Choosing your set-up
Hospitality · checked 2026-10-24
No outlet needs every part. This page shows, for five kinds of outlet, which parts of iVendNext each one uses. Find the outlet closest to yours, then add or drop parts against your own list of requirements. Each part links to its guide. What iVendNext offers a restaurant says what each part does and what to know about it.
Parts you can use today
A cell that says Yes means the outlet uses the part. A table-service restaurant can use these parts at its bar or its pass today. The floor, checks and courses for its tables are coming.
| Part | Café or quick service | Table-service restaurant | Bar | Cloud kitchen | Hotel food and beverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Counter selling, offline too | Yes | Yes, at the bar or the pass | Yes | Yes | Yes, and the hotel's retail store on the same till app |
| Service charge on dishes | Where you charge one | Yes | Where you charge one | Usually not | Yes |
| Split payment and house accounts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Rarely | Yes |
| Restaurant back office | Yes | Yes | Yes, with cocktail recipes taken off stock | Yes, with one kitchen store for every brand | Yes |
| Age-restricted sale check | Where you sell alcohol | Where you sell alcohol | Yes | Where you sell alcohol | Yes |
| Payment method rules | For house accounts | For house accounts | For house accounts | Yes, for guests of a platform who pay by its method | For house accounts |
| A store per brand | One store | One store | One store | Yes, each brand with its own menu and prices | One store for each outlet |
A cloud kitchen that gives each brand a store should read the limit on that row first. Nothing keeps another brand's items off a brand's till, and an item missing from a brand's price list rings at 0 on that brand's till.
Where each outlet starts
| Outlet | Start with | What your partner or your own team adds |
|---|---|---|
| Café or quick service | Dishes, the service charge and the Restaurant back office app. | The menu, prices, recipes and training. |
| Table-service restaurant | Load recipes first, so that food cost works from the first day of sales. | Server training and the receipt printers. The floor and the kitchen stations come with Table service, below. |
| Bar | Put the age on the item group, such as Alcohol at 18, and add the group to the Age check settings. The till then asks at the scan, and Pay catches anything missed. | The card terminal and the age rules for your market. |
| Cloud kitchen | Give each brand its own store and price list, and cook from one kitchen store. | The delivery link your region uses, and your own fleet. |
| Hotel food and beverage | Run the hotel's retail store and its restaurant on the same till app, with a till and a profile for each outlet. Staff learn one till. | The link to the hotel's property system. |
Parts that are coming, by outlet
None of these parts is available yet. The table shows which outlets will use each one, so you can plan around it. A cell that says Not needed means the outlet has no use for the part.
| Part | Café or quick service | Table-service restaurant | Bar | Cloud kitchen | Hotel food and beverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The screen the till opens to | Selling | The floor | Selling, with tabs and the floor one tap away | Selling | The floor |
| Item options and combos, eat in or take away | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, with room service |
| Call numbers | Yes | Not needed | Not needed | Yes | Not needed |
| Kitchen printers and display | Yes | Yes, with courses | A printer for the bar | Yes | Yes |
| The floor, checks and seats | Not needed | Yes | Tabs by name | Not needed | Yes |
| Split by item or seat, and tips at Pay | Tips | Yes | Yes | Not needed | Yes |
| Reservations and guest ordering | Kiosk and web | Yes | Waitlist | Web | Yes |
| Other | Tabs on a card | Delivery platforms | Room charge |
The whole list, in the order the parts are planned to be finished, is under What is coming.