Restaurant Management System with Kitchen Display

Industry VerticalsLarge system

Order taking, kitchen display, and table management for full-service restaurants. Orders flow from waiter tablets straight to kitchen screens, cutting paper tickets and wrong orders.

Typically bought by: Restaurant owners and operators of casual or full-service dining

Standard features — always included

✓Menu management with categories, modifiers, and pricing
✓Table map with occupancy status
✓Order taking on tablet/phone for dine-in, takeout, and delivery
✓Kitchen display screen with order queue and prep timers
✓Order routing to stations (grill, fryer, bar)
✓Bump/recall of tickets and ready notifications to servers
✓Bill splitting, discounts, and service charge handling
✓Cashiering with receipts and shift-end cash reconciliation
✓Void/cancellation with manager approval
✓Basic ingredient-level stock deduction and 86 list
✓Sales by item, hour, and server reports
✓Role-based access (owner, cashier, waiter, kitchen)

Popular custom additions

Quoted per feature in the configurator — typically $50–$300 each.

+QR-code ordering from the table
+Delivery platform order aggregation into the KDS
+Recipe costing and food cost reports
+Customer-facing order status screen
+Reservations and waitlist management
+Multi-branch menu and price synchronization
+Loyalty program tied to receipts

Tech stack

Frontend: Next.js + Tailwind
Backend: Next.js API routes / Node.js with real-time (WebSockets)
Database: PostgreSQL (Neon)
Integrations: Receipt/kitchen printer support, Payment gateway (Stripe/PayPal/other), SMS/email notifications (Twilio/Resend), Delivery platform webhooks (where available)