Restaurant Settings allow you to configure service charges, tips, kitchen behavior, split bills, and kitchen stations for each restaurant location.

Go to:

Restaurant → Settings

Service Charge is automatically added to restaurant orders before payment.

Enter the default percentage to apply to every new restaurant order.

Example:

The service charge is automatically added when a new table or restaurant order is created.

Enable Service Charge is Taxable if service charges should be included in GST or other tax calculations.

If disabled, the service charge remains outside the taxable amount.

Choose the option that matches your local tax regulations.

Enable Allow Tip if customers are allowed to leave gratuities.

Tips are entered by the cashier during payment.

Tips are recorded separately from the sale amount and are never taxable.

Enable Allow Split Check to allow restaurant bills to be divided between multiple customers.

This adds the Split Bill option within the restaurant POS.

Enable this option if staff should confirm an order before it is sent to the Kitchen Display System (KDS).

When disabled, orders are sent immediately.

Specify the fallback kitchen station.

If a product category is not assigned to any kitchen station, orders are automatically routed to this station.

Example:

Enable Show Expediter Screen if your restaurant uses an expediter to coordinate orders between multiple kitchen stations.

The expediter screen provides a consolidated view of all incoming kitchen orders.

Small restaurants with a single kitchen station can normally leave this disabled.

Restaurant Settings also control how waiter commissions are calculated.

Enable this option if waiter commission should include customer tips.

If disabled, tips remain separate from commission calculations.

Kitchen Stations allow restaurant orders to be automatically routed to different preparation areas.

Examples include:

Each station has its own Kitchen Display Screen (KDS).

For each station you can configure:

Assign one or more product categories to each kitchen station.

Examples:

Whenever an order is sent to the kitchen, IsleBooks automatically routes each line item to the correct station.

Optionally specify the expected preparation time for each station.

Example:

This helps staff monitor kitchen performance.

If a kitchen receipt printer is configured, tickets can be printed automatically for that station.