Lunch delivery for UAE’s non-Muslims a click away

Dubai: Those who are not fasting this Ramadan and need food to be delivered during regular lunch hours need not fret. Their delivery is just a click away, thanks to foodonclick.com, one of the UAE’s most popular online food delivery portals.

From a Subway sub to a Charley’s Grilled Sub, an Itzza Pizza to a Gourmet Burger, from Curry Box to Kamat Vegetarian or Nando’s to Noodle Box, the range of food is diverse.

“I have been using online food delivery for a while at work now and I am going to do that even more this Ramadan as most restaurants will be closed,” says Stacey Pinto, a Indian PR executive in Media City where many restaurants remain closed or stop delivering lunch during Ramadan. “I can choose whatever food I want and then pay by cash on delivery, which by the way has never exceeded 45 minutes.”

For such people living and working in areas where eateries are closed during the day this month, a convenient way to access over 850 restaurants and find out if they deliver food during Ramadan is to visit foodonclick.com.

“I always prefer online order. Even today I ordered my lunch from Bentoya. It’s easy and so convenient, especially during Ramadan. I don’t have to shout out my order over the phone plus there’s no question of a communication gap. I get delivered exactly what I describe online,” says Rebecca Payne, a British expatriate who works as a marketing manager with a F&B designing company in Business Bay.

With an advanced search option that allows one to search food options by cuisine, location or special offers, or to check if a favourite restaurant is open or not during Ramadan, the website virtually forms a one-stop shop for all non-Muslim expatriates across Dubai.

On how the company is gearing up to meet the demand for daytime meals during Ramadan, Husain Misherghi, CEO of Foodonclick.com told XPRESS: “Delivery orders this Ramadan vs last year are expected to increase substantially, given that we have so many more restaurants that are now partnering with Foodonclick.com. There is also an increase this year in the number of restaurants offering daytime delivery for the non-fasting community in Dubai, as well as more and more restaurants offering special Ramadan menus and discounts.”

Foodonclick.com also delivers iftar and suhour.