QR menu and table ordering for cafés in Marrakech
Running a café in Marrakech means handling dozens of small orders without losing a single one.
Marrakech lives off tourism all year, but also off loyal local guests in Gueliz and the neighbourhoods. The same venue often serves foreign visitors at lunch and Marrakchi families at night.
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Around Jemaa el-Fna and in the medina, many tables are foreign visitors. Guests switch the menu to English or French themselves, a photo explains a tanjia better than a paragraph, and allergen tags answer the question before it is asked.
Gueliz and Hivernage mix locals, foreign residents and hotel guests, and many pick where to eat on Google. After paying, each guest can rate the visit and open your Google page in one tap.
In summer the heat empties terraces in the afternoon and everything happens after sunset. When the rush arrives all at once, the waiter app and kitchen screen stop paper tickets going missing.
On Kawkab or national team match nights, neighbourhood cafés fill with fans. Match mode sets the evening's prices and a minimum per table without touching the next day's menu.
Service in a café or tea room
A café bill is small but tables are many. What costs money is not one big mistake, it is a dozen small slips a day: a juice not written down, a table that left without paying during the rush, a cancellation with no reason. A café tool must therefore record every item ordered and every table closed.
In a café, guests are served at the table and pay at the end, often in cash. Tables fill and empty fast in the morning, then guests stay for a long time in the afternoon and order a second tea or a water. Those small mid-visit orders are the ones that get lost: the waiter walks by, someone calls, he remembers three things and forgets one.
A service with Tablilo
- 1The guest scans the table's QR and picks tea, coffee or juice in French, Arabic or English.
- 2The order reaches the phone of that table's waiter, who confirms with one tap.
- 3The bar gets its ticket on screen or on the printer and taps "Ready" when it is done.
- 4The guest asks for the bill from the phone, pays cash or by card, and can leave a tip.
- 5At night, you see sales, cancellations and each waiter's cash difference.
Useful features
- QR code menu for restaurants and cafés in MoroccoA QR code menu on every table: guests scan, choose and order from their phone, no app needed. Digital menu in French, Arabic and English.
- Waiter app for restaurants and cafésA waiter app on each waiter's own phone: personal PIN, orders to confirm, table calls and the day's tips. Nothing to install.
- Match mode for cafés: match prices and a table minimumMatch night at the café: match prices for the whole room, a minimum order per table, automatic stop the next day. Turn it on from your phone.
- Waiter tips, per waiter and with no mathsTip buttons on the bill with the waiter's name. Tips are tracked per waiter in 'Mon service' and in the owner's reports.
- Reports and anti-theft alerts for your tillRecorded cancellations, tables closed unpaid, cash difference, accountant export and a manager login: see what happens in your café, even when away.
Frequently asked questions
My Marrakech guests are mostly tourists: do they need to install an app?
No. They scan the QR with the phone camera, with no account, and pick French, English or Arabic. If their foreign plan has weak signal, the menu opens offline after the first visit, and the Wi-Fi password is one tap away.
What happens on match nights?
You or your manager turn on match mode: match prices apply to the whole room, with a minimum per table if you want. It stops by itself at the start of the next day.
Will my regulars really scan a QR code?
Those who want to order fast do, especially younger and busy guests. Others keep calling the waiter, who can key their order on his phone. Both reach the same place, the bar and the bill.
Other venues in Marrakech
Cafés in nearby cities
Practical guides
- How to handle staff tips without argumentsIndividual or pooled tips, cash or card, a share for the kitchen: how to set a clear rule and stick to it without tension in your team.
- How to write a menu in Arabic, French and EnglishHow to write a clear three-language menu in Morocco: a reference language, Moroccan dish names, descriptions, proofreading and kitchen tickets.
- How to prepare your café for match nightsFixtures, stock, staff, prices and payment: a simple method to run a Botola or national team match night without losing control of the room.