QR code ordering
Guests scan, order and follow their food — from their own phone.
Put a QR sticker on each table. A guest scans it, the menu opens in their phone's browser, and their order goes straight to your kitchen screen. No app to download, no account to make, and no waiter running back and forth with a notepad.
No app, no sign-up
The QR code opens an ordinary web page. Any phone with a camera and a browser works. The page can do one thing only: order for that table.
One table, one tab
The first phone to scan a table opens its tab. Friends who scan the same sticker join the same tab, so the table still gets one bill. A waiter can seat the table and take the order by hand instead; it is the same tab either way.
Straight to the kitchen
The order reaches the kitchen screen the moment the guest places it. As the kitchen marks dishes ready, the guest's phone updates too, so nobody has to ask whether the food is coming.
Staff stay in charge
Alcohol ordered from a phone waits for a member of staff to confirm it. Paying is still done with your staff, however your café already takes money: cash, UPI or the card machine.
Stickers you print yourself
Add your tables, then print the QR stickers on any printer. When a party leaves and the bill is settled, the same sticker opens a clean tab for the next guests.
Takeaway and counter too
QR ordering is one way in. Counter, takeaway and staff-entered orders land on the same kitchen screen and the same reports, so you are not running two systems.
Included in every plan
- QR stickers for every table
- Menu with photos, categories and modifiers
- Order status on the guest's phone
- Staff confirmation for alcohol
- The floor screen for waiters
- The kitchen screen
From ₹0.20 an order, or ₹299 a month. No setup fee. See pricing.
Questions
Do guests need to download an app?
No. Scanning the QR code opens a web page in the phone's own browser. There is nothing to install and no account to create.
Can guests order from home with the table's QR code?
The table's code only orders for that table, and the tab follows the table: when a bill is settled, the next guest to scan starts a new tab. If you want people to order ahead from home, online ordering is a separate add-on with its own web address.
What if a guest would rather order from a waiter?
Then the waiter takes the order on the floor screen. It goes onto the same tab and the same kitchen screen as a phone order.
How much does QR ordering cost?
It is part of every plan. Pay as you go is ₹0.20 an order with no monthly fee, or a subscription is ₹299 a month or ₹2,999 a year for unlimited orders. Prices exclude applicable taxes.
Try it in your café
Free to set up. Practise with pretend orders before you go live.
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