Every restaurant owner knows the delicate balance between maximizing revenue during peak hours and ensuring guests feel relaxed and welcome. Turning tables faster doesn’t have to mean rushing your diners.

1. Bring the POS to the Table

The traditional model of jotting orders on a pad, walking to a terminal, punching them in, and then walking back is incredibly inefficient. By equipping your staff with handheld ordering devices, orders are fired to the kitchen before the server even leaves the table.

2. Integrated Pay-at-Table

Payment friction is the number one cause of delayed table turns. When a guest asks for the bill, they generally want to leave. An integrated pay-at-table solution allows the server to print the bill and split the payment right there, saving an average of 7 minutes per table.

3. Smart Kitchen Routing

A digitized Kitchen Display Screen (KDS) ensures courses are timed perfectly. No more lost paper tickets or miscommunication between the front of house and the kitchen. Smooth operations mean food hits the table fresh, and guests proceed through courses efficiently.

Implementing these three steps using SmartEPOS can increase your effective capacity by 15% on a Friday night, adding significant bottom-line revenue without compromising the guest experience.