Billing where the item is a dish and the unit is a plate.
The app calls them dishes, sells them by the plate, half and full, sets five percent GST with restaurant SAC codes, and leaves the barcode scanner switched off.
Vocabulary
Dishes, not items
Units
plate, half, full, glass, cup
Default GST
5 percent
Barcode
Off — nothing to scan
What you need to know
What a food counter needs.
4 topics
01 · Words
The screen says dish, because that is the word
Choosing restaurant changes the vocabulary the app uses: the button says Add dish, the list is Dishes, and nobody has to translate their own trade into the language of a stock system. It is a small thing that decides whether a new waiter can be shown the till in two minutes or twenty.
Add dish, not add item
Units of plate, half, full, glass, cup, bottle
Barcode scanning off — there is nothing to scan
Estimates off, because nobody quotes for a thali
02 · Tax
Five percent, with the right SAC codes
GST goes on at five percent, which is the standard rate for restaurant service, and the code picker offers SAC codes for restaurant and dhaba service, catering, canteen and outdoor catering alongside HSN for bakery, cold drinks and packaged water. A sweet shop selling both a thali and a box of mithai gets both kinds in the same picker.
SAC 996331 for restaurant and dhaba service
Catering, canteen and outdoor catering codes
HSN for bakery, cold drinks and packaged water
Per-item rate where a packaged good differs
03 · Charges
Packing, delivery and the things added at the end
Additional charges are on by default for this trade, so packing, delivery or a service line can be added to a bill without inventing a product for it. Discounts are on too. Both print on the customer's bill as their own lines rather than being folded into a total nobody can explain.
Additional charges on by default
Packing or delivery as its own line
Discounts per line or on the whole bill
Everything printed, nothing folded into the total
04 · Honest
What this is not
There is no table management, no KOT printing to a kitchen, no course timing and no waiter-wise assignment. It is a billing counter, not a restaurant management system. A dhaba, a tea stall, a sweet shop or a takeaway counter is well served; a sit-down restaurant running twenty tables with kitchen tickets is not, and should buy something built for that.
No table or floor management
No KOT or kitchen printing
No waiter assignment or table-wise bills
Well suited to takeaway, dhaba, tea stall, sweet shop
Common questions
Questions from restaurants and dhabas.
Does it print KOTs to the kitchen?
No. There is no kitchen order ticket, no table management and no waiter assignment. This is a billing counter for takeaway, dhabas, tea stalls, bakeries and sweet shops rather than a full restaurant system.
Can I sell half plates?
Yes. Half and full are units in the suggested list, and you can add your own. A dish can be priced per unit, so half and full are usually two lines on the same dish or two dishes, whichever matches your menu.
What GST rate applies?
Five percent by default with GST switched on, which is the usual restaurant service rate, and the picker offers the restaurant and catering SAC codes. Packaged goods sold alongside can carry their own rate.
Can I add a packing or delivery charge?
Yes. Additional charges are on by default for this trade, so they go on as their own line and print on the customer's bill.
Does it work without internet?
Yes. Bills, the day's total and printing all run from the phone and sync afterwards, which matters for a counter in a basement food court or a roadside dhaba.
