Guide 2026

Restaurant management,
in one platform.

Most UK restaurants run four to six tools that don't talk to each other. Restaurant management software brings orders, reservations, kitchen, staff, stock, and customers into one system: one login, one bill, one dataset.

Independent guide published by TablePort. Information accurate as of early 2026; features and pricing change; verify with each provider before deciding.

The unified platform case

What changes when the systems stop fighting.

One platform

Every module under one login.

POS, reservations, KDS, QR ordering, staff scheduling, stock, loyalty, CRM, analytics, kiosk, built into a single system. One bill, one dataset, one place to look when service is on fire.

Built for UK

VAT, tipping law, allergen rules, out of the box.

VAT bands across food, drink, and dine-in vs takeaway. The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023. Allergen labelling. We ship UK compliance on day one, not as a feature request.

Your hardware

Runs on what you already own.

No proprietary terminals. Any iOS or Android tablet, standard receipt printers, standard card readers. Add a location without a four-week hardware lead time.

The shape of the platform

Replaces the stack. Keeps the data.

Consolidation

One system

Replaces four to six separate tools the average UK restaurant runs.

Coverage

Day-1 ready

Every module ships in the core platform, no per-feature add-on tax.

Compliance

UK-built

VAT bands, tipping legislation, allergen labelling, out of the box.

What it does

Every module a restaurant runs.

Not every restaurant needs every module. But you should know what's available, and what comes in the box, versus what costs extra elsewhere.

Service

POS & order management

Dine-in, takeaway, delivery, and collection. Bill splitting, multi-payment, offline mode. Runs on any iOS or Android device.

Front of house

Reservations & floor plan

Visual floor plan, bookings, walk-ins, and waitlists, linked to the POS so the kitchen knows what's coming.

Diner-led

QR order & pay

Guests scan, browse, order, and pay from their phone. No app download. Frees staff to host, not run drinks.

Kitchen

Kitchen Display System

Runs on any screen. Orders routed automatically, colour-coded urgency, real-time progress to front-of-house.

Team

Scheduling & rotas

Build rotas, manage shift swaps, track hours, monitor labour cost vs revenue. Designed for UK Working Time rules.

Cost control

Stock & inventory

Track ingredient levels, calculate food cost, flag waste, generate POs, linked to your menu so the maths is honest.

Guests

CRM & loyalty

Guest profiles with visit history, preferences, dietary notes. Built-in loyalty and gift cards, with no per-customer fee.

Decisions

Analytics & reporting

Sales, labour, menu engineering. The numbers that change tomorrow's prep list, not a dashboard that decorates Mondays.

Off-premise

Online ordering & delivery

Branded ordering page for collection and delivery, plus Deliveroo integration. Orders flow straight to the kitchen.

How TablePort approaches it

Built differently. Priced differently.

Unified vs fragmented

Four logins becomes one.

Reservations link to POS. POS links to KDS. KDS links to stock. Stock links back to the menu. The data flows without a Zapier-and-prayer middle layer, because it's the same database.

Customisation

Adapts to your service, not the other way round.

AYCE timers, bilingual receipts, table combination rules, house accounts: custom features delivered by the engineering team, often within a week. No roadmap queue.

Terms

Month-to-month. No setup fee.

Cancel any time. Export your data if you leave. A free trial that runs your actual service, not a demo environment with fake orders.

Honest answers

Restaurant management: questions buyers actually ask.

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One platform.
One bill.

POS, reservations, KDS, scheduling, stock, loyalty: included. 30 days free. No card required. White-glove migration if you're switching.