How office catering starts with Dana Prime
Setting up daily or weekly lunches for an office team is a three-step process, and every step is designed to remove guesswork for the person arranging it.
- Brief: Send us your headcount, office location, dietary mix and preferred frequency by WhatsApp or the enquiry form. We ask a few clarifying questions about serving times and any allergen concerns in your team before proposing a menu structure across our 16 courses.
- Tasting: Before anything is booked, we arrange a free tasting so you and your colleagues can assess the dishes we propose. This is where most office managers finalise portion sizes, confirm vegetarian or vegan ratios, and check that spice levels and textures suit the office rather than a banquet setting.
- Delivery: Once confirmed, we schedule delivery to your office on the agreed days, with our own team handling setup, serving and collection so your reception or pantry area is not left with catering equipment to manage.
Because we cook more than 7,000 meals daily from our kitchens in Abu Dhabi Industrial City (ICAD II), we can accommodate both a single small office and a headcount that scales week to week without a fresh onboarding process each time. Most office managers move from first enquiry to first delivery within the same week, once the tasting is complete and the menu and quote are agreed. We quote after the tasting, once portion counts and dietary requirements are fixed, so there are no assumptions built into the first invoice.
For offices that already run a long-term catering relationship elsewhere, switching is usually a matter of aligning delivery windows and confirming allergen protocols before the first booked week begins.
Dietary requirements and allergen handling
Office teams are rarely uniform in their dietary needs, and we treat this as a standard part of planning rather than a special request. At the brief stage, we ask for a breakdown of vegetarian, vegan and any allergen-sensitive colleagues within your headcount, so the proposed menu accounts for this from the first tasting onward.
Vegetarian options are built into the same rotation rather than served as an afterthought: dishes such as paneer makhani, vegetable lasagne, chana masala and grilled halloumi skewers sit alongside meat and poultry mains so vegetarian colleagues are not limited to a side salad. Vegan requests are handled by adjusting components such as dairy-based sauces or dressings, and by drawing on naturally plant-based dishes like couscous and herb, hummus beiruti or grilled seasonal vegetables.
For allergen concerns, we ask office managers to submit a per-head list where relevant, particularly for shellfish, nuts, gluten and dairy sensitivities, so kitchen staff can flag these dishes clearly at the point of packing and labelling. This is handled under our ISO 22000 and HACCP-certified processes, which govern how allergen information is recorded and carried through from our kitchens in Abu Dhabi Industrial City (ICAD II) to the point of delivery.
Because office headcounts can shift week to week with new starters or leavers, we treat the dietary breakdown as something to revisit periodically rather than a one-off form. Office managers can update the split by WhatsApp ahead of any given week's delivery, and our kitchen team adjusts the rotation accordingly. This ongoing flexibility is one of the reasons office clients tend to stay with us as their catering needs change over time.
Delivery, setup and collection for your office
Office lunches depend on predictable timing, so we agree fixed delivery windows with each client based on when your team typically breaks for lunch. Whether your office in Abu Dhabi, Dubai or Sharjah needs a single midday delivery or a split breakfast-and-lunch schedule, we confirm this during the brief so kitchen production is planned around it.
Every delivery is handled by our own team, not a subcontracted courier, which means the same standards of handling and presentation apply whether your office is in a tower in Dubai's business districts, a low-rise in Sharjah, or anywhere across Abu Dhabi. Our team sets up the serving area, whether that is a buffet line in a pantry, a plated arrangement in a meeting room, or a simple counter setup near reception, and remains available to serve if your office prefers attended service over self-service.
Once lunch service concludes, our team also handles collection of chafing dishes, serving equipment and any trays used, so your office facilities staff are not left clearing catering equipment alongside their normal duties. This full-cycle approach, from delivery through to collection, is included as standard rather than offered as an add-on.
For offices running daily service, we work to a consistent weekly schedule so reception and pantry staff know exactly when to expect our team. For weekly or occasional bookings, we confirm the delivery slot afresh each time via WhatsApp, along with a reminder of headcount and any last-minute dietary changes. Across all three emirates we serve, logistics are planned from our central kitchens so that delivery timing remains consistent regardless of which office location is booked.
Why office managers choose Dana Prime
Dana Prime has operated since 1998, and our kitchens in Abu Dhabi Industrial City (ICAD II) currently cook more than 7,000 meals daily, a scale that allows us to take on a single small office alongside twenty-two client organisations without treating any one booking as an afterthought.
We hold ISO 22000 and HACCP certification, and our own delivery, setup and serving team means your office is never dependent on a third-party logistics partner whose standards we cannot vouch for. This matters for office managers who are ultimately accountable for what is served to colleagues each day, and who need a single point of contact if a delivery time or dietary detail needs adjusting.
Before any booking is confirmed, we offer a free tasting so you can assess our food directly rather than relying on a menu description alone. This is also the point at which office managers typically ask to see our references: we are happy to share contactable details from among our 22 client organisations so you can ask directly about delivery reliability, dietary handling and how we respond when a headcount changes at short notice.
Our current Google rating stands at 4.6 stars, built up across the offices, venues and organisations we have served since 1998. We serve Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and the wider UAE from a single set of kitchens, which keeps our menu rotation and food safety processes consistent regardless of where your office is located.
If you are comparing catering companies for an office lunch programme, we would suggest starting with the tasting rather than a menu on paper, since that is where portion sizes, dietary balance and presentation are actually judged.
