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A kitchen display system (KDS) on the screens you already own

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Volio's kitchen display system (KDS) opens in the browser, so the screen is the tablet on the pass or a TV on the wall. Restaurant kitchens, café counters, cocktail bars and beach club bars get every order as a ticket by table, with a timer. The kitchen reads a screen, not handwriting.

Volio's kitchen display for the demo venue: tickets for table 11 and table 3 with timers, a Done button, Recall and a running count of items
A real screen from Honest, Volio's demo venue. Table 11 in Garden and table 3 in Inner, each ticket timed, with the all-day count along the top.

On the screen above

What a ticket shows

Everything the cook needs to plate the order, and nothing to decode.

  • The table and its zone

    Each ticket is headed by its table, with the order number, the time it came in and the zone under it: "Table 11, Garden".

  • A timer

    It counts from the moment the order came in. The oldest ticket is never a guess.

  • Choices under each dish

    Small, oat, extra shot. Guests pick them on their phone, so each one sits under its dish in plain type.

  • Done

    Tap Done and the ticket leaves the screen.

  • Recall

    Recall brings back a ticket closed too early.

  • The all-day count

    Along the top, each item is added up across every open ticket.

Where the tickets come from

However the order was taken, the kitchen works one queue.

From a guest's phone

A guest scans the table's code, picks a dish and its options, and orders. The ticket carries the table's number.

A dish in the demo venue's QR menu on a phone, with its allergens and an optional bread a guest can add

From the waiter, the counter and the kiosk

Orders from waiter mode, the POS at the counter, the takeaway link and the self-order kiosk arrive the same way, as tickets.

The demo venue's POS: menu categories as tiles and a takeaway order

And the floor sees the same orders

The orders board shows each one as new, being made or ready, marked paid or not, so the floor knows where table 11 stands without asking the pass.

The demo venue's orders board with three columns: New, Being made and Ready

Sunday, 12:30, the brunch wave

Brunch arrives all at once, flat whites and eggs for half the room inside ten minutes. On a paper rail, that's the hour slips curl and a ticket slides behind the toaster.

  1. 12:25

    Table 11 orders from two phones

    The flat whites with oat milk go to the bar's screen, the eggs to the kitchen's. Nobody splits the order by hand.

  2. 12:30

    Eight tables in ten minutes

    The all-day count reads Eggs Benedict 11. The grill reads one number across every open ticket.

  3. 12:42

    A ticket closed too early

    Recall brings it back. Nobody runs to the floor to ask what table 4 had.

  4. 12:50

    Every ticket keeps its own clock

    Each timer says how long its table has waited, so the pass sends out the longest wait first.

What it doesn't do

  • It doesn't come with a screen

    Volio sells no hardware. Open the display on a tablet you already have, or on a TV with an Android or Google TV box bought anywhere.

  • It doesn't take the paper away

    If the kitchen likes slips, cloud ticket printers print the same tickets, with no computer or cable to the till. A screen, a printer or both.

Where a kitchen display matters most

The floor plan with table 6 seated for 54 minutes and its bill beside it

Restaurants

A full Friday night, with every ticket timed and the bar's drinks on a screen of their own.

Booking rules: guests can book online, the times offered and how far ahead

Beach bars and beach clubs

A bar and a kitchen a beach apart, each with its own screen and the sunbed's number on every ticket.

Keep reading

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Product

Every plan starts with 30 days of Pro, free.

Card needed · cancel any time
  1. Day 1Every Pro feature, unlocked, nothing to pay
  2. Day 24We email you what's coming, and how to cancel
  3. Day 31Your plan starts, at the price you picked. Cancel before and you pay nothing
Basic

Monthlya monthRegular price from Jan 1, 2027: €49€39

Yearly 2 months freeRegular price from Jan 1, 2027: €40.83€32.50 a monthRegular price from Jan 1, 2027: €490€390

Take orders and payments

  • Digital menu with photos and allergens
  • Menu in each guest's language (translated by machine, import from photos)
  • Guests order from the table
  • Guests pay and split from their phone
  • Takeaway and pickup orders
  • POS at the counter
  • Waiter mode on staff phones
  • Kitchen display
  • Sales reports and end of day
Essential

Monthlya monthRegular price from Jan 1, 2027: €109€89

Yearly 2 months freeRegular price from Jan 1, 2027: €90.83€74.17 a monthRegular price from Jan 1, 2027: €1,090€890

Bring guests back

Everything in Basic, and:

  • Kitchen and bar routing (several screens, printers)
  • Online bookings with deposits (tables, sunbeds, services)
  • Guest profiles (visits, spend, allergies, notes)
  • Loyalty points and regulars' perks
  • Gift cards and treat a friend
  • Happy hours and promo codes
  • Campaigns and automations (birthday, win-back)
  • Reviews and feedback
  • Paper menus printed from your live menu, and a note when one is out of date
Pro

Monthlya monthRegular price from Jan 1, 2027: €259€209

Yearly 2 months freeRegular price from Jan 1, 2027: €215.83€174.17 a monthRegular price from Jan 1, 2027: €2,590€2,090

Run it at scale

Everything in Essential, and:

  • Stock and recipes
  • Shifts: the rota with the forecast on it, the till clock and live labour %
  • Manager approvals and audit log
  • Advanced analytics and exports
  • Several venues in one account
  • Integrations and API
  • Self-order kiosk on your own tablet
  • Menu boards on your TVs, following the menu
  • Priority support and onboarding call

Founding price for the first 500 venues, locked for 24 months. New venues pay the struck price from Jan 1, 2027.

Cancel any time: your QR menu stays online, free. Ordering, payments and the rest stop until you pick a plan again.

Unlimited tables, staff and screens on every plan. Pay yearly and 2 months are free; closed for part of the year? Monthly stops any month you like.

Essential

How do you want to pay?

Questions owners ask

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What is a kitchen display system?

A screen in the kitchen that shows each order as a ticket, in place of a printed slip. The cook sees what to make, for which table and how long it has waited, and taps the ticket done.

What hardware does the KDS need?

Any tablet, or a TV with an Android or Google TV box (not the TV's own browser). Volio sells no hardware, and the display opens like a web page.

Can drinks go to the bar and food to the kitchen?

Yes. You name your kitchen places, a kitchen and a bar for example, and each menu category is made at one of them, so a table's order splits by itself. Sending dishes to more than one place comes with the Essential plan.

Can we still print tickets?

Yes. Cloud ticket printers are an option, for the whole kitchen or beside the screen. They print without a computer or a cable to the till.

What does the cook see under each dish?

The choices the guest picked: the size, the milk, the extras. They're chosen on the phone or in the POS, so nobody reads them off a scribbled slip.

Does it show orders from the POS and from QR codes?

Both, and takeaway and kiosk orders too. They all arrive in the same queue.

Which plan has the kitchen display?

Every paid plan. See the plans and prices on this page.

A kitchen display on a screen you already own

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