QR ordering

QR ordering at tables: guests scan, order and your team stays on the floor.

Put a QR on every table. Guests open your menu on their phone and the order reaches your team. Ask Pili, your AI assistant, which items sold most at your tables.

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Tables screen in the Bill It desktop app showing restaurant tables that are free, seated, sent to the kitchen or reserved

What is QR ordering at tables?

A QR code sits on each table. A guest scans it with the phone camera and your own menu opens, with the table already named. No app to install.

The guest picks items and sends the order. It lands on that table for your team to accept. You still run the floor, serve the food and make the bill. The writing and walking go.

Table 4Scan to see the menu and order
→
Table 4
StartersMainsDrinks
Paneer Tikka₹260
Add
Butter Naan₹60
Add
Fresh Lime Soda₹90
Add
Send order

How QR ordering works

Four steps, from a printed code to a ticket in the kitchen.

1

Print a QR for each table

Print the codes on an A4 sheet, four to a page or one per page, and put one on every table.

QR codesA4, 4 per page
T1
T2
T3
T4
2

The guest scans and orders

Your menu opens with the table name at the top. The guest adds items, a note for the kitchen and sends.

Table 4Your menu
Paneer Tikka x 1₹260
Butter Naan x 2₹120
Note for the kitchen: Less spicy
Send order
Waiting for our staff to confirm
3

Your team accepts

The order shows up at once on the counter, the Ordrio app and the web dashboard. Accept it, or reject it with a reason.

QR orders1 new
Table 4
3 items, Less spicy
₹380
Accept
Reject
4

The kitchen gets the KOT

An accepted order joins the table. The kitchen ticket goes out straight away, or when your team sends it.

KOT #118Table 4
Paneer Tikka1
Butter Naan2
Less spicy
Sent to kitchen, 8:02 pm

What you can set

Everything sits inside the add-on, under Tables.

SettingWhat it does
One QR for each tableEvery table has its own code, so the order arrives on the right table. Renaming a table does not break a printed code.
Print or downloadPrint four codes on an A4 sheet or one per page, or download them to send to your printer.
Reset a table's QRMake a fresh code for one table. The old one stops working and a guest who scans it sees “This QR is not active.”
Send the KOT when I acceptOn: accepting sends the kitchen ticket at once. Off: the order waits on the table until your team sends it.
Accept or rejectReject with a reason such as Item not available or Kitchen is busy. The guest sees your answer on their phone.
Pause QR orderingPause it on a packed night or at closing. Guests can still read the menu and see “Ordering is paused. Call our staff.”
Who can acceptGive “Accept QR orders” to the roles you choose, such as captains and managers.
Orders nobody answersA request left alone for 15 minutes expires. The guest is told and can send it again.
Add-on on Bills & Books, used with tables and KOT. Plans and price are on the add-ons page. Bills & Books and your online store are on every plan, including Free. See all add-ons

QR ordering questions, answered

No. They scan the QR with the phone camera and your menu opens in the browser, with the table already named.

They choose items, add a note for the kitchen and send. The screen shows “Waiting for our staff to confirm” until your team accepts.

Yes. Each code belongs to one table, so the order arrives on the right table. Renaming the table does not break the printed code.

No. The guest screen says to pay at the table after the meal. You make the bill as usual and can split it between guests.

Yes. There is one note for the whole order, such as Less spicy, and it prints on the kitchen ticket.

Reject the order with a reason and the guest sees it. On a packed night you can pause QR ordering for a while.

It expires after 15 minutes. The guest is told and can send it again.

Yes. You still run the floor, serve the food and make the bill. QR ordering takes away the writing and walking.

Yes, QR ordering works on top of tables and KOT. Accepted orders go to the kitchen as a kitchen order ticket.

It is an add-on on Bills & Books, with plans and price on the add-ons page. Bills & Books and your online store are on every plan, including Free.

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