Blog

Updates & Insights

What we are building, what we are learning, and where we are headed.

Feb 5, 2026

Product

Why Voice Is the Natural Interface for Restaurant Ordering

You don't hand a waiter a written form. You talk to them. We built Orderly around the same idea -- speak your order naturally, and let AI handle the translation to kitchen tickets.

4 min read

Jan 22, 2026

Expansion

Orderly Expands to Dubai: Our First Middle East Partner

We're excited to announce our first partner in the UAE. Eya Salon in Al Barsha is now using Orderly to manage client service orders, proving the platform works beyond traditional restaurants.

3 min read

Jan 10, 2026

Engineering

How We Reduced Order Errors by 85% with Structured AI Parsing

Mapping natural language to structured menu items is harder than it sounds. Here's how we built a system that handles "no onions, extra cheese, and make it spicy" reliably at scale.

6 min read

Dec 18, 2025

Product

QR Codes, Not Apps: Why We Chose Zero-Install Ordering

Nobody wants to download an app to order lunch. We made a deliberate choice to build Orderly as a web-first experience. Here's the reasoning and tradeoffs behind that decision.

5 min read

Dec 2, 2025

Story

From a Berkeley Dorm Room to Pangasinan Cafes

Orderly started as a class project. Six months later, we were deploying it in real restaurants 7,000 miles from campus. This is the story of how we got from prototype to production.

7 min read