KitchenCores — The Modern Restaurant Operating Platform
A unified cloud POS, kitchen display system (KDS), automated inventory depletion engine, and multi-branch analytics platform engineered for high-volume cafes, restaurants, and cloud kitchens.
A Purpose-Built Control Plane for Restaurant Operations
No bloated generic ERP templates. KitchenCores is streamlined for speed, high contrast in dimly lit kitchen environments, and zero-confusion workflows for cashiers and cooks.
Engineered Across Every Restaurant Touchpoint
From cashier taps to hot pan sizzle, KitchenCores synchronizes orders instantly across connected devices with zero duplicate tickets.
Lightning POS & Billing
Punch orders in under 3 seconds. Handles dine-in, takeaway, and delivery aggregation with instant split bills, discounts, promo codes, and ESC/POS thermal printing.
- • Sub-second search & category filters
- • Dual cash & UPI split payments
- • Offline local fallback during internet blips
Real-Time Kitchen Display (KDS)
Replaces messy paper tickets. Kitchen staff view incoming orders organized by course and prep time, with color-coded alerts for aging orders to prevent delays.
- • Live WebSocket ticket broadcasting
- • Station dispatch (Kitchen vs Beverage Bar)
- • Order status: In-Prep → Ready → Served
Recipe-Level Inventory Tracking
Connect dishes directly to raw ingredients. When a pizza or burger sells, KitchenCores automatically deducts exact flour, cheese, and vegetable grammage in real time.
- • Gram/ml level ingredient breakdown
- • Automated low-stock procurement alerts
- • Daily variance & wastage logging
Interactive Floor & Table Map
Visual floor plans showing real-time occupancy. Cashiers and floor captains can shift tables, merge guest groups, and view table turnaround times at a glance.
- • Color codes: Vacant, Seated, Billed
- • Merge & split tables on the fly
- • QR menu ordering integration
Automated WhatsApp Receipts
Save paper and delight guests. When bills are settled, an official WhatsApp message delivers an interactive PDF invoice and feedback link directly to the customer.
- • Instant customer contact capture
- • Zero thermal paper waste
- • Built-in Google review prompts
GST Reports & Profit Margins
Export GSTR-1 ready invoices, dish profitability matrices, category velocity heatmaps, and staff shift sales audit trails with one click.
- • 5% / 18% GST auto-calculation
- • High-margin vs slow-moving menu insights
- • Multi-branch owner mobile view
The Technology Stack Behind KitchenCores
Built using battle-tested modern web standards, designed to run 16 hours a day continuously on any hardware without memory leaks or crashes.
Next.js & React
Tailwind CSS for ultra-fast responsive styling across 10-inch tablets, POS touch monitors, and mobile phones.
WebSockets + Redis
Sub-50ms ticket push from cashier terminal to kitchen display stations with automatic reconnection queues.
PostgreSQL & Prisma
ACID compliant transactional database handling concurrent bill generation and inventory race conditions.
Raw ESC/POS Printing
Direct Ethernet and Bluetooth network printing support for 80mm & 58mm thermal printers with cash drawer kick triggers.
How Zesto Cafe & Restro Scaled Kitchen Throughput with KitchenCores
By replacing traditional carbon paper tickets with KitchenCores touch KDS and automated recipe inventory, Zesto Cafe eliminated kitchen ordering errors, cut wait times during evening rushes, and automated customer invoice delivery via WhatsApp.