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Concept StudyRestaurants & F&B·2025

Sufra

Gather around.

A modern all-day Emirati restaurant and café — a warm, bilingual brand and an ordering experience that turns first visits into regulars.

Storefront and bilingual signage at dusk

A modern all-day Emirati restaurant and café — a warm, bilingual brand and an ordering experience that turns first visits into regulars.

Brand IdentityBilingual EN / ARMenu & PackagingWeb & Ordering

01One of thirteen thousand

Dubai has more than 13,000 F&B outlets. A brilliant kitchen means nothing if no one can tell it apart — buried on delivery aggregators, discounting to be noticed, with a brand no one remembers by name.

The bilingual logo (EN / AR)
The bilingual logo (EN / AR)

02A brand you can taste

Sufra was built on the oldest idea in Emirati culture: the generous table. A warm, bilingual identity that feels like an invitation rather than a transaction — hospitality you can see before you've tasted a thing.

The bilingual menu
The bilingual menu

03From logo to loyalty

A bilingual English–Arabic identity, a menu and packaging system, appetising art direction, and a mobile-first ordering site designed to make the first order effortless and the second inevitable.

Takeaway packaging system
Takeaway packaging system

04Regulars, not one-offs

Direct orders that skip the aggregator's cut, a loyalty loop that brings guests back, and a brand people actually recommend by name.

The signature dish
The signature dish
Full house — the dining room
Full house — the dining room
The ordering app
The ordering app
A shared table
A shared table

Designed outcomes

+41%
Direct orders
33%
Repeat-visit rate
−30%
Aggregator dependence

A self-initiated concept study. Sufra is an original project created by Manara Media to demonstrate our strategy, design and development approach for the restaurants & f&b sector. It is not affiliated with any existing brand, and all metrics shown are design targets.

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