Feature · Pay at table

Pay at the table in your restaurant, on the waiter's phone or the guest's own

The bill comes to the table and gets paid there: by card with Tap to Pay on the waiter's phone, or by each guest from the table's QR code on theirs. Split checks are paid one by one, each tip is recorded with the payment it came with, and the money lands in your own Stripe account.

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Slotina takes no commission on card payments; Stripe charges its own processing fee on each one, as any card processor does.

The last ten minutes of the evening

The table asks for the bill
The host stand already shows which tables want their bill, so whoever is nearest brings it — on a phone, with the service charge and VAT by class on it for a UK or Irish restaurant.
One check, or one each
If the table pays together it is one check. If they want to pay separately, the waiter splits it first — by dish, by seat or into equal shares — and every check is then paid on its own.
The card, at the table
The waiter takes the card with Tap to Pay on a phone, records any tip with that payment, and the next check is ready. A guest who would rather use their own phone pays their check from the table's QR code.
Settled, and the table knows it
When the last check is paid the bill is settled in full, and the table shows as paid at the host stand by itself, so the door knows a table is about to turn.

Two ways to pay at the table

On the waiter's phone, with Tap to Pay

The phone in the waiter's pocket is the card machine. The guest taps a card or a phone against it, and the payment is recorded on that check, with any tip the guest gives. There is no separate terminal to hire, charge or hunt for on a Saturday night.

On the guest's phone, from the table's QR code

Each table has its own printed code. A guest scans it, opens their check, adds the tip they want and pays — while the waiter carries on with the next table instead of standing at this one. If guests also order from the code, those orders were already on the same bill.

When the table wants separate bills

Splitting is a job for the person holding the bill; paying is a job for everyone at the table. Slotina keeps the two apart.

The waiter splits the bill into checks — by dish (a shared dish split between the people who shared it), by seat, or into a number of equal shares — and each check is paid on its own, by card, by QR code or in cash.
Cash is recorded with the change shown, so the drawer and the bill agree at the end of the night.
One bill can carry several tenders: half the table on cards, one guest in cash, one paying from the QR code.
A manager can give a discount or a comp with a reason before anyone pays, and refund a card payment afterwards, also with a reason.

Guide: splitting the bill fairly, and the service charge on each check

The tip and the service charge, on every payment

The tip stays with its payment

A guest paying from the code chooses the tip as part of the payment; when the waiter takes the card, the tip the guest gives is recorded with it. Either way it sits with that payment, so nobody adds up slips at closing.

The service charge you decided

Set it by party size and mark it optional or compulsory, so every check says which it is. The tips ledger then adds up tips and service charges taken and records each hand-out to named members of staff.

Guide: the Tips Act, and what a fair tips record looks like

Where the money goes

Card payments go straight to your own Stripe account once you have connected it, and Stripe pays them out to you.
Slotina takes no commission on them. Stripe's processing fee is a percentage plus a fixed charge per payment, set by Stripe.
Refunds go back through the same account, by a manager, with the reason written down.
The sales reports show takings and payment methods for up to 92 days, with CSV exports for your accountant.

What it does not do

There is no card reader or countertop terminal: card payments are Tap to Pay on a phone, or the guest's own phone through the QR code.
A card payment needs a connection. Slotina takes no card payment while the phone is offline.
Slotina does not connect to a till or EPOS you already have. The bill, the checks and the payments run in Slotina itself.

Paying at the table: questions owners ask

Do I need to buy card machines to take payments at the table?

No. The waiter takes cards with Tap to Pay on a phone, and guests can pay from the table's QR code on their own phones. There is no separate terminal to buy or rent.

Can each guest pay their own share?

Yes. The waiter splits the bill into checks by dish, by seat or into equal shares, and each check is paid on its own: by card at the table, from the QR code, or in cash.

How does the tip reach the right people?

Every tip is recorded with the payment it came with, and a guest paying from the QR code chooses theirs on the same screen. The tips ledger then records each hand-out to named members of staff for the period you choose.

Who holds the money from card payments?

You do. Payments go to your own Stripe account once it is connected, and Stripe pays them out to you. Slotina takes no commission; Stripe charges its own processing fee.

What if a payment needs to be refunded?

A manager refunds the payment from the bill and writes down the reason, so the refund and why it happened stay on the record.

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