⚠️ Repository Note: This repository currently contains the source code for the Restaurant-Facing Kitchen Display System (KDS) and the Next.js Backend. The Customer-Facing Flutter application is a separate, private repository and is not included here.
This project is a comprehensive solution designed to streamline the ordering process for restaurant customers and provide an efficient kitchen display system for restaurant staff. It aims to enhance the dining experience by offering a seamless way for customers to place and manage their orders, while simultaneously empowering restaurants with tools to manage food preparation and track sales effectively.
The system is built with a focus on real-time updates and a user-friendly interface, ensuring a smooth flow from order placement to meal delivery.
- Intuitive Order Placement: Customers can easily browse the menu and add items to their cart.
- Dynamic Cart Management:
- Add new items to an existing order.
- Increase the quantity of already ordered items (additional quantities are treated as new additions to the order).
- Remove newly added items from the cart before placing the order.
- Existing, placed order items cannot be removed or have their quantity decreased below the originally ordered amount.
- Special Instructions: Customers can add specific notes or requests for their order items.
- Real-time Bill Summary: Displays subtotal, taxes (18% GST), delivery fees (free for orders over ₹500), and the total amount.
- Integrated Checkout & Payment:
- "Pay Bills" option triggers a payment modal.
- Simulated payment process that finalizes the order.
- Updates order status to "completed" and marks the associated table as "available" after successful payment.
- User Legacy Points: Customers earn 10 base points per order, plus 1 additional point for every ₹100 spent.
- Order History Dashboard: A collapsible section on the order page showing a summary of previous orders and total lifetime spending.
- Real-time Pending Orders: Displays all pending orders for a specific restaurant.
- Prioritized Cooking Plan: Each order's items are dynamically sorted based on their
PrepTimeMinutesandCookTimeMinutes, ensuring kitchen staff start with items that take the longest to prepare. - Item Status Updates: Kitchen staff can update the status of individual items (e.g., from "pending" to "preparing" to "ready").
- Order Completion Tracking: Completed orders are automatically removed from the pending list.
- Restaurant Sales Dashboard: A dashboard showing the restaurant's total sales and a history of all completed orders.
This project leverages a modern, robust, and scalable tech stack to deliver a high-performance restaurant ordering and kitchen display system.
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Frontend: Flutter
Flutter is chosen for the customer-facing and restaurant display applications due to its ability to build natively compiled, high-performance applications for mobile, web, and desktop from a single codebase. This ensures a consistent and beautiful user experience across all platforms. -
Backend: Next.js API Routes
Next.js API Routes provide a powerful and flexible serverless backend. This allows for rapid development of RESTful APIs, handling order processing, status updates, and data retrieval with efficiency and scalability. -
Database: Turso (SQLite)
Turso is utilized as the database solution for its lightweight nature and edge-friendly capabilities. Built on SQLite, Turso offers excellent performance for read-heavy workloads and simplifies database management. Its ability to run close to your users (at the "edge") ensures low latency and a highly responsive application, making it ideal for real-time order management.
- Rushikesh Gaonkar
- Shikhaa Prabhudesai
- Shrutvika Mapari