Set up floors, tables and the menu
Create the restaurant branch, add floors and tables, and make sure your menu items exist.
Before you start
In Legasum a restaurant is a branch whose type is Restaurant. The Restaurant menu appears in the left menu only when the branch you are working in is a restaurant, or is a branch that has Restaurant added as one of the things it runs (for example a library with a cafe). To create one, go to Branches, add a branch and choose the type Restaurant. If you have several restaurants, a Restaurant picker appears at the top of each page.
What you can do depends on the Restaurant POS permission on your role:
| You want to | You need |
|---|---|
| Look at the floor, orders, kitchen board and reports | View |
| Take orders, send to the kitchen, change table status, move tickets | Edit |
| Add floors and tables | Create |
| Settle a bill | Edit on Restaurant POS, and the Create permission on POS (the same one the till needs) |
Add floors and tables
Open Tables Setup.
- In the Floors card, type a Floor or section name, for example Main Hall or Patio, and select Add floor. Floors are optional.
- In the Tables card, enter a Table label (for example T1), the number of Seats and, if you made floors, the Floor.
- Select Add table.
Table labels must be unique in the restaurant. The list shows each table with its floor and its current status. Hide and Show on a floor control whether it appears on the floor view. Remove and Restore on a table take it out of, or back into, use. A table that is occupied cannot be removed.
Your menu comes from Inventory
There is no separate menu screen. When a waiter adds items to an order, Legasum lists the active items in your company's catalogue, showing the name and sales price. To add a dish, create it as an item in Inventory items with a sales price and make sure it is active. Anything you switch off there disappears from the order screen.
Good to know
- Without any floors, tables still work; they appear under the heading Tables on the floor view.
- Billing uses the catalogue price of each item. The order screen shows prices before tax; tax is added when the bill is settled.
- Next: take orders from the floor.