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Digital Dining Experience

Digital Dining Experience

Contactless ordering and rewards system helping restaurants drive growth and user acquisition.

Updates- TableFlash closed its doors in 2024.

Updates: TableFlash closed its doors in 2024.

Overview

As a Product Designer at TableFlash, I focused on user acquisition. I designed a bilingual web app with clear ordering flows and growth features, collaborating with the founders and PM to support small restaurants, resulting in 617% user sign-up and 20% boost in merchant adoption post-launch..

Time

Jun - Dec 2020

Role

Founding Product Designer

Scope

Product Thinking

Design Strategy

Research

UX/ UI Design

Design system

Teams

2 Founders

Product Manager

2 Developers

Time

Jun - Dec 2020

Role

Founding Product Designer

Teams

2 Founders

Product Manager

2 Developers

Scope

Product Thinking

Design Strategy

Research

UX/ UI Design

Design system

Problem

During the pandemic, many small, immigrant-run restaurants struggled to keep up with the rapid shift toward digital ordering.

Without affordable online tools or ways to stay connected with their customers, they risked losing both revenue and their local community presence.

During the pandemic, many small, immigrant-run restaurants struggled to keep up with the rapid shift toward digital ordering.

Without affordable online tools or ways to stay connected with their customers, they risked losing both revenue and their local community presence.

Product Goal

Help small restaurants grow orders and stay connected with their customers through digital tools.

Help small restaurants grow orders and stay connected with their customers through digital tools.

Impact

Impact

Numbers | Quotes

617%

Increase in user sign-ups within 3 months after launch.

20+

Attract new restaurants onboarded.

24%

Boost in merchant adoption post-launch.

20+

Unlock new restaurants onboarded.

24%

Boost in merchant adoption post-launch.

+2

Strategic partnerships with

617%

Increase in user sign-ups within 3 months after launch.

20+

Unlock new restaurants onboarded.

24%

New features successfully design and launched.

95%

Boost in merchant adoption post-launch.

Strategic partnerships with

+2

Process

Process

Understand the real pain points | Proposed strategies | Design sprints

Understand the real pain points

To design a solution that truly fits small, often immigrant-run restaurants, I started by observing their daily operations and talking to real users.

To design a solution that truly fits small, often immigrant-run restaurants, I started by observing their daily operations and talking to real users.

Both sides wanted convenience and clarity — restaurants needed automation and visibility; users wanted a smoother, self-directed ordering experience.

Both sides wanted convenience and clarity — restaurants needed automation and visibility; users wanted a smoother, self-directed ordering experience.

01/

Restaurants could only handle one phone order at a time due to understaffing.

02/

Restaurants were lack of digital presence limited customer reach and engagement.

03/

Users felt lost browsing because of option overload.

04/

Users gave up on orders when the steps became confusing.

Prototyping and Iterations

1st Sprint

Streamline Operation

2nd Sprint

Reimagine App Experience

3rd Sprint

Drive Orders & Build Loyalty

1st Sprint

Streamline Operation

3rd Sprint

Drive Orders & Build Loyalty

2nd Sprint

Reimagine App Experience

Prototyping and Iterations

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Design by Ariel L

© 2026

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Let’s connect?

Find me at

Design by Ariel L

© 2026

All rights reserved

Let’s connect?

Find me at

Design by Ariel L

© 2026

All rights reserved

Let’s connect?

Find me at

Design by Ariel L

© 2026

All rights reserved