Two round trips per table before anybody has carried a plate. On a full floor, that is most of the shift.
Nobody costs the walking, because it never appears on a report. It shows up as tables waiting to order and bills that take eleven minutes to settle. A table that could have left at 8.15 leaves at 8.35, and that is a cover you did not sell.
An order on a pad is written once and typed once, and every copy is a chance to lose a modifier or an allergy note. The guest finds out when the wrong plate arrives. On a handheld the order goes in once, in front of the guest, and gets checked while they are still there.
The Dartford Sports Bar, spend per head
About 40% higher
April runs The Dartford Sports Bar, an Admiral Taverns pub. About 90% of kitchen orders now come through the system and tips are up tenfold. She says so on camera, by name, at her own venue.
Table service, a queue outside on a Friday, a beer garden with no line of sight to the bar, a hotel lounge. Guests add the next round when the thought occurs, which is what moves spend per head. It runs on wifi and 4G, and card payments keep processing offline through Shift4.
£24 a month
For table service where servers build full orders: menu, modifiers, coursing, floor plan and payment on one screen.
Quoted with your account
A smaller all in one with a built in printer, for rooms where the job is mostly payment and a receipt at the table.
See SkyTab SoloHardware included, free setup, £0 upfront, installed face to face. Prices exclude VAT.
A card machine takes the payment. A handheld takes the order as well, sends it to the kitchen from where the server is standing, splits the bill, handles the tip and issues the receipt. The order never gets written on a pad and typed in a second time, which is where most mistakes come from.
It runs on your wifi and on 4G, so it works where the wifi does not reach. Card payments also continue to process offline through Shift4, so a weak signal does not stop you taking money.
Yes, both at the table. It takes chip and PIN, contactless, Apple Pay, Google Pay and swiped cards, and preset gratuity is offered on screen, so no server has to ask.
The 8 inch tablet suits table service where servers build full orders on the device. SkyTab Solo is a smaller all in one with a built in printer and suits venues where the job is mostly taking payment at the table. Tell us how your sections run and we will tell you which one fits.
That depends on your covers and how many servers work a busy shift, so we quote it against your venue.
Yes. The handheld is a module of SkyTab POS, so it runs the same menu, prices and floor plan as the till. Change a price once and it changes on every device.
We will tell you which device fits and how many you need, before you commit to anything.
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