NextGen Orders

For NZ cafés, restaurants & hotels

QR from the table. Tickets on the kitchen screen.

Built for cafés, casual restaurants, and hotel dining. Diners scan the table QR and order on their phone — no app. Ticketed nights use Bookings.

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Diners can pay with Apple Pay, Google Pay, cards, or Pay by Bank — or keep your card machine on Free. Pay by Bank has no extra fee for them.

Café dining room with tables set for guests ordering from their phones

They scan a QR or tap a link — you get the order

Sample venue shown: NextGen Cafe.

Take Orders

QR from the table. Tickets on the kitchen screen.

Diners scan the table QR and order on their phone — no app. Tickets hit your kitchen with the table number, items, and extras.

A diner orders from a phone at a café table

Diner scans the table QR

Each table has a printed QR — café, restaurant, or hotel dining room. Diners open the menu on their phone.

  • Printed QR at each table
  • Menu opens on their phone — no app
  • Café, restaurant, or hotel dining room
Kitchen line plating tickets for the dining room

Ticket hits the kitchen screen

Table number, items, and extras land in plain text — less misheard orders on a busy floor.

  • Table number, items, and extras
  • Plain text your line can trust
  • Less misheard orders on a busy floor
Restaurant table set for diners ready to order and pay

They pay how you choose

Keep your card machine on Free, or turn on Pay by Bank and Pay by Card (cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay).

  • Keep your card machine on Free if you want
  • Or turn on Pay by Bank and Pay by Card
  • Apple Pay, Google Pay, and cards
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Bookings

Ticketed nights, not another table order

Cafés, restaurants, and hotels use Take Bookings when the night is a pass — a supper club, a set-menu sitting, or a function in the hotel. Guests pay and get a pass. You check them in from your phone.

Café brunch setup for a ticketed sitting

Cafés

Ticketed brunch, a tasting, or a supper club. Guests buy a pass instead of walking up to order.

  • Ticketed brunch, tasting, or supper club
  • Guests buy a pass
  • Not another walk-up table order
Restaurant function room set for a ticketed night

Restaurants

Set-menu nights and private dining. Share a QR or link, then check the guest list at the door.

  • Set-menu nights and private dining
  • Share a QR or link
  • Check the guest list at the door
Staff ready to welcome guests at a hotel function

Hotels

Ballroom functions, wedding breakfasts, and ticketed events in the hotel. The dining room can still use Take Orders.

  • Ballroom functions and wedding breakfasts
  • Ticketed events in the hotel
  • Dining room can still use Take Orders
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Questions

Do diners need an app?
No. They scan the table QR and order on their phone.
Is this for cafés only?
No. Cafés, casual restaurants, and hotel dining rooms — same QR → kitchen path.
Is Take Orders on Free?
Yes. Free is $0 / month and includes Take Orders and the kitchen screen.
How can diners pay?
Keep your card machine, or turn on Pay by Card (cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay) and Pay by Bank. Pay by Bank is generally settled within 2 hours *.
Is AI Chat Order live?
No. Live paths are QR from the table and your usual menu. We do not sell AI Chat Order as available now.

Pricing

Plans that grow with your café, restaurant, or hotel.

Take Orders, kitchen screen, and payments on one desk. Free includes Take Orders. Sixty days to try it.

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