Table 7K38
+2:00late
- 1×Kathiyawadi thali
- 1×Dal khichdi with kadhi
POS for cloud kitchens
Cloud kitchen POS: the till for a kitchen with no tables
Cloud kitchen POS for the orders a delivery-only kitchen takes itself, by phone or at a pick-up window: each one a numbered takeaway bill, and a ticket for every station that cooks it.
Last reviewed 1 Oct 2026
The short answer CountStand is cloud kitchen POS for the orders you sell yourself. With no tables set up, every order is a takeaway bill with its own number, and one press sends each dish to its station and opens the charge. Every bill carries GST, your FSSAI number and the next serial in sequence. Behind the till, the kitchen board times every ticket and recipes take stock down as dishes sell. One thing it does not do at launch: orders from Swiggy, Zomato or any other delivery app do not reach the till. Single is ₹2,999 a month per outlet, or ₹2,549 paid yearly.
- 1TakeawayWith no tables, every order is a takeaway bill with its own number
- 2BoardAmber at four minutes, a red ring at eight; late tickets first
- 3RecallSent tickets can come back to the board for 15 minutes
- 4TabletsNot open at launch: delivery-app orders on the till
- No floorneeded: a kitchen with no tables bills straight from the till
- 4 · 8 minamber at four minutes, a red ring at eight
- 15 minof sent tickets that Recall can bring back to the board
- Not openat launch: delivery-app orders on the till
KitchenAll stations
13:42live
- New2
- Preparing3
- Ready1
- Recalled1
- Late1worst +2:00
Table 9K39
1:00since recall
- 1×Margherita pizza
#184K40
3:00of 8 min
- 2×Filter coffee (Large)
- » Less sugar
- 2×Masala chai
#184K41
3:00of 8 min
- 1×Paneer butter masala with rotli (Full)
- » Extra gravy
- » Less spicy
- 2×Dabeli
- contains: peanut
- 1×Khaman dhokla
Table 4K42
1:00of 8 min
Seat 2 · PEANUT ALLERGY
- 2×Pav bhaji
- 1×Club sandwich
- » No onion
Table 11K43
0:20of 8 min
- 1×Filter coffee shake
- 1×Mango lassi
#181K37
1:00on pass
- 1×Masala fries
- 1×Cheese chilli toast
Table 7K38
+2:00late
- 1×Kathiyawadi thali
- 1×Dal khichdi with kadhi
Table 4K42
1:00of 8 min
Seat 2 · PEANUT ALLERGY
- 2×Pav bhaji
- 1×Club sandwich
- » No onion
- 1Counts on topThe strip counts every stage and names the worst late ticket.
- 2Late is a ringFrom eight minutes a red ring sits outside the ticket’s stage colour.
- 3A colour per stageGrey for new, violet for preparing, teal for ready, amber for recalled.
- 4Allergies firstA seat’s allergy sits above its dishes in solid red.
01At a glance
What the till handles
- Takeaway by defaultWith no tables set up, every order is a takeaway bill with its own number, and that number is what the kitchen calls.
- Send and chargeOne press sends the order and opens the charge. Kitchen, tandoor, bar and dessert each get only their own tickets.
- Paid at the windowCash, card, or UPI to your own account through a QR that already carries the amount.
- Late tickets firstThe board puts late tickets in front, then recalled ones, then the oldest, so the pass works in the right order at 8 pm.
- Recipes and countsEach dish’s recipe takes its ingredients off stock as it sells; the count at close shows the gap in rupees.
- Billing through an outageWhen the internet drops the till keeps billing; tickets and bills wait in its queue and print, in order, when the line returns.
02In detail
How does the till work in a kitchen with no tables?
Leave the floor plan empty and every order on the till is a takeaway bill with its own number. Take the order on the phone or at the pick-up window, add the dishes, and one press sends them to their stations and opens the charge. The kitchen ticket leads with the order number, so that is the number the packer calls when the bag is ready. Every bill you raise carries GST, your FSSAI number and the next serial in sequence.
It does not take orders from delivery apps. At launch there is no Swiggy or Zomato connection: no order ingestion and no payout reconciliation. Orders you take yourself, at a pick-up window or over the phone, go through the till as takeaway bills.
Is GST different on delivery-app orders?
Yes. Since 1 January 2022 the delivery app, not the kitchen, collects and pays the 5% GST on most restaurant orders placed through it, under section 9(5) of the CGST Act. On orders you sell yourself the GST is yours to charge, and those are the bills CountStand prints and adds to the month’s GSTR-1 file. How the app’s orders appear in your own return is a question for your accountant.
Why does a kitchen with no dining room need a board?
Because the kitchen is the whole business, and its rush is sharper than a restaurant’s. Orders that arrive in the same ten minutes all want to leave in the next twenty. Paper tickets on a rail lose their order the moment two cooks reach for them; a board keeps the age of every ticket in front of the line, with the late ones ringed in red.
Every ticket also keeps when it was sent and when it was marked ready, so prep times are measured, not remembered.
03Questions
Questions from cloud kitchens
Not at launch. There is no delivery-app connection: no order ingestion and no payout reconciliation. CountStand covers dine-in and takeaway today, so a cloud kitchen uses it for the kitchen, its stock and the orders it sells directly.
No. A kitchen without a dining room can leave the floor empty and bill everything from the till as takeaway.
A tablet or a TV with a browser, mounted where the line can see it. Paper tickets can print as well, on a network thermal printer, through the print program on the counter computer.
Yes. Every ticket keeps the time it was sent and the time it was marked ready, so real prep times are on record, ticket by ticket.
Single, at ₹2,999 a month or ₹2,549 a month paid yearly, covers the kitchen board, stock, purchase orders and GST. You apply first, and the first 30 days are free after the invitation.
Run the kitchen on CountStand
Apply with your kitchen’s details. We reply within two working days, and the first 30 days are free.
From ₹2,999 a month per outlet, plus GST