It is a known fact that good restaurants and bars usually have long wait times in respect to service response time, and it is also a terrible idea to keep hungry people waiting. Our mobile point of sales platform eliminates the waiting game for customers by automating the process and putting it online, so if you have a mobile device you never have to track down a waitress ever again, or awkwardly try to get the bartenders attention at Manoa Gardens. Furthermore as long as the customer has a debit card on their account they can pay for their services and tip and waitress without even reaching for their wallet. This makes the ordering process less daunting and more convenient for both patrons and the business establishment.
This project is similar to grubhub such that users can order and pay for food on their mobile device and similarity ends there, the following is a list of things that make our platform great:
- order and have your food brought to your table eliminating multiple trips for wait staff
- The users can set limits on spending so they don’t overspend.
- Order drinks or request services in restaurants
The features above is intended to eliminate as much interaction between wait staff and customer. The goal is to make the customer feel like, their food appeared in front of them magically. This also allow the restaurant to spend more of their man power moving goods since that is what makes the money.
Some possible mockup pages include:
- Landing page
- Settings page
- Menu page
- Profile page
- Billing page
- Restaurant critique page
Some user scenarios:
- New users visiting the page for the first can either make an account or use the service without an account.
- In the landing page they have the option to scan a QR code on their table or use the option to look up the restaurant manually.
- In the settings page the user can update their taste preferences such as salt level, spice level and special needs such as allergies.
- After the restaurant is identified, the menu page will be updated
- The user have the option to go to the menu page and order at anytime
- The profile page will display some of the users favorite menu as well as their allergies
- The user can jump on the billing page to see the status of their order as well as what they had ordered so far.
- In the billing page users can also set spending limits, and request services from the wait staff.
- Users can leave comments on the critique page.
After implementing the basic functionality, here are ideas for more advanced features:
- Restaurant Suggestions based on previous orders using machine learning
- Able to provide party hot spots based on number of people at restaurants or bars
- Ratings and reviews for restaurants
- Give alerts for new menu items
- Suggest restaurants based on budgets