Takeouts make Dubai go round…

Seriously it’s a city with a bustling food delivery trade, where you’ll meet people ordering breakfast, lunch and dinner via food delivery apps.

And EVERYONE’s got a fave app; depending on whether you value price, quality or speed more.

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One resident has called out the price difference between the apps, and the difference in ITEM price will shock you

​​Follow the chili minced meat and cheese fatayer and notice the price change​

⚡️ Ordering dinner tonight turned into a food platform price comparison exercise.@Deliveroo vs @UberEats vs @Zomato vs @roundmenu

Same 6 item cart, many different prices pic.twitter.com/FGdQF7frQq

— Omar Kassim (@okassim) August 4, 2018

He rated Deliveroo, Uber Eats, Zomato and Round Menu

Ordering from the same spot, he chose the same six items on each app.

Deliveroo charged AED161 for the total order

Next, Uber Eats at AED159

Zomato comes in at AED135

Finally, Round Menu at AED146

BOOM! Zomato comes in as the cheapest, but residents were quick to express shock at the difference in menu item prices

‘Item prices should be fixed’

This is bad. I didnt know. Item prices should be fixed

— Ray Dargham (@raydargham) August 5, 2018

Do apps get commissions based on platforms?

Nah. We’re not there yet. Higher pricing to compensate for platform commissions IMO.

— Omar Kassim (@okassim) August 4, 2018

Or possibly a wider audience lowers the price

Feels like bigger user base linked to lower prices for @ZomatoUAE

— Rohan Cornelio (@RohanCornelio) August 4, 2018

…maybe it makes sense

Why? Airline tickets, hotel rooms etc aren’t.
If food orders are slow, they should drop prices and vice versa as long as buyer agrees to the prices.

— Ram (@RamPillai) August 6, 2018

Zomato is the cheapest, but Deliveroo always wins on speed

Heh. Money saved, is money earned!

I haven’t benchmarked them against each other (yet), but I agree that @Deliveroo_ae would probably win regularly in terms of outright speed

— Omar Kassim (@okassim) August 5, 2018

This tweeter values the speed of Deliveroo

Useful bit of info. @Deliveroo_ae would get my order though only because of speed of delivery. Worth the extra cost in my opinion

— Paul De Bruin (@debrpa) August 5, 2018

Anyway, everyone at Zomato RN