Two queues every visit
A line at the counter before they've ordered, and a wait at the table after they've finished. Splitting the bill makes the second one worse.
Free at launch for cafes, bars, restaurants, shops & salons
No queue to order.
No queue to order.
No wait to pay.
One code on every table and counter. Guests scan it, order and pay from their own phone — split the bill, tip and leave. No app to download on iPhone. Orders go straight to your kitchen, payments straight to your account.
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iPhone & Android · Pay with SumUp, Square or Stripe · Runs on its own or alongside your till
The problem
The best part of going out is spent waiting.
Queue to order. Wait for the food. Then wait again — to catch someone's eye, get the bill, and have the card machine brought round.
Waiting for a menuthen a second one
Waiting to ordertrying to catch an eye
Waiting to add a roundand again for the next
Waiting to get a serverwhen something's wrong
Waiting to ask for the billthen for it to arrive
Waiting for the card machinethen to split it
Waiting in line to payat the counter
Waiting for a tablehovering by the door
Phoning to bookon hold, or closed
Waiting to order the usualfrom scratch, every time
Every wait costs you
Long lines turn walk-ins away, tables sit occupied by people trying to pay, and staff spend the rush taking orders and fetching card machines instead of serving.
One app, every counter
01 — Order
No queue to order.
Guests serve themselves from the phone in their pocket. You keep the service, and lose the queue.
Order from wherever they are.
The menu opens instantly in the guest's own language — on iPhone, with no app to download. Orders land on your kitchen display the moment they're placed.
- Order at the tableScan the code on the table and order. The ticket reaches the kitchen tagged with the table number — nobody gets up, nobody waits for a waiter.
- Order aheadOrder and pay on the way in. See the live wait time, get a ping when it's ready, walk in and collect.
- Quick in-store orderingScan the counter code instead of joining the line. Order number on the board, notification on the phone.
- Call a serverOne tap when they need something. Your staff see it instantly — nobody waves at the room.
Every ticket, one queue.
Table, counter and order-ahead tickets land in one kitchen display on any phone or tablet — or straight into the till you already run.
- Kitchen displayTickets routed to the right prep station, all-day counts, and a ready board for collection.
- A queue you can seeOrder numbers and live wait times guests can watch. Pause new orders with one tap when the kitchen's slammed.
- Floor planWho's seated, what's ordered, what's paid — live.
- Runs alongside your tillAlready on Square or SumUp? Orders mirror straight into your existing KDS or POS. Nothing changes in the kitchen.
One code per table
No download on iPhone
Kitchen display
Prep stations
Works with your POS
Every guest's language
02 — Pay
No wait to pay.
Ring orders up on the till as normal. Guests scan the same table code, see the bill and pay with Apple Pay or Google Pay — no flagging staff down, no card machine.
Pay the moment they're ready.
The live bill is on their phone the moment they scan. Split it, tip, tap, go.
- Pay at the tableSee the bill, pay and go — your till marks it paid instantly.
- Split it any wayEach guest ticks the items they had, or the table splits evenly into shares. Everyone pays their own part from their own phone, with a tip if they like.
- Run a tabSend rounds to the kitchen as the night goes on, settle once at the end. A card hold on the first round means nobody walks out unpaid.
- Pay and go in storeRetail: scan the barcode, pay on the phone, walk out with a digital receipt. No till line at all.
Paid to your account. No card machine.
Payments go to your own SumUp, Square or Stripe account — whichever you already use. Card fees only, nothing to aesi.
- Tap to Pay on your phoneTake cards with no card machine. Your phone is the terminal, the money goes to your account.
- Sell store creditGift cards and prepaid credit, branded to you, issued over the counter and redeemed on any visit. You keep 100%.
- Keeps working offlineThe counter takes payment with no signal.
- Receipts, refunds, reportingDigital receipts to the guest, refunds from the paid feed, and what sold, when, by station.
Apple Pay & Google Pay
Split & tip
Tabs
Tap to Pay
Store credit
SumUp, Square or Stripe
03 — Book
No phone to answer.
Tables, chairs, rooms, classes and events. Guests pick a service, a person and a time from your storefront, or grab a ticket for your next night. A card deposit holds the slot, reminders go out, and it lands in their phone calendar.
Booked from their phone, held with a card.
No call, no voicemail, no "we're closed". Book it in the app, buy the ticket, get the reminder, turn up.
- Book a tablePick a time, get a reminder. Or join the walk-in waitlist and get a ping when the table's ready — no hovering by the door.
- Book a chair or a classChoose the service, the staff member and the slot. Deposit taken, reminder sent.
- Buy a ticketJazz night, tasting, launch party. They see what's on nearby, buy tickets with Apple Pay or Google Pay and get a QR ticket on their phone. Free events? Reserve a place in one tap.
- Notify meFully booked? They ask to be told when a slot frees up.
One calendar, no no-shows, no door list.
Every booking, every staff member, every room, every event — in the app and synced to the phone calendar you already use.
- One calendarTables, chairs, rooms and classes in one diary, synced to your phone's calendar.
- Staff run their own diaryEach staff member claims their link, sees their bookings, gets their pings.
- Events & ticketsPost what's on, set a price and a capacity. Sales, seats left and door admissions on one screen. Scan the QR at the door from your phone — no list, no guest-list app.
- No-shows coveredCard deposits held at booking, captured if they don't turn up.
Tables
Waitlist
Staff & rooms
Classes
Events & tickets
Door scan
Card deposits
Reminders
04 — Keep them coming back
No loyalty card to carry.
Every order and every bill paid through aesi earns points automatically — no card, no stamp, no sign-up. Your business gets its own branded store card: credit and points, your rules, and you keep 100%.
Every visit earns.
Points at the table, at the counter, ordering ahead — and on till sales too. Offers applied in a tap, the usual in one.
- Points land on every visitAt the table, at the counter, ordering ahead. Till sales on Zettle and SumUp earn too.
- Offers redeemed in a tapYour deals, cross-promotions from venues nearby, and group offers — on your menu, applied at checkout.
- Share with friendsCredit, points and offers pass phone to phone. Referral offers reward the person who brought a friend in.
- Order againTheir usual, one tap, no scrolling.
Every regular is reachable.
Every guest who orders is a contact you can reach — not a face at the till.
- Know your regularsSee who's coming in: new, regulars, big spenders, lapsed.
- Messages that send themselvesBirthdays, milestones, win-backs — automated. Or write one, pick the audience, schedule it.
- Promotions, three waysYour own, cross-promotions with neighbours, and offers inherited from your group.
- Your store cardCredit and points under your brand, in the wallet they already carry.
Store card
Points
Offers
Referrals
Automated messages
Segments
05 — Get found
No ads to run.
aesi is the one app your customers use at every place they go — to find somewhere, order, pay, book and earn. When they open it near you, your menu, offers, wait time and free tables are right there.
Customers nearby already have the app.
They search for somewhere that's open now, has an offer on or a table free — and tap through to order or book.
- Search and nearbyOpen now, offers on, table free, food or retail. Your storefront on the map with photos, hours and menu.
- Verified ratingsOnly guests who actually ordered can rate you. No anonymous reviews.
- Your offers in their feedTimed deals and single-use offers, shown to people who are out and deciding.
New faces, nothing to pay to be seen.
No listing fee and no commission on what comes through the door. One link, one code, one listing — wherever your customers find you.
- One link everywhereaesi.app/yourname on Instagram, your Google profile, your window. Tap an NFC tag or scan a code — same result.
- GroupsRun a food hall, a market or a multi-site brand as one group: shared listing, shared offers, one place to manage it.
- No commissionYou're in the app people open when they're out and deciding. Nobody takes a cut of the order.
Search
Map & nearby
Verified ratings
Groups
One link
What it does for your venue
Shorter lines. Faster tables. Calmer rush.
Turn tables faster
Guests pay the moment they're done, not ten minutes later. Tables free up for the next party.
Shorter lines, more walk-ins
Orders come in from tables and phones, not one till. The line that put people off disappears.
Staff serve, not chase
Less order-taking and card-machine running in the rush. More time making food and looking after guests.
A queue you can see
Order numbers, live wait times and a ready board. Pause new orders with one tap when the kitchen's slammed.
Every guest's language
Photograph your menu and it's live — translated for tourists and visitors, so nobody needs to ask.
Nothing to integrate
No new hardware, no POS project, and iPhone guests don't download anything. Print your codes and you're live. Payments go to your own SumUp, Square or Stripe account.
Know your regulars by name
Every guest who orders is a contact you can reach, not a face at the till. Birthdays, win-backs and offers go out on their own.
New faces, no ad spend
You're in the app people open when they're out and deciding — no listing fee, no commission.
Nobody walks out unpaid
Tabs are held on a card from the first round, bookings are held with a deposit, and the counter keeps taking payment offline.
See it in action
Watch the product film.
Two minutes on how aesi puts ordering, payments and loyalty in every customer's pocket.
How it works
Live tonight. No integration project.
01
Photograph your menu
Snap your printed menu and it becomes a live, editable menu — translated for every guest. Connect your SumUp, Square or Stripe account to take payments.
02
Put your code on every table and counter
Print one code per table. The same code orders, shows the bill and takes payment — nothing else to set up.
03
Guests order and pay themselves
Tickets reach your kitchen display, bills settle on your till the moment they're paid, and every guest earns points to come back.
The launch offer
Free while you grow.
During launch, ordering, pay at table, bookings, loyalty and promotions cost nothing for active venues — no aesi fees, no subscription. You only pay your card processor's normal rate. We're onboarding cafes, restaurants, bars, food halls, market traders, shops and salons now.
Direct line
launch@aesi.app
Tell us about your venue — we'll get you set up and your table codes printed.