Tableline
High-speed POS for restaurants, cafes & food businesses
Tableline is specifically engineered for high-speed restaurant, cafe, and retail-food point-of-sale (POS) operations. Built with sub-second order intake (FastOrderPad), offline-tolerant PWA mobile tablets, multi-fallback thermal printing with silent auto-relays, running table tabs, delivery dispatch, and end-of-day register reconciliation, Tableline keeps rush-hour dining and counter lines moving with zero interface lag.
Product overview
Tableline is a high-speed point-of-sale system purposefully engineered for busy restaurants, cafes, and quick-serve food businesses. During lunch rushes or peak dining hours, floor and counter staff cannot afford interface lag, broken print dialogs, or lost kitchen tickets. Tableline eliminates every friction point between order intake and customer checkout.
Staff can instantly switch between Takeaway, Dine-In with visual table occupancy and running tabs, and Delivery with rider dispatch. Waiters carrying iPads or Android tablets can punch orders tableside that automatically and silently relay to the main Windows counter PC to print kitchen tickets (KOT) and customer receipts.
Tableline deploys locally on store hardware so operations never freeze during internet outages, while secure Cloudflare Tunnel support lets owners monitor revenue, product bestsellers, and peak hours from anywhere.
Who it's for
- Dine-in restaurants and cafes needing fast table-side ordering and running tab management
- Quick-service restaurants (QSR) and food counters needing rapid rush-hour order turnaround
- Multi-room dining spots needing live table occupancy indicators and unified checks
- Multi-counter and waiter-assisted food operations using tablets and kitchen thermal printers
Key capabilities
Ultra-Fast Counter & Waiter POS (FastOrderPad)
- High-speed touch-optimized ordering with category tabs, real-time search, and instant visual item cards with zero interface lag
- Triple order channels: instant switching between Takeaway / Counter, Dine-In (Table-Linked), and Delivery
- Item variants & modifiers: support for sizes, cooking preferences, sides, add-ons, custom toppings, and live price-delta adjustments
- Custom / open items punched in on the fly with custom prices and preparation instructions
- Discount management: apply flat currency discounts or percentage discounts per order or across an entire table
- Flexible settlement: one-touch quick cash tender buttons with instant change calculation, card payments, and split payment support
- Table management & running tabs: visual selector with live occupancy (Free, Seated, Bill Open), multi-round ordering, and unified table bill merging
- "Sold Out Today" (86) quick toggles to mark menu items unavailable instantly without removing them from the catalog
Advanced Thermal Printing & Hardware Subsystem
- Silent direct thermal printing via QZ Tray — bypasses browser print dialogs completely with built-in on-demand cert generator (valid 2020–2050)
- Multi-fallback native Windows spooler (serverDispatcher) using C# P/Invoke StartDocPrinter and PowerShell spoolers with registry auto-discovery
- Mobile-to-counter auto-relay (QzQueueRelay): orders placed from waiter iPads or phones silently relay to the main Windows counter PC for printing
- Kitchen Order Tickets (KOT) with large readable fonts, table/token numbers, item modifiers, and chef prep notes
- Customer Bill Receipts in 80mm & 58mm standard ESC/POS formats with itemized breakdown, taxes, charges, cashier name, and custom footer
- Accurate discount math: eliminates double-discount subtractions for ledger-accurate receipts
PWA Mobile & iPad Experience
- Progressive Web App installable on iPads, Android tablets, and smartphones with custom manifest.json and offline service worker (sw.js)
- Multi-device synchronization: waiters take table orders tableside on mobile tablets while counter staff run the main cash drawer on Windows
- Offline-tolerant order buffering ensures waitstaff can punch orders even through transient Wi-Fi drops
Live Order Board & Historical Audit
- Live Orders Board (OrdersBoardLive) tracking tickets through lifecycle states: Placed ➔ Confirmed ➔ Preparing ➔ Ready ➔ Completed / Cancelled
- Historical order search and deep filtering by Order ID, receipt number, customer name, date range, payment method, or fulfillment channel
- One-click bill and KOT ticket re-printing directly from past order history
Centralized Menu & Deals / Combo Engine
- Category & item catalog: organize menu items into Starters, Mains, Sides, Desserts, Beverages, and custom courses
- Deals & combo packages (DealsPanel) with fixed bundle pricing or percentage savings (e.g., Meal Combos & Specials)
- Product photo management for digital displays, menu cards, and visual touch registers
Delivery Desk & In-House Rider Dispatch
- Delivery order queue capturing customer address, phone number, and special delivery notes directly from phone or WhatsApp calls
- Rider roster management: track in-house delivery staff and assign specific riders to active delivery tickets
- Live delivery statuses: transition orders to Out for Delivery and mark completed upon rider return with cash collected
Daily Reports & Financial Analytics
- Date-range revenue analysis filtering sales by custom dates, today, yesterday, this week, or month
- End-of-Day (Z-Report) cashier settlement: total gross sales, net revenue, cash in drawer vs card payments, discounts granted, and taxes collected
- Channel distribution: visual revenue and volume breakdown across Dine-In, Takeaway, and Delivery
- Top-selling item breakdown: quantity sold and revenue per item/category to plan daily kitchen prep and inventory
Dual-Tax & Charges Engine
- Dual-tax rate engine: configure separate sales tax rates for Cash vs Card payments (e.g., discounted sales tax for digital payments)
- Configurable service charges and delivery fees per order channel (fixed amount or percentage)
Security, Staff Roles & Attribution
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) with tailored permissions for Owner, Manager, Cashier, Waiter, and Kitchen staff
- Action attribution & audit logging: every ticket created, discount applied, order cancelled, or bill reprinted is permanently tied to the staff account
Standalone Windows Deployment
- Portable Windows packaging with standalone deployment scripts (package-standalone.js, dist-windows.zip, seed.bat) for zero-hassle local store setup
- Cloudflare Tunnel & network proxy support for encrypted remote access so owners can view live sales from outside the store
How it works
Deploy once per shop; configuration is store-specific, not a rebuild per location.
Main Counter PC
Runs Tableline backend, local database, and native Windows printing spooler (serverDispatcher)
Waiter Tablets & Mobiles
Installable PWA running in browser on iPads / Android tablets; relays orders silently to counter
Thermal Hardware
80mm / 58mm ESC/POS receipt printers and kitchen KOT printers connected via USB, LAN, or serial
Remote Owner Tunnel
Encrypted Cloudflare Tunnel connection for live remote dashboard metrics and sales reports without static IP
Why restaurants & cafes choose it
Sub-second rush-hour checkout
FastOrderPad is optimized for sub-second touch response, instant cash tender, and rapid variant selection.
Silent, bulletproof printing
Direct ESC/POS thermal printing with multi-fallback spoolers and automated certs means never fighting browser print dialogs.
Seamless waiter mobility
PWA tablet support lets servers take orders tableside that automatically print at the counter and kitchen.
Clear kitchen & production status
The live orders board keeps kitchen line cooks and floor staff aligned from prep to handoff with zero misplaced tickets.
Accurate cash & tax balancing
End-of-day Z-reports reconcile drawer cash against card payments, split bills, and dual-tax rates down to the rupee.
Store works without cloud lag
Runs on the local store network so orders, billing, and receipts keep flowing even when internet connectivity drops.
Technical snapshot
What v1 does not include
Accurate expectations matter. These capabilities are outside the current release and can be framed as roadmap or future phases.
- Third-party aggregator order injection (Foodpanda, UberEats API sync)
- Gram-level raw ingredient recipe deduction (flour, protein, oil wastage)
- Multi-warehouse inter-branch stock replenishment transfers
- Automated marketing SMS / WhatsApp broadcasting engine
- Customer loyalty points & redemption cards
Ready to speed up your restaurant or cafe counter?
Tell us about your setup — dining tables, waiter tablets, kitchen KOT printers, or delivery desk. We will walk you through fit, hardware setup, and rollout.
