Our story
It started in a hotel kitchen in Port Harcourt.
Hospitality isn’t an industry we picked. It’s the family business, three generations deep.
Generation one1970s
An Italian-trained chef, at sea and at the Legacy Hotel.
Our grandfather trained as a chef in the Italian tradition. He cooked as an executive chef on board a ship, then became executive chef at the Legacy Hotel in Port Harcourt in the 1970s. The standard he cooked to is the standard we build for.
Generation onePort Harcourt
A restaurant of her own.
Our grandmother ran her own restaurant in Port Harcourt for more than five years: the bookings, the regulars, the staff and the books, all at once, all by hand.
Generation two7+ years
A sports bar and a catering business.
Our mother ran a sports bar and a catering business for more than seven years. We grew up around the bar, the kitchen and the event floor, and saw how much work it takes to fill a room, and how quietly a regular can disappear.
Generation threeE-commerce
Years inside the world’s biggest online stores.
Before Dinesurf, we worked in e-commerce with brands like Amazon, Wayfair, Best Buy and Bath & Body Works. We saw how the best online stores know every customer, follow up at the right moment, and turn a first order into a habit.
TodayDinesurf
Bringing it home to hospitality.
Dinesurf brings that playbook to the business we grew up in: your own website and bookings, every guest in your Guestbook, and the newsletters, automations and reports that bring them back. Today more than 500 restaurants, lounges and bars are on Dinesurf, in more than 8 countries.
