Index
Introduction
The tools to manage the restaurant through V3 are:
- Table map. - Special restaurant POS, which includes: - Mark dishes as first, second, etc. - Add modifications to dishes (rare, without potatoes, etc.) .).- Print orders to kitchen.- All of this is very adapted to mobile so that the waiter can operate agilely.
Restaurant POS
The first thing you will need is to create a POS. To do this you will need 3 things:
Create products for the restaurant's POS.
Creating a product to sell at your restaurant's POS takes the same procedure as a normal product from any other area. In order not to repeat help articles, follow the following article on how to create a product how to create a product.
Create a POS for the restaurant.
Once you have the products created, you will now need to add them to a POS using buttons to make it operational. As in the previous case, the POS of a restaurant follows the same procedure as any POS in another area, so we are not going to repeat the help article. Follow the following article to know how to create your POS.
Restaurant printers
Printers can print in two different ways: they can print accounts/tickets, or orders. The configuration is done differently.
Configure ticket printer.
To print the account for a customer or the simplified invoice, we will associate the printer with that POS. Since this configuration is already documented in another article, follow the steps on how to add a printer to a POS.
Configure printer for orders.
To print the orders, a special procedure is followed because you need it to be printed in one place or another depending on the product or POS you are working on. This configuration is carried out from the subfamily, so we recommend you follow the Subfamilies article.
Restaurant maps
V3 allows you to work orders in two ways:
- Directly from the POS by parking sales, or - through a table map (recommended).
Table resources
In order to create a table map you will need to previously create the area, resource types, and resources of your restaurant. Because? Because V3 allows you to have online table reservations and these must be synchronized with your table map. That is, if I have seated clients at a table, this table must no longer be available on the website. Follow the steps in the following article to set up your restaurant area.
How to create a table map
Now that you have the resources created, you can create your first map. To do this:
- Click on Main Menu / Restaurant / Maps . You will enter the maps section. If you do not see your map it is because the resource type does not have the reservation map option activated .
- Click Edit .
- Place resources where you need them.
- Edit objects by playing with the size, rotation or corner radius.
- Click Save .
- Click Edit to exit editing mode.
Example:
Configuring a POS button (restaurant)
Text for the button that will be visible on the POS. Croissant.
POS in which we will add this button. Eg. Restaurant.
Left column . On the POS there are two columns of buttons, the main one on the left, and the central one of buttons. The left, or main, column will always be visible so you will want to add certain buttons here. Activate this option to add the button in the left column.
Top column . There are buttons, such as Back or Home , that in mobile mode you want to always be visible. By activating this option you will have these buttons accessible at all times.
Product (optional). Search and select the product you want to be added to the order by clicking this button. Croissant.
Main button (optional). If you choose another previously created button here, e.g. Food will place this button inside the other Food button . In this case, the Food button will act as a button folder.
Priority or the order in which you want it to appear on the POS. Ex. 9.
Function (optional) that this button will perform when the user clicks. The options can be :
Add tag , very useful for adding modifications to dishes.
Send orders to the kitchen by means of a ticket.
Back to return to the previous screen when you are browsing the POS.
Home to return to the first POS screen.
Move table to move the command from one table to another.
New sale to start a new order.
Options to enter the settings menu and other options.
Send message to print a text on kitchen printer. Useful to send the kitchen “Cook first” for example .
In the Appearance section you can customize this button starting with the Text Color and/or Background Color .
Image that will be displayed within the button.
Icon if you want to add to the button.
In the Buttons section you can add other buttons, turning this first button into a folder that, when clicked, will show the rest of the buttons.
Special restaurant POS buttons
On the POS of a restaurant there are 3 types of buttons:
- Folder buttons , to organize all our dishes by category. -
Dish buttons , which when clicked are added to the order.
- Buttons to mark dishes, such as starters, starters, seconds or dessert.
- Buttons for dish
modifications . - Other buttons like back or map .
Folder buttons
In a POS of a normal restaurant you have many products. Since you cannot have all the buttons on the first screen, there is the concept of a folder to be able to easily navigate through all your products. In this way, the normal thing is to start having food / drinks and continue browsing from there.
We are going to explain with an example how to make a folder button: Starters –> Entrecôte.- Step 1. Create a button that says Starters . There is no need to do more.
- Step 2. Create a second Entrecôte button . In this case, in the Main button field choose the button from step 1 Starters .
Plate buttons
As we have explained in the configuration steps, the special thing about this button is that in the Product field the product that you want to add to the order is assigned.
How to assign capacity to a table
It allows you to establish a minimum and maximum number of diners for each table in the restaurant. This ensures that reservations adjust to the actual capacity of the tables, optimizing their use and avoiding problems such as overoccupied or underused tables.
To activate this option, go to the Configuration Menu > Reservations > Resources and select the reference of the resource that you have configured for the Restaurant table, to access the Resource details:
Once you are in the Resource detail, select Edit
In the General section, fill out the following fields, depending on the characteristics of the table:
Minimum capacity: Defines the minimum number of guests required to reserve this table.
Maximum capacity: Defines the maximum number of guests allowed for this table.
Select Save
Once the capacities are configured, when managing reservations or viewing the tables in the Restaurant module, the maximum capacity defined for each table will be displayed. If an attempt is made to make a reservation that does not comply with the established limits, the system will prevent it, guaranteeing compliance with the configured rules.
