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FAQ

Questions we get from restaurant owners

Straight answers about getting started, what is included, pricing and the technical details.

Getting started

Is DineoTech really free to start?

Yes. Starter includes unlimited orders, QR menus, the waiter POS, kitchen tickets and GST billing for a single outlet — no card and no setup fee. Pro and Enterprise are free as well while we onboard our first restaurants.

What do I need to sign up?

Your restaurant details and a few minutes. Onboarding is self-serve, and you can bulk-import your whole menu from a spreadsheet, so most restaurants are taking orders the same day — no sales call or installation.

How long does it take to go live?

Usually under a day. Create your account, import or add your menu, print your table QR codes, and you can take your first order right away.

Can I import my existing menu?

Yes. The bulk import reads an Excel spreadsheet of categories and items, shows you a preview, and upserts everything in one confirmed step.

Features

How does QR ordering work?

Every table gets a secure, expiring QR code. Guests scan it to open a live menu, build a shared cart together and send orders straight to your POS and kitchen — no app to download. They can also view their bill, call a waiter or request the bill from their phone.

Does it handle inventory and food costing?

Yes, on Pro and above. Track stock per item or go ingredient-level with recipes and prep-loss. Every sale deducts stock automatically, and variance reports show where margin is leaking.

Is there a loyalty program?

Yes. Loyalty is phone-keyed: guests earn and redeem points, and redemptions stack with coupons at checkout. You can also collect skippable star ratings for food, service and ambience on the thank-you screen.

Does DineoTech integrate with Swiggy and Zomato?

Through reconciliation, not a live order feed. You import the aggregator report and DineoTech matches it against your POS orders so you can catch commission and payout gaps. There is no live two-way order sync with Swiggy or Zomato today.

Can I run more than one outlet?

Yes — Enterprise adds an organisation layer with a single login across outlets, an outlet switcher, per-outlet and organisation-wide roles, and consolidated cross-outlet reports.

Pricing and plans

What plans are available?

Three: Starter (single outlet), Pro (inventory, loyalty, procurement, full reports and aggregator reconciliation) and Enterprise (multi-outlet organisation with consolidated reporting). All three are free during early access. See the pricing page for the full comparison.

Are there setup fees or contracts?

No setup fees and no lock-in. Onboarding is self-serve, and you can move up or down between plans as your needs change.

When should I upgrade from Starter?

Move to Pro when you want inventory and food costing, loyalty, the full reports hub or aggregator reconciliation. Choose Enterprise when you run more than one outlet under one organisation.

Technical and support

Does it work with my existing thermal printer?

Yes. A small desktop print bridge sends kitchen tickets (KOT) and receipts to standard ESC/POS thermal printers over USB or the LAN, with routing per station. It runs alongside the web app on your billing machine.

Does DineoTech process card or online payments?

No. DineoTech records how a guest paid — cash, card, UPI or wallet — for clean reconciliation and reporting, but it does not process card or online payments itself. Payment capture stays with your existing terminal or provider.

What happens if my internet goes down?

The offline POS keeps you taking orders and printing tickets through an outage. When the connection returns it syncs automatically, preserving the prices and timestamps from when each order was placed.

How does DineoTech keep my data secure?

It is a multi-tenant service with row-level per-outlet isolation, so one restaurant can never see another’s data. Access is governed by screen-level roles — Admin, Manager, Waiter, Cashier, Kitchen and Host each see only the tools they need.

Do you offer support and onboarding help?

Yes. Every plan includes documentation and an in-app help guide. During early access you also get a direct line to the team building the product, and Enterprise adds priority onboarding.

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