Many venues sell food and drink next to the activity and want one set of books. VenueChief’s food and beverage POS for entertainment venues does that today, and the roadmap shows what is planned.
Food and beverage POS for entertainment venues, with the same books as the booking
A kart party books a lane, a heat and a pizza. A sim racing lounge sells coffee and a few snacks. A golf bar sells drinks by the pitcher. In some venues the food and drink live in a separate register, a separate report and a separate login, and the owner reconciles two systems on Monday.
VenueChief’s food and beverage POS for entertainment venues is built for that situation. It is not a restaurant system. It is the bar and counter of a venue whose main business is the activity, in the same platform as the booking.
What works today
- Menus. Categories, items and modifiers such as sizes, add-ons, removals and sides. One tap marks an item sold out.
- Tab management. Open a tab by name or table, hold it, combine it, add notes and void a line with a reason. Tips can be suggested or custom, and a check can be split evenly two to five ways.
- Paying. Card on the reader, a gift card, or cash where your payment policy allows it.
- Servers. Each server signs in with a PIN, so sales and tips belong to a person.
- Party package with food included. Put a food and beverage component in a package and the booking carries a credit. The register applies it by confirmation code and spends it down.
- Kiosk food ordering. Guests browse the menu on the kiosk, give a name for pickup and pay.
- Tax. Set tax by jurisdiction and turn on “prices include tax” if you price that way. The breakdown is kept on every order.
Book a demo and we will take a tab from booking to close.
One set of books
Food and drink sales land in the same daily close as bookings, shop sales and gift cards, split by sale type. Guest profiles carry dietary notes and seating preferences, and a staff reservation book tracks pending, confirmed, arrived and seated parties. Reports show revenue by day and category, items sold, top sellers and average tab.
A menu on your website can come from the same menu data, so a price change happens once. The website menu shows your active categories and drops cost and kitchen details.
Getting started
A short setup interview creates a starter menu, categories, a first few items, numbered tables and kitchen zones, adding to what you already have by name. It is a guided start, not a menu import.
A party with food, start to finish
A venue builds a party package with a food and beverage component. A host books it online, and the booking now carries a food credit. On the day, staff open a tab, choose Apply Booking Credit and enter the confirmation code. The register spends the credit down, extras go on the same tab with tips, and the rest is paid by card on the reader. At close, the party’s food and drink appear in the daily close next to the booking. That is food and beverage POS for entertainment venues working with the booking, not around it.
Who it suits
Karting tracks with a snack bar or a cafe, sim racing lounges with a counter, entertainment centers with party food, and golf and batting venues with a bar. Words you will know: tab, ticket, party package, pickup.
Tax, tips and the register
Set tax by jurisdiction, and if you price tax-inclusive, turn on prices include tax: VenueChief extracts the tax and keeps the breakdown on the order. Suggested and custom tips are recorded against the server who signed in with a PIN. Voids and discounts both need a reason, so the tab tells the story afterward. Refunds go through Money, Transactions rather than a button on the register.
What it changes on a busy day
- The food credit in a party package is spent at the register, not argued about.
- The bar and the booking show up in one report.
- A server’s tips are attributed to the server.
Availability and fine print
Food and beverage tools are an add-on to the Platform plan. See pricing.
We would rather you know the limits. There is no receipt or kitchen printing, cash drawer, recipe or ingredient costing, or food purchasing today. Happy hour pricing, menus that change by time of day and QR ordering at the table are not available at the register today. The roadmap lists what is planned, without dates.