Updated October 2026/Hospitality Websites

Top 8 Hospitality & Restaurants app developers in Dublin

Planning a hospitality & restaurants app in Dublin? Below are 8 development teams worth shortlisting, ordered by the hospitality & restaurants work and shipped apps they can point to. Agency rates in Dublin typically run €550-€1,400/day, and a mVP app (cross-platform) usually costs €10,000 – €40,000 on the local market. Most hospitality & restaurants apps launch cross-platform first; the guide below covers platforms, costs and what to ask before you sign.

How this list works. Agencies are ordered by the hospitality & restaurants evidence in their public profiles: stated specialisms, platforms and named sector work (several are primarily web studios, so ask for shipped apps), so the Dublin order changes by industry. Tecklogist ranks first. This list is published by Tecklogist; no other agency pays for placement.

The ranking

8 agencies · Hospitality & Restaurants · Dublin

01

Best overall · Hospitality & Restaurants

Tecklogist

#1 Ranked 2026

Ranked #1 for hospitality & restaurants app development in Dublin: iOS and Android apps scoped at a fixed price, with store submission handled.

Tecklogist builds hospitality & restaurants apps for Dublin businesses in React Native and native Swift/Kotlin, from booking and payments to customer accounts and push notifications. Fixed price and timeline agreed up front, App Store and Google Play submission handled, source code handed over at launch.

  • Fixed price & timeline
  • App Store & Play submission
  • Reply within 24h
  • You own the code
  • 10-49 staff
  1. 02

    Enterprise-level web and digital experience agency serving Ireland's largest organisations.

    Hospitality & Restaurants fit: Generalist studio with no published hospitality & restaurants specialism. Worth considering for broader builds; ask for comparable hospitality & restaurants app work first.

    SitecoreEpiserverWeb ApplicationsEnterprise CMS

    Best for Irish enterprise clients needing Sitecore, Optimizely or large-scale CMS platforms

  2. 03

    VML Ireland

    vml.com

    Global WPP agency with Dublin operations delivering large-scale digital transformation.

    Hospitality & Restaurants fit: Generalist studio with no published hospitality & restaurants specialism. Worth considering for broader builds; ask for comparable hospitality & restaurants app work first.

    Enterprise WebCRMDataCommerce

    Best for Global enterprise clients needing integrated CRM, commerce, and digital transformation

  3. 04

    Dublin web and mobile app design and development agency

    Hospitality & Restaurants fit: Generalist studio with no published hospitality & restaurants specialism. Worth considering for broader builds; ask for comparable hospitality & restaurants app work first.

  4. 05

    Communicraft

    communicraft.com

    Dublin city-centre agency for web platform design and development since 2001

    Hospitality & Restaurants fit: Generalist studio with no published hospitality & restaurants specialism. Worth considering for broader builds; ask for comparable hospitality & restaurants app work first.

  5. 06

    Milk Bottle Labs

    milkbottlelabs.com

    Dublin Shopify, Klaviyo and B2B e-commerce specialists

    Hospitality & Restaurants fit: Generalist studio with no published hospitality & restaurants specialism. Worth considering for broader builds; ask for comparable hospitality & restaurants app work first.

  6. 07

    Together Digital

    togetherdigital.ie

    Dublin digital agency for UX-led web design and SEO

    Hospitality & Restaurants fit: Generalist studio with no published hospitality & restaurants specialism. Worth considering for broader builds; ask for comparable hospitality & restaurants app work first.

  7. 08

    Juvo Digital

    juvo.ie

    Web Design Dublin | Website Development Ireland | Juvo Web Design

    Hospitality & Restaurants fit: Generalist studio with no published hospitality & restaurants specialism. Worth considering for broader builds; ask for comparable hospitality & restaurants app work first.

How to choose a hospitality & restaurants app developer

The checks that separate genuine hospitality & restaurants specialists Before you sign with any hospitality & restaurants app developer in Dublin, check these points in the first call. Good teams answer them with live examples rather than promises.

  1. 01

    Live hospitality & restaurants apps you can download

    Ask for App Store and Google Play links to apps the team shipped, then read the reviews and check when each was last updated.

  2. 02

    Experience with hospitality & restaurants features

    Bookings, payments, accounts or records work in hospitality & restaurants apps has edge cases. Ask how they handled them before.

  3. 03

    Ownership from day one

    The code repository, Apple and Google developer accounts and signing keys should be registered to your company, not the agency.

  4. 04

    Backend and admin panel included

    Most hospitality & restaurants apps need a dashboard for your team. Make sure it is in the quote, not a later surprise.

  5. 05

    A plan for after launch

    IOS and Android updates break apps every year. Agree a maintenance plan or clean handover before you sign with any Dublin team.

Native, React Native, Flutter or PWA?

React Native

Choose it for: One codebase for iOS and Android, a TypeScript team, and logic shared with your website.

Flutter

Choose it for: Identical UI on both platforms, rich animation, or plans to reach desktop later.

Native (Swift / Kotlin)

Choose it for: Deep device features: Bluetooth hardware, background location, AR, HealthKit or demanding real-time performance.

Progressive web app

Choose it for: Something installable fast on a small budget, where App Store discovery does not matter.

What a hospitality & restaurants app costs in Dublin

Indicative ranges as of October 2026. Features, backend and integrations move the price; app store fees are extra.

MVP app (cross-platform)

Dublin market€10,000 – €40,000

Tecklogistfrom €1,499

4–8 weeks

Full app (iOS + Android)

Dublin market€25,000 – €80,000

Tecklogistfrom €2,999

6–16 weeks

Native iOS or Android

Dublin market€35,000 – €150,000

Tecklogistfrom €4,999

8–24 weeks

How we build your hospitality & restaurants app

  1. 01

    Scope & flows

    The core user journeys for your hospitality & restaurants app, the backend it needs and what can wait for version two.

  2. 02

    Clickable prototype

    Tap through the app on your own phone before any code is written, and test it with real customers.

  3. 03

    Build & integrate

    React Native or native code, your backend and admin panel, payments, push notifications and analytics.

  4. 04

    Store launch & care

    App Store and Google Play submission handled, then monitoring, OS updates and fixes for your Dublin users.

Building hospitality & restaurants apps for Dublin

Dublin businesses commissioning apps typically pay agency rates of €550-€1,400/day. For hospitality & restaurants projects, the agencies worth shortlisting are the ones that can show live hospitality & restaurants work, not just a generic portfolio.

Dublin hosts the EMEA headquarters of nine of the world's ten most valuable technology companies. Ireland's digital economy is now the highest-value tech export hub in Europe per capita, with web and software services forming the core of this output. GDPR compliance - governed from Brussels but enforced most actively by Ireland's Data Protection Commission - is a non-negotiable baseline for any Dublin web project.

1,000+
Multinational tech companies with Dublin offices
#1
EU tech export hub per capita (EU Commission, 2025)
€12B+
Annual Irish digital services export value

Hospitality & Restaurants app development in Dublin: FAQs

How much does a hospitality & restaurants app cost in Dublin?+

In Dublin, a mVP app (cross-platform) typically costs €10,000 – €40,000, while a native iOS or Android runs €35,000 – €150,000. Agency day rates of €550-€1,400/day are the main driver, followed by integrations and how much custom functionality you need. Tecklogist quotes hospitality & restaurants projects from from €1,499 at a fixed price.

How long does it take to build a hospitality & restaurants app?+

A mVP app (cross-platform) usually takes 4–8 weeks; a native iOS or Android takes 8–24 weeks. Delays almost always come from late content, unclear scope or third-party integrations, so agree those before work starts.

Should a hospitality & restaurants app be native or cross-platform?+

Most hospitality & restaurants apps are best built cross-platform in React Native or Flutter, which covers iPhone and Android from one codebase. Native Swift and Kotlin are worth the extra cost when the app depends heavily on device hardware or real-time performance.

What should I ask a hospitality & restaurants app developer in Dublin before hiring?+

Ask about mobile-first design with 3-tap path to table booking; table booking system integration; allergen-compliant menu display. Then ask for two or three live hospitality & restaurants apps they built, who will actually work on yours, and what support looks like after launch.

Why is Tecklogist ranked first on this list?+

This list is published by Tecklogist, and we rank ourselves first because hospitality & restaurants apps are core work for us: fixed prices, fixed timelines and code you own. The other Dublin agencies are ordered by the hospitality & restaurants evidence in their public profiles, and none of them pay to appear.