Restaurant management software, feature by feature
QR ordering, a kitchen display board, live table management, order tracking, GST billing and sales analytics — six parts of one system, from the guest scanning a code to the table releasing itself after payment.
Most restaurant software is sold as a stack: an ordering tool, a KDS, a table app, a billing package, a reporting add-on. DinePilot is one system, and the reason matters more than the feature count — a single order record moves through all six of these, so nothing is re-keyed, nothing is reconciled at close, and nothing disagrees. The order that lands on the kitchen board is the same record that occupies the table, generates the GST bill and appears in tonight's revenue.
Each feature below has its own page with the workflow it replaces, real service scenarios, best practices and questions we get asked. If you would rather see the whole thing as one continuous flow instead of six parts, follow one order end to end. Everything here is built for dine-in service — takeaway, delivery, inventory and online guest payments are not in the product today.
QR table ordering
Guests scan the QR on their table and order from their own phone — no app install, no login, no waiting for a server.
Every table gets a unique QR code that opens your digital menu in the guest's browser — photos, descriptions, veg and non-veg badges and live prices. Guests build a cart, add notes like "less spicy", and place the order themselves. Sold out? Flip one toggle and the item disappears from every phone instantly.
- Works in any phone browser — nothing to download
- Per-item notes and veg / non-veg badges
- Out-of-stock items update instantly
- Guests can add to an open order from the same table
Real-time kitchen board
Orders land on the kitchen screen the instant they are placed. No paper tickets, no lost orders, no shouting across the pass.
Your KOT board, without the paper. It shows only what is active — placed, accepted and preparing — oldest first, with table, quantities and guest notes. Staff accept a ticket, then mark items ready one by one. When the last item is ready the order flips to ready automatically and the waiter is notified.
- New tickets appear in under a second
- Mark items ready individually or all at once
- Auto-notifies the waiter when the order is ready
- Oldest ticket first, so nothing gets buried
Live table management
A colour-coded floor map that keeps itself up to date — available, reserved, occupied or cleaning.
Waiters see the whole floor at a glance with seating capacity, current order and how long the table has been occupied. Statuses move themselves: an order on a free table marks it occupied, and the final payment releases it back to available. Manual override is always there when the floor disagrees.
- Available, reserved, occupied and cleaning states
- Occupied and released automatically as orders move
- Table types from 2-seaters to 9+ private rooms
- Printable QR sheet for every table
Orders that never get lost
Every order — QR or waiter-taken — in one filterable list, from placed all the way to completed.
Filter by status, table or source. Add items to an open order, or cancel with a reason before it is served. Order numbers run sequentially per day, and every line snapshots its name and price at order time, so editing tomorrow's menu never rewrites yesterday's bills.
- Filter by status, table and QR vs waiter
- Add to or cancel an open order
- Daily sequential order numbers
- Prices snapshot at order time
Billing & receipts
Unpaid orders grouped by table, itemised bills with tax, and a receipt you can share in a tap.
GST billing without a separate billing system. The cashier sees every served, unpaid order grouped by table. Generate an itemised bill with subtotal, CGST/SGST and total, record the payment as cash, card or UPI with an optional reference, and the table releases itself. The receipt is ready to share or print.
- Cash, card and UPI with reference notes
- Itemised bills with CGST / SGST breakdown
- Shareable and printable receipts
- Payment releases the table automatically
Sales analytics
Today's revenue, average order value, top sellers and peak hours — updating as the service runs.
Stop guessing what sells. See revenue, order count, average order value, active orders and occupied tables at a glance, then dig into sales trends over any date range, top items by quantity and revenue, orders by hour of day, and how guests actually pay.
- Revenue, order count and average order value
- Sales trend over any date range
- Top-selling items by quantity and revenue
- Peak hours and payment-method breakdown
Everyone sees only their job
Sign in, land on the screen built for you. Nothing else in the way.
Owner
Everything a manager can do, plus creating staff accounts and controlling restaurant settings, tax and branding.
Manager
Full operations — menu, tables, orders and analytics — without user management.
Waiter
A live table grid, order taking on behalf of guests, and a ping the moment an order is ready to serve.
Kitchen
A single live ticket board. Accept, prepare, mark ready — nothing else in the way.
Cashier
Unpaid orders by table, itemised bills, and payment by cash, card or UPI.
Guest
No account, no app. Scan the table QR, browse, order and track it live.
Run your next service on autopilot
Set up your restaurant, print your QR codes and take your first order today. Starter is free.
No card required · Nothing to install for your guests