# DotMax > The AI-powered restaurant POS. DotMax AI agent: a 3D assistant that talks to your guests and answers your team by voice. POS, QR ordering, billing, kitchen and stock in one system. Orders, billing, kitchen and stock in one simple system. See every table and branch live from your phone, stop stock leaks with automatic tracking, and close the day in minutes, not hours. - Website: https://dotmax.io/ - Live demo with sample data (no sign-up): https://dotmax.io/#explore - Book a free demo on WhatsApp: https://wa.me/94710135558?text=Hi!%20I%20saw%20the%20DotMax%20demo%20and%20I'd%20like%20to%20book%20a%20free%20demo%20for%20my%20restaurant. ## Plans and prices - **Starter** — For cafés and small restaurants: LKR 12,900 a month or LKR 129,000 a year. QR ordering from the table; Waiter app and kitchen screen; Billing, receipts and invoices; Tables and reservations; Sizes on every dish; Customer list and SMS service; Daily sales report. - **Growth** — For busy restaurants that want control of stock and repeat guests: LKR 24,900 a month or LKR 249,000 a year. Recipes that take stock off with every sale; Purchase orders and suppliers; Loyalty points and offers; Add-ons, approvals, and the delivery desk; Cash drawer, shifts, and rota; Profit and stock reports; Kitchen screens per section; Customize your existing feature.. - **Enterprise** — For groups and chains with two or more branches: LKR 31,900 a month or LKR 319,000 a year, setup LKR 100,000. Ai assistant; Unlimited Branches++; Central kitchen and stock transfers; Full accounting and bank reconciliation; Activity log and custom staff roles; Unlimited staff accounts; Priority support and a quarterly visit; Custom Feature Development. ## The guest's side - **Scan & sit**: Seamless QR check-in. No app to install. Guests scan the QR on their table and the menu opens on their own phone, already knowing the table. - **Browse & discover**: An interactive menu. Photos, prices and details for every dish, with veg and non-veg filters and a search, so guests find what they want in seconds. - **Meet your 3D AI host**: Ask, and it answers. A friendly 3D host that suggests your best sellers, answers questions about dishes and helps guests order — by voice or by tapping. - **Live order tracker**: Real-time tracking. Guests watch their order move from received to preparing, ready and served — straight from the kitchen screen, no waiter needed. - **Control & bill**: Fast self-service. Add more dishes, see the bill as it grows, and call for the bill from the same page — no waiting to catch someone’s eye. ## Features ### Overview - Dashboard: The home screen: takings, orders and alerts for the period. - Things to do: Instructions the owner has left for this location. - Analytics: Trends, peak hours and staff performance. - Delivery Desk: Handing ready deliveries over at the door, against the customer’s PIN. - Approvals: Requests waiting on somebody senior — refunds, discounts, adjustments. - Cash drawer: Opening float, cash in and out, and the close-of-shift count. - Agent: The in-app assistant: answers questions about the system and its reports, by voice or text. - Locations: Branches, warehouses and production houses. - Stock transfers: Moving stock between locations. - Production: Making prepared items — sauces, pastes, dough — out of stock. - Shift: Your shift, your handover, and the histories of both. - Live floor: Tables, waiting times and who is sitting at them, as it happens. ### Operations - Orders: Every order taken, at the table, counter or QR code. - Tables: The floor plan and each table’s status. - Reservations: Bookings and the guests expected. - Kitchen display: The rail the kitchen cooks from. - Kitchen sections: The sections a kitchen is divided into — rice range, pizza oven, juice bar — and which dishes each one cooks. - Waiter station: What is ready to run, and guest requests. - Payments & till: Taking money, settling bills and refunds. - Online payments: Payment by QR code or link, at the till and from the guest’s own phone. ### Menu - Menu: Dishes, prices and availability. - Add-ons: Extras offered with a dish — extra cheese, a side — each with its own price and stock item. - Recipes: What each dish is made of — the link between sales and stock. - Loyalty: Points guests earn and spend. - Guest agent: A 3D helper on the QR menu that guests ask about your dishes — by typing and quick buttons, and by voice with the Agent. - Offers: Offers and discount codes, applied by themselves at the QR menu and the till, and sent by SMS. ### Inventory - Inventory: Stock levels, items and the ledger behind them. - Stock counts: Counting the shelf and reconciling it with the book. - Stock adjustments: Corrections to a counted balance. Raised here; applied when signed off. - Wastage: Stock thrown away, and why. - Expiry: What is about to go out of date. - Units & categories: The measures and groupings stock is kept in. - Suppliers: Who the restaurant buys from. - Purchasing: Ordering stock and receiving it. ### People - Customers: Guests, their history and loyalty points. - Customer insights: Who returns, who spends and who has stopped coming. - Staff: The team, their roles, their hours and their sign-in codes. - Custom roles: Building your own roles, switch by switch, beyond the built-in ones. - Shifts: Shift templates, the rota, and the shift and handover histories (shifthandover.md). - Reviews: What guests said publicly. - Feedback: What guests said privately. ### Financial Control - Daily Financial Control: Money Guard: the whole day on one page — sales, money received, money out, the cash drawer expected against counted, everything that needs review, and every figure traced to its record. ### Accounting - Payment details: The internal accounts money is held in — balances, deposits, and transfers between them. Also where bank transfers guests declare are confirmed. - Accounting dashboard: The financial summary: sales, collections, payables, expenses, profit — every card drillable. Also the owner’s Command Center: health score, alerts, menu, stock outlook and waste. - Payments out: Drafting, submitting and executing supplier settlements and expenses. - Payment approvals: The owner signs off money leaving the business. - Expenses: Formal business costs by category — rent, utilities, salaries. - Supplier payables: Statements and aging: what is owed, to whom, for how long. - Checks & reconciliation: The money identities, per-bill payment checks, bank matching and the issues list. - Close month: The month-end checklist, and sealing the month once it is clear. - Ledger: Journal, trial balance, cash book and financial position — derived, read-only. - Accounting reports: The P&L, menu profitability, period comparison and every other report. - Accounting tools: The calculator and what-if simulator — nothing here writes a record. ### Back office - Reports: The reports hub and exporting any of them. - Sales report: Takings by day, hour, item and payment method. - Gross profit: Revenue against what the food cost. - Inventory report: Stock value, movement and wastage, with the drill-downs behind each figure. - Purchasing report: Spend, deliveries and what is owed. - Stock variance: Where counted stock disagrees with the ledger. - Reconciliation: Proving the stock ledger adds up. - Daily close & periods: Signing off business days and sealing accounting periods. - Cash reports: Drawer sessions, variances and the petty cash ledger. - QR codes: The codes guests scan at the table, and what they see when they do. - Audit log: Who did what, and when. - Settings: Restaurant details, tax, currency and printing. ## Questions and answers ### Why choose DotMax? Because it runs the whole restaurant, not just the till — and it gives you your evenings back. - **Guests feel at home.** They scan the QR on the table, browse the menu with photos, order and pay from their own phone. No waving for a waiter, no waiting for the bill — just a relaxed meal. - **The Live Floor** shows every table at a glance: who is seated, what they ordered and who needs help, so nothing slips through during a rush. - **The Command Center** puts sales, open orders, kitchen times and alerts for every branch on one live screen. - **The Delivery Desk** hands each order to the right rider against a PIN, so the right food reaches the right door. - **Offers your way.** Happy hours, combos, birthday treats and loyalty points — set them once and they apply by themselves. - **You are free.** Approvals come to your phone, reports arrive ready, and stock counts itself with every sale. Run the place from anywhere — even from home. ### Monthly or yearly? Both. Pay monthly, or pay for the year up front and get 2 months free. ### What does the setup fee cover? Entering your menu and tables, printing your table QR codes, training your staff and being with you on your first day. ### What equipment do I need? Any phone, tablet or computer with a web browser. A receipt printer is optional; we can advise on one. ### Can I change plan later? Yes. Upgrade any time and the new features switch on the same day. Your data stays exactly as it is. ### Can I send SMS to my customers? Yes. SMS is built in — order updates, reservation reminders and offers go straight to your customers’ phones. ### Can I add a branch? Yes. unlimited branches. ### Is my data safe? Your data is backed up every night, encrypted and stored off-site, and kept separate from every other restaurant’s. You decide what each staff member can see. ### What support do I get? Starter: WhatsApp and email, 9am–6pm, Mon–Sat. Growth and Enterprise: phone and WhatsApp, 9am–11pm, 7 days, so we are there during dinner service. Enterprise also gets a visit every quarter. ## Pages - [Restaurant POS System with an AI Agent](https://dotmax.io/restaurant-pos-system): DotMax is a restaurant POS system with an AI agent: billing, QR table ordering, kitchen display, stock and reports in one system. Try the live demo free. - [Restaurant Billing Software & Payments](https://dotmax.io/restaurant-billing-software): Restaurant billing software for dine-in, takeaway and delivery: tax, service charge, split bills, cash, card and QR payments, and a daily cash count. - [QR Code Menu & Table Ordering System](https://dotmax.io/qr-menu-ordering): A QR code menu for your restaurant: guests scan at the table, order from their phone, follow their food and call for the bill. No app, no commission per order. - [Kitchen Display System (KDS) for Restaurants](https://dotmax.io/kitchen-display-system): A kitchen display system that sends every dish to the right section — grill, pizza oven, juice bar — with timers, notes, KOT printing and live ready alerts. - [Restaurant Stock & Inventory Software](https://dotmax.io/restaurant-inventory-software): Restaurant inventory software: recipes take stock off with every sale, with food cost, wastage, expiry, stock counts, purchase orders and supplier payables. - [Multi-Branch Restaurant Management Software](https://dotmax.io/multi-branch-restaurant-software): Run every branch from one screen: live sales, open orders and kitchen times for each branch, stock transfers, a central kitchen and branch reports. - [Restaurant Accounting Software & Reports](https://dotmax.io/restaurant-accounting-software): Restaurant accounting built into the POS: daily close, cash and bank accounts, expenses, supplier payables, P&L, food cost and a month-end close. - [Restaurant Delivery & Takeaway Software](https://dotmax.io/restaurant-delivery-software): Take delivery and takeaway orders by QR, phone or counter, send them to the kitchen and hand them over at the Delivery Desk against the customer’s PIN. - [Waiter Ordering App for Restaurants](https://dotmax.io/waiter-app): A waiter app on any phone: take orders at the table, send them to the kitchen, see what is ready to serve and answer guest calls — with a live floor plan. - [Café POS System for Coffee Shops](https://dotmax.io/cafe-pos): A café POS for coffee shops: quick counter billing, QR ordering, sizes and add-ons, loyalty and offers, and stock for coffee, milk and bakes. Try it free. - [Restaurant Management Software, All in One](https://dotmax.io/restaurant-management-software): Restaurant management software that runs the till, tables, kitchen, stock, staff and accounts in one system — with an AI agent and a live view of every branch. - [Online Ordering System for Restaurants](https://dotmax.io/online-ordering-system): Your own online ordering for dine-in, takeaway and delivery: a QR menu, your own website address, live order tracking and online payment, with no commission. - [Bakery POS System with Stock & Production](https://dotmax.io/bakery-pos): A bakery POS with fast counter sales, production of dough and fillings, recipe stock, expiry dates, wastage and transfers from a central bakery to its outlets. - [Cloud Kitchen Software for Delivery Kitchens](https://dotmax.io/cloud-kitchen-software): Cloud kitchen software for delivery-only kitchens: your own online orders, a kitchen display by section, PIN handover to riders, and food cost on every dish. - [Restaurant Loyalty Program & Customer CRM](https://dotmax.io/restaurant-loyalty-program): A restaurant loyalty program built into the POS: points guests earn and spend, offers sent by SMS, and a customer list that shows who has stopped coming. - [Restaurant POS Pricing — Plans & Features](https://dotmax.io/pricing): DotMax restaurant POS pricing: Starter, Growth and Enterprise plans, monthly or yearly, with a free trial. Every plan and every feature compared side by side. - [Features](https://dotmax.io/features): See DotMax features as guests see them: QR ordering with a 3D AI host, live order tracking, and couple names with a love card made at the table. ## Guides - [How to choose a restaurant POS system: a 12-point checklist](https://dotmax.io/guides/how-to-choose-a-restaurant-pos-system): How to choose a restaurant POS system: the 12 things to check — ordering, kitchen, payments, stock, reports, real cost and support — before you sign up. - [QR code menu ordering: how it works and how to start](https://dotmax.io/guides/qr-code-menu-ordering): QR code menu ordering explained: how guests scan, order and pay from the table, what changes for your staff, what it costs, and how to set it up step by step. - [How to reduce restaurant food cost: 10 practical ways](https://dotmax.io/guides/how-to-reduce-restaurant-food-cost): How to reduce restaurant food cost: measure your food cost %, cost every recipe, cut waste, count stock, buy to a plan and price dishes on margin — 10 ways. ## Contact - Phone: 071 013 5558 - WhatsApp: +94 71 013 5558 - Email: info@dotmax.io - Address: 548/1 Avissawella Road, Wellampitiya, Sri Lanka