Almost nothing to buy. Every TapTheTable screen is a web page, so the phones and tablets you already own do the work. No proprietary terminals, no lock-in: if a device breaks, log in on any other one and carry on.
The Demo Kitchen
Bunny Chow
Quarter loaf, lamb curry
R95
Boerewors Roll
Farm-style with chakalaka
R85
Bobotie
Traditional Cape Malay
R110
Peri-Peri Chicken
Flame-grilled, house sauce
R125
View basket · R180
Scan, browse, order. No app.
POS Till
Table 4
Bunny Chow
Boerewors
Bobotie
Peri-Peri
Flat White
Koeksister
Milk Tart
Gatsby
Rooibos
Vetkoek
Samoosa
Cappuccino
Toastie
Slap Chips
Iced Tea
Tap items, take payment, print.
Kitchen Display
12:38
New
#241 · T4
2 x Bunny Chow
1 x Boerewors
#242 · T7
1 x Gatsby
2 x Rooibos
#243 · T1
2 x Vetkoek
1 x Iced Tea
Busy
#239 · T2
1 x Bobotie
2 x Flat White
#240 · T6
1 x Milk Tart
2 x Cappuccino
Ready
#238 · C
1 x Peri-Peri
#237 · T5
3 x Samoosa
3 new · 7 on the board
Avg ticket 6 min
Tickets move left to right.
Each screen works on any device with a current browser. This is what works best.
Any phone with a camera. They scan the QR code and the menu opens in the browser: nothing to download, nothing to sign up for. The menu is built to load in under two seconds on 3G, so it works on any signal and barely touches their data.
You buy: nothing
Best on an 8–11″ tablet at the counter: a recent iPad or an Android tablet such as a Samsung Galaxy Tab A. Add it to the home screen and it opens full screen like an app. A phone does the job perfectly well at a market stall, and a second-hand tablet is fine as long as it runs a current version of Chrome or Safari.
You buy: a tablet, or use one you own
A 10″ or larger tablet mounted by the pass, or any TV or monitor with a browser. It runs a dark three-column ticket board with a chime for new orders, keeps itself awake, and escalates tickets that wait too long. Keep it on a charger: it is meant to stay on all service.
You buy: a tablet or reuse a TV
A 10–13″ tablet in a lockable counter or floor stand. Unlock it once with your kiosk code, pin the browser (Guided Access on iPad, app pinning on Android) and it looks after itself: idle screens reset automatically and customers pay by card QR or at the counter.
You buy: a tablet and a stand
Any laptop, desktop, tablet or phone. The live order board has a focus mode and a full-screen kiosk mode for a dedicated display, and the dashboard works wherever you are, including from home after close.
You buy: nothing
Waiters and ushers get new-order and call-staff alerts as push notifications on their own phones: each person switches it on per device in Settings. On iPhone, add the dashboard to the home screen first; on Android it works straight from the browser.
You buy: nothing
Optional, and worth knowing the detail before you buy a printer.
Works best
With an Epson TM-series printer on your shop Wi-Fi or network cable (TM-m30II, TM-m30III, TM-T88VI, TM-T88VII and newer, with ePOS-Print switched on), the till prints silently with one tap: customer receipts, kitchen tickets, and an automatic cash drawer kick on cash sales. The till talks to the printer directly on your own network, so printing keeps working even when the internet is slow. There is also an unattended cloud mode where the printer fetches jobs from the platform itself, with no till open at all.
Standard 80 mm thermal paper, available from any local POS supplier. The cash drawer plugs into the printer.
Also works
Slips, guest statements, prep lists and QR table cards are all formatted for standard 80 mm receipt paper and A4, and print through your device's normal print menu: AirPrint, Android's print service, or Windows printer drivers. So an existing receipt or office printer is usable from day one; what the Epson models add is silent one-tap printing and the drawer kick.
Not sure whether your current printer qualifies? Send us the model and we will tell you straight.
What businesses like yours actually run.
| Business | Devices | New hardware to buy |
|---|---|---|
| Market stall or food truck | Your own phone for the till and the order board | None |
| Cafe or coffee shop | One tablet at the counter running the till and order board; staff phones for alerts | A tablet if you do not have one; printer optional |
| Restaurant | Counter tablet (till), kitchen tablet or TV (kitchen display), waiters' phones, Epson printer with cash drawer | Usually one tablet and the printer |
| Hotel, lodge or guest house | Reception's existing PC for the dashboard and check-outs; a bar till tablet; printer for slips and statements | Often just the printer |
| School tuckshop | One till tablet at the hatch; any office PC to print the prep and hand-out lists | A tablet if you do not have one |
| Quick-service with kiosk | Kiosk tablet in a stand, counter till tablet, kitchen display, printer | Two tablets, a stand and the printer |
A new entry-level Android tablet starts at around R2,000 and handles the till or the kitchen screen comfortably. Most businesses start with devices they already own and add hardware only once the ordering has proved itself.
Your till and screens use your Wi-Fi; customers use their own data or your guest network. The pages are light, so an ordinary uncapped line carries a full service without strain.
There is no installed till software and nothing stored on the device. If a tablet is dropped or stolen, sign in on any other device and the day carries on where it left off.
The menu, the till, the kitchen display and the kiosk can each be added to the home screen, where they open full screen with their own icon. There is no app store and nothing to update.
The kitchen display and kiosk keep themselves awake, which uses battery. Mount them near a plug and leave them on charge during service.
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