Menu & ordering
A menu that sells with photos
Large photos, a banner per category and a layout that suits the dishes: a grid for sushi, a list for drinks. Guests find what they are looking for in a few taps.
GUESTIT’S ORIGINAL TABLET MENU
Tablet menu for hospitality: guests order directly
No QR code, no app and no personal phone. The 8-inch tablet menu is ready on the table, responds instantly and shows each dish as it looks. Your guest understands without explanation what to do and orders at their own pace.
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The eMenu at the table
A complete digital guest experience without a phone, with all the focus on what the restaurant has to offer. This is proven to deliver higher throughput than QR or manual ordering, a better guest experience than a paper menu alone and a proven higher profit margin.
Log in with code 1688, choose table 1 and a package, then tap Activate. The demo is in English; nothing is actually ordered.
THE PROBLEM
A paper menu doesn’t know what’s in the kitchen today
What has run out is still on it. A new dish costs a print run. And what your guest doesn’t see in front of them, they usually don’t order.
IN USE
Running today in Dutch hospitality venues
The tablet menu is the product Guestit started with. It runs in production, alongside POS, kitchen displays, printers, payments and reporting — not a pilot and not a beta.
The whole chain at the table
POS, tablet menu, QR, kitchen displays, printers, payments and tips all run in production.
One product database
Prices, packages and availability come from a single source. The menu on the table doesn’t deviate from the POS.
Our own chain
Hardware, software and updates all come from Guestit itself. No loosely pieced-together parts.
TWO GUEST JOURNEYS
eMenu makes the standard guest journey digital. QR makes self-service digital.
An eMenu is not a QR ordering page on your guest’s personal phone. It is the successor to the paper menu, and it belongs to the table — not to your guest’s device.
eMenu
Where — on every table
Your guest — chooses, with your floor staff alongside
Your team — advice, attention and service
Presentation — identical on every table
Suits — venues where service makes the difference
If you choose an eMenu, you choose for the menu to belong to the table and for your floor staff to stay involved. That is not a different order button, it is a different guest journey.
THE FORMAT
Big enough to show dishes. Small enough to fit on a table
A phone screen is too small to sell a dish. A ten- or twelve-inch tablet takes over the table. Eight inches is the size at which a photo is big enough to make you hungry, while leaving room for plates and glasses.
Readable without zooming in
Description, allergens and choices all fit on the screen at once.
Easy to view together
The whole table can look along without the screen having to be passed around.
Generous touch targets
Buttons are big enough to hit without aiming.
Let the table stay a table
Compact and light, and it stands upright in its own stand.
THE SOFTWARE
100% native. You feel it with every tap
The Guestit tablet menu is built specifically for our own hardware and for Android. Not a website pretending to be an app, but software that runs directly on the device.
That is not a technical detail. Because we control both the software and the device, we can decide how fast a screen responds, how smoothly a long menu scrolls and how a complicated choice looks.
Instant response
A tap registers without any wait. Your guest doesn’t wonder whether it worked.
Smooth through a long menu
Even with hundreds of dishes and photos, scrolling stays smooth.
Choices without hiccups
Variants, extras, sauces and toppings are all part of the same smooth step.
The same on every tablet
Every Guestit tablet works the same way. No difference between devices or browsers.
UPDATES AND MANAGEMENT
Every tablet under central control
Guestit manages not only the software, but also how it reaches the tablets. New versions go to the devices on site through our own update platform. Your staff don’t have to update any tablets, and you don’t need to know which version runs where.
Guestit development
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Controlled update platform
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All tablets on site
No version differences
All tablets at one location run the same approved version.
No work on the floor
Nobody has to go from tablet to tablet.
Control over timing
Guestit decides which version is rolled out and when.
Our own route
Fixes and security updates don’t have to wait for a public app store.
Because Guestit manages both the software and the distribution of updates, we keep more control over versions, compatibility and the moment an update is rolled out.
HOW IT WORKS
The barrier to getting started is almost zero
The tablet menu is ready on the table. Your guest browses, sees the dish and orders — or your floor staff enter it. Either way, it arrives on the same table.
When guests arrive, you link the reservation to a table.
Your guest orders via the tablet menu, or your floor staff do it — the table is always known.
Every order line goes automatically to the right prep station.
Anything added in between goes on the same bill.
One bill per table. Splitting or merging is possible.
No second place where you have to enter it all over again.
SPEED
From choice to kitchen in seconds
Speed doesn’t come from one clever feature. It comes from the steps that disappear.
No waiting up front
The menu is already there. Your guest doesn’t have to wait for someone to come by.
Nothing is retyped
What your guest chooses is recorded digitally right away. There is no second entry at the POS.
Straight to the right place
Order lines go automatically to the POS, kitchen or bar, as you have set it up.
Fewer handovers
Every handover that disappears is a moment where nothing can go wrong anymore.
Designed for as little delay as possible between the choice at the table and the moment the kitchen sees it.
PRESENTATION
A menu that shows what words can’t
A dish you can see is easier to choose than a dish you have to imagine. On the tablet menu, every dish comes with a photo, a description and everything your guest wants to know before choosing.
A picture with every dish
Large photos instead of a line of text.
Everything your guest wants to know
Description, allergens and dietary preferences are listed with each dish.
Choices without misunderstandings
Your guest chooses variants, extras, sauces and toppings on their own.
In several languages
Same menu, same source, different language.
Less doubt at the table means fewer questions for your floor staff.
WHAT TECHNOLOGY DOES AND DOESN’T TAKE OVER
Technology takes over the repetitive work, not the personal contact
An eMenu doesn’t replace your floor staff. It replaces the part of their work that nobody misses: remembering what is sold out today, explaining what’s included in the package, checking the menu for prices that have changed, and answering the same question twenty times an evening.
What remains is the work your guests come for: advice, attention and the feeling that someone is there for them.
Every table gets the same reliable foundation. Your floor staff make the experience personal.
WHAT IT BRINGS
Less order-taking. More attention for the guest
That difference doesn’t come from a single feature. It comes from four things that are right at every table by themselves.
The picture helps sell
Your guest sees the dish in front of them. That means less explaining and less doubt.
Always up to date
What’s sold out is no longer on the menu. You add a new dish yourself, with no printing.
No app, no scan
The menu is ready on the table. Your guest doesn’t have to install or scan anything.
Multilingual with no extra work
The same menu in several languages, from the same source.
Together, that leaves your floor staff time for the conversation at the table — the part your guest remembers.
UPSELLING
Suggestions at the moment they make sense
An aperitif before the order is placed. A sauce with the fries. A dessert after the main course. Your floor staff know all of that — but on a busy evening it doesn’t always happen. The tablet menu shows it every time.
With the dish
A matching wine, an extra topping or a larger portion at the moment your guest chooses.
At the right moment in the evening
Aperitif at the start, dessert after the main course, digestif afterwards.
On the idle screen
Screen savers with a rotating promotion, daily special or happy hour.
Not pushy selling, but a suggestion at the moment it makes sense to your guest. And the same at every table, even when it’s busy.
PRODUCTS AND PACKAGES
One product, the same rules everywhere
Every product exists once in your database. The tablet menu shows the same price, the same package and the same availability as the POS.
Within an all-you-can-eat package, a dish has no separate price. À la carte it does. The tablet menu follows the same rules.
Is something sold out? You switch it off once and it disappears from the table.
PAYMENT
Paying at the table
Your guest pays on the tablet menu or with your floor staff, without separate devices alongside.
Your own provider
CCV, PAY. or MultiSafepay, on your own contract.
Payment methods
Including iDEAL and QR Pay.
At the table
Tap on Glass or on the tablet menu itself.
Tips are recorded separately.
USE CASES
Where a tablet menu makes the difference
Not every venue has the same problem. These are the situations where a fixed menu on the table solves the most.
All-you-can-eat
Rounds, quantities per guest and what is and isn’t included in the package are set in the system. Your floor staff don’t have to keep track of what the third round was.
Sushi and tapas
Many small dishes, many rounds. Ordering without having to look for someone each time keeps the pace up.
Shared dining and grill
A table orders together. One screen everyone can see works better than six phones.
Family restaurants
A picture with every dish saves explaining, even to the youngest at the table.
Hotel restaurants
Guests from different countries choose their own language.
Large terraces
The distance to the bar is the problem, not your floor staff. Ordering from the table removes that distance.
Multiple prep stations
Every line goes to the kitchen, bar or grill where it belongs.
Bowling and entertainment
Guests stay where they are. Ordering comes to them rather than the other way around.
ONE SYSTEM
The order doesn’t stop at the tablet
What your guest chooses at the table is the start. The same order goes to the POS, to the kitchen or the bar, and comes back in your numbers. Not because there are integrations in between, but because it is one system.
Tablet menu
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Guestit
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POS
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Kitchen and bar
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Reporting
One product source
Prices, packages and availability apply to every channel at once.
One table bill
Everything comes together on the same bill. You can split it or merge tables.
One set of numbers
What was sold appears in the same reporting as the rest of your revenue.
ALL FEATURES
Everything the eMenu does.
Everything the Guestit tablet menu does at the table, from the first look at the menu to paying and giving feedback.
Menu & ordering
Choices before adding, never after
Required choices, glass or bottle and extras with their price are on the product page. Add stays disabled until a required choice is made, so the kitchen never receives a half order.
Menu & ordering
Build your own bowl
A step-by-step builder for base, protein, toppings and sauce, with a price that follows the guest’s choices.
Menu & ordering
Suggestions that are easy to ignore
A fitting drink or side dish on the product page and in the basket. One tap to add, nothing to decline, and never added or ticked automatically.
Menu & ordering
Promotions, vouchers and wheel of fortune
Time-limited promotions, a voucher code at checkout and a wheel of fortune after ordering. The screens are ready; the backend decides prices, valid vouchers and where the wheel stops.
Menu & ordering
A basket that forgives mistakes
Adjust quantities, add a remark to a dish such as “no onion”, and undo a removal within five seconds. Totals always show the euro sign.
Menu & ordering
Orders that never vanish or go through twice
An order only counts once the POS confirms it. If the wifi drops, it waits and goes through once as soon as the connection is back, and the guest always sees where things stand.
Menu & ordering
Search and order history
Find a dish by name with one tap, and see everything the table has ordered so far, round by round.
All you can eat
Packages per person
Staff start the table with a package and the number of guests. Dishes in the package show as Included, extras keep their price.
All you can eat
Rounds and waiting time
The tablet shows the current round, a countdown to the next one and a clear last-round message: “You can still order dishes until 21:30.”
All you can eat
Limits that stop waste early
The maximum number per round and per person is checked in the basket, before the order goes out, with a message that says what needs to change.
All you can eat
House rules per table
When choosing the package, staff adjust rounds, waiting time and limits within what their role allows. Anything beyond that asks for a manager’s PIN code, right on the screen.
Bill & payment
The bill on the table
Guests see the bill live, line by line, and can ask for a correction before paying, so there are no surprises at the end.
Bill & payment
Ask for the bill, by card or cash
One tap lets staff know how the table wants to pay. The tablet shows that someone is on their way.
Bill & payment
Pay with your phone
A QR code on the tablet opens the payment on the guest’s phone. The tablet follows the payment and only shows Paid when the payment provider confirms it.
Bill & payment
Tip when paying
Clear percentages or a custom amount, with the new total visible before the guest confirms.
Bill & payment
Split the bill at the table
Staff split by dishes, into equal parts or with a fixed amount, even half a bottle. Every part adds up to the cent, and a paid part is locked.
Bill & payment
Digital receipt
After paying, a QR code gives the guest the receipt on their phone. No paper needed, and the tablet resets for the next table.
Service & guests
Call a member of staff
Guests ask for staff, water or cutlery from the tablet, and see that the request has been received.
Service & guests
Feedback on one screen
Smiley ratings and two open questions after paying, as an invitation rather than a pop-up. Closes by itself after a minute so the tablet is always ready.
Service & guests
Self pickup for world-cuisine restaurants
Each guest orders under their own name, such as “Alex D — T12”. When the kitchen reports it ready, the tablet says “Alex, your order is ready” and where to pick it up.
Staff at the table
Staff mode behind a PIN code
Press and hold the logo and enter your PIN code. Each role only sees what it is allowed to, and the tablet locks again after two minutes without use.
Staff at the table
Open a table in seconds
Choose the table, the number of guests and à la carte or a package. Linking the tablet to a table is one short step during setup.
Staff at the table
Correct the bill at the table
Staff review the bill and correct a line on the spot, so the guest does not have to wait at the POS.
Staff at the table
Ready for the next guests
As soon as the POS reports the table as paid, the tablet clears itself and shows a cleaning screen. Staff can also reset it by hand.
Settings & reliability
One tablet, several ways of working
Table service, leisure with start via PIN code or NFC, and a kiosk start screen. Choose per tablet what suits the venue.
Settings & reliability
A screensaver that promotes
When nobody touches the tablet, it shows your promotions. One tap and the guest is back in the menu.
Settings & reliability
Clear connection status
Wifi and battery are always visible. If the connection drops, the tablet says what still works and what waits until it is back.
Settings & reliability
Menu and prices from Guestit
Dishes, photos, prices, availability and packages come from the Guestit CMS and the POS, so a change reaches every tablet without touching it.
Settings & reliability
Built for an 8-inch tablet
Designed at 800 × 1280 for guests of every age: touch targets of at least 44 px, readable text, the main action always in the same place and no pop-ups in the way.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What hospitality owners ask us
What is a tablet menu?
A fixed screen on the table where your guest sees the menu and orders themselves. At Guestit, that is our own 8-inch tablet in a table stand, with your venue’s menu on it. Your guest doesn’t have to install anything, scan anything or reach for their own phone.
How does ordering via a tablet in a restaurant work?
Your guest opens a category, looks at a dish with its photo and description, picks any variants or extras and adds it to the order. When they are done, they confirm. The order arrives on the table they are sitting at, and every line goes to the prep station where it belongs. Your floor staff can add orders to the same table; everything goes on the same bill.
What is the difference between a tablet menu and QR ordering?
With QR ordering, your guest uses their own phone and opens the menu through a code. That needs no hardware on the table and can be added flexibly, for example on a terrace. With a tablet menu, the screen is already there: larger, with a picture for every dish, and everyone at the table sees the same thing. Guestit offers both — but not at the same time on the same table. For each table, you choose one.
Why does Guestit use an 8-inch tablet?
Because it is the size at which a dish appears large enough to make you hungry, without the screen taking over the table. On a phone, a product photo is too small to sell; a ten- or twelve-inch tablet gets in the way between the plates.
What does 100% native software mean?
It means the app is built specifically for our own tablet and for Android, and is not a website running in a browser window. Because we control both the software and the device, we can decide how fast screens respond and how smoothly a long menu keeps scrolling.
How are the tablets and the software updated?
Through Guestit’s update platform. We decide which approved version is rolled out and when it goes to the tablets on site. Your staff don’t have to update any tablets, and all tablets at one location run the same version.
Do orders go straight to the kitchen and the bar?
Yes. Every order line is sent automatically to the right prep station, so a team member only sees what they have to do themselves. If you work with several kitchens, a separate grill or a bar, every line goes to the screen it belongs to.
Is a tablet menu suitable for all-you-can-eat?
Yes. A product can behave differently per package: without a separate price within an all-you-can-eat package, with a price à la carte. Those rules are set in the system, so you don’t have to create the same dish twice and your floor staff don’t have to remember what’s included in the package.
How do I change menus, prices and availability?
In one place. Every product exists once in the central product database, with its prices, packages and availability. What you change there applies to the tablet menu and to the other channels at the same time. If something is sold out, you switch it off once and it disappears from the table.
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