Volio
Kitchen display
The order arrives as one ticket for its table, with a timer and the guest's choices under each dish.
QR code ordering that takes the payment too
Volio is QR code ordering for restaurants, bars and clubs, beach clubs, cafés and hotel pool bars. Guests scan the code on their table, stool or sunbed, order from your menu and pay on their own phone, in the browser. Every plan starts with 30 days of Pro, free.
From the code to the kitchen
How QR ordering works
A QR menu shows the menu. QR ordering takes the order and the payment too. Start with the first, and switch on the second when you're ready.
Step 1
One code per place
Draw the room once in Tables & QR. A table, a stool at the bar, a sunbed or a lounger is a numbered place with its own code, so every order arrives with its number. Print every code in one go.
Step 2
The menu opens in the browser
Nobody downloads anything. Photos, allergens, filters and search, in the guest's own language. The translations are done by machine, and every line is yours to edit.
- No app
- The phone's browser
- Allergens
- On the dish
- Languages
- Translated by machine, yours to edit
- If you cancel
- The menu stays, free
Step 3
The table orders together
The second round, without the wave. A dish opens with its sides, sizes and extras, picked before the kitchen sees them. Several phones add to one order, and anyone can send the next round when they want it.
Step 4
Each guest pays their own part
Each guest pays their own part, on their own phone, with the tip added before paying. Apple Pay, Google Pay or card. Nobody waits for the card machine.
How pay at the table works
Thursday, 19:00, table 4 on the terrace
Six friends, and a waiter with nine other tables. This is how the evening runs when the code on the table does the asking.
- 19:00
Six friends scan the code
The menu opens in each phone's browser, and each of them reads it in their own language.
- 19:05
One order from three phones
Sides and extras are picked on the phone. The kitchen gets one ticket headed table 4, with the choices under each dish.
- 19:50
The second round
Their waiter is at table 9. The next round goes from the code, and nobody at table 4 has to catch an eye.
- 20:40
Four pay their own parts
Four guests pay on their phones and one adds a tip before paying. On the floor, table 4 shows what's paid and what's left.
What your team sees
An order from a phone is an order like any other. It lands where the waiter's orders and the POS's orders land, on screens you already own.
Floor
Your room as you drew it. Table 6 has been seated 54 minutes, with its total, what's paid and what's left.
Sold out in one tap
Switch a dish off once and it's gone from every phone in the room.
Menu schedule
Breakfast until noon, then lunch. The menu behind the code changes at the time you set.
Paid at the table
Keep your till. Each phone payment is listed with its table, amount and time, to enter on it.
Printed menus, checked
Table menus and tents print from the live menu, and Volio tells you when one is out of date.
Your money, your account
See pricingTable 7Example
Food and drinks€40.00
Volio's small feeShown here, before paying
The guest pays€40.00 plus the small fee
To your own accountbefore the card fee€40.00
Paid to you
Straight to your own account with the payment provider, then to your bank.
A small fee, said first
Guests see it before they pay. One switch and you cover it instead.
Cash is yours
Nothing when a guest pays cash or the waiter.
When you don't need all of it
Not every room wants ordering from the table, and nothing has to be switched on at once.
A menu is enough
If guests only need to read the menu, leave table ordering off. The code still opens the menu in each guest's language.
Your guests like their waiter
Waiters keep taking orders in waiter mode, and cash and your card terminal still work. The code stays on the table for the second round and the bill.
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What is order and pay at the table?
Every plan starts with 30 days of Pro, free.
Card needed · cancel any time- Day 1Every Pro feature, unlocked, nothing to pay
- Day 24We email you what's coming, and how to cancel
- 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.
Questions owners ask
Something else? hello@usevolio.com
Is the QR menu free?
Every venue starts with a card and 30 days of Pro, free, then the plan it chose. Cancel any time and the menu stays on Volio behind its QR codes, in your guests' languages, free. Ordering and payments stop.
Do guests need an app?
No. The code opens your menu in the phone's browser. There's nothing to download, and guests pay with Apple Pay, Google Pay or card.
Can a table split the bill?
Yes. Each guest pays their own part on their own phone and can add a tip before paying. The floor shows your team what's paid and what's left on the table.
Can I choose the tip amounts?
Yes. You set the tip buttons guests see, as percentages. The tip is added before paying.
What if a guest wants to pay cash?
Your team takes cash, or a card on your own terminal, as it does today. Volio takes nothing when a guest pays cash or the waiter.
Do I have to change my till?
No. "Paid at the table" lists each phone payment with its table, amount and time, to enter on the till you keep. Or let Volio's POS replace it.
Does it work on a terrace, at the bar or by the pool?
Yes. You name the zones and draw the places in them: a table, a stool at the bar, a sunbed or a lounger. Each place gets its own code, and its orders arrive with its number. Volio doesn't do room service or charge to a room.
What is the difference between a QR menu and QR ordering?
A QR menu puts the menu on the guest's phone, and they still order from a person. QR ordering sends the order to your kitchen and takes the payment. Volio does both, on the same codes.
What does it cost?
Ordering and paying at the table come with every plan, and every plan starts with 30 days of Pro, free. Volio takes a small fee on a bill paid by phone, which guests see before they pay, or you cover. See the plans and prices on this page.
Your tables order and pay themselves