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Hotel POS with centralised billing for multiple restaurants in India

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A hotel rarely has one kitchen. Breakfast, the all-day diner, the bar, and a specialty restaurant often share a guest who will not wait for three separate bills. Centralised billing on QuickKOT is the model for that property: one POS, several kitchens, one invoice.

How the ticket splits

On Premium or Enterprise, choose Centralised at signup (Basic and Economy are always one kitchen). You add stations — Coffee Shop, Indian, Chinese, Bar. Each category belongs to exactly one station. When the front desk or restaurant cashier rings biryani and a pour of wine on the same order, QuickKOT prints (and shows on kitchen display) only the lines that kitchen owns.

Hotel kitchen ticket in Aqua — one station sees only its lines
Station login: this kitchen only sees Chicken Biryani. Room service does not get the bar’s mocktails.

The kitchen never sees the whole hotel. The guest still gets one GST invoice, with optional distinct GSTIN per kitchen when outlets are separate registrants under the same stay.

Handoff across kitchens

With more than one kitchen, service waits for the whole ticket: start cooking → mark ready → items picked up, per station. The manager sees every kitchen on one card. Mark served waits until every kitchen has picked up.

Hotel manager kitchen ticket in Aqua with all stations on one order
Manager ticket in Aqua: one takeaway, token T-07, lines from MSB, Amul, Chicago Delights, GSW, and Zorko — then Mark served.

The same numbers after close

The daily report is station-wise: each restaurant / kitchen’s item value, plus the property’s UPI / card / cash mix. That is how a hotel GM sees the coffee shop versus the specialty restaurant without three POS vendors.

Hotel daily report in Aqua with station-wise sales
Daily report in Aqua: total sales and GST for the property, then station-wise rows for each kitchen.

If each restaurant is a different company that must not share a bill, use Multi-Outlet instead. Centralised is for one operator, one guest check, many kitchens. More: hotel POS with centralised billing. After close, paying each kitchen is vendor payout settlement — not the daily report.

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Testimonial

From the floor

Q: What was managing Shimla QoH Food Court like before QuickKOT?

A: We run eleven stalls, so things can get pretty busy, especially during rush hours. Before QuickKOT, it felt a bit all over the place because guests had to pay at different desks, and the queues would slow everything down.

Q: What changed after using QuickKOT?

A: The whole process became much simpler. Guests can order biryani from one kitchen and pizza from another, but it still comes together as one bill. That made ordering easier for customers and handling orders easier for us.

Q: How has the Token Display helped?

A: It has made pickup a lot smoother. People just take a number, watch the screen, and collect their food when it is ready — no more shouting names across the hall.

Q: What about the QR menu?

A: The QR menu has helped too. Guests can scan, build their order, and come to the counter when they are ready, which takes a lot of pressure off the stalls.

Q: Overall, how would you describe the impact?

A: QuickKOT has made the entire food court feel calmer, smoother, and easier to manage. The rush is still there, but now it is much more organized.

Shimla QoH Food Court shimlafoodcourt.com

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