Kitopi

Kitopi is a Dubai-based cloud kitchen and restaurant group that runs its own food brands and, per its site, franchises them to partners. It built an in-house kitchen operating system, which it calls SKOS, to run its kitchens. Kitopi is not sold as software with public plans; it works through kitchens, brands and franchise partnerships in the Gulf.

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Kitopi's website on 30 September 2026
Best for
Restaurant brands wanting to scale through a cloud kitchen partner, Franchise operators in the Gulf
Pricing
Quote only

Who it is for

  • Restaurant brands wanting to scale through a cloud kitchen partner

    Kitopi says its smart kitchens let restaurant partners scale in 14 days and serve more customers faster.

  • Franchise operators in the Gulf

    Kitopi franchises its own homegrown brands and describes support from training and technology to launch.

What it does

  • Smart Kitchen Operating System (SKOS)

    An in-house suite of applications that manages kitchen operations in real time to raise efficiency and utilisation.

  • Multi-brand cloud kitchens

    Kitchens that prepare food for several delivery brands at once; the vendor says it runs over 200 outlets including restaurants and delivery-only sites.

  • Fast kitchen launch

    The vendor says its smart kitchens let partners scale in 14 days.

  • Own food brands

    Operates and curates more than 100 brands across delivery, dine-in and meal plans, such as Taqado, Right Bite and Circle Café.

  • Franchising

    Franchises its most successful homegrown brands and offers hiring, training, launch and growth support.

  • Selling platforms and delivery apps

    Builds web and mobile selling platforms, kitchen management, customer service and delivery tools; the tech team says it runs about 40 applications.

  • Customer rewards app

    Consumer app that, the vendor says, pays cashback on orders from Kitopi brands and has spend-based reward tiers.

Pricing

Pricing model
Quote only

Kitopi publishes no prices or fee structure. Partnerships and franchising are handled through an enquiry form.

Where and how it runs

Available in
United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Poland, Jordan
Languages
English, Arabic
Apps
Kitopi App: Consumer rewards and ordering app with cashback

The home page says 7 countries. The Our Story page names the UAE, KSA, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait as its five operating markets and also lists Poland (tech hub) and Jordan among its locations.

The company

Founded
2018
Headquarters
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Other offices
Krakow, Poland (tech hub)
Founders
Mohamad Ballout, Saman Darkan, Bader Ataya, Sami Bejjani
Team size
More than 6,000 (per the vendor's home page)
Funding
  • Series C extension, $300M, May 2022 (SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Chimera, DisruptAD, B. Riley, Dogus Group, Next Play Capital, Nordstar)

Security and support

Support
Press and general enquiries go to info@kitopi.com, and the site says franchising and partnership enquiries are handled through a contact form. The vendor runs a global customer experience centre in Dubai for its consumer business.

Listing details

Built for
Ghost kitchens, Restaurants
Focus
Food-specific
Status
Active
Website
kitopi.com

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What we could not confirm

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

  • Any price, fee or revenue-share terms for kitchen partners
  • Whether Kitopi still sells cloud kitchen capacity to third-party restaurant brands or now focuses on its own brands and franchising
  • Legal entity and registration
  • Third-party integrations, delivery aggregator connections and platforms
  • Security certifications
  • Date of the Series C extension; the article gives only 'a few months ago' relative to its May 2022 publication

Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.

  1. Homepage: scale and contacthttps://www.kitopi.com
  2. Markets, SKOS, outletshttps://www.kitopi.com/our-story
  3. Smart kitchen technology and 14-day claimhttps://www.kitopi.com/smart-kitchens
  4. Tech hub, applications, Dubai rootshttps://www.kitopi.com/tech
  5. Co-foundershttps://www.kitopi.com/leadership
  6. Franchise offer and founding yearhttps://www.kitopi.com/franchise
  7. Brand portfoliohttps://www.kitopi.com/brands
  8. Press coverage and funding headlinehttps://www.kitopi.com/newsroom
  9. Consumer apphttps://www.kitopi.com/rewardsapp
  10. Funding and foundershttps://www.wamda.com/2022/05/kitopi-raises-300-series-c-round-extension