Do we need a website if we are active on Instagram?

They do different jobs. Instagram carries the photography and the following; it does not appear in a Maps search for coffee nearby, does not reliably show today's hours, and is not indexed the way a website is. The site handles the practical questions asked thirty seconds before someone decides where to go.

A PDF does not reflow on a phone, is invisible to search, is almost always out of date because updating it means going back to whoever made it, and costs a tap and a wait before anyone sees a single item. An HTML menu solves all four.

How much does a cafe website cost?

It is a small project — typically three to five weeks for a single location with menu, hours, directions and gallery. Photography and finalising the menu usually set the launch date rather than the build.

Can we update the menu ourselves?

Yes, and it is worth insisting on. Menus change with seasons and supply, and one that needs a developer to edit will be out of date within months. Make it a scoping requirement rather than something you discover afterwards.

Do we need an Arabic version?

It depends on the neighbourhood and who eats there. A specialty cafe in Jumeirah serving a largely expat crowd can function in English; a restaurant in Deira or Sharjah generally should not be English-only. The menu is the part that matters most in either case.

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A neighbourhood coffee shop's story, told as warmly as the room

Coffee Shop · Website

A warm, image-led site for a Jumeirah coffee shop roasting Ethiopian beans in-house — menu, story and directions in one scroll.

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Project: Buna Labs
Industry: Coffee Shop
Market: Dubai
Platform: Website
Engagement: NxFold product
Live: buna.nxfold.com

(✦) — In summary: Buna Labs

Buna Labs is a specialty coffee shop in Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, roasting Ethiopian beans in house. NxFold designed and built its website as a single scroll answering what a nearby visitor actually needs: what the place is, what it serves, when it is open and how to get there. Hero storytelling is built around the in-house roasting, the menu is real HTML rather than a PDF so it reflows on a phone and is visible to search, and live opening hours sit beside one-tap directions. A light and dark theme draws its palette from the shop's own materials. It is a deliberately small Next.js and Vercel build.

01 — The problem behind Buna Labs

Buna Labs had a distinctive in-house roasting story and a loyal local following, but no home online — nowhere to show the menu, share opening hours, or send new visitors for directions.

02 — Our strategy for Buna Labs

We gave the cafe a site as warm as the room: photography-led, unmistakably local, and built to turn a passing search into a walk through the door.

03 — What we built for Buna Labs

We designed a fast, single-scroll site — hero storytelling, a clear menu, live opening hours and one-tap directions — with a light/dark toggle and a design language drawn from the shop's own materials.

(✦) — What we shipped for Buna Labs

A single-scroll site that answers what a nearby visitor actually needs: what this place is, what it serves, when it is open, and how to get there.
Hero storytelling built around the in-house roasting, because the roasting is the reason to choose this cafe over the one on the next corner.
A menu on the page in real HTML rather than a PDF — readable on a phone, visible to search, and editable without a developer.
Live opening hours and one-tap directions, the two pieces of information most F&B sites bury and most visitors came for.
A light and dark toggle, and a design language drawn from the shop's own materials rather than from a template.
A Next.js and Vercel build kept deliberately small, because the visitor is standing outside on mobile data deciding whether to walk in.

(✦) — The stack behind Buna Labs

Technologies

Next.js
TypeScript
Tailwind CSS
Framer Motion
Vercel

buna.nxfold.com

04 — The outcome for Buna Labs

An inviting digital front door that captures the room's feel and makes it effortless for locals and visitors to find, browse and drop in.

(✦) — What this project demonstrates

This project demonstrates NxFold's experience building fast, local-search-ready websites for cafés and F&B venues in Dubai, including HTML menus, live opening hours and one-tap directions.

(✦) — FAQ

Buna Labs: questions, answered.

Do we need a website if we are active on Instagram?
They do different jobs. Instagram carries the photography and the following; it does not appear in a Maps search for coffee nearby, does not reliably show today's hours, and is not indexed the way a website is. The site handles the practical questions asked thirty seconds before someone decides where to go.
Why not a PDF menu?
A PDF does not reflow on a phone, is invisible to search, is almost always out of date because updating it means going back to whoever made it, and costs a tap and a wait before anyone sees a single item. An HTML menu solves all four.
How much does a cafe website cost?
It is a small project — typically three to five weeks for a single location with menu, hours, directions and gallery. Photography and finalising the menu usually set the launch date rather than the build.
Can we update the menu ourselves?
Yes, and it is worth insisting on. Menus change with seasons and supply, and one that needs a developer to edit will be out of date within months. Make it a scoping requirement rather than something you discover afterwards.
Do we need an Arabic version?
It depends on the neighbourhood and who eats there. A specialty cafe in Jumeirah serving a largely expat crowd can function in English; a restaurant in Deira or Sharjah generally should not be English-only. The menu is the part that matters most in either case.