Restaurant, Café & Bar POS Kenya
Running a restaurant, café, bar, or nyama choma joint in Kenya is two businesses at once: hospitality and operations. Tables waiting, kitchen tickets piling up, M-PESA payments to reconcile, eTIMS receipts to print, and stock that disappears faster than you can re-order. Mkufunzi Restaurant POS brings it under one system that your servers, kitchen, and owner can all trust.
Features built for Kenyan hospitality
- Kitchen order tickets (KOT) — orders flow from the front of house to the kitchen printer automatically, with no shouted instructions and no misread chits.
- Table management — floor plan with table status (open, occupied, billing, paid), split bills, table transfers.
- Modifiers and combos — medium-rare, no onions, extra mukimo, family pack — fully configurable.
- Course timing for fine dining — fire starters, fire mains, fire desserts.
- Bar POS — fast tabs, pre-authorisation, recipe-based pour cost tracking.
- Recipe & BOM cost — the system knows the gram cost of every dish, so you see profit per plate in real time.
- M-PESA at the table — STK Push for cashless payment as soon as the bill is presented.
- eTIMS receipts issued automatically with the printed bill.
- Staff commissions per server or section, calculated automatically.
The numbers that change after switching
- Order errors drop sharply — KOT printers eliminate “what did they say again?”
- Pilferage drops because every drink poured and every plate served is tied to a server.
- Recipe costing reveals which dishes are quietly losing money. Menu engineering becomes data-driven.
- Stock-out incidents drop because the system tells you on Tuesday what you will need on Saturday.
- End-of-day cash reconciliation falls from 60+ minutes to under 10.
Multi-branch chains and franchises
Whether you run three cafés in Nairobi or a restaurant chain across Western Kenya, Mkufunzi POS gives the head office a live view of every branch. Menus push down from HQ. Prices change everywhere at once. Sales and inventory roll up automatically. Franchise reporting and royalty calculations are built in.
Pricing for restaurants & bars
Single-location cafés and bars can start on Basic at KES 2,500/month. Restaurants with kitchen printers, eTIMS, and serious recipe costing need Pro at KES 5,000/month. Multi-branch chains and franchises get custom enterprise pricing.
Restaurant POS FAQ
Can the kitchen receive orders from front of house automatically?
Yes. KOT (Kitchen Order Ticket) printers receive orders the moment a server submits, with section routing — grill items to the grill, bar items to the bar, dessert items to pastry.
Can I split a bill between several customers?
Yes. Split equally, split by item, or split by custom amounts. Each split prints its own eTIMS receipt.
Does it track ingredient stock and recipe cost?
Yes. Define recipes by ingredient and quantity. Every dish sold deducts ingredients from stock and calculates real food cost per plate.
Can guests pay via M-PESA?
Yes. STK Push lands on the customer’s phone at the table. Payment auto-confirms and the bill closes — no manual matching at end of day.
Can I track tips and server commissions?
Yes. Service charge, voluntary tips, and per-server commissions are tracked and reported per shift. Payroll integration ensures it lands on the right payslip.
Will it work in my café during peak hours when WiFi gets slow?
Yes. Orders queue locally and sync when connectivity returns. We also recommend hardware and SIM card setups that perform reliably across Kenyan venues.