Table QR & diner ordering
Zero-install mobile web from a table token. Guests browse photos, set modifiers with live prices, send tickets, and call waitstaff.
Tokenized QRModifiersWaiter call
Paperless KDS & POS
Table QR ordering
Earlier Anlix platform
Simple Restaurant: paperless KDS and floor POS
An earlier table-service platform that keeps the dining room, kitchen, and cashier on one FastAPI process. Guests order from a tokenized table QR code, tickets move live on a kitchen display, waitstaff run the floor, and stock drops from recipes when a plate is served.
Python / FastAPI
WebSockets & HTMX
SQLite
Bootstrap 5
Thermal receipts
Recipe inventory
Live kitchen display with plate-by-plate ticket states
System capabilities
Floor, kitchen, and till on one loop
Real-time kitchen KDS
WebSocket and HTMX board with audio alerts. Cooks advance each plate through Held, Pending, Cooking, Ready, and Served.
WebSocket fan-outHTMXPlate states
Waitstaff floor ops
Live floor grid for table status, covers, ticket state, and guest calls. Staff can order tableside, split checks, and print pre-bills.
Floor gridSplit checksAssistance ack
Cashier POS & receipts
Walk-in and table checkout with modifier surcharges, cash tender and change, 72 mm thermal print, and email receipts.
POS registerCash tender72mm print
Recipe-linked inventory
Menu items map to ingredient lines. Stock drops when a plate is Served, including add/skip modifiers, with par-level alerts.
Recipe linesServed deductionPar alarms
Shifts & reservations
90-minute visit clustering for turns and revenue per cover, reservation grace releases, no-show rates, order archive, and CSV export.
Turn mathNo-showsCSV reports
Visual showcase
Screenshots
Eighteen staff, admin, analytics, and guest views. Click a shot to open the lightbox.
Staff
Waitstaff table grid
Live table states, covers, order status, and waiter-call acknowledgments.
Kitchen
Kitchen display (KDS)
Paperless queue with plate-by-plate fulfillment and prep inventory badges.
POS
Cashier POS
Walk-in and table checkout with modifier fees, tender math, and receipts.
Admin
Menu & modifiers
86 toggles, kitchen routing, photos, and customizable add-ons.
Admin
Tables & seats
Renumbering with order remapping, cover capacity, and table activation.
Admin
Staff roles
Waitstaff and admin permissions with HttpOnly session cookies.
Admin
Prep inventory
Recipe quantities, add/skip rules, and deduction when a dish is served.
Admin
Currencies
Default symbols applied across menus, bills, and receipts.
Alarms
Par-level alarms
Ingredients at or below safety stock with session toast alerts.
Analytics
Performance analytics
Date-range sales, covers, peak turns, and dish velocity.
Analytics
Shift & turn duration
90-minute visit clustering across overnight turns and revenue per seat.
Archive
Order archive
Filter by table, server, guest, or dish, with one-click reprint.
Reservations
Reservations
Timed holds, grace release, and shift no-show tracking.
Guest
QR menu landing
Mobile landing from the table token, no account or app install.
Guest
Modifiers
Add-ons with live price math, notes, and split-guest labels.
Guest
Order dispatched
Ticket hits the kitchen board with table ID and a waiter-call control.
Guest
Cooking progress
Guest view of Pending → Cooking → Ready → Served.
Guest
Settled bill
Itemized check after cashier settlement, print or email.
Engineering stack
Single-process service, live fan-out
Backend
- Python 3, FastAPI, Uvicorn
- SQLAlchemy 1.x and SQLite
- Runtime schema migration
- HttpOnly staff sessions
Realtime
- WebSocket hub for tickets
- HTMX kitchen board
- Inventory alarm counters
- Audio alerts on new work
Frontends
- Bootstrap 5 operational SPA
- QR guest menu, no app
- 72 mm thermal print CSS
- SMTP digital receipts
Operations
- Recipe deduction on Served
- Par-level toasts
- 90-minute visit clusters
- Reservation grace release
Questions
Simple Restaurant, in brief
What is Simple Restaurant?
An earlier Anlix table-service platform: QR table ordering, a paperless kitchen display over WebSockets, waitstaff floor control, cashier POS with thermal receipts, and recipe-linked prep inventory. https://anlix.dev/work/simple-restaurant/
Does Anlix build restaurant POS and kitchen display software?
Yes. This system covers diner QR ordering, live KDS ticket progression, split checks, POS settlement, reservations, and shift analytics. Contact [email protected].