Opening day for your restaurant on TtaKkaa: from menu and tables to the first kitchen order

This guide is for a restaurant owner opening on TtaKkaa for the first time and wanting to be ready for the first order on the same day. Every step below uses what is in the product today: the store dashboard, the cashier app, and the kitchen screen app.

Step 1: Sign up and open your branch

Sign up at store.ttakka.store with your phone number, enter the verification code, and choose "Restaurant" as your business type. Choosing the type matters: it turns on the restaurant tools (tables, the kitchen screen, dine-in and table QR) and hides what you don't need.

The first-setup wizard then walks you through the basics: your logo, your first branch and its opening hours, your products, and how you receive orders. Official details like your tax number and documents, and adding your team, can wait until later.

Step 2: Build the menu

From "Menu & products", create your categories first (starters, mains, sandwiches, drinks, desserts), then add items to each one with a name and a price. If you already have the menu in a spreadsheet, you can import it all at once instead of typing every item.

Each item in a restaurant has a "Kitchen" block with three fields the kitchen screen reads:

• Where is it made? Kitchen screen, or cashier / bar. By default an item follows its category.
• Packing type: hot, cold, drink, sauce, or dessert, so the team packs hot food apart from cold items and drinks.
• Allergens: so the kitchen sees them on the ticket.

Tip: you don't need the whole menu on day one. Start with the dishes you will actually serve today and finish the rest later.

Step 3: Set up halls and tables

From "Halls & tables" in the dashboard, add your seating areas and the tables in each one. When the cashier takes a dine-in order, they pick the table, so every order is tied to its table until it is paid.

If table QR ordering is in your plan, a guest can scan the code on the table and order from their phone. The order arrives on the cashier marked as waiting for approval, so you stay in control of what goes to the kitchen.

Step 4: Prepare the kitchen screen

Install the TtaKkaa kitchen app on a tablet in the kitchen and sign in with a staff account that has kitchen access. Orders appear in three columns: New, In preparation, and Ready. If your kitchen has more than one station, define the stations on the branch so each one sees its own items. The kitchen ticket can also be printed from the kitchen app.

Step 5: Printers and the cash drawer

1. From "Branches & devices" then "Invoices & printers", set up the receipt and preview it before the first sale.
2. On the cashier, connect the receipt printer over Bluetooth or the network.
3. Open a shift on the cashier and enter the cash you are starting the drawer with.

Step 6: The first order

1. On the cashier, pick the order type: table, takeaway, or delivery.
2. Tap the items. You can add a note to a line, like "no onions", and it travels with the order.
3. Send the order. Kitchen items show up on the kitchen screen under "New"; counter items don't.
4. When the guest pays, choose the payment method (cash, card, and the other methods your store has enabled) and print the receipt.

Refunds, voids, and cancellations ask for the manager PIN, so mistakes on day one don't turn into missing cash.

Step 7: Closing the day

If you paid for something from the drawer during the day (bread, gas, a supplier invoice), record it on the cashier as a cash pay-out against the open shift, so the drawer adds up. At closing:

1. Close the shift on the cashier.
2. Read the Z report: opening cash, cash sales, refunds, pay-ins, and pay-outs.
3. From the dashboard, open "Reports & analytics" for the day's sales and the kitchen report.

After opening day

Once the first day runs smoothly, read the kitchen screen guide, the table QR ordering guide, and the branch treasury guide to track expenses by category.