Vendion
    Vendion for À la Carte

    Built for restaurants
    that demand the best.

    Floor map, table reservations, guest profiles at the table, AI assistant, menu optimization and personal service — automated. Vendion is built for à la carte. You can tell.

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    Vendion POS system with floor map in à la carte setting

    À la carte demands more.
    We deliver more.

    Fast food needs a register. À la carte needs an ecosystem. Floor map, guest data, reservations, KDS routing per station, AI support at the table — everything working in concert.

    Guests expect personalized service

    Waiter Intel shows the guest's name, visit count, allergies and favorite dishes. The waiter delivers personalized service — without memorizing a thing.

    Reservations, walk-ins and waitlist at once

    Vendion Booking handles online reservations, walk-ins and the waitlist in a single view. The floor map shows everything in real time. Never double-booked.

    Every dish has a match — wine, sides, timing

    AI Waiter suggests wine per dish, reminds about dessert, handles allergies. KDS coordinates starters, mains and desserts automatically.

    Margins, product mix and staffing are complex

    Analytics++ with Menu Engineering shows which dishes make money. Labor cost linked to revenue. AI Boss answers instantly.

    A Friday night.
    Completely under control.

    18:00 — Prep

    22 reservations, 78 guests. The floor map shows which tables are reserved and which are open for walk-ins. The kitchen has seen the evening's reservations — 3 guests with nut allergies, 1 vegan. All flagged in the system already.

    19:00 — First seating

    Lisa Andersson arrives. The waiter checks in: 7th visit, nut allergy, VIP, prefers white wine. "Welcome back, Lisa!" Marcus takes the order at the table with mobile POS. AI Waiter suggests Sancerre with the salmon. The ticket hits KDS before Marcus leaves the table.

    20:00 — Full house

    78 guests. KDS shows 14 active tickets — all green and yellow. The chef just cleared table 3 — the waiter sees it in the POS instantly and picks up the food. Table 9 scans the QR code and orders dessert via ChatOrder without waiting for the waiter.

    20:30 — Walk-in at the door

    A couple without a reservation. The floor map shows: table 11 just paid, being cleared in 5 minutes. You seat them immediately. They order through the waiter — Emma asks AI Waiter about gluten-free options and gets 8 safe alternatives in 2 seconds.

    23:00 — Closing

    Z-report: one click. 42,200 SEK. 94 guests. Average ticket 449 SEK. Feedback SMS sent automatically to all guests with reservations. Hours logged, tips distributed, overtime calculated. You lock up and go home.

    Vendion floor map with reservation markers
    Floor map

    The entire restaurant.
    In real time.

    À la carte lives and dies by table turnover. Vendion's floor map shows exact status per table: reserved, guests seated, waiting for food, waiting for the bill, ready to clear. Upcoming reservations are visible on the table. Walk-ins seated instantly.

    Drag-and-drop table layout
    Real-time status per table (color-coded)
    Reservations visible on the table
    Guest profile on check-in
    Allergy warning per table
    Sections: dining room, bar, patio, private
    Time since arrival per table
    Waiter Intel + Marketing

    The waiter knows everything.
    The guest feels special.

    In à la carte, personalized service is everything. With Vendion, the waiter sees the guest's profile right in the POS: name, visit history, allergies, favorite dishes, VIP status. Every reservation builds the profile automatically — nobody enters data manually.

    Guest: Erik & Maria Lindgren

    📋 3rd visit. Last: New Year's Eve. Had the 7-course menu.

    Maria: lactose intolerant. Erik: no allergies.

    Prefers red wine — ordered Barolo last time.

    Average ticket: 1,850 SEK/visit (generous spenders).

    Last feedback: 5/5. Comment: "Best evening of the year."

    → The waiter: "Welcome back! We have a new Barolo Riserva I think you'd love." Erik: "Wow, you actually remember us!"

    EL
    Erik Lindgren
    3 visits · Average ticket 1,850 SEK
    VIP
    3
    Visits
    5,550 SEK
    Total spend
    5/5
    Feedback
    Red wineNYE guestGenerous tipper

    Starter. Main. Dessert.
    In perfect order.

    À la carte demands timing. The starter goes out first, the main 15 minutes later, dessert when the guest is ready. Vendion KDS coordinates everything automatically.

    Order #312 — Table 7, 4 guests
    Course 1 — Cold kitchen✓ Done

    2x Tuna tartare

    1x Burrata

    1x Vitello Tonnato

    Course 2 — Hot kitchen⏱ In progress — 8 min

    2x Beef fillet (medium rare)

    1x Grilled salmonNut-free

    1x Pasta Vongole

    Course 3 — DessertWaiting

    2x Tiramisù

    1x PannacottaNut-free

    1x Sorbet

    Bar✓ Served

    1x Aperol Spritz

    1 bottle Barolo Riserva

    4 stations. 3 courses. Allergy warnings. Everything coordinated automatically.

    Vendion Booking

    Full tables.
    Every night.

    Online booking, SMS confirmation, reminders, feedback, waitlist. The guest books in 30 seconds — no app, no account. You see all reservations in the POS. The waiter knows who's coming before the door opens.

    Online booking via website/Instagram/Google
    Automatic SMS confirmation and reminder
    Waitlist when fully booked
    Walk-in handling in parallel
    Guest profile linked to reservation
    No-show tracking saved
    Feedback SMS after visit
    Everything visible in the POS table view
    ✅ Booking confirmed! Friday March 14 at 19:00, 4 guests.
    ⏰ Reminder! Tomorrow at 19:00. We look forward to seeing you!
    🙏 Thanks for visiting! How was the evening? Reply 1-5.
    💌 We miss you! Book a table and get a dessert on the house.

    Ask AI Boss.
    About your restaurant.

    Menu optimization, staffing, guest analysis, campaigns — ask the question and get answers based on YOUR data.

    You

    Which dishes should I remove?

    3 "Dogs" in Menu Engineering: Caesar salad (8/week, 22% margin), Pannacotta (5, 19%), Chicken wrap (4, 24%). I recommend removing the Caesar salad and replacing it with a new starter — your starters average 34% margin.

    You

    How do Friday evenings look this month?

    4 Fridays: average 38,400 SEK, 86 guests, average ticket 446 SEK. Best Friday: March 14 (42,200 SEK). Labor cost averages 29% on Fridays — your best. Saturdays: 31% — slightly overstaffed 17-19.

    You

    Which regulars have we lost?

    28 guests who used to visit at least once/month haven't been in for 45+ days. Erik & Maria Lindgren among them — last on New Year's Eve, 5/5 feedback. Shall I send a "We miss you" campaign?

    You

    Suggest a schedule for Saturday evening

    Last Saturday: 76 guests, 36,800 SEK. With 6 staff you managed but labor cost was 33%. Suggestion: remove one person 17-19 (slow period) and add them 20-22 instead. Saves 800 SEK without affecting service.

    Analytics++

    Data that transforms
    your restaurant.

    À la carte has a thousand variables — food cost, product mix, staffing, reservations, no-shows, average ticket per day. Analytics++ brings it all into one dashboard. Menu Engineering shows exactly which dishes make money.

    Average ticket
    452 SEK
    +8% vs last month
    Food cost
    27.8%
    Below target (30%)
    Labor cost
    31.2%
    Within target (32%)
    No-shows
    3.1%
    -2% with SMS reminders
    Vendion Analytics++ dashboard

    Everything an à la carte
    needs. In one system.

    Order & Service

    Stationary POS with floor map
    Mobile POS at the table
    ChatOrder via QR code
    KDS with routing per kitchen station
    Course management (starter/main/dessert)
    Split payment
    Tips with fixed percentages
    Allergy warning per table
    Integrated card terminal

    Booking & Guests

    Online table booking
    SMS confirmation and reminder
    Waitlist and walk-in management
    Waiter Intel (guest profile in POS)
    Automatic guest profile building
    CRM with segments and tags
    Campaigns via SMS and email
    Automations (feedback loyalty)

    Analytics & Staff

    Analytics++ real-time dashboard
    Menu Engineering (BCG matrix)
    Food cost per dish
    Labor cost as % of revenue
    Period comparison
    AI Boss — ask about anything
    AI Waiter — help at the table
    Schedule with AI suggestions
    Payroll data with overtime and tips

    À la carte with Vendion.
    In numbers.

    +18%
    Higher average ticket
    AI recommendations + mobile order at the table
    -73%
    Fewer no-shows
    SMS reminders + feedback loop
    22 days
    Time saved per year
    Automated admin, reports and payroll
    <3 clicks
    To a submitted order
    Designed for speed under pressure

    Ready to give your restaurant
    the tools it deserves?

    Book a demo and see Vendion in an à la carte setting — with your menu, your tables, your data.

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