Take the order, fire the kitchen, settle the bill
Front of house and kitchen need the same order at the same time. Khata prints a kitchen ticket, handles half and full portions, and closes the day with a single report.
What gets in the way
- Orders shouted to the kitchen get missed or misheard
- Half plate, full plate and per-piece items do not fit a normal billing app
- Staff need to take orders without seeing what the food costs you
- Nobody agrees on what the day actually took
How Khata handles it
Every point below is something you can check in the app on the day you install it.
Kitchen order tickets
Print a KOT for the kitchen separately from the customer bill, so the line cooks get the order and not the prices.
Portions that match your menu
Plate, full, half, pack and piece are built in, so a half plate is a real unit rather than a manual price override.
Service charge on the bill
Add a service charge to an order and it is carried into the bill and the reports rather than bolted on at the end.
Staff who bill but do not see margins
A waiter or cashier can create and print orders while cost prices, profit and reports stay hidden. The permission is explicit, not a workaround.
Daily closing
One report closes the day: what was sold, how it was paid, what was discounted and what was cancelled.
What actually sells
Category and item sales reports show which dishes carry the kitchen and which ones sit on the menu doing nothing.
What Khata does not do for restaurants, cafés & tea shops
Worth knowing before you move your books across.
- There is no table-map or seat-level ordering — orders are not tied to a table number.
- There is no recipe or ingredient-level stock deduction; stock is tracked at the item you sell, not the raw materials behind it.
Restaurants & Cafés: common questions
Free to try, nothing to cancel
Install it alongside what you use today. No card, no commitment.
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