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Restaurant apps that work across states, brands and kitchens.

Codeeo delivers restaurant app development in the USA for multi-unit groups, franchise systems and growing independents. We build your branded ordering, reservation and loyalty apps, the kitchen and staff tools behind them and one admin for every location, with federal menu labeling, state fee and tipping rules and state privacy laws planned into the product from the first release.

Rolling a restaurant app out across several states is mostly a rules and operations problem. Menus, taxes, charges, allergen notices and privacy rights change at state and city lines, and the app has to switch correctly for each location without staff having to remember which rules apply where.

Built for
Restaurant groups, franchisors, franchisees and fast-growing independents operating in more than one US market.
Typical timeline
Planned in discovery around your pilot markets, integrations and rollout order, then written into a scope with review points for each wave.
What you own
The source code, store listings, admin, data model and every guest, order and loyalty record, held in your company's accounts.
Rated
4.7 / 5 from 23 Google reviews

200+ companies across the US and the UAEFrom a first store to a listed developer

Modon
Majid Al Futtaim
HP
Belkin
Dulsco Group
OneClickDrive
Hanayen
HMS
Clocksprings
Ghezlan

Platform capabilities

One restaurant platform, configured location by location.

A national or regional rollout needs a different foundation from a single-site app. Each location has its own hours, menu, prices, taxes, fees and legal notices, while the brand, the loyalty program and the guest account stay the same everywhere. We design the data model so those location rules live in configuration rather than code, which means opening a new market is a setup task, not a new release. The capabilities below are the ones we most often scope for groups operating across states. Your first release takes the few with the clearest return, usually ordering and loyalty, and the rest follow in planned waves as more locations come on.

Explain your project
  • Location-aware menus and pricing

    Guests pick or are matched to a location, and the app loads that site's menu, prices, hours, tax handling and availability. Regional items, test menus and limited-time offers can run in chosen markets without touching the rest of the system. Corporate sets the core menu, while approved local managers adjust availability. Store locators use the guest's location only with permission.

    One app that behaves correctly in every market.

  • Labeling by rule set

    Federal menu labeling requires chains with 20 or more locations to show calories on menus, including online ordering menus, with further nutrition information on request. Each item stores calories, the nine major allergens including sesame and any state or city notices, so the right disclosure appears at each location automatically. Kitchen managers see the same allergen data on prep sheets, so the front and back of house never disagree.

    Disclosures that follow the location, not memory.

  • Fee, tip and charge configuration

    Service charges, delivery fees and tip prompts are set per location with their label and explanation. California expects mandatory restaurant charges to be clearly shown on the menu, and other states are moving toward similar price transparency, so a central rules table keeps every site in line. Each change to a fee or charge rule is logged with its author and date for later review.

    Totals that match what each state expects.

  • Reservations and waitlists

    Booking for full-service brands with deposits, party size limits and seating areas, plus a walk-in waitlist with text alerts. Each location sets its own rules, while guest profiles and visit history are shared across the brand so a regular is recognized wherever they dine. Deposits can be refunded or kept according to each site's posted policy.

    Fewer no-shows across the whole group.

  • Brand-wide loyalty

    Points, tiers, challenges and rewards that work at every location, in the app and at the counter. In California, a loyalty program that offers value for personal data needs a notice of financial incentive, and we build notices like that into enrollment where they apply. Points earned in one state can be redeemed in another without any manual adjustment.

    A single program guests can use anywhere.

  • Kitchen display and capacity control

    Digital orders reach kitchen screens by station alongside dine-in tickets, with prep timers and per-location limits on orders per pickup slot. Quoted times track real kitchen load so guests are not promised what the line cannot deliver. Operations leaders see wait and prep times by market in one report.

    Digital growth without slower service.

  • Franchise and multi-brand roles

    Separate permissions for brand headquarters, franchise owners, general managers and shift leads. Franchisees see their own sites and data, while the brand controls menus, pricing guardrails and design. The data ownership rules follow your franchise agreement. Franchisees can be onboarded with templates so a new owner is live quickly.

    Control at the right level for each role.

  • Accessible ordering

    Restaurant apps and ordering sites have drawn ADA complaints, and the Department of Justice treats web access as part of serving the public. We design and test against WCAG 2.1 AA as the working standard: readable contrast, scalable text, screen reader labels and checkout flows that work without precise taps.

    Ordering that every guest can complete.

  • Marketing consent and messaging

    Push, email and text campaigns with consent recorded per channel. Marketing texts in the US need prior express written consent under federal rules, and emails need a working unsubscribe, so consent capture and opt-outs are built in rather than bolted on later.

    Campaigns that reach guests without legal exposure.

  • POS, payments and delivery connections

    Integrations with your POS, a PCI-compliant payment processor with Apple Pay and Google Pay, and optional connections to delivery platforms or your own drivers. Where locations run different POS systems after acquisitions, we normalize orders into one format before they reach reporting. Order data from every channel feeds one warehouse for finance and marketing.

    Clean data from every site and channel.

Who we build for

Operators who get the most from a national restaurant app.

Restaurant mobile app development USA groups commission tends to begin from one of four situations. Each changes the shape of the first release, the integrations that matter and how quickly new markets can be added. These descriptions help us agree the right starting point during discovery, before design or budget conversations go too far down the wrong path. Many groups recognize parts of two, and that is normal; we settle the order of work together.

01

Regional chains crossing state lines

A group strong in one state that is opening in neighboring ones meets new tax setups, labeling triggers and privacy laws at once. We build the location rules table first, launch in the home market and add each new state as configuration. Crossing 20 locations brings federal menu labeling, so we plan for it before you reach it. Sales tax setup is also confirmed for each new state before launch.

Growth should not mean a new app per state.

02

Franchise systems

Franchisors need brand control, while franchisees need local flexibility and their own reports. We build role-based access, shared loyalty and pricing guardrails, and align data access with what the franchise agreement says. Rollout often runs franchisee by franchisee, so onboarding tools matter as much as guest features. Franchisee feedback is gathered after each wave and fed into the next release.

03

Full-service and hospitality groups

Groups running several dining concepts want one guest account, shared reservations and loyalty across brands, and private event bookings. Each concept keeps its own look inside a shared platform, and guest notes travel with the guest from one restaurant to the next. Gift cards and private dining enquiries can be shared across every concept.

04

Independents planning a second and third site

A successful single restaurant expanding to new locations can avoid rebuilding later by starting with a multi-location structure. The first release stays small, usually ordering and loyalty, but the data model is ready for more sites and more states. We keep the code clean and documented so a larger team can take it on later.

How we deliver a restaurant app across the US.

  1. 01Discovery by videoWe meet brand, operations, finance and IT leads to map channels, systems, locations and pain points, and choose a pilot market with representative volume and rules. We also review the current tools your managers use, since replacing them must not slow service.
  2. 02Rules and integration inventoryA list of every state and city rule that touches your menus, fees, tips and data, reviewed with your counsel, plus the POS, payment and reservation systems in each market. Uncertain points go to counsel as a short written list.
  3. 03Platform designGuest app, web ordering, kitchen views and admin designed once, with location rules expressed as configuration. Staff and guests test prototypes before build begins. Accessibility checks run on every screen at this stage.
  4. 04Build and pilotDevelopment in short cycles, tested against your busiest days, then a pilot in a handful of locations to tune slot limits, quoted times and disclosures. Issues found in the pilot are fixed before any further market launches.
  5. 05Rollout in wavesFurther markets switch on by configuration, with onboarding guides and video training for each wave of general managers and franchisees. Each wave has a named contact on our side and a written checklist.
  6. 06Measure and extendOrder mix, loyalty use and channel costs by market show what to build next, from catering to new brands, on a release plan you approve. Quarterly reviews compare markets and agree the next priorities.

Technology

What we build this with.

Flutter or React Native apps, a fast web ordering flow for guests who will not install anything, and a cloud backend in your accounts. The stack is chosen around your POS estate, processor and the team who will own it after launch. We document the architecture so your own engineers or another vendor can work on it.

01Mobile

  • Swift
  • Kotlin
  • Flutter
  • React Native

02Data and cloud

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Docker

03Marketing and tracking

  • GA4
  • Google Tag Manager
  • Search Console
  • Meta Pixel
  • Looker Studio

Questions from US restaurant groups.

A shared platform with location rules for menus, fees, labeling and privacy.

The guest app, web ordering, loyalty, reservations, kitchen tools and admin are built once. What changes by location is held in configuration: menus, prices, tax setup, fee labels, tip prompts and legal notices. That lets you open a new state by setting it up rather than rebuilding, and keeps every location's guest experience consistent while still following local rules. New brands can also be added to the same platform later with their own look.

Tell us what the business needs. We will tell you what to build first.

Schedule a free consultation and get a written recommendation, with costs, before you commit to anything.

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PROVEN RESULTS

4.7 / 5from 23 Google reviews