Food & beverage

Restaurant & Bar

Full-service dining, on movie time.

Take orders at the table, the bar or the seat, send them straight to the kitchen, and settle tabs without slowing down the show. RTS runs your dining room and bar on the same system as your box office.

The RTS food and beverage selling screen
Where you serve

One System for Every Service

Whether guests eat in their recliner, at a table before the show or at the bar after it, your staff use the same screens and the same menu.

In-Seat Dining

Servers take orders at the seat, and every order is tied to the guest's reserved seat so it reaches the right row.

Dining Room

Visual table layouts that match your floor, with tables assigned and orders tracked from seating to check.

Bar & Lounge

Open tabs on a card, keep drinks flowing, and close out fast when the lights go down.

An RTS restaurant order with modifiers and special instructions
The server screen

Every Detail of the Order, Captured

The food and beverage selling screen is built for complex orders. Servers enter items, modifiers and special requests in a few taps, and the order goes where it needs to go.

  • Menu items and modifiers with searchable modifier lists for fast lookup.
  • Special instructions on the item or on any sub-item, so "no onions on the side salad" gets made right.
  • Table and seat assignment from a visual layout of the dining room or auditorium.
  • Reserved-seat orders that stay linked to the guest's seat through the transaction.
Tabs & payments

Tabs That Close Clean

The check is the last thing a guest remembers. RTS keeps tabs accurate from the first drink to the final signature, even when the table splits five ways.

Tabs

  • Open, split and transfer tabs in a few taps, and combine tabs when a party joins up.
  • Reopen closed tabs reliably, including tabs that were combined or split.
  • Multiple cards on one tab with fast card verification when the table splits the bill.
  • Pre-authorized cards so guests keep ordering through the movie and settle once.
  • Authorization safeguards that prompt before reducing a card authorization and block underpaid tabs.
  • Clean tab ownership when tabs move between servers or get closed out by someone else.

Tips

  • Tip prompts on the customer-facing display and card readers.
  • Suggested tip amounts printed right on the receipt.
  • Streamlined tip entry that skips unnecessary card prompts and prevents duplicates.
  • Excessive-tip protection behind a manager password.
Example kitchen ticket
AUD 4 · SEAT F7GRILL
1 CHEESEBURGER
MED WELL
NO ONION
SUB SIDE SALAD
** DRESSING ON SIDE
1 CHICKEN TENDERS
HONEY MUSTARD
SERVER: [NAME]SHOWTIME 7:25P
Kitchen & bar routing

The Kitchen Sees What the Server Saw

Orders leave the server's hands and land at the right station with every modifier and note intact. Multiple stations work at once, and dishes come up in the right order.

  • Smart routing sends each item to its kitchen printer, kitchen display or bar automatically.
  • Kitchen displays and bump bars prioritize orders and track prep status in real time.
  • Arrival times on kitchen orders so the line knows who is coming when.
  • Order Manager keeps every open order and its special instructions on screen, and can stay open all shift.
  • Kitchen Pickup Viewer shows servers and runners what's ready to go out.
  • Kitchen Times report shows how long orders actually take, day by day.
Behind the bar

Built for a Busy Bar

Yellow Dog reporting

RTS supports Yellow Dog reporting for tab transactions and app orders, so bar inventory lines up with bar sales.

Accurate settlement

Tips on tab and bar transactions settle correctly, and the close-station picker shows exactly which tabs are closed.

FAQ

Restaurant & Bar Questions

Can servers take orders at the guest's seat?

Yes. Orders can be tied to a reserved seat or a table, so food reaches the right guest in a dark auditorium.

Can guests keep a tab open through the movie?

Yes. Pre-authorize a card at the start and guests can keep ordering, then settle once at the end.

Can a table split the check?

Yes. Split or transfer tabs, and put multiple cards on a single tab.

Does RTS work with kitchen display systems?

Yes. Orders route to kitchen printers or kitchen display systems, with bump bar and expeditor screen support.

See It in Action

Book a live demo of RTS restaurant and bar service with our team.