The problem
Restaurants often run a dedicated restaurant POS that doesn't talk to their accounting system at all, meaning sales and food cost have to be reconciled manually into the books - on top of the operational complexity of managing tables, getting orders to the kitchen accurately, and knowing which tickets are running late before a customer complains.
How AccountDesq fits
Restaurant mode was added directly to AccountDesq's existing POS rather than as a bolted-on separate product. The table floor grid shows every table's live status - green for Available, amber for Occupied - and tapping an available one opens that table's own order screen: a product grid to add items, which group into a KOT round, and a Send to Kitchen action that pushes the round to the Kitchen Display. The Kitchen Display itself polls for new tickets and organizes them into three columns - New, Preparing, Ready - each ticket showing the table, round number, line items, and an elapsed-time indicator that turns amber past 5 minutes and red past 10, so a kitchen never has to guess which order is running behind. Multiple kitchen stations can be configured with category routing, so a ticket only shows up at the station that actually cooks it. The same register, cash-drawer session, held-sale, and refund functionality every AccountDesq POS user has still applies underneath - a dine-in bill settles through the same checkout as a retail sale, and every order still posts to the same ledger and inventory system.
How it works, step by step
See every table's status at a glance
The floor grid shows Available and Occupied tables in real time - no walking the floor to find an open one.
Take the order and send it to the kitchen
Tap a table, add items from the product grid, and Send to Kitchen - the round appears on the Kitchen Display instantly.
Track tickets through New, Preparing, Ready
Kitchen staff bump each ticket as they work it; an elapsed-time indicator flags anything running long before a table has to ask.
Bill and close
Settle the table's bill through the same checkout as any AccountDesq sale, then close the register against its cash-drawer reconciliation at end of shift.
Connected to the rest of AccountDesq
Nothing here works in isolation - it posts through the same ledger as everything else.
In practice
A casual-dining restaurant takes a dine-in order that appears on the Kitchen Display the moment it's sent - the ticket sits in New, moves to Preparing the instant a cook taps it, and turns amber if it's still there past five minutes, giving the kitchen a heads-up before a server has to ask. When the table is settled, the sale posts to the ledger the same way any AccountDesq transaction does - by closing time, the register session reconciles against recorded sales without a separate accounting hand-off.
What this means for your business
- Orders reach the kitchen the moment they're sent, with a visible table and round number - not a shouted order or a paper ticket that gets lost.
- An elapsed-time indicator on every ticket surfaces a slow order before a table complains, not after.
- Sales post to accounting automatically - no manual daily sales-summary entry.
- One system for both restaurant operations and the books, instead of a dedicated restaurant POS that doesn't talk to accounting.
Frequently asked questions
Does AccountDesq support table management for restaurants?
Yes - a color-coded floor grid shows every table's Available/Occupied status, and tapping a table opens its own order screen.
How does the Kitchen Display Screen work?
Orders sent from a table appear as tickets in a New column, move to Preparing and Ready as kitchen staff work them, and each ticket shows an elapsed-time indicator that turns amber past 5 minutes and red past 10.
Can different menu items route to different kitchen stations?
Yes - kitchen stations can be configured with category-based routing, so a ticket only appears at the station that actually prepares it.
Do restaurant sales post to accounting automatically?
Yes - every POS sale, including restaurant-mode orders, posts to the same ledger as any other transaction in AccountDesq.