Menugo

Boosting Efficiency and Guest Experience Through Digital Menu & Checkout Optimization

Smart Dining Solutions

Transforming Dining Operations with MenuGo

Boosting Efficiency and Guest Experience Through Digital Menu & Checkout Optimization

[Project Overview]

MenuGo is an all-in-one platform that streamlines dining operations with digital menus, contactless orders, checkout, and loyalty programs—empowering businesses to boost revenue, improve service, and cut costs with smart insights.

Restaurants, cafes, and hotels often struggle with manual, error-prone order-taking processes, long checkout times with confusing payment flows, and poorly optimized digital menus on mobile devices. In addition, the lack of real-time insights into customer behavior and sales trends leads to lost revenue, customer frustration, and operational inefficiencies.


[Problem Statement]

Restaurants, cafes, and hotels often struggle with manual, error-prone order-taking processes, long checkout times with confusing payment flows, and poorly optimized digital menus on mobile devices. In addition, the lack of real-time insights into customer behavior and sales trends leads to lost revenue, customer frustration, and operational inefficiencies.


[Industry]

Smart Dining Solutions

[My Role]

Senior Product Designer

[Platforms]

Desktop and Android

[Timeline]

January 2024- March 2024

[Persona]

man in gray button up shirt
Jhon Roberts

Hospitality Manager

As a hospitality operator, I want a single system that makes ordering, payment, and loyalty simple for staff and customers—plus dashboard insights so I can make smarter decisions.

Age: 36

Location: Dubai- UAE

Tech Proficiency: Moderate

Gender: Male

[Goal]

Improve guest experience (fast, mobile-friendly ordering + checkout).

Grow customer loyalty and repeat visits.

Streamline backend operations with Gain visibility into business metrics.

[Frustrations]

Managing multiple platforms and systems.

Slow updates to menus during busy hours.

Checkout friction causing abandoned orders and unclear data, no insights into what drives sales.

[Process]

[01] User Research

Interviewed restaurant owners, staff, guests to identify pain in menu updates, checkout, and loyalty use.

Benchmarked competitor solutions in hospitality tech.

Mapped out where users drop off (menu browsing, checkout, payment).

[01] User Research

Interviewed restaurant owners, staff, guests to identify pain in menu updates, checkout, and loyalty use.

Benchmarked competitor solutions in hospitality tech.

Mapped out where users drop off (menu browsing, checkout, payment).

[01] User Research

Interviewed restaurant owners, staff, guests to identify pain in menu updates, checkout, and loyalty use.

Benchmarked competitor solutions in hospitality tech.

Mapped out where users drop off (menu browsing, checkout, payment).

[02] Insights

Users were frustrated by unclear error messages and redundant form fields.

Mobile users struggled with small buttons and unresponsive layouts.

Trust the platform with her payment and personal information.

[02] Insights

Users were frustrated by unclear error messages and redundant form fields.

Mobile users struggled with small buttons and unresponsive layouts.

Trust the platform with her payment and personal information.

[02] Insights

Users were frustrated by unclear error messages and redundant form fields.

Mobile users struggled with small buttons and unresponsive layouts.

Trust the platform with her payment and personal information.

[03 Design Solution]

Interactive, modular digital menu system with real-time update capability.

Dashboard with AI-powered insights and sales, marketing, behavior analytics.

Mobile-first checkout flow supporting split payments and multiple payment options.

[03 Design Solution]

Interactive, modular digital menu system with real-time update capability.

Dashboard with AI-powered insights and sales, marketing, behavior analytics.

Mobile-first checkout flow supporting split payments and multiple payment options.

[03 Design Solution]

Interactive, modular digital menu system with real-time update capability.

Dashboard with AI-powered insights and sales, marketing, behavior analytics.

Mobile-first checkout flow supporting split payments and multiple payment options.

[04] Testing & Iteration

Usability tests with staff and guests.

A/B tests on checkout flows for drop-off reduction

Iterated menu layout for clarity and ease.

[04] Testing & Iteration

Usability tests with staff and guests.

A/B tests on checkout flows for drop-off reduction

Iterated menu layout for clarity and ease.

[04] Testing & Iteration

Usability tests with staff and guests.

A/B tests on checkout flows for drop-off reduction

Iterated menu layout for clarity and ease.

[Outcome]

~30% uplift in checkout completion rates.
~40% reduction in time spent updating menus.
25% higher loyalty program engagement when integrated into the ordering process.

[Key Learnings]

Seamless checkout drives retention

Reducing friction in payment flows directly increases order completion and customer satisfaction.

Seamless checkout drives retention

Reducing friction in payment flows directly increases order completion and customer satisfaction.

Seamless checkout drives retention

Reducing friction in payment flows directly increases order completion and customer satisfaction.

Integrated loyalty is more powerful

Loyalty programs work best when built into the ordering journey—not as separate systems.

Integrated loyalty is more powerful

Loyalty programs work best when built into the ordering journey—not as separate systems.

Integrated loyalty is more powerful

Loyalty programs work best when built into the ordering journey—not as separate systems.

Real-time menu updates are essential

Staff need quick, flexible tools to adapt menus during service rushes, reducing errors and delays.

Real-time menu updates are essential

Staff need quick, flexible tools to adapt menus during service rushes, reducing errors and delays.

Real-time menu updates are essential

Staff need quick, flexible tools to adapt menus during service rushes, reducing errors and delays.

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