Kitchen Environments
Create separate kitchen environments for different preparation areas such as Pizza, Drinks, Salad or other stations in your restaurant, plus an optional catch-all station and an Unassigned items board so nothing slips through.
Features
Kitchen Display System for Restaurants
Keep your kitchen team focused on what needs to be prepared, what is already cooking, and what is ready to go. Kappino’s Kitchen Display System gives your restaurant a live digital view of incoming orders, routes menu categories and specific items to the right kitchen environments, and helps teams move orders through preparation with clear status control.
Your Kitchen Needs a Clearer Order Workflow
During busy service, the kitchen needs more than a list of orders. Teams need to know which orders are new, which items are being prepared, what is ready, and which station is responsible for each part of the order.
Kappino’s Kitchen Display System brings that information into one live kitchen workspace. Orders can be organized by kitchen environment, while menu categories and individual items can be assigned to the stations where they are prepared.
Instead of making kitchen teams work through a general order queue, Kappino gives each station a focused view of the work assigned to it.
- Teams often need to:
- 01 See new orders as soon as they arrive
- 02 Know which items are being prepared
- 03 Route items to the correct kitchen station
- 04 Keep preparation status visible to the team
- 05 Know which orders are ready for service
Everything Your Kitchen Needs to Stay in Sync
Kappino gives kitchen teams a clear view of active orders and the tools to organize preparation around the way your restaurant actually works.
Category-Based Routing
Assign menu categories to a kitchen environment so items from selected categories are sent to the station responsible for preparing them.
Item-Level Routing
Assign individual menu items to a specific kitchen environment when a dish needs a more precise preparation workflow.
Live Order Status
View orders by All, New, Cooking and Ready status so kitchen teams can quickly understand what needs attention.
Ticket Time Visibility
Every ticket shows how long it has been waiting. Timers turn amber at 8 minutes and red at 15 minutes, and the header shows the average ticket time for the service.
Item-Level Check-Off
Tap a dish to move it from New to Preparing to Completed, or use Start all to begin a whole ticket in one tap. Mark ready and Bump order when it is done.
Tickets Split Across Stations
When an order spans several stations, each one sees only its own lines, with a badge such as “2 of 5 lines” and a “waiting for other stations” note once its part is done.
Every Detail on the Ticket
Extras, removed ingredients, kitchen notes, the guest's seat and the preparation order for each dish appear on the ticket, and dishes added after the order was sent are clearly marked as added.
How Kappino’s Kitchen Display System Works
01
Create a Kitchen Environment
Create a dedicated kitchen environment for a preparation area such as Pizza Station, Drinks, Salad or another part of your kitchen.
02
Assign Menu Categories
Select the menu categories that should be sent to the selected kitchen environment. This gives your restaurant control over where different types of menu items are prepared.
03
Assign Specific Menu Items
For more precise control, select individual menu items and send them to a specific environment. This is useful when a particular dish needs to be handled by a specific station.
04
Receive and Prepare Orders
Once orders enter the kitchen workflow, they appear on the display straight away. Teams can view active tickets, use the All, New and Cooking views, and start a single dish or the whole ticket.
05
Mark Items and Orders Ready
As preparation is completed, kitchen staff can mark items ready and use the Bump action to move completed work forward.
Keep Kitchen Service Moving With Better Visibility
Reduce Order Confusion
Keep order information visible on the kitchen display instead of relying on scattered instructions or repeated communication between teams.
Keep Stations Focused
Route menu categories and specific items to the appropriate kitchen environments so teams can concentrate on the work assigned to their station.
See What Needs Attention
Use New, Cooking and Ready views to understand the current state of kitchen work without searching through the entire order flow.
Improve Kitchen Handoffs
Mark completed items and use Bump to make readiness visible as orders move through preparation.
Adapt the Workflow to Your Menu
Configure environments around your actual menu structure, from broad category routing to individual item assignments.
Built for Different Restaurant Kitchen Workflows
01
Restaurants
Organize kitchen preparation around menu categories, stations and service requirements while keeping active orders visible to the team.
02
Pizzerias
Create a dedicated pizza environment and route pizza-related menu items to the station responsible for preparation.
03
Cafés & Bars
Separate drinks and food preparation into focused kitchen environments so each team can work from the orders relevant to them.
04
Cloud Kitchens
Create dedicated preparation environments for delivery-focused menus and keep kitchen production organized as order volume changes.
Connect Kitchen Preparation With Your Restaurant Operations
Kappino’s Kitchen Display System works as part of the wider restaurant workflow, connecting kitchen preparation with the operational information teams already use.
Kappino Kitchen Display System
Keep orders, preparation status, and kitchen stations connected in one live workspace.
POS & Orders
Move order details into the kitchen with the information needed for preparation, including order changes sent after the first ticket.
Menu Management
Route menu categories and items to the right kitchen stations.
Order Status
Track orders from preparation to ready status.
Restaurant Operations
Keep kitchen, front-of-house, and managers aligned.
Kappino packages
Simple pricing for every restaurant stage.
Choose the package that fits your restaurant operations and business needs.
Starter
Essential tools for small restaurants, cafés, and single-location businesses.
€99/ month
What's included:
- POS Terminal
- Main Branch only
- Order Management
- Kitchen Management
- Inventory & Supplier Management
- Tables & Reservation
- Menu Management
- 3 Staff Accounts
- Help Centre Support
Most popular plan
Growth
Advanced operational tools for growing restaurants.
€199/ month
What's included:
- All Starter plan features
- Waste Management
- Restaurant Expenses Management
- Delivery Riders Management
- AI Inventory Management
- AI Staff Shift Planner
- Priority Help Centre Support
Professional
Advanced tools for multi-branch operations, integrations, loyalty, and AI.
€399/ month
What's included:
- All Growth plan features
- Loyalty & Customer Management
- AI Sales Forecasting
- WordPress & Shopify Website Integration
- AI Item Smart Pricing
- Social Media Management
- Email Marketing
- Extra branches: 1–5 at €139 each/month
- 6+ branches at €99 each/month
- Priority Help Centre Support + Instant Email Support
Prices are for business customers and exclude VAT and other applicable taxes, which are shown on your invoice. Prices per month. Final pricing may vary depending on setup, integrations, support requirements and business needs. Not sure which plan fits? Book a personalised demo
Kitchen Display System FAQ
What is a Kitchen Display System?
A Kitchen Display System (KDS) is a digital kitchen workflow that displays restaurant orders on a screen so kitchen teams can see, prepare and update orders without relying on a separate manual kitchen process. Kappino’s KDS connects this workflow with its restaurant order and POS system.
What does Kappino’s Kitchen Display System do?
Kappino’s Kitchen Display System displays active restaurant orders, organizes them by kitchen environment, supports category and individual-item routing, and lets kitchen teams manage New, Cooking and Ready order states.
Can I create different kitchen stations in Kappino?
Yes. Kappino lets restaurants create separate kitchen environments for different preparation areas, such as Pizza Station, Drinks, Salad or other stations used by the restaurant.
Can I assign menu categories to a kitchen station?
Yes. When creating or editing a kitchen environment, you can select menu item categories that should be sent to that environment.
Can I assign individual menu items to a kitchen station?
Yes. Kappino also allows specific menu items to be assigned to a kitchen environment. This provides more precise routing when an individual dish needs a different preparation location.
Can kitchen staff track order status from the KDS?
Yes. The KDS provides All, New, Cooking and Ready views so kitchen teams can focus on the current stage of preparation.
Can kitchen staff mark orders as ready?
Yes. Kitchen teams can mark preparation as ready and use the Bump action to move completed work forward in the kitchen workflow.
How does the KDS show orders that are running late?
Each ticket has a timer. It turns amber at 8 minutes and red at 15 minutes, so the team can see at a glance which orders need attention, and the header shows the average ticket time.
What happens on the KDS when an order is changed after it was sent?
When front of house edits an order, only the new dishes are sent to the kitchen and they are marked as added on the ticket. Dishes already cooking keep their status.
Does Kappino include Kitchen Display System functionality?
Kappino publicly lists Kitchen Display System as part of its restaurant feature set and includes Kitchen Management in its public package comparison. Use the live pricing component for current plan-level details.
Does Kappino connect the KDS with restaurant orders?
Yes. Kappino connects POS and order management with kitchen workflows, allowing confirmed orders to move into the kitchen preparation process.
Can Kappino support different types of restaurants?
Yes. Kappino’s restaurant software is designed for different food-business formats, including restaurants, cafés, pizzerias, cloud kitchens and multi-location operations.