{"id":52620,"date":"2026-03-27T13:57:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/?p=52620"},"modified":"2026-03-27T14:39:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:39:39","slug":"new-pay-it-forward-dining-concept-in-dubai-spreads-kindness-across-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/new-pay-it-forward-dining-concept-in-dubai-spreads-kindness-across-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"New Pay-it-Forward Dining Concept in Dubai Spreads Kindness across the City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new heartwarming initiative is bringing <strong>pay-it-forward dining across Dubai<\/strong>, giving residents a chance to spread kindness and support local caf\u00e9s and restaurants. Through the <strong>platform <a href=\"https:\/\/treatonus.ae\">TreatOnUs.ae<\/a><\/strong>, you can prepay for a coffee, dessert, or meal that will later be gifted to someone else who visits the venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concept comes from entrepreneur Alexander Sysoev and is founded on the <strong>old \u201csuspended coffee\u201d tradition, where people would pay in advance for someone else\u2019s drink<\/strong>. Now, that same idea has been turned into a citywide movement that connects people, even if they never meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/treat-on-us-1024x511.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/treat-on-us-1024x511.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/treat-on-us-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/treat-on-us-768x383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/treat-on-us.jpg 1203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s how it works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Restaurants and caf\u00e9s pick a few items from their menu and set a price for each at <a href=\"https:\/\/treatonus.ae\">https:\/\/treatonus.ae<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You choose what you\u2019d like to cover and pay through a shared link<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The venue then decides how to pass it on to a client<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re thinking of trying it yourself, you can cover something small, like a <strong>pizza for AED 30<\/strong> or a <strong>latte and cookie for AED 50<\/strong>. There are also simple meal options in the AED 70-150 range. The platform doesn\u2019t take a cut and doesn\u2019t charge venues to join.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/treat-on-us-reif-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/treat-on-us-reif-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/treat-on-us-reif-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/treat-on-us-reif-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/treat-on-us-reif-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/treat-on-us-reif.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within the <strong>first day, over 180 prepaid items were purchased<\/strong>, showing that Dubai residents are more than open to small acts of kindness. The goal now is to grow this into something bigger, with more venues joining and hundreds of meals and drinks shared daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you want to join this wonderful initiative, head to <a href=\"https:\/\/treatonus.ae\">treatonus.ae<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s more good news in the UAE this week and plenty of ways to support and feel a bit more connected to the community. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uber-doubles-your-tip-for-taxi-drivers-in-uae-until-end-of-march-be-part-of-the-new-initiative\/\">Uber is doubling all tips for taxi drivers until the end of March<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/talabat-offers-100-rent-free-spaces-in-heartwarming-initiative-for-uae-restaurants\/\">talabat is rolling out support for restaurants<\/a><\/strong> with 100 cloud kitchen spaces at zero rent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new heartwarming initiative is bringing pay-it-forward dining across Dubai, giving residents a chance to spread kindness and support local caf\u00e9s and restaurants. Through the platform TreatOnUs.ae, you can prepay for a coffee, dessert, or meal that will later be gifted to someone else who visits the venue. The concept comes from entrepreneur Alexander Sysoev [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":33964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15497,"slug":"uae","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/","api_id":254,"title":{"rendered":"UAE"}}],"cities":[{"id":15498,"slug":"dubai","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/dubai\/","api_id":1,"title":{"rendered":"Dubai"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}