the Gulf
Ordering, loyalty, shoppable stories and localized payments for a fast-growing delivery app across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
- Client
- Tayba Gourmet
- Industry
- Food delivery
- Services
- Mobile app, Loyalty
- Duration
- 4 years
- Platforms
- iOS, Android, Web
01The challenge
Tayba Gourmet needed one app that could sell food and groceries in three countries with different currencies, payment habits and dialects, keep a loyal customer base ordering every week, and give the restaurant team live control over menus, slots and deliveries.
02What we did
- Discovery
We settled on one React Native codebase for iOS, Android and the web, with Firebase as the entire backend: Firestore, Cloud Functions, Auth and push. Four locales (English and Emirati, Saudi and Egyptian Arabic) and two payment providers, Stripe and Paymob, were designed in from the start.
- Design & build
Ordering, scheduled delivery and dine-in with a 14-day booking window, a loyalty programme with points and redemptions, and Watch & Order: shoppable stories where one tap on a chef's story adds the dish to the cart. A React admin dashboard gives the team menus, branches, slot capacity and order analytics.
- Launch & grow
Live in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, then Egypt, where order completion went from 10% to 92% once local payments landed. We keep shipping monthly: seasonal Ramadan themes, numeric order references, performance work, and a reporting pack the client reads every month.
03The outcome
Between February and June 2026 the app took 30,241 orders at a 97% fulfilment rate, with 94% of purchases coming from returning buyers. Installs were up 69% and purchases up 51% year on year, and Tayba now runs three markets, in three currencies, from one app.
“AppStairs helped us scale Tayba with precision. Their team delivered fast, understood our needs, and made the app smarter and more engaging for our users.”
Stack
Firebase
Stripe
Paymob
AppsFlyer
