Opening or rebranding a restaurant or café in Dubai means ordering several different printed items at once — menus, table tents, cups, and door hangers among them — usually against a fixed opening date. Rather than sourcing each item separately, this guide brings together everything DXBStamps prints for F&B businesses, so you can plan the full list in one place before you order.
What Goes Into an Opening Printing Package
Every restaurant and café is different, but most opening or rebrand orders draw from the same core list:
- Menus — dine-in, takeaway, or both. See DXBStamps' menu printing page for the base product.
- Table tents — for daily specials, drinks, QR codes to an online menu, or promotions. See the table tent printing collection.
- Printed cups — for takeaway coffee, juice, or branded drinkware at the counter. See custom printed paper cups and custom printed mugs.
- Door hangers — for opening hours, temporary closures during fit-out, or promotional drops to nearby offices and residences. See the door hanger printing collection.
If you're also fitting out the storefront itself, DXBStamps' opening soon and site boards and storefront branding pages cover the exterior side of a launch, separately from the printed materials used inside and at the counter.
Menus: Where to Start
Menus are usually the first item to finalise, since table tents, QR code cards, and sometimes cup or napkin branding are designed to match the menu once it's set. Material and finish matter more for a menu than for almost any other item on this list, because it's handled repeatedly and needs to survive spills, wiping down, and daily use. Our menu printing materials guide covers paper weight, lamination and finish options in more detail.
Table Tents, Menu Boards and QR Cards — Choosing What You Actually Need
Not every table needs a full table tent. Some venues use a small QR code card for the digital menu and reserve a table tent only for specials or promotions; others run a printed menu board at the counter instead of individual table pieces. Our comparison of table tents, menu boards and QR cards walks through when each format earns its place on the table.
Cups and Counter Items
If you serve takeaway drinks, a printed cup is one of the most visible, repeated touchpoints your brand gets — seen by the customer, and by anyone they're with, on the way out the door. Decide early whether you need paper cups, mugs, or both, since lead times and minimum quantities can differ between the two.
Preparing Your Artwork
Every item in an opening package needs artwork prepared to the right format and size before it can go to print, and it's common for a launch to stall at this stage simply because files weren't ready. Our artwork file checklist covers what to have ready — logo files, menu copy, and sizing — before you request quotes.
Planning Your Order Around an Opening Date
Because an opening date is usually fixed, it helps to work backwards from it rather than ordering items as they come to mind. Our printing checklist for a new restaurant or café opening lays out a practical order to work through the list, from menu content to final proofing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to order everything at once?
No. Many venues order menus and table tents first, since they're needed from day one, and add cups, door hangers or extra signage as the opening date gets closer. Ordering in stages is common — the main thing to avoid is leaving items with longer lead times, like custom cups, until the last minute.
Can DXBStamps design the artwork for me?
DXBStamps prints from the artwork and menu content you provide. See our artwork file checklist for what to prepare before you order.
What if I'm rebranding an existing restaurant rather than opening a new one?
The same list applies — menus, table tents, cups and door hangers are usually reprinted together during a rebrand so that nothing on the table or at the counter shows the old branding while new items are still arriving.
