Restaurant step 5: tables and floor plan

Tables let you take dine-in orders per table, see at a glance which tables are busy, and keep an open tab running until the guests pay. In this step you add your tables, group them into areas and lay them out on the floor plan.

Before you start

• Tables is switched on in Settings › Business Settings › Modules (step 2).
• You have the role permission to manage tables (owners, admins and the Restaurant Manager role do).

Add your tables

1. Open Restaurant › Tables & floor plan.
2. Pick the branch in the location dropdown at the top left.
3. Click Add table, or Import prebuilt to start from a ready-made layout (step 3).
4. Enter the table name (keep it short, like “T4” or “B2”), the area (Main Hall, Terrace, Booths), the number of seats and the shape.
5. Save. Repeat for each table.

Name tables the way staff call them

The table name prints on kitchen tickets, bills and table QR codes, and guests see it in the online menu. “T4” is quicker to read on a busy kitchen screen than “Window table 4”.

Arrange the floor plan

1. Switch to the Floor view.
2. Click Edit layout.
3. Drag each table to where it stands in your room. Use the area tabs (All, Dining, Terrace…) to work one area at a time.
4. Save the layout.

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The live floor: occupied tables show time seated and the running total; the summary chips count free, occupied, reserved and needs-cleaning tables.

Use the floor during service

Click any table to open its side panel. From there you can:

• Seat a walk-in or start a sale for a free table, which opens the POS with the table already picked.
• Open the running order of an occupied table to add items or take payment.
• Assign a booking to the table.
• Move the order to another table.
• Mark the table clean after guests leave (when “needs cleaning” is on in Restaurant settings).

Open host screen gives the host or hostess a full-screen floor view on a tablet at the door. Cards and List views show the same tables as a list for small screens.

The same floor in the SmartPOS Business app, for waiters on the move.

Tips

• Seats matter: the floor shows Seats free and the booking screen suggests tables by party size.
• Make seasonal tables (terrace in winter) inactive instead of deleting them, so their history stays.
• The floor states update by themselves; no need to refresh.

Next step

Step 6: Kitchen display and stations

Restaurant module reference