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Kitchen display

Tickets on the screen in under a second.

A restaurant kitchen display system built for Canada — station routing, expo view, a bump bar, and a print fallback, all on modern hardware we ship and support.

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How it works

From order to screen, on the line.

Every order — QR, server, or online — flows to the kitchen display the moment it's placed, routes to the right station, and gets bumped when it's done.

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Order lands in under a second

The moment a guest, server, or online order is placed, the ticket appears on the kitchen screen over a live WebSocket connection — no polling, no refresh, no delay.

02
Station routing

Each item is routed to the right station automatically — grill, fryer, cold line, bar — so every cook sees only what they're firing, and nothing they're not.

03
Expo view

A consolidated expo screen shows the whole order coming together across stations, so the pass knows exactly when a table is ready to run.

04
Bump bar control

Cooks bump completed tickets with a tap or a bump bar — clearing the rail, advancing the queue, and timestamping the ticket without leaving the line.

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Print fallback that never sleeps

An always-on ESC/POS print listener backs the display, so tickets keep flowing through a shift change, a screen reboot, or a Wi-Fi hiccup.

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Color-coded prep timers

Every ticket ages on a color-coded timer — green to amber to red — so the line and the pass can see at a glance which tables are waiting and keep tickets moving before they slip.

What it changes on the line

Fewer errors. Faster tickets. No missed orders.

Fewer order errors

What the guest taps is what the line sees — no handwriting, no relayed mistakes, no lost modifiers. Allergy filters and special requests carry straight to the station that needs them.

Faster tickets

Orders hit the screen in under a second and route to the right station instantly, so cooks start firing sooner and tables turn faster.

No missed orders

Every ticket is logged, timestamped, and backed by a print fallback. Nothing slips off the rail and nothing gets forgotten at the pass.

Hardware, shipped & supported

Modern hardware we ship and support.

The Waitery KDS runs on modern kitchen display tablets we ship and support Canada-wide — with free setup, buy-or-lease options, and an always-on print fallback that keeps tickets flowing.

How the hardware works
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The kitchen display is one piece.

FAQ

Kitchen display questions, answered.

What is a restaurant kitchen display system?

A kitchen display system (KDS) replaces paper chits with a screen on the line. Orders from QR self-ordering, the server app, and online channels appear in real time, route to the right station, and are bumped when complete — so the kitchen runs from one live view instead of a stack of printed tickets.

How fast do tickets reach the kitchen display?

Tickets appear on the Waitery KDS in under a second. Orders stream over a live WebSocket connection the moment they're placed, so there's no polling delay between the guest's tap and the cook seeing the item on screen.

What hardware does the kitchen display run on?

The Waitery KDS runs on modern kitchen display tablets we ship and support, backed by an always-on print fallback so tickets keep flowing. For specific regulatory requirements in your province, talk to our team about your setup.

See the KDS running on your line.

Book a 20-minute demo — bilingual, with hardware we ship and support. We'll show tickets hitting the screen in under a second; talk to our team about requirements in your province.

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