Tabs and tables
Tabs and tables, without the paper pad.
Open a tab for “Sarah” or table 4, keep adding rounds from any till in the building, and settle up wherever the customer is standing.
Tabs
Start a tab at the bar. Pay it at the door.
A tab belongs to the whole site, not to one till, so staff can add to it and settle it from wherever they happen to be.
Tabs by name
Open a tab for a person or a table, and keep adding rounds for as long as the night goes on.
Any till, same tab
Every till at the site sees the same open tabs, rounds added offline included, so whoever's nearest can take the next round or the payment.
Whose tab it is
Every tab shows who's looking after it, and can be handed to someone else when a shift changes.
No lost rounds
If two tills change the same tab at once, Tenvelo shows staff both, keeps the added rounds and asks about anything taken off.
Tables
See the room at a glance.
The table plan shows which tables are free and which are busy, grouped into areas like the terrace and upstairs, so a new starter can find table 12's order on their first shift. Tap a table to start its order, or pick up the one that's running.
Busy, for how long, and how much
Every busy table shows how long they've been sat and what the bill has come to, without anyone walking the floor.
Who's serving
Each table shows who's serving it, and servers can filter the plan down to just their own tables.
Parties move, and so do bills
Move a bill to another table in a couple of taps, and keep separate bills on one table when a group pays apart.
Seat numbers
Put a seat on each dish, so the kitchen knows whose plate is whose and the bill can be split by seat.
Bookings
The booking is the tab.
Bookings sit on the same tables as the till. When a booked party arrives, seat them and their tab opens on the table with their name already on it.
Held tables on the plan
The host sees today's bookings beside the table plan, with late arrivals flagged.
Walk-ins too
Keep a waitlist and seat the next party straight onto a free table.
Questions
Questions people ask.
- Can two tills share the same tab?
- Yes. Tabs belong to the site, so any till there can add to one or take payment for it.
- Can I hold a card behind the bar?
- Card tabs held behind the bar are coming with Tenvelo Payments. Today, open the tab by name and settle it on your own card machine at the end of the night.
- Does a tab keep working if the wifi drops?
- Yes. You can keep adding to it on the till you're using, and the other tills get every round once the connection is back.
- Can the table plan show who's serving?
- Yes. Each table shows who's serving it, and a server can switch to just their own tables.
Also in Tenvelo
It all works together.
Kitchen screen
Every order from every channel on one kitchen screen or printer, split by station, with courses fired when the table's ready.
- Every channel on one screen
- A screen for each station
- Courses held and fired
Bookings
Bookings on the same table plan as the till, reminder emails, a waitlist, and seating that opens the tab.
- No per-cover fees
- Reminders in your name
- Seat straight onto a tab
Order and pay at table
A QR code on each table: guests see the live bill and order rounds from their phone, with paying by phone coming soon.
- The live bill on their phone
- Order rounds from the table
- Split at the table
Who uses it
Whatever you run.
Restaurants
A live table plan, courses fired to the kitchen, bookings that open the bill and rounds ordered by QR.
Cafés
Quick through the morning rush, with milk and sizes on one tap, stamp-card loyalty and allergens written down.
Pubs
Tabs any till can pick up, food straight to the kitchen, bookings for Sunday lunch and ordering from the garden.
Bars
Tabs on every till, spirits and mixers on one tap, tips shared by hours and a day that runs past midnight.
Takeaways
Your own ordering page and the delivery apps on one till and kitchen screen, with a pause switch for busy nights.
Bakeries
Quick at the counter, with sold-out items greyed out, recipes for stock and pre-orders taken online.
Market stalls
Keeps selling with no signal, keeps cash and card takings together, and each market's takings separate.
Food vans
Sells in a field with no signal, with prices for each pitch, one-tap sold out and orders taken ahead.
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