How office catering with Dana Prime works
Setting up daily or weekly lunches for an Abu Dhabi office is a three-step process, designed so an HR or admin lead can move from first enquiry to a running service within days rather than weeks.
- Brief: You tell us your headcount, office location, preferred delivery window and any dietary patterns across the team - for example how many colleagues need vegetarian, low-spice or allergen-aware meals. We also confirm whether you need daily rotation or a fixed weekly menu.
- Tasting: Before anything is booked, we arrange a free tasting so your team can sample the actual dishes proposed for your menu cycle, not a generic sample platter. This is where portioning, spice levels and packaging format get agreed.
- Delivery: Once the menu and schedule are confirmed, our own delivery, setup and serving team begins service on the agreed date, with the same delivery window held consistently so lunch is never a scramble for your office manager.
Because Dana Prime has operated from Abu Dhabi Industrial City (ICAD II) since 1998, the mobilisation process is well practised - we already cook over 7,000 meals a day for 22 client organisations, so adding an office of any size onto a delivery route is a scheduling exercise, not a new build. Most offices in Abu Dhabi, and also in Dubai and Sharjah, can be onboarded onto a running weekly menu within one to two weeks of the tasting, depending on how quickly headcount and dietary details are confirmed. If your requirements change - a new starter with a nut allergy, a headcount that doubles for a project phase - we adjust the following week's plan rather than treating it as an exception. There is no need to commit to anything before the tasting; we quote after the tasting once the menu and quantities are clear.
Vegetarian, vegan and allergen handling
Office headcounts are rarely uniform, and we plan menus on that basis rather than assuming one dish suits everyone. At the brief stage, we ask for a simple breakdown: how many colleagues need vegetarian meals, how many need vegan, and whether anyone has a declared allergy such as nuts, shellfish or dairy. This breakdown is then built into every delivery, not treated as a special request each time.
For vegetarian and vegan colleagues, we rotate dishes such as paneer-makhani, chana-masala, stuffed-bell-peppers, vegetable-lasagne and mushroom-risotto, so the meat-free option changes through the week instead of defaulting to the same salad. Sides such as freekeh, mixed-vegetable-pilaf and grilled-seasonal-vegetables are used to keep these meals substantial rather than an afterthought.
- Vegetarian and vegan counts are logged against your headcount at onboarding and reconfirmed at each menu review
- Allergen-aware preparation follows our ISO 22000 and HACCP-certified kitchen procedures
- New starters or changes to your dietary breakdown can be updated at any point - simply message us the revised numbers
- Packaging is labelled so your office manager can distribute meals correctly without checking with the kitchen each time
If your office has a mixed population - some colleagues wanting a heavier main, others preferring something lighter - we can run two or three parallel options within the same delivery rather than a single fixed tray. This is agreed once at the tasting and then simply repeats on schedule. Any allergen queries specific to an individual colleague can be raised directly with our team ahead of their first delivery, and we will confirm ingredient handling before that meal goes out.
Delivery windows, setup and collection for your office
Consistency matters more than speed for office catering - your team needs lunch to arrive at the same time each day so it fits around meetings, not the other way round. Dana Prime's own delivery, setup and serving team handles the full cycle: delivery, unpacking, setup where needed, and collection afterwards, so your office manager or HR lead is not left managing trays or storage.
Because our kitchens operate from Abu Dhabi Industrial City (ICAD II) and we already run daily delivery routes across Abu Dhabi, as well as into Dubai and Sharjah, adding your office to an existing route is generally straightforward. We agree a fixed delivery window at onboarding - for example a set time each morning for lunch service - and hold that window consistently so your team can plan around it.
- Fixed daily or weekly delivery windows agreed at onboarding, not re-negotiated each week
- Own delivery vehicles and serving staff - no reliance on third-party couriers for food safety continuity
- Setup available for shared office pantries, break-out areas or meeting-room lunches, with equipment collected after service
- Scaling up or down for headcount changes - project teams, new hires, or a temporarily smaller office - handled with notice ahead of the following week's plan
For larger offices or multi-floor buildings, we can arrange staggered delivery or multiple drop points within the same building, agreed once and then repeated. If your office relocates within Abu Dhabi, Dubai or Sharjah, we simply update the delivery route rather than treating it as a new setup. Any changes to headcount, delivery timing or venue access should be flagged to us as early as possible so the next delivery reflects the update, keeping the service dependable week to week.
Why offices in Abu Dhabi choose Dana Prime
Dana Prime has cooked for organisations across Abu Dhabi since 1998, operating from our own kitchens in Abu Dhabi Industrial City (ICAD II). We now prepare more than 7,000 meals daily for 22 client organisations, which means the systems behind a single office's weekly lunch - menu planning, food safety, delivery scheduling - are the same systems supporting much larger daily volumes. Your office is not being fitted around a smaller operation; it is added to one that already runs at scale.
Everything is prepared in kitchens that hold ISO 22000 and HACCP certification, and our own delivery, setup and serving team - rather than a third-party courier - carries that food safety standard through to the point your team actually eats. This matters for daily office catering specifically, because a single missed handover or unclear allergen label repeats every day, not just once. Owning the full chain from kitchen to desk removes that repeated risk.
- Own kitchens and own delivery team - no subcontracted links between cooking and serving
- 136 dishes across 16 courses, enough range to avoid repetitive weekly menus
- 4.6-star Google rating from clients across Abu Dhabi and the wider UAE
- A free tasting before any booking, so your office agrees the actual menu before committing to a schedule
We also make it straightforward to check our track record: current and past client organisations can be referenced on request, and our capability statement and certification documents are available before you book. Whether you are setting up lunch for a ten-person office or a multi-floor headquarters, the process starts the same way - a brief, a tasting, then a delivery schedule that holds. We quote after the tasting, once your menu and headcount are confirmed.
