Restaurants
Benefit from the various advantages for customes and operators.
Electronic menus do not replace service staff, but support them. The time that is saved can be used for better service. At the same time, it is guaranteed that the guests get access to all information about the products, such as allergens.
![E-Menus in restaurants Sushi Factory restaurant service staff with e-menu](/assets/images/emenu/sushi-factory-service-personal.jpg)
![E-Menu features for guests E-menu with leather case, guest information on display](/assets/images/emenu/emenu-4-480.jpg)
Nutrition-values are calculated on the basis of the recipe and can be displayed on the e-menu.
Take advantage of the technology to change and to add items on the menu with little effort. Test new drinks or take slow-sellers off the menu.
Create seasonal promotions and change the menu for lunch, dinner and weekend.
Sold-out products can be hidden by the kitchen at the push of a button.
With the use of e-menus, the orders are directly entered into the system without any need of your staff doing so.
![Food Truck Foodtruck on a blue background](/assets/images/emenu/food-truck.jpg)
Food Trucks
Queue Management for mobile sales units.
Food trucks have a customer peak at lunchtime, at caterings and at events.
![Food Truck example Food truck, tables and chairs with guests](/assets/images/emenu/cash-register-foodtruck-and-guests.jpg)
With a mobile e-menu that is set up in front of the truck, orders can be taken contactlessly and are sent to the kitchen.
The e-menu system manages the situation. No more misunderstandings, customers are satisfied and the kitchen perfectly organized. With the help of the e-menu, a food truck can be staffed with up to one person less than without the e-menu.
Hotel Lobbies
Optimize the service in remote areas.
Service employees are valuable, not always available and expensive.
Particularly in areas ...
- ... with a low customer frequency,
- ... with different customer frequencies during the course of the day,
- ... which are remote and cannot be serviced continously,
- ... which are too small to be serviced,
- ... which are open day and night.
The Food-Order Terminal is the solution. Improve the quality and availability of service at the same time as the volume of sales.
Guests simply choose a drink or a snack. The order is processed in the kitchen and will be delivered to the location of the terminal.
OktoPOS Food Order System
![Food Order System Brochure Food Ordering System PDF Preview](/assets/images/link-preview/food-order-system.jpg)
Optional Upgrades
Increased sales, lower personnel expenses and advantages for the guests make the food-order-system a worthwhile investment.
- Connection to cash register OktoPOS Cash
- Connection to waiter order terminal OrderTab
- Integration of guest surveys
- Use of guest chip cards
Hotel Rooms
Room service order-terminals for hotel rooms.
Use the potential of the room service:
- Attractive pictures on the menu
- Varying offers depending on daytime
- Activation / deactivation of articles
- Hotel information
- Use for other Services
- Multilingual
- No misunderstandings or language problems on the phone
- Orders are directly sent to the kitchen and other divisions
- Orders are stored for billing/invoicing
The self-order terminals can be placed on the table or mounted on the wall and are connected via Wifi.
![E-Menu hotel room E-Menu on Hotel room table](/assets/images/emenu/hotelroom-image-480.jpg)
Meeting Rooms
Order drinks, food and supplies.
Place an order terminal in your meeting and conference room.
- Repeat orders without disturbance
- Collection of orders for billing
- Order presentation-equipment and office-supplies
- Service calls
The order terminals can be placed on the table or be mounted on the wall and are connected via Wifi.
![E-Menu in meeting room E-menu on table in meeting room](/assets/images/emenu/e-menu-meeting-room-480.jpg)
Offices
Order-terminals for offices and business centers.
![Office e-menu E-menu in office space](/assets/images/emenu/e-menue-table-stand.jpg)
Simplified processes thanks to orders via terminals. Orders run-up in the assigned departments / sections.
- Catering orders for meetings
- Materials orders
- Option to bill order on employee or cost centers by using employee cards
E-Menu Functions
E-Menus and order terminals with advanced features.
OktoPOS is a pioneer for electronic menu cards. The OktoPOS E-Menus are characterized by a complete integration into the overall system from the kitchen control to the cash register.
Articles that are no longer available can be deactivated with the kitchen terminal. In addition, different menu cards can be activated for different days of week and different times (breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc.).
Different menu cards can be defined for areas, e.g. restaurant, bar, take away, etc. Each branch can use a different set of products on the menu card.
Depending on the configuration, e-menus can be combined with contactless customer cards (RFID).
![OktoPOS E-Menu E menu with salad on display](/assets/images/emenu/mobile-e-menue-480.png)
E-Menu - Behind the scenes
Features
- Standard layout or individual layout
- Article and picture import from OktoPOS Manager with the touch of a button
- Menu categories
- Article overview and detail view
- Article description with text and photo
- Shopping basket with indication of total value
- Sending of orders to kitchen and cash register
- Display of prior orders
- Multi-lingual
- Vegetarian filter
- Allergen filter
- Nutrition value calculator
- Side orders
- Customizable articles (e.g. custom salad, etc.)
- Ways of preparation ( cooking levels) (medium, well done, etc.)
- Combo menus (with free and extra-cost items)
- Cross selling
- Wine recommendation
- Waiter call
- Billing on tables or contactless guest chip cards
- Different menu cards for different branches (articles, prices)
- Different menu cards for in-house and take away (articles, prices, VAT)
- Integration of information and promotion
- Integration of apps / website
Menu Administration
The menu cards are managed in the web-based OktoPOS Manager. Updates are deployed to the order terminals with the press of a button.
Kitchen
Choose from a simple network-printer, kitchen-monitor or both. The network printer prints the orders and the location where the order came from.
The kitchen monitor lists the orders with details and timing. Even the recipe can be displayed. The kitchen monitors also offer the option to deactivate and activate items on the menu cards instantly. Profiles can be created. For example morning, evening, night, weekend, etc.
Orders can be routed to different kitchens/bars and stations, depending on the item and time of operation.
Advantages
E-Menu Advantages for customers and operators.
![OktoPOS E-Menu Benefits Restaurant staff with e-menu example](/assets/images/emenu/restaurant-e-menu-480.jpg)
Nutrition values
More information
Allergen information and filter
Article description
Article photos
![E-Menu features for guests E-menu with leather case, guest information on display](/assets/images/emenu/emenu-4-480.jpg)
Relaxed way of ordering without pressure
![Restaurant e-menu hardcover Guest with e-menu at restaurant table](/assets/images/emenu/restaurant-e-menu-hardcover-480.jpg)
Service call
![E-menu service call E-menu at table and restaurant staff](/assets/images/emenu/restaurant-e-menu-atelierf-480.jpg)
Orders go directly to the kitchen
![Kitchen monitor Kitchen monitor in restaurant kitchen](/assets/images/emenu/restaurant-kitchen-monitor-burgerlich-480.jpg)
Simple re-ordering (e.g. drinks)
![Retractable e-menus Restaurant table with retractable e-menus](/assets/images/emenu/restaurant-e-menu-burgerlich-480.jpg)
Combo menu compilation
![Side order selection E-menu tablet with side order selection](/assets/images/emenu/e-menu-tablet-with-side-order-selection-480.jpg)
![E-menu selectable preparation method E-menu tablet with selection of the preparation type](/assets/images/emenu/e-menu-tablet-with-preperation-method-select-480.jpg)
Query the preparation methods
Cost overview order history
![E-menu order overview Restaurant e-menu tablet with order overview](/assets/images/emenu/e-menu-restaurant-order-overview-480.jpg)
![E-menu language selection E-menu tablet with language selection](/assets/images/emenu/e-menu-language-select-480.jpg)
Multilingual
Satisfied guests
The acceptance of electronic menus has increased continuously in recent years. 92% of restaurant guests rate the OktoPOS e-menus as “very good”.
Advantages for restaurant operators
Update the map at the touch of a button
Easily add and delist items
Inclusion of seasonal offers
Elimination of printing costs
Labor savings through direct booking in the kitchen and checkout by the guest
Increased security and control through secure recording of bookings
Compliance with legal regulations by expelling allergens
Cross selling (wine recommendations, etc.)
More repeat orders (drinks, dessert, etc.)
Hide items that are temporarily unavailable
Change menu profiles at the touch of a button (evening menu, etc.)
Integration of information and advertising
Branch differentiation
Locations
From restaurants to hotel-rooms.
The Food-Order-Terminal can be placed anywhere within your Wi-Fi network.
For example:
- Lobbies
- Lounges
- Meeting rooms
- Restaurants
- Bars
- Pools
- Guest rooms
Ask for the different styles of the pedestral, that fit your needs. Depending on the location, we offer different set-up options.
Choose between:
- Mobile (Cover)
- Table stand mobile
- Table stand fix
- Low floor stand
- High floor stand
- Wall mount
Mobile (cover)
The mobile version is the most flexible alternative and helps to keep investment low, when the menus are brought to the customer-tabels.
The loss of devices is generally lower than expected, but it depends significantly on the situation. In a clearly arranged restaurant, the loss is typically is close to zero.
The cover protects your device from damage.
We recommend a cover made of high quality genuine leather. Covers of synthetic leather and other materials wear out after only a few months.
![OktoPOS E-Menu E menu with salad on display](/assets/images/emenu/mobile-e-menue-480.png)
Table stand fix
A fix table stand is recommended in situations where the e-menu has a fixed position and should not be moved. The orders are taken at the location of the e-menu.
![L-Case E menu E-Menu L-Case table display](/assets/images/emenu/e-menu-l-case-480.jpg)
Table stand mobile
The mobile table stand is recommended for environments where the e-menu has fixed position, but should still be flexible for customer needs. For example, as a takeaway order terminal.
High floor stand
A high floor stand is recommended when guests order while they are standing, e.g. at a takeaway order terminal or in a waiting queue.
Wall mount
A wall mount is ideal for meeting- and hotel-rooms. This guarantees that the e-menu stays in its place.
A wall mount is available as surface-mounted or flush-mounted solution.
Low floor stand
A low floor stand is ideal for lounge areas and lobbies.
![Lobby Food Order Terminal Food order terminal in a lobby](/assets/images/emenu/lobby-food-order-terminal.jpg)
Design
Use our standard layout or get your custom design.
![E-menu designs Various e-menu design interfaces](/assets/images/emenu/e-menu-with-individual-designs-480.jpg)
![E-menu designs Various e-menu interfaces as an example](/assets/images/emenu/e-menu-designs-480.jpg)
![E-menu designs Sushi Factory E-Menu Design Example](/assets/images/emenu/sushi-factory-e-menu-designs-480.jpg)
Layout
We recommend to use our standard layout for the design of the e-menu. The buttons and icons can be individualized. By using your own article photos, the e-Menu will reflect the corporate image of your company.
Take advantage of regular updates by using our standard layout.
If you prefer using your own layout, our designers are happy to help according to your specifications. The individualized user-interface uses the OktoPOS standard e-menu engine as a basis.
![Retractable e-menu Retractable e-menu in restaurant table](/assets/images/emenu/retractable-e-menu-burgerlich-restaurant.jpg)
Photos
High-quality and inspiring product photos are essential for digital menus. The photos need to be uploaded in the OktoPOS Manager in a certain size and format. Our digital menu cards generally have a resolution in the range of 2K. Depending on the device, the resolution may be lower.
![Storage of article photos for the e-menu Laptop, item listing with product images](/assets/images/emenu/e-menu-item-photos-management-480.jpg)
Technology
Proven technology.
The menu cards are equipped with a rechargeable battery and are connected to the local Wi-Fi.
Orders are transferred over a mini-server to the kitchen. The kitchen-monitors and printers are connected to the local network (LAN).
System requirements
- Software:
- Hardware:
- Android tablet computer 7-13".
- The tablet can be inserted in a luxurious leather cover, or it can be integrated in the table.
- Data connection:
- Wi-Fi