Restaurant online ordering
in Fort Lauderdale.
Commission-free direct ordering for Las Olas, Flagler Village, and beachside Fort Lauderdale restaurants. Zayos runs your branded ordering site, pulls Uber Eats + DoorDash orders onto one kitchen tablet, and hands you the customer — so you stop paying a commission to rent back your own regulars.
See the demo →Fort Lauderdale dining runs on two engines that pull in opposite directions. Along Las Olas Boulevard, the sit-down and upscale-casual crowd drives steady ticket sizes and loyal locals. A few blocks north in Flagler Village and the FAT Village arts district, a younger, walkable, delivery-native crowd orders to apartments and lofts. And along A1A and the beach, a constant churn of hotel guests and tourists defaults to whatever delivery app is already on their phone. That third bucket is where the commission bleed gets brutal — a visitor who orders once and never comes back still costs you 28-32% to the marketplace, and you never even learn their name.
That mix is exactly why Fort Lauderdale independents lose more to DoorDash and Uber Eats than the headline rate suggests. High beach-season volume means high commission dollars, and the customers driving it are the ones least likely to find your direct site on their own. Zayos flips that: printable QR codes for your receipts and delivery bags steer diners to your own ordering site, your customer list lets you bring them back with a two-cent text instead of a $12 delivery fee, and one-tap reorder makes the second order frictionless. You keep running the marketplaces for discovery — you just stop handing them your regulars.
We build it here, locally. Naya Grill (nayagrillfl.com) is customer #1, running its live direct-ordering storefront on Zayos today, and more brands are live alongside it, including Shishka Lebanese Grill (shishkagrill.com) and Syrian Shawarma (syrianshawarmafl.com). They take commission-free direct orders, own their customer books, and pull Uber Eats + DoorDash + Grubhub orders onto a single Otter kitchen tablet.
What changes the day you go direct
| On DoorDash / Uber Eats | On Zayos direct |
|---|---|
| 28-32% commission per order | Flat $0.99/order, paid by the diner |
| They own the customer data | You own name, phone, email, LTV |
| Pay again to remarket | Two-cent SMS to your own list |
| Separate tablet on the line | Same Otter tablet, one ticket flow |
See the full breakdown: Zayos vs DoorDash →
A busy single-location Fort Lauderdale restaurant saves about $48,000/yr (modeled at 3,000 orders a month). Mid-volume independents save $120,000+, and high-volume or multi-brand kitchens save $300,000+ per location per year — just by shifting ~25% of marketplace orders to direct and cutting 30% commission to ~3% processing. We run YOUR numbers on the demo.
Operator $399 / Operator + Tablet $499 / Concierge $599 per month per location. No setup fee. A flat $0.99 per order is paid by the diner at checkout, so you keep 100% of food revenue and pay no commission.
How does online ordering work for a Fort Lauderdale restaurant? +
Zayos gives your Las Olas or Flagler Village restaurant its own branded ordering site on your own domain. Diners order direct, pay a small service fee at checkout ($0.99 pickup, $0.99 delivery), and the ticket lands on the same Otter tablet your kitchen already uses for Uber Eats and DoorDash. You keep 100% of food revenue and you own the customer, name, phone, email, lifetime value. We build the whole thing for you in under a week, no setup fee.
Do Fort Lauderdale restaurants have to pay DoorDash commission? +
Only on the orders you let DoorDash own. On Las Olas and along A1A, a huge share of demand is beach tourists and hotel guests who default to the delivery apps, and a commission on every one of those tickets goes to the marketplace. Zayos shifts your repeat diners to your own direct site (printable QR codes for receipts and delivery bags, SMS + email to your list, one-tap reorder) so the commission drops to roughly 3% card processing. You still run the marketplaces for discovery; you just stop renting back your regulars.
Which Fort Lauderdale restaurants already use Zayos? +
Naya Grill (nayagrillfl.com) is customer #1, at Pompano Beach and West Palm Beach. Shishka Lebanese Grill, Farooj Abo Alabed, Juice Time, Rosto Grill & Cafe, Syrian Shawarma, Courtyard Cafe, Yummy Grill, Vinny's, Socotra Yemeni Coffee & Co, Tacos Arabes, Aker Sweets and more all run their own storefronts too, taking direct orders, owning their customer book, and pulling Uber Eats + DoorDash + Grubhub orders onto one kitchen tablet via Otter.
Can Zayos handle multiple Fort Lauderdale locations? +
Yes. Run 2-25 locations of one brand, or multiple brands across Fort Lauderdale, from one admin login. Each location routes to its own Otter tablet and can have its own menu, its own Stripe Connect payout, and its own 86 list. Reporting rolls up across the city and filters per location. The Concierge tier adds white-glove service and up to 5 virtual brands per kitchen at $599/mo per location.
How fast can a Fort Lauderdale restaurant go live? +
We get you live in under a week, and we do the build for you. That includes the branded ordering site, kitchen tablet provisioning, Otter set up so the delivery apps land on that tablet, POS integration (Clover, Square or Shift4 included; Toast bills its own $50 a month), a sales tax report, and staff training. There is no setup fee and no long-term contract, month-to-month, cancel anytime, and your domain + customer list are always yours.
Can I start without talking to anyone?
Yes. You pick a plan, sign the agreement and pay online, with no call and no demo first. We build your ordering site, import your menu and email you your sign in. Someone from Zayos checks the store before ordering opens. We get you live in under a week.
What it costs
Zayos is $399, $499 or $599 per location per month. Month to month, no setup fee, no contract.
What you keep
Your diners pay a flat $0.99 service fee on pickup and delivery. You keep 100% of your food revenue, and 100% of tips on pickup and dine-in. On delivery the tip goes to the driver.
Or read the full Zayos overview →