Kessl
An iPad point of sale for restaurants, bars and hotels, built so each iPad keeps taking orders when the connection drops.
Overview
Kessl is an iPad-first point of sale for restaurants, bars, beach clubs and hotels. Waiters take orders at the table, the kitchen and bar see tickets on their own displays, and managers run the shift from a web admin — across one outlet or several. Each iPad is built to keep taking orders when the internet drops and to catch up when it returns.
Kessl is in private beta, running with pilot venues on TestFlight. It isn’t on the App Store yet, and pricing isn’t published — ask us about a pilot. Kitchen displays and a first sign-in need an internet connection. Room charge to a hotel PMS is planned.
Who it’s for
For independent restaurants, bars, beach clubs and hotels — especially island venues that take cash in more than one currency and can’t afford a till that stops taking orders when the internet drops.
Runs on
iPad · Web admin · Kitchen displays
A look at Kessl
Service, front to back.
Representative screens across the system — order entry on the floor, the table plan, and the kitchen display. Sample data throughout.
What it does
Inside Kessl.
Built for the floor
Floor plans with live table status, seats and courses, table moves, and a quick-serve screen for bars and counters. Bar, room and house-account tabs for guests who stay a while.
Kitchen and bar displays
Tickets go to kitchen and bar displays with flags and 86’ing, and print straight to receipt and kitchen printers over your local network.
Take payment your way
Cash, card on your own terminal (recorded on the check), gift cards, loyalty points and house accounts. Split equally, by item, by seat or by custom amount, with a tips ledger and manager-PIN refunds and voids.
Run the shift
PIN-first sign-in, a time clock, and per-outlet tills with X, Y and Z reports, so the end of the night is a report, not a reconciliation.
Guests and loyalty
Reservations and a waitlist, online booking and QR ordering for guests, and loyalty tiers with a customer portal.
Many currencies, many outlets
Take cash in more than one currency at rates you set yourself. Run several outlets under one organisation, with permission groups, custom tender types, prices by order type and roll-up reports across venues.
The back office, covered
A web admin for menus, devices, staff and permissions, a setup checklist for new venues, and a warning when an iPad is running an outdated app version.
An optional on-site relay
For venues that want their devices to talk over their own network, an on-site relay is in early access as an add-on.
Interested in Kessl?
Want a closer look, a demo, or to talk about using it in your business — we’d be glad to show you around.
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