From setup to daily operations - here's everything you need to know about running your business with TapTheTable.
Set up your digital menu in under 10 minutes. No technical skills required.
Sign up for free, name your business, and choose your business type: restaurant, cafe, salon, grooming parlour, retail store, hotel, food truck, spa, gym, co-working space, event venue or church. The wording across the app adapts to match.
Use AI to import from a photo of your existing menu, a PDF, or a spreadsheet. Or enter items manually - whatever's easiest.
Pick from 8 professionally designed templates: classic, compact, elegant, modern, minimal, grid, list, or swipe. Switch anytime.
Upload your logo, set your brand colours, and preview exactly what customers will see on their phones.
Each table gets its own unique, secure QR code that you can regenerate at any time. Download in multiple print formats - table tents, stickers, or A-frames. Print them, place them, and you're live.
Free plan available - no credit card required
Here's exactly what happens when someone scans your QR code.
Customer points their phone camera at the code on the table - or in their hotel room. Your menu opens instantly in their browser - no app to download, no account to create, no friction.
They see your full menu with category tabs, search, and item details. Dietary filters let them find vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, or halal options instantly. Allergen information is clearly shown on each item.
On supported plans, customers can view your menu in English, Afrikaans, Zulu, or Xhosa. Great for serving a diverse local customer base and international tourists.
They select items, set quantities, and add special notes (like "no onions" or "extra spicy"). The cart updates in real time with running totals.
They submit their order and see a status page with real-time updates. You receive the order instantly on your live order board - no missed orders, no miscommunication.
Try it yourself - see exactly what your customers will see
Once you're set up, TapTheTable becomes part of your daily workflow. Here's what you'll use it for.
Your live order board shows incoming orders in real time. Track each order through its lifecycle - new, in progress, ready, served. Staff can confirm QR orders before they're processed.
Change a price, toggle an item as sold out, or add something new - all in a few taps. Changes go live instantly, no reprinting required. Ever.
Create time-limited specials with discounted prices. They appear prominently on your public menu with discount badges, and automatically expire when the promotion ends.
See how many people scanned your QR codes, what they ordered, your busiest hours, top-selling items, revenue trends, and scan-to-order conversion rates. Business plan includes weekly email digests.
Connect your own WhatsApp Business account or Telegram bot to receive order notifications directly on your phone. Never miss an order, even when you're away from the dashboard.
Invite staff members with appropriate roles. Owners manage the menu and settings; staff handle orders and day-to-day operations.
Ring up walk-in and phone orders on any tablet at the counter. Tap items, pick a table or takeaway, record cash or card, and the order joins the same board as your QR orders.
A dark, full-screen ticket board for a tablet or TV in the kitchen. Tickets turn amber and red as they age, and one tap moves them from new to in progress to ready.
Connect PayFast, Yoco, SnapScan, Zapper, iKhokha or Stripe with your own merchant account. Take payment before the order is sent, or let customers pay at the counter.
Connect ChatGPT or Claude by signing in with your TapTheTable login, or a developer tool with one API key. Ask for today's takings, mark an item sold out, add a special or fix a description without opening the dashboard.
Mount a tablet at the counter and let customers build their own order, pick a size or extra, and pay by scanning a code or at the till. Orders join the same board and kitchen screen.
Offer collection times that follow your opening hours and how many orders you can handle per slot. Tickets show the pickup time and turn amber as it approaches.
Customers collect a stamp per order with just their phone number, from the menu, the kiosk or the till. Set how many stamps earn a reward and redeem it at the counter.
A table's orders roll into one bill diners can settle from their phones, in equal shares or by the items each person had. Staff see open bills on the order board and can close them at the counter.
Add sizes, extras and "choose one" options with their own prices to any item. Running more than one site? Manage one menu and push it to every location, with local prices and availability.
Set any item to an open amount and it becomes a fund on your Give page, with an emailed receipt for every gift. Publish a calendar with registration and simple info pages behind the same QR code.
Join businesses going digital with TapTheTable. Get started in under 5 minutes.
