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Field notes from India's kitchens.
Practical guides on QR menus, GST invoices, kitchen displays, and restaurant analytics, written for owners who do not have a tech team.
- 7 min read
An illustrative walkthrough: taking a 30-cover cafe from paper to QRated in a weekend
A worked example on our own demo tenant, Sunrise Cafe: how the migration weekend goes, what tends to break, and what to measure in the first 30 days. Sample data, not a customer story.
- walkthrough
- getting-started
- bengaluru
- 8 min read
QR code design for restaurants: what actually scans on a real table
Stickers vs tents vs framed prints, dark mode, ambient light, table laminate, branded centers, and the contrast rules that decide whether the camera focuses in 1 second or 5.
- qr-design
- diner-experience
- 10 min read
Restaurant analytics: the 9 numbers that actually move profit
Forget 50-metric dashboards. Here's the 9 numbers a small F&B operator should watch every week, with how to compute each from your scan and order data.
- analytics
- operations
- growth
- 8 min read
Kitchen display system: paper, whiteboard, or digital, and what actually works
Comparing how kitchens run on chits, whiteboards, and KDS. Real-world failure modes, throughput numbers, and a checklist for switching without breaking service.
- kds
- kitchen-operations
- comparison
- 9 min read
GSTIN-compliant tax invoices for restaurants: what you actually need
GST rules for F&B in plain English. What goes on a tax invoice, how to handle composition vs regular, sequential numbering, ITC, and what your CA wishes you knew.
- gst
- compliance
- invoicing
- 11 min read
The best digital menu software in India (2026 edition)
Honest comparison of QRated, DotPe, Petpooja, Limetray, and Posist for India's F&B operators: pricing, features, KDS, GST invoices, and what each one is actually good at.
- comparison
- digital-menu
- india
- 7 min read
How to set up a QR menu for your restaurant in 5 minutes
A practical, step-by-step walkthrough: sign up, add 10 items, design the QR, print, place. Built for owners who don't have a design or tech team.
- how-to
- qr-menu
- getting-started