Practical guides for
restaurant owners

Swiggy and Zomato charge 20 to 30% commission on delivery, but dine-in revenue should stay yours. How Indian restaurants keep in-house orders commission-free.

The cheapest GST billing software for small Indian restaurants: auto invoices, CGST/SGST split and GSTIN on every bill, from ₹699/month. No setup fee.

Set up QR code ordering in your cafe in under 30 minutes: sign up, build your digital menu, print QR codes for each table, and go live with zero hardware.

The best QR ordering system for Indian restaurants in 2026 pairs zero commission with GST invoicing, a KDS and WhatsApp alerts, from ₹699/month.

Cut restaurant food cost from 40%+ to a healthy 28 to 35% with the food cost formula, portion control, wastage tracking, recipe costing and menu engineering.

How to open a cloud kitchen in India in 2026: approx. setup costs, an FSSAI/GST/trade licence/fire NOC checklist, aggregator onboarding and 8 launch steps.

Get your restaurant's FSSAI licence in 6 steps: pick the tier (Basic, State or Central), apply on FoSCoS, upload documents, pay the fee, display your number.

Seat more parties per service by cutting dead time: QR self-ordering, a kitchen display, faster UPI billing, better menu design and a live waitlist.

Wrong orders cost money and reviews. Real causes (illegible paper KOTs, verbal orders, lost slips) and how a KDS, clear modifiers and an expo check fix them.

Start a restaurant in India step by step: concept and budget, FSSAI and GST licences, location, kitchen, staffing, menu pricing, billing tech and launch.

Pick a KOT printer for your kitchen: 58mm vs 80mm, thermal vs impact, USB/LAN/Bluetooth, auto-cutter, bar stations and 2026 price ranges in India.

Seven restaurant chain POS systems compared on their own published facts: head office, central kitchen, ERP, offline billing and price transparency.