Restaurant software can save you from ‘Kitchen Nightmares’

“Look! It's rotten, you idiot! It’s ROTTEN!” is what celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay had to say about a tomato in an Indian dish at a New York Indian restaurant. This establishment, shown in an episode of ‘Kitchen Nightmares’, was grossly bungled. There wasn’t a system in place that would ensure the effortless and successful functioning of the restaurant. The manager was unable to track freshness of food items and the performance of the chefs. 

Most of the scenarios in the show Kitchen Nightmares revolve around stale food items, unorganized kitchens, and mismanagement of the staff. The owner could have saved himself from Gordon Ramsay’s expletives had he invested in a restaurant software.

What’s a restaurant software?

A restaurant POS software, or simply, a restaurant software, is a tool designed to automate and digitize tasks in a restaurant or a food chain. It gives restaurant managers a 360-degree view of the business apart from shortening the billing procedure. If something is not fitting in right, restaurant software can suggest solutions or at least give an overview of the problem.

Here is how restaurant software helps restaurants manage their operations and deliver the best service to customers:

Kitchen Order Tickets

Kitchen order tickets is an easy way to track and serve the orders made by customers in a restaurant. The Kitchen Order Ticket records details like dish ordered, table number, quantity, etc. The restaurant is able to track the status of the food and the time remaining until it is served using color codes.

Kitchen order tickets help chefs determine the priority of the orders and the specifications of cooking a particular dish as well.

Touchscreen

Placing orders are just a touchscreen-tap away. The process is so easy that a customer can also make orders, without the supervision of a garçon. The food items are already fed to the system which users can select, swipe their cards on the attached POS and wait for their scrumptious order.
Table creation & transfer

Restaurants require tables to seat and serve their patrons. With restaurant software, table reservations can be created. This allows for better services of the customer. If a restaurant is overbooked, new tables can be created on the software than there actually are.

Recipe module

Recipes can be created and the availability of the ingredients used in the recipe can be checked. Based on the selected vegetables and ingredients, restaurant software can suggest multiple dishes that can be prepared.

Cashier and Home Delivery

Restaurant software manages your finances perfectly. It also acts as a digitized cashier for most of the part. The home delivery feature gives you 100% control on your business and expands its reach. Users are able to track the status of deliveries and the location of delivery boys.

Choose the right restaurant software

Software companies are coming up with a variety of restaurant software with multitudes of features. Others are aimed at solving a particular set of problems. Gofrugal., Marg ERP, and eZee Optimus are some of the prominent software that efficiently serves restaurants.

Torques and eZee Optimus are designed specifically for restaurants that only want to digitize orders, menus, shifts, tables, billings, payments, etc. Gofrugal and Marg ERP provide more than just a restaurant software as they cover the retail and distribution aspects of the business too. Choose the right restaurant software that pushes your business without you having to shell out a fortune.