Solutions · Table-service restaurants

POS for table-service restaurants

Bookings show up on the floor plan, the kitchen gets dishes by course with allergies first, and the bill for a table of eight splits to the cent. Floor, bookings and kitchen, in step.

  • Bookings
  • Waitlist
  • Kitchen by course
  • Allergies first
  • Split bills
Mesero's booking calendar in Floor view (Spanish interface): each table on a row and each booking at its time, with its name and party size, for Friday 23 October.
Example
A real screen of Mesero's booking calendar (Spanish interface) with demo data; around it, examples of what happens during a table service.
A waiter takes an order on his phone beside a table of four in a full restaurant.. Illustrative scene, AI-generated.

9:30 pm · Full houseThe waiter takes the order on the phone and it's already in the kitchen.

Illustrative scene, AI-generated
A day in your restaurant

From the lunchtime bookings to the last table of the night.

This is how a table-service restaurant's day runs on Mesero, with its real screens (Spanish interface) and example data. Scroll slowly: the clock moves with you.

  1. · Before opening

    The bookings book, already written

    Today's bookings are in the calendar, each with its time, name, party size and status by colour. The ones made through your link or from the QR menu came in by themselves, with no phone call in the middle of the rush.

    And a booked table shows as such on the POS's table panel: the waiter who opens the floor sees the same as whoever took the booking. Bookings and the waitlist are in the Pro plan.

  2. · Lunch

    The kitchen, by course, with allergies first

    Dishes reach the kitchen display with their table, course and notes, and each one says where it stands: New, Preparing, Ready and Served. The time on each order flags the table that has waited too long.

    Allergies marked on the ticket head the order on the display and print first on every kitchen ticket. One kitchen display on Starter, three on Pro.

  3. · After lunch

    The bill for a table of eight

    Four ways to split it, with the parts always adding up to the total: by item, in equal parts between 2 and 6, custom («I pay X, you pay Y») or by moving lines to a new ticket.

    You can take one part now and leave the table open with the rest pending, without balancing anything by hand.

  4. · Dinner, full house

    The queue at the door, on their phones

    A group without a booking joins the waitlist from their phone, or you add them, and waits wherever they like: their page follows their place live and alerts them with a sound, and with a browser notification if they allow it, when their table is ready.

    You decide how long you wait for a group after calling them and how many calls they get before you move on. Nobody blocks the door while a table sits empty at the back.

  5. · Closing

    Cash balanced, tables accounted for

    You count the cash by notes and coins and Mesero compares it with what sales, each card terminal and Bizum say: if something doesn't add up, you see which method and by how much, before you close the day.

    And since every booking ended as seated, no-show or cancelled, the night's count is real, not a hunch. Cash control comes with every plan.

What a table-service restaurant needs

The floor, the booking and the kitchen knowing the same thing.

In a table-service restaurant, service breaks at the hand-overs: the booking that never reaches the floor, the allergy that never reaches the kitchen, the bill nobody knows how to split. This is what Mesero does there.

The booking, on the floor plan

A booked table shows as such on the POS's table panel, next to the free, occupied and paid ones. The floor sees the same as whoever took the booking.

Allergies that always get through

One tap on the ticket opens the 14 allergens. From there they print first on every kitchen ticket, reprints included, and head the order on the kitchen display.

Every course on time

The kitchen display keeps the real sequence of service instead of firing everything at once, and each station sees only its own: grill, fryer or cold.

Tables that move and join

Moving and joining tables, discounts, courtesies and voids are in the POS itself, with permissions by role so not just anyone can void a line already sent to the kitchen.

Returning guests, recognised

With the CRM on the Pro plan, you link the guest to their ticket and the waiter sees their visits, birthday, usual dishes and VIP tier. No spending figures.

No fee per cover

Bookings come in through your link and the QR menu with no charge per cover or per booking received, and the guest stays in your CRM, not on someone else's platform.

Which plan

Three restaurants, three plans.

The same POS for all of them. What changes is how many people use it at once, how many screens the kitchen has and what switches on around it.

  • Starter · €39/monthA small restaurant

    One dining room and one kitchen: 5 users, 1 kitchen display, basic inventory, staff clock-in and QR ordering. No bookings.

  • Pro · €79/monthA restaurant with bookings

    Bookings and the waitlist, the CRM, 3 terminals, 15 users and 3 kitchen displays, plus the customer club and online ordering.

  • Enterprise · from €149/monthA restaurant group

    Several venues with a central dashboard, unlimited terminals and users and an audit log.

All connected

The booking, the table and the kitchen, on the same bill.

Not six programs stitched together: one database. A booked table shows as reserved on the POS, the order from the waiter's phone reaches the same kitchen and a returning guest has their file above the bill.

  • One menu for everything. Change it once and it changes on the POS, on the waiters' phones and on the QR menu.
  • Everyone with their own PIN. Voids and discounts stay in the name of whoever made them.
  • No required hardware. Your tablets, a TV for the kitchen and your 80 mm thermal printer will do.
Your restaurant at the centre, with the POS, bookings, the CRM, the kitchen display, Mesero Comandas and cash control around it.
Pricing

A table-service restaurant starts on Starter or Pro.

Starter, at €39/month, covers the floor and one kitchen display with 5 users. Bookings, the waitlist and the CRM are on Pro, at €79/month, with 3 terminals, 15 users and 3 kitchen displays.

Save up to 25%

Barra

For solo-operator bars and cafés: just what you need to sell, take payment and stay compliant.

€19/mo
Start free
  • 1 POS terminal and 1 user
  • Floor, bar, counter or takeaway
  • QR ordering at the table
  • Receipts, printing and VeriFactu
  • Apps: Mesero Admin and Comandas (1 user)

Starter

For smaller restaurants that want a cleaner operation without extra complexity.

€39/mo
Start free
  • 1 POS terminal and 5 staff users
  • Tables and QR ordering, plus 1 KDS screen
  • Apps: Mesero Admin and Mesero Fichar
  • Mesero Comandas based on terminals and users
  • VeriFactu included
  • No online ordering, kiosk or CRM

Enterprise

For groups and franchises that need control, integrations and multi-location visibility.

From €149/mo
Contact sales
  • Unlimited terminals, users and tables
  • Full suite: Admin, Comandas and Fichar
  • Unlimited KDS, bookings and inventory
  • All integrations plus an audit log
  • Multi-location dashboard and priority support
  • VeriFactu and cash control, on all four plans.
  • No fee per cover or per booking received.
  • No set-up fee or lock-in: 90 days free, no card.
  • Your tablets, a TV for the kitchen and your thermal printer will do.

Prices exclude VAT (21%). Compare what each plan includes →

FAQ

What restaurants ask before switching POS.

If your question isn't here, write to us: a person from the team will reply.

Talk to us
Are bookings and the waitlist on every plan?

No: they are on Pro, at €79/month, and on Enterprise. Barra and Starter don't include them. During the 90-day trial you have full access, so you can try them with your real service times before you decide.

Do you charge per cover or per booking?

No. Bookings are included in the Pro plan with no charge per cover or per booking received, unlike booking platforms that charge per seated guest. Guest data stays in your own CRM.

Can the waiter see the booking on the POS?

Yes. A table with a booking assigned shows that status on the POS's table panel, next to the free, occupied and paid ones, so whoever is on the floor sees the same as whoever runs the calendar.

How do allergies reach the kitchen?

They are marked on the ticket from the POS: one tap opens the 14 allergens, or you type your own. From then on they print first on every kitchen ticket, reprints included, and head the order on the kitchen display. With the CRM on the Pro plan, the allergies in a guest's file move to the ticket by themselves when you link them.

Can I split the bill for a large table?

Yes, in four ways, with the parts always adding up to the total: by item, in equal parts between 2 and 6 people, custom («I pay X, you pay Y») or by moving lines to a new ticket. You can take one part now and leave the table open with the rest pending.

How do I keep track of no-shows?

Every booking has a status throughout its life: pending, confirmed, seated, no-show or cancelled. You mark who has sat down and who hasn't turned up during service, and at close you have the real count instead of a hunch.

How much does it cost, and is there a lock-in?

Starter costs €39/month, Pro €79/month and Enterprise from €149/month; Barra, at €19/month, is for a single person behind the bar. You can try it free for 90 days, no card needed, and there is no lock-in: change plan or cancel whenever you like.

Next step

Try it for a full weekend, with your real bookings.

90 days free, no card and no lock-in, with full access. Set up your menu and your service times, switch on the booking form and count on Monday how many tables were lost.

  • €0Per bookingNo fee per cover.
  • 90 daysFree trialNo card and no lock-in.
  • 4Ways to splitBy item, equally, custom or on a new ticket.
  • 3Kitchen displaysOn the Pro plan, each with its own zone.
90 days free No card needed
Try it

A real Mesero screen (Spanish interface), with demo data.