Raspberry Pi & Pipsta based restaurant Point of Sale, Remote Kitchen Printing & Online Ordering.

At the Bar:

At the Kitchen:

Online Ordering via an iPhone:

Live near Kingswood, Surrey in the UK and fancy a takeout? Order online!

NB: Not accessible outside the UK

1. Tablet/touch based POS for waiters.
2. Print bar receipts and tickets to the kitchen.
3. Online ordering for customers.
4. View the bar or kitchen using RP cameras.

• A Raspberry Pi webserver is used to implement the POS (JavaScript/JQuery/PHP).
• The Pipsta printers are used to print the customer receipts or kitchen tickets (Python, Bash Scripts, SCP).
• Orders arriving from a website are sent to the bar and kitchen for printing (SCP).
• PiOrder is agnostic to the website creation. We've used Symfony2 & PHP. Bash, Awk and Cron used for handling of the orders and current waiting times. Stripe used for taking online payments.
• No central database is used - using files is sufficient.

1. 2 x RP Model 2B
2. 2 x Pipsta
3. 1 x Web Hosting (we use 4uhosting.co.uk)
4. 1 x Wifi router & internet connection
5. 1 x Pair of powerline ethernet adaptors
6. 1 (or more) Tablets (for web browsing)
7. Optional: Raspberry Pi Cameras

Q: Why print onto paper / why not go fully electronic? A: For customers, a paper receipt is still desired. For chefs, paper has robustness in a kitchen environment. An interesting discussion here.

Q: How much does this cost? A: Estimated breakdown below:

Notes:

• A 3G Mifi costing £30 for the device and £30/year for 12GB is a possibility.
• While a static IP is useful, it isn't strictly necessary.

Q: How reliable are the Pipsta printers, Raspberry Pi's and tablets? A: We've been running all the above for a full year with no hardware based problems.

Q: Which tablets are you using? A: Amazon Kindle Fires (2 x 7 inch and 1 x 10.1 inch)