One free plugin to replace the whole paid restaurant stack. The platform is live on WordPress.org today — here’s what has shipped and what’s coming.
Beautiful menus — seven designer templates, one-click looks and a click-to-style Design Studio, with a photo and video banner on any section — print-ready QR codes, all 14 UK allergens with a printable matrix, opening hours with open-now status, and spreadsheet (CSV) import and export of the whole menu.
A drag-and-drop floor plan with joinable tables, live availability, waitlist, deposits and a booking diary — reservations on your own site with no per-cover fees.
Eat-in, takeaway and delivery ordering direct from your menu — for now, or days ahead with future-day pre-orders. Keep 100% — no delivery-app commission.
Take booking deposits and order payments on-site with your own Stripe account. Apple Pay and Google Pay built in; you keep 100%.
Set-menu events with per-guest pre-orders via a share link — guests pick courses and flag allergens; the kitchen gets a consolidated prep sheet.
One guest book across bookings, orders and loyalty — lifetime spend, allergies and past no-shows, shown to staff at the booking and at the till — plus a compliant post-visit review and retention flow.
Weekly rotas, holiday requests and a live “are we staffed?” dashboard built from your own bookings and covers.
Run the floor from a phone or tablet: order pad, split bills, cash & card via a Stripe smart reader, tips, X/Z cash-up and QR order-at-table.
A live kitchen board — orders flow New → Preparing → Ready with per-ticket timers, one-tap advance and a full-screen mode for any tablet or kitchen TV.
Set your country and DineKit uses the right address labels and region terms, shows prices in your own currency, and outputs LocalBusiness structured data for your location.
A bell on every screen surfaces what needs you now — orders to accept, bookings to confirm, the waitlist and leave requests — each a one-click jump.
Message the DineKit team from your dashboard — no account or key needed. Replies land back in the same screen and your inbox.
Install DineKit to a phone or tablet home screen, separate from wp-admin — it even keeps loading if the connection drops.
Run the floor on several tablets — a change on one (an order, a booking) shows on the others within seconds, no refresh, no server hammering.
Broadband down mid-service? The till carries on — open tables, fire to the kitchen and take cash as normal. Everything is held on the tablet and posts to your books the moment you reconnect.
Booking confirmations, automatic reminders, “your table is ready” and “order ready for collection” texts — through your own Twilio account at raw Twilio prices, every switch off by default. Beta while field-testing completes.
GPS driver tracking with a customer “track your order” link, Tap-to-Pay on phone, SMS/email marketing campaigns, and a native iOS/Android app (the installable web app is already live).
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DineKit is free, self-contained and live in minutes. Own your menus, your bookings and your data.
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