A QR code ordering system for tables, counters and takeaway

Café QR is a QR code ordering system for UK cafés, restaurants, pubs and takeaways. Guests scan a code with their phone camera, order from your live menu and pay, with no app to download. One system covers every place a guest might scan: a code on each table, one by the counter for the queue, and a link for collection orders. Every order lands on the same kitchen screen and in the same takings as your till.

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Guests need
Just a phone camera, no app
Works at
Tables, the counter and for collection
Price
From £9.99 a month, 0% per order

Three ways guests order by QR code

A table code carries the table number, so staff know where to take the order without asking. A counter code suits takeaway trade: the guest orders and pays while they queue, gives a name, and gets an order number to listen for. A collection link goes on your website, Google listing and social media, so guests can order ahead and pick up at a set time.

All three use the same menu, so a dish you mark sold out disappears from every code at once, and prices only need changing in one place.

Table codes with the table number built in
Counter codes with a name and order number
A collection link for ordering ahead
One menu and one sold-out switch for all of them

Contactless ordering and payment

Contactless ordering means the guest never has to queue, wave for attention or hand over a card. They browse photos and allergen details on their own phone, choose sizes and extras, and pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay through your own Stripe account. You can also let guests order now and pay at the till.

Allergen and description fields sit on every item and show as the guest orders, which saves the same question being asked at the counter all day.

Orders that reach the kitchen, not just a tablet on the counter

Many QR ordering tools are a separate app that someone has to watch and re-key into the till. In Café QR a QR order goes straight to the kitchen and bar screens, split by station, with timers. Staff move it from new to preparing to ready, and an order-ready board can show guests their number when it is up.

Because QR orders, till sales and waiter orders share one system, the end-of-day cash-up and reports include all of them.

What it costs

Order & Pay is £9.99 a month per venue: QR ordering at tables and the counter, straight to the kitchen screen. The full POS, with the till, waiter app, tabs, bookings and online ordering, is £39 a month. There is no setup fee, no contract and no Café QR fee per order. Stripe's card fees go to Stripe.

Print your table and counter codes from the dashboard, or make a poster with our free QR poster maker.

Questions

Straight answers, before you start.

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What is a QR code ordering system?

A way for guests to order by scanning a QR code with their phone. The code opens your menu in the phone's browser, the guest chooses and pays, and the order goes to your kitchen. Café QR does this with no app to download and sends orders to the same kitchen screen as your till.

Is QR code ordering the same as contactless ordering?

Mostly, yes. Contactless ordering means guests order and pay on their own phone without touching a shared menu, card machine or till. A QR code is the usual way in.

Do guests need to download an app?

No. They scan with the phone camera and order in the browser, with no account needed.

Can I use QR ordering at the counter as well as at tables?

Yes. A counter code asks for the guest's name and gives them an order number, so staff can call them when it is ready. Many cafés use table codes and a counter code together.

How much does a QR code ordering system cost?

Café QR's Order & Pay plan is £9.99 a month per venue with no per-order fee and no contract, and the first month is free. Card processing is charged by Stripe on online payments.

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